Status report - OVF

Ministry of InteriorGeneral Directorate of Water

DISC 2013, Belgrade

Hungary: The Land Endangered by Floods

Average outflow: 3782 m3/s

Average inflow: 3602 m3/s

Flashy rivers (significant and rapid rise of water level after heavy rainfalls)

4200 km dyke system2800 km long rivers4200 km long smaller rivers

Generated averagerunoff: 180 m3/s

Flood Prone Area

Protected Area

Length of Flood Protection Dykes

0 5000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000km2

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000km

Hungary

Tisza Valley

Netherlands

Po Valley

Ukraine

Loire Valley

Hungary

Tisza Valley

Netherlands

Po Valley

Ukraine

Loire Valley

Large Flood Protection Systems in Europe

Danube Flood 2013

– Meteorological background: 4 rainy days (110-140 mm in areal average) on 3 main sub-catchments of the Danube (Upper-Danube, Inn, Traun-Enns)

– New highest water levels (above Mohács)– Successful flood defense with national

collaboration

Discharges of the Danube and its tributaries during the flood period in June 2013

16/05 21/05 26/05 31/05 05/06 10/06 15/06 20/06 25/06 30/06

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Hydrological forecasts for the water level of the Danube at Budapest by Hungarian Hydrological Forecastig Service of OVF

• The project contains 11 construction elements improvement of 200 km dikes.

• Approximately 100 million € project costs (28,3 billion HUF)• Beginning of constructions: 2012 June• Closing of the project: 2015 January (extended due to the flood of

2013)

Danube Flood Protection Project

Pictures of the interventions in the project:

DikesHeight and cross-sectional reinforcement, slope correction, construction of new dikes, paving of dike slope – 200 km

Danube Flood Protection Project

Pictures of the interventions in the project:

Structural developmentsStructure reconstruction(18 pcs)Construction of new structures (7 pcs)

Danube Flood Protection Project

Pictures of the interventions in the project:

Improvement of 2 defense Centres(building&mechanical)

Danube Flood Protection Project

– WP3 reports have been prepared and already accepted by the WP leader:

• Report on common quality for water level information• Concept for water gauge monitoring• Status quo report on shallow section information

– 1 report is under preparation:• Report about harmonization of water level forecast

- WP5 Ice monitoring camera

Thank You for your attention!Ministry of Interior

General Directorate of Water

February 2012