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Danube Watch the Magazine for the Danube River · 3 / 2018 DANUBE WATCH THE MAGAZINE FOR THE DANUBE RIVER · WWW.ICPDR.ORG 3 / 2018 SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT: Transnational cooperation in the Danube Basin SOCIAL MEDIA: Reaching out to the people of the Danube JOINT DANUBE SURVEY 4: Ensuring good chemical and ecological status for the entire Danube River Basin Dear readers How public participation is changing Reaching out to the people of the News & Danube - the ICPDR launches its new events social media channels Transnational Cooperation for Stakeholders’ Forum – Improving Sediment Management in the performance through mutual respect and Danube River a common vision International Waters Learning Exchange The Joint Danube Survey - JDS 4 and Resource Network - IW:Learn The (dis)balance of An experiment in restoring underwater vegetation - sediments in the Danube an innovative project being undertaken by the City River Basin of Vienna‘s Water Department Restoring rivers to their natural state - an interview with Walter Binder Vienna, Austria: 20 Corjova, Moldova: 6 Site of an innovative Home to the winner of the project designed to res- Belgrade, Serbia: 16 International Danube Art tore the natural balance Master Competition 2018 of plant life in the‘Old Headquarters of Plovput, Danube‘ the Directorate for Inland Waterways © ICPDR ICPDR has however taken significant steps to reveal the knowledge gaps concerning sediment in the “Danube Dear readers, Basin Analysis Report” of 2004, the “Sediment Issue Pa- Most of you who work with the Danube or live near the per” in 2006, and the first and second “Danube River Ba- river are probably aware of the fact that a river does not sin Management Plans” in 2009 and 2015. Furthermore, only carry water, but also solid particles called sediment. other relevant organisations, such as the SedNet Europe- Sediments can be small particles of clay, silt, sand or an network, are also working to bring together experts coarser gravel. Their movement in the river is quite com- in the field of sediment in order to improve sediment plex because they can either settle on the riverbed or be management strategies. suspended and transported by the water. The movement of sediment depends on the water flow, the sediment The ongoing DanubeSediment project, which is being size, shape, and the type of material it is made up of. As implemented within the framework of the Danube Trans- a consequence, sediments play a major role in the devel- national Programme, will also provide a substantial con- opment of the structure of the river. tribution towards basin-wide sediment management. The project will develop the first transnational Danube Due to the complex physical background of sediment Sediment Management Guidance (DSMG) containing transport processes in rivers, our knowledge is far from concrete recommendations and explaining what types complete. Many problems concerning river manage- of measures can be implemented to improve sediment ment issues are strongly connected to river morpholo- management. This information will support the ICPDR in gy and the movement of sediment. Let’s focus on the developing both the next Danube River Basin Manage- Danube River: just think about how flood events can fill ment Plan and Danube Flood Risk Management Plan. floodplains with sediment, or reservoirs with fine sedi- ment deposits, thereby decreasing their water retention Working on sediment-related issues, we believe that all capacity; or the problems that low-water levels cause for the efforts made to develop and improve river-wide sed- navigation in the free-flowing sections of the river. All of iment management, involving researchers, practitioners these sediment-related aspects influence human life and and relevant stakeholders, will lead to a more sustaina- the ecology and economy of the Danube Region. ble use of the Danube River that will benefit both people and nature alike. Despite the direct and indirect links between various wa- ter management problems, the ICPDR has not officially Dr. Péter BAKONYI is Project Director of DanubeSediment and declared sediment to be one of the “Significant Water former Chair of the ICPDR Flood Protection Expert Group (FP Management Issues” in the Danube River Basin. The EG). For a free subscription IMPRINT to Danube Watch, or to contribute to Danube Owner/Publisher: ICPDR – International Commission for the Protection Watch, please contact of the Danube River, Vienna, [email protected]; [email protected] Executive Editor: Hélène Masliah-Gilkarov; Editor: Robert Ives; Design: Wagesreiter & Polaschek Grafikdesign OG; Print: Gerin Druck GmbH; Danube Watch is Online publishing: Alex Höbart; Cover photo: © Stock colors, The Danube Delta available on the web is home to two species of pelicans. The pelican is the symbol of the Delta. at www.icpdr.org Danube Watch is the official magazine of the ICPDR, the International Commis- sion for the Protection of the Danube River. Danube Watch enhances regional PEFC Certied cooperation and information sharing on sustainable water management and environmental protection in the Danube River Basin. It reports on current This product is from sustainably managed issues affecting the Danube Basin, and on action taken to deal with challenges forest and controlled sources in the river basin. Striving for scientific accuracy while remaining concise, clear and readable, it is produced for the wide range of people who are actively in- www.pefc.at volved in the Danube River Basin and are working to improve its environment. The ICPDR accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard Danube Watch is printed on IQ Print, 170 & 100 g/m2. to information or opinions of the authors of the articles in this issue. DANUBE WATCH 3 News & Events EU Water Conference 2018 The 5th European Water Conference took place on 20-21 Sep- tember 2018 in Vienna and was jointly organised by the Euro- pean Commission's Directorate-General for the Environment and the Austrian EU Presidency. The aim of the conference was to review progress on the implementation of EU water legislation. Around 400 representatives from EU countries, stakeholder groups from relevant economic, social and environmental sec- tors, the European Commission, the European Environment Agency and other EU institutions had the opportunity to -ex change ideas and experiences concerning the next water plan- ning cycles. The ongoing Fitness Check for the Water Framework © European Commission Directive, its associated Directives and the Floods Directive, along with the evaluation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment ter Report from the European Environment Agency was published. Directive (UWWTD) were also discussed. This was followed in November by a new comprehensive assess- ment of the state of implementation, which included a Commission The main objective of EU water legislation is to achieve good sta- report on the EU Member States' second River Basin Management tus of the EU's water resources. On 3 July, the 2018 State of Wa- Plans and first Flood Risk Management Plans. Restoring fish migration routes in the Danube River Basin - Feasibility study on Iron Gate dams commissioned to explore joint solutions mania and Serbia. The dams provide vast amounts of sustainable hydropower for the region and also make navigation both easier and safer on the Danube. However, the disruption they cause to © HE Đerdap the river’s continuity constitutes a serious obstacle for migratory fish, including not only the sturgeon species, but also the Danube salmon and the European eel. Faced with the issues of loss of biodiversity and habitat degrada- tion, stakeholders and international experts have joined together to raise awareness of the need for ambitious fish conservation measures. To this end, the 2020 target for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, the EU Water Framework Directive, the EU Habi- The signing of the funding agreement between the ICPDR and tats Directive and the Bern Convention provide a framework for the DG REGIO will enable the further development of a feasibility development of specific conservation measures. study that aims to identify measures to preserve fish stocks on the Romanian-Serbian border. The feasibility study, supported by the European Commission, aims to further harmonise and strengthen these initiatives. The This action is an important step in the ongoing efforts to achieve first phase of the study ran from 2011 to 2016 and facilitated di- one of the central objectives of the EU Strategy for the Danube alogue between the ICPDR, relevant stakeholders, and the Euro- River: saving the beleaguered Danube sturgeons from extinc- pean Commission (represented by DG REGIO and DG ENV). The tion. Despite its longevity, this iconic fish is considered to be one project is now entering its second phase. This entails a feasibility of the most endangered species in the world. study, with a budget of €400,000, which is expected to run until 2020. The third and fourth phases will consolidate technical de- The hydroelectric power plants Iron Gates I and II are the larg- sign and are planned for 2021-2023. Implementation is planned est dams on the Danube River and are jointly managed by Ro- for 2024 onwards. 4 DANUBE WATCH DANUBE WATCH 5 ICPDR presented with the WWF’s highest award © ICPDR had awarded the ICPDR a Gift to the Earth, its highest award, in recognition of the transformational role that it has played in promoting and securing clean flowing rivers as well as healthy habitats and species in the Danube River Basin. He emphasised the fact that the ICPDR was “a model for integrated river basin management across the world’s most international river basin.” Helge Wendenburg, the current President of the ICPDR, said that he was honoured to receive the award on behalf of the ICPDR and went on to stress that although the focus of the ICPDR is on the Danube River Basin, many of the issues dealt with by the organisation, such as water quality and freshwater conservation, are global issues that affect everyone.
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