SAMPLING REPORT COLLECTION OF THE 26 SAMPLING SITES FROM DRB BASELINE NETWORK DELIVERABLE 3.3.3 Version 1.0 Programme co-funded by the European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI) D.3.3.3 – SAMPLING REPORT COLLECTION OF THE 26 SAMPLING SITES FROM DRB BASELINE NETWORK Project title Sediment-quality Information, Monitoring and Assessment System to support transnational coop- eration for joint Danube Basin water management Acronym SIMONA Project duration 1st June 2018 to 30th November 2021, 42 months Date of preparation 30/04/2021 Authors (in alphabetical order): AUSTRIA: Edith Haslinger (AIT), Paul Kinner (GBA), Tanja Knoll (GBA), Sebastian Pfleiderer (GBA), Heinz Reitner (GBA), Albert Schedl (GBA), Barbara Träxler (GBA) BOSNIA and HEZEGOVINA: Ismir Hajdarević (FZZG) BULGARIA: Atanas Hikov (GI-BAS), Irena Peytcheva (GI-BAS), Milena Vetseva (GI-BAS), Petyo Fil- ipov (GI-BAS), Zlatka Milalovska (GI-BAS). CROATIA: Ajka Šorša (HGI-CGS), Lidija Galović (HGI-CGS), Danijel Ivanišević (HGI-CGS), Ana Čaić Janković (HGI-CGS), Ivan Mišur (HGI-CGS), Đorđa Medić (CW-HV), Neven Bujas (CW-HV), Jasmina Antolić (CW-HV) CZECH REPUBLIC: Jarmila Halířová (CHMI), Libor Mikl (CHMI), Pavel Stierand (CHMI) HUNGARY: Győző Jordán (SZIE), Katalin Mária Dudás (NARIC), Zsófia Kovács (OVF) MOLDAVIA: Igor Nicoară (IGS-ASM) MONTENEGRO: Neda Dević (GSM), Slobodan Radusinović (GSM) ROMANIA: Albert Baltres (IGR), Anca-Marina Vijdea (IGR) SERBIA: Vladica Cvetković (UB-FMG), Prvoslav Marjanović (JCI), Kristina Sarić (UB-FMG), Dragica Vulić (JCI) SLOVAKIA: Jozef Kordík (SGIDS), Igor Stríček (SGIDS), Michal Jankulár (SGIDS), Ivan Györög (SGIDS) SLOVENIA: Meta Dobnikar (GEOZS), Teja Čeru (GEOZS), Kristina Koret (GEOZS) Responsible(s) of the deliverable: Anca-Marina Vijdea (RO-IGR) Co-responsible(s) of the deliverable: Gyozo Jordan (HU-SZIE) A stream of cooperation Page 2 | 122 Project co-funded by the European Union (ERDF, IPA and ENI) D.3.3.3 – SAMPLING REPORT COLLECTION OF THE 26 SAMPLING SITES FROM DRB BASELINE NETWORK Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 5 2. SIMONA METHODOLOGY OF SAMPLING BASELINE STATIONS IN PARTNER COUNTRIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 3. SAMPLED BASELINE STATIONS IN SIMONA COUNTRIES................................................... 12 3.1 AUSTRIA ...................................................................................................................................... 12 3.1.1. Donau - Hainburg ................................................................................................................. 12 3.1.2. Drau - Lavamünd .................................................................................................................. 23 3.2. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ............................................................................................... 32 3.2.1. BH-1 (FEDERATION OF B&H), Spreča, Karanovac ................................................ 32 3.2.2. BH-2 (REPUBLIKA SRPSKA), Bosna, Rudanka ......................................................... 39 3.3. BULGARIA .................................................................................................................................. 46 3.3.1. Danube, Silistra, old port of Silistra .............................................................................. 47 3.3.2. Yantra at Karantsi ................................................................................................................ 56 3.4 CROATIA ...................................................................................................................................... 60 3.4.1. Sampling site on the River Sutla near Kumrovec at the border of Croatia and Slovenia ................................................................................................................................................ 62 3.4.2. Sampling site near the confluence of the River Drava and the River Danube at the border of Croata and Serbia ............................................................................................ 65 3.5. CZECH REPUBLIC ..................................................................................................................... 70 3.5.1. Lanžhot - Morava River ..................................................................................................... 70 3.5.2. Troubky - Bečva River ....................................................................................................... 74 3.6. HUNGARY ................................................................................................................................... 78 3.6.1. Csenger ..................................................................................................................................... 78 3.6.2. Barcs .......................................................................................................................................... 78 3.7. REPUBLIC OF MOLDAVIA ..................................................................................................... 79 3.7.1. Criva on Prut .......................................................................................................................... 79 3.7.2. Slobozia Mare ........................................................................................................................ 79 3.8. MONTENEGRO .......................................................................................................................... 80 3.8.1. Gradac - Ćehotina river ...................................................................................................... 80 3.8.2. Dovrakovo - Lim river ........................................................................................................ 83 A stream of cooperation Page 3 | 122 Project co-funded by the European Union (ERDF, IPA and ENI) D.3.3.3 – SAMPLING REPORT COLLECTION OF THE 26 SAMPLING SITES FROM DRB BASELINE NETWORK 3.9. ROMANIA ................................................................................................................................... 87 3.9.1. Bazias on Danube ................................................................................................................. 88 3.9.2. Sulina on Danube ................................................................................................................. 94 3.10. SERBIA ...................................................................................................................................... 97 3.10.1. Novi Sad on Danube ......................................................................................................... 98 3.10.2. Ram on Danube .................................................................................................................. 99 3.11. SLOVAKIA .............................................................................................................................. 100 3.11.1. Nitra – Chalmová ............................................................................................................ 101 3.11.2. Hnilec – Jaklovce (Ružín reservoir tributary) .................................................... 106 3.12. SLOVENIA .............................................................................................................................. 112 3.12.1. Jevnica on Sava ................................................................................................................ 113 3.12.2. Medno on Sava ................................................................................................................ 117 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................. 122 A stream of cooperation Page 4 | 122 Project co-funded by the European Union (ERDF, IPA and ENI) D.3.3.3 – SAMPLING REPORT COLLECTION OF THE 26 SAMPLING SITES FROM DRB BASELINE NETWORK 1. INTRODUCTION This Report describes the work done by project partners within the framework of Activity 3.3 “Carrying out sampling and laboratory analysis implementation at 3 test areas and at the DRB baseline”. After completing the activity for Drava, Upper Tisa and South Danube test areas, documented in the deliverables D.3.3.1 and D.3.3.2 and after selecting 2 national points per country (described in deliverable D.3.2.2), a Training Event was organized online on 25th March 2021 within WP7 in order to disseminate the experience gained during the sampling campaigns in the 3 test areas and to train all project partners and national water authorithies for a harmonized sampling of the na- tional stations, part of the baseline network. The sampling campaign started in April and continued in May. Suspended sediments, bottom sed- iments and floodplain sediments (at two depths levels) were collected in a harmonized way, ac- cording to the Manuals developed for SIMONA First Training Event, appended at this report. The report contains the description of each national site, documented with photos of the equip- ment which was used and accompanied by a Field Observation Sheet, completed for each type of sampled sediment. This Sheet was developed within the output SIMONA Sediment Quality Sam- pling Protocol (Šorša, A., 2019). Videos were also taken during the sample collection and will