Judit Bóna interviewed Károly Kovács, President of MaSzeSz and Tamás Pálvölgyi, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Water and Environmental Policy at the Faculty of Water Sciences of the National University of Budapest, about the most important topics of the annual water conference.
Irrigation, conscious use of rainfall and drinking water, the importance of system transformation, changing attitudes, changing our attitude. At the Vízérték (Water Value) Conference, these and other critical issues facing the water profession were discussed on the radio.
It was said that this year's severe drought has drawn attention to issues that the profession has been stressing for years. Károly Kovács said that the conscious management of municipal water management, supply systems and wastewater, the use of treated wastewater in the mgmt and the development of an integrated approach are essential for the future. Infrastructure replacement and maintenance can no longer wait.
Tamás Pálvölgyi pointed out that in the context of this year's drought we have seen that climate change will not escape us, technological innovations are already available in many cases, they need to be applied and at the same time we need to change current habits among the population, for which there are already well-applied models in other EU countries. Examples include the use of heat exchangers to heat waste water run-off from residential buildings, or the storage of water from flash floods, which both eliminates the risk and makes use of the large quantities of water that can be discharged in a short time.
We already use more water than we have, but by 2050, parts east of the Danube could become water scarce if we continue with our current lifestyle. The population must be made interested in using water well," the experts said. In addition to the general public, economic operators must also become more aware of the need for legal and economic incentives, the experts concluded.
The full report can be listened to at: https://www.mixcloud.com/karcfm/sp%C3%A1jz-2022-12-08-0900-1200-1/
