Vízügyi Közlemények, 1966 (48. évfolyam)

4. füzet - Rövidebb közlemények és beszámolók

(10) INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HYDROLOGY IN BUDAPEST By Dr. W. Lászlóffy and Dr. K. Szesztay, Engrs. (For the Hungarian text see pp. 3) The International Association for Scientific Hydrology, organized forty years ago, held from the 28 September to the 5 October in Budapest its Symposium on Experimental and Representative Areas. The symposium, together with other activities of the Association, forms an organic part of the program of International Hydrological Decade, which started in 1965. This circumstance was reflected by the great number of participants and papers submitted (see Table), and became manifest during the five days of scientific sessions, discussions and working group meetings. The opening ceremony was held in the Assembly Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, where participants were welcome by dr. h. с. E. Németh, president of the Hungarian National Committee of the Association, and opening addresses were held by Mr. I. Dégen, Head of the Hungarian National Water Authority, under the auspices of which the symposium was organized, and Prof. A. Volker, President of the Association. The significance of the symposium for the International Hydrological Decade was pointed out by Mr. J. DaCosta, representative of UNESCO. Papers submitted to the symposium were published in two volumes and made available to participants by the Association [1]. Discussions contributed at the nine scientific sessions are contained in No. 4, 1965 of the Association Bulletin. On the closing session, held on the 2nd October, Mr. J. Jacquet, Secretary of the Surface Waters Commission presented, on the basis of information gathered together with UNESCO through questionnaires, a world-wide survey on the present status of experimental and representative areas, whereafter he summarized the scientific achievements of the symposium. Sessions were closed by the closing address of Prof. L. J. Tison, Secretary General of the Association. Secretarial tasks and local organizing functions were undertaken by the Research Institute for Water Resources Development, by which several additional programs were offered to the participants of the symposium. Group visits were organized to the karst-water laboratory and hydraulic laboratory of the Research Institute for Water Resources Development. Group and individual visits were undertaken and arranged for the several other hydrological institutions in Budapest. The history of hydrologie work in Hungary and flood control activities during the June flood, 1965 were demonstrated by the picture material displayed in the symposium building. Documentary films were also projected. The three study-tour days following the sessions in Budapest were attended by many of the participants. On the first of these, the experimental area adjoining the Rakaca reservoir in the North-Hungarian Range and the dripstone cave AggtelekJósvafő was visited. On the second day participants were shown the experimental stations at Kecskemet and Kömpöc, established in the low country between the Danube and Tisza Rivers to study groundwater conditions and waterhousehold of the overlying layer, as well as the relationship between groundwater and surface runoff. On the third day hydrologie research centered on Lake Balaton was demonstrated to 180—200 participants. At the end of the third study tour Mr. K. Stelczer, Director of the Research Institute for Water Resources Development bade farewell! to guests from abroad. [1J Publication No. Сб.: Symposium of Budapest. Gcntbnigg", 196.5 708 pp.