Vízügyi Közlemények, 1970 (52. évfolyam)

4. füzet - Rövidebb közlemények és beszámolók

BASIC PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF RIVER TRAINING By DR. K. STELCZER

1 A few years ago —< shortly after the development of a modern approach to water management within the uniform organization for water affairs — the establishment of a new concept of river regulation has been started in Hungary. The relevant discussion was introduced by the paper presented at the Hungarian Hydrological Society by J. С soma [16]. It is perhaps rewarding to indicate some of the wide perspectives and possibi' lities which nothing but the comprehensive approach to water management is capable of opening. Hardly was the requirement voiced in various branches of water use that, beyond providing the possibility for navigation and the draining of waters without damage, river regulation should also care for the demands of water uses, when work was already initiated at the Research Institute on research associated with the new tasks of river regulation and with the development of new regulation principles and concepts. The primary objective of this research was to clear and define the influence of various water uses on river regulation, and to review the problems arising from the increasing number and extent of interference by water uses into the natural life of rivers. Or, defining the problem from the aspect of water uses, the structures and works of regulation are called upon to ensure, beyond the conventional functions, the adequate supply of water where and when required by various branches of water use. A detailed discussion of the intricate relations of river regulation and various water uses is presented among the papers submitted to the Symposium in that by Dworshak [3]. The paper is concluded by outlining an „ideal, complex plan of river development". This proposal, which may be regarded as an idealistic model, serves to underline the fact that with increasing social demands the signific3r.ce of river regulation is enhanced, it assumes new responsibilities within the comprehensive pattern of water management, with a scope and role greatly increased over the former ones. The paper by Senghelya [12] contains a detailed report on an in1 Candidate of Technical Sciences; Research Institute for Water Resource ! Development, Budapest, Hungary 29