Vízügyi Közlemények, 1993 (75. évfolyam)
4. füzet - Koltay J.-Fejér L.: Gróf Széchenyi Istvánra emlékezve. A vízgazdálkodási társulatok múltja és jelene (II. rés)
A vízgazdálkodási társulatok miíltja és jelene 387 Koltay J.-Körmendi K.-Szil key L.: Települések és a közműves vízellátás. OVI I kiadvány, 1972. Vámosi S. (szerk.): Л vízgazdálkodási társulatok válogatott bibliográfiája (1807-1992) Bp. 1992. VTOV (Vízgazdálkodási Társulatok Országos Választmánya): A vízgazdálkodási társulatok helyzete és továbbfejlesztésük főbb kérdése. Kézirat, Gödöllő, 1988. VTOSZ: Tájékoztató a vízgazdálkodási társulatok és érdekképviseleti szerveik 1991-92. évi tevékenységéről. Kézirat. Vízgazdálkodási Társulatok Országos Szövetség, 1993. * * * In memóriám Count István Széchenyi Past and present of water management associations in Hungary Part П. by Dr. József KOLTAY and László FEJÉR Civil Engineers The authors present a review of the second half (1957-1993) of the history of Water Management Associations in Hungary, having nearly two centuries long tradition (the first part has been published in Vol. 1992/1 of "Vízügyi Közlemények"). This period is discussed as the era of the "new type" of the organization of water management associations. In these days the scope, establishment, organization and operation of the associations as well as the related supervisory and management tasks of the state administration are still regulated, with smaller and larger modifications by earlier legislations. These are the Water Act of VI/1864; the Dccree of 28/1977; the Order of the Council of Ministers No. 41/1977 (XI. 3.) and the Decree No. 4/1978. (XII. 18) of the National Water Authority OVH. (the new draft legislation of water management - dealing with the legal regulation of water management associations in sufficient details- has been prepared in 1993 and will be likely submitted for discussion and approval to the Parliament in 1994.) Water management associations are bodies organized by parties interested in the implementation of local water management tasks voluntarily and operate in democratic framework with the main objectives of solving public water management problems. They are based on the interest relationships of the parties involved. They are trying to combine and harmonize various interests such as: those of the local governments, of the industrial plants and agricultural farms, of cooperative farms, of various companies and enterprises, of the citizens, etc, relying on the financial resources of the members and of the government. Depending on their character water management associations can be grouped into two broad categories: water management associations and public water utility associations. The water management associalons provide services in the field of water management, water damage fighting and int he field of irrigation water supply, while carry out related hydraulic- and general building construction projects. At the present there arc 67 water management associations (Figure 1) operating over an area of nearly 80,000 km 2. Their productionand service activities (Table Г) amounted, in 1992, to appr. 4,5 billion HUF. The most important tasks of the associations include the maintenance and operation of smaller water courses, stream sections and excess water drainaga canals of appr. 26,000 km total length. These water bodies arc handled by the associations but are still the properties of the state (Figure 4). As proven by the experiences of the past decades the organization of water management associations (Table III) will be unconditionally required also in the future, as means of implementing local public water- and environmental management tasks. Public water utility associations (investment agcncies) provide water suplly, sewerage, sewage collection and treatment services, including the protection of the settlements against water damages. The rapid development of these water supply and sewerage associations is illustrated by Figure 2.
