Hidrológiai Közlöny, 2016 (96. évfolyam)
2016 / 3. szám - HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT - Papp Mária - Ritvayné Szomolányi Mária - Szalay Miklós - Nagy-Kovács Zsuzsanna Ágnes: Water supply in Hungary
24 Hungarian Journal of Hydrology Vol. 96. No. 3. 2016. good practices on a national and regional level. As a whole, information flow is underperforming, which hinders effective decision-making in the sector. Legal support needs to be strengthened to help create a more reliable background. The distribution of EU and state funds should be limited according to established needs and its effect should be monitored in the long run, even after the completion of major investment projects. Setting up a minimum requirement for utilities to gain permission to operate and limiting access to state or EU funds would ensure a more important financial emphasis. Benchmarking reports would be useful for the sector when lobbying for greater support. A favourable trend that many companies have recognized in recent years is that water-related business risk is considerable and directly linked to economic development. This new mindset could help start up corporate water stewardship in the future. This incentive urges companies to implement sustainable water management practices and to broaden their line of action, thus accelerating the process of sustainability sensitization. Looking at the bigger picture, water services are strongly related to the socio-economic milieu they are operating in. Therefore, a mutual correlation exists between water sustainability and economic development. By applying a more holistic approach, important momentum can be gained to raise the living standard of all, which is the ultimate purpose. REFERENCES Bethlendi András and Füstös András (2008). Közműves ivóvízellátás kiépítése és működés finanszírozási módjai a történelmi Magyarországon - Mire tanít a történelem? (Methods of financing construction of drinking MARIA PAPP is a Hon. Associate Professor, economist- lawyer. She worked in various fields of water conservancy for four decades. Her professional experience is mainly the analysis an assessment of water utility services economic and legal conditions. She participated in elaboration of numerous studies. As the Secretary-General of the Hungarian Water Utility Association for 20 years she has gained comprehensive knowledge of the water utility service and industry. Currently she is lecturer at József Eötvös College and also teaches economic and legal knowledge at the University of Óbuda. MÁRIA RITVAYNÉ SZOMOLÁNYI graduated at the Faculty of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology of the Technical University of Miskolc as hydrogeologist (MSc). She obtained her postgraduate diplomas as Euro Engineer (1995), and as GIS engineer (2002) at the Technical University of Budapest. She is a member of the Hungarian Chamber of Engineers and the European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI). After having worked for two years with a regional waterworks she joined the Institute of Hydrology of Water Resources Research Centre (VITUKI) in 1986. Her main field of research was determination of protection zones for subsurface resources water supply and operation in the historical Hungary- What the history teaches about?) Vízmű Panoráma, 2008/3. Eördöghné Miklós Mária (21013). A lakossági vezetékes vízfogyasztás földrajzi sajátosságai Magyarországon (Geographycial particularities of public water supply in Hungary) PhD Thesis, University of Pécs. KPMG and MAVÍZ (2015). A magyar víziközmű ágazat bemutatása - átfogó tanulmány (2. kiadás) (Introduction of the Hungarian water utility sector - comprehensive study) August 2015. http://docplayer.hu/3143935 -A-magyar-vizikozmu-agazat-bemutatasa-atfogo- tanulmany.html Nagy Sándor (2013). A közüzemi ivóvízellátás története, jelene és regionizálása Debrecenben. (History, present time and reorganisation of public water supply in Debrecen) Agrártudományi Szemle. 2013/51. Revised River Basin Management Plan of Hungary, 2015 http://www.vizugy.hu/index.php?module=vizstrat &programelemid= 149 VMLK (1998). Az ivóvízellátás fejlődése Magyarországon (Development of drinking water supply in Hungary) VMLK 45/ 1998. http://www.dunamuzeum.hu/ public/laci/ivoviztan.doc World Bank (2015). Water and wastewater services in the Danube region - A State of the Sector, Regional Report, Vienna, Austria, May 2015. UN Global Compact, WWF and Water Aid (2015). Serving the public interest: Corporate water stewardship and sustainable development. URL I: www.vizugy.hu/vizikozmu-vizellatas-ivoviz minőségjavító program 2011.03.23 and water balances in karstic areas. She joined VITUKI Consult Pic. in 2003 as a senior research associate and worked on several international projects where GIS and modelling tools were applied in water quantity related issues and in water quality protection: Since 2008 she has been working in the field of state administration at the Department: "River Basin Management and Water Protection" in the Ministry of Interior. MIKLÓS SZALAY MSc, Hydraulic engineer and hydrologist. He has more than 40 years of research and integrated regional planning experience in the field of water management, water resources management and water related environmental protection. At present, he works at the General Directorate of Water Management in Budapest, as river basin management planning expert. He is holder of the Vásárhelyi Award and the Bronze Cross of Merit of Hungary. ZSUZSANNA ÁGNES NAGY-KOVÁCS graduated at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 2006. Ever since she has been working at Budapest Waterworks as a water production engineer. Her main field of interest consists of water security and related issues. Currently she supports the water security team of the company and participates in related national and international projects. Besides she started her doctorate course at the Doctoral School on Safety and Security Sciences at Óbuda University in the field of water security and aspects of a sustainable economy. AUTHORS
