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The Danube

The Danube. Kristina Schneider. Blue Danube Waltz. Hydropolitics. Home to 86 million people Drinking water Waste Dilution Electricity Generation Major Transportation Route. Hydropolitics. Recognized as an international waterway Austro-Hungarian Empire European Commission

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The Danube

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  1. The Danube Kristina Schneider Blue Danube Waltz

  2. Hydropolitics • Home to 86 million people • Drinking water • Waste Dilution • Electricity Generation • Major Transportation Route

  3. Hydropolitics • Recognized as an international waterway • Austro-Hungarian Empire • European Commission • Danube Commission

  4. Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project

  5. Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project

  6. Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project • Issues • Hungary claims project hurts environment and not energy efficient • Slovakia claims project helps environment and provides half of country’s energy.

  7. ICJ Decision • Hungary had not right to terminate contract with Slovakia. • Slovakia act of diverting river not in line with cooperative nature of agreement between the nations.

  8. Environmental Programme • Problems • High pollutant loads • Reduced purification in Delta • Reduced flood peak • Disturbance of aquatic ecosystems

  9. Long Term Goals • To maintain and improve the availability and quality of water in the Danube River, • To develop a regional water management cooperation, • To establish the control of hazards from accidental spills, • To reduce the negative impacts in the Danube River Basin, on river ecosystems and the Black Sea.

  10. Current Status • New Agreement in May of 2001 • “Green Corridor for the Danube”

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