DALIA innovation actions are supported by the 9 Demonstration Pilot Sites (DPS) in the 6 countries in the Danube River basin area. As part of the program of the second project meeting held at the Szechenyi Istvan University, in Gyor, the members of the Institute of Development and Innovation together with representatives of 22 partner organizations visited the DPS1 demonstration site in Szigetkoz region in Hungary.
After the series of productive meetings, the project team visited the Mosoni Danube Outflow structure which was built between 2017 and 2022 and costs 75 M€. Its purpose is related to the restoration of surface and groundwater levels, mitigating flood risks, supplying ecological water demand, restoration of wetlands, mitigating the harmful effects of climate change, and better utilization of natural water resources.
The next day, the team visited the Dunakiliti Dam, a submerged dam that was constructed in 1995 as a response to the construction of Bős hydropower that was put into operation in 1992 by Slovakia, causing various ecological and economic problems. Today, the Dunakiliti Dam controls the water level and distributes flow between the main riverbed and the branches.
At the end of the two-day event, the team also took a boat drive through the Lower Szigetköz Floodplain and visited the Ásványi structure which functions as a fish passage.