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Economics
Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and therefore needs to be recognized as an economic good. In order to protect water as a valuable ressource, investments are needed to be implemented by Danube countries. The implementation of measures is beneficial for all sectors including water-related ecosystems.
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Map of the Danube Accident Emergency Warning System (AEWS) (979.79 KB)
Map 3 of the report "Transboundary Accident Prevention and Control in the Danube River Basin" -
Transboundary Accident Prevention and Control in the Danube River Basin (6.9 MB)
An illustrative technical report for the public -
AEWS Manual (769.2 KB)
International Operations Manual for PIACs of the Danube AEWS. -
AEWS Manual - Deutsch (331.12 KB)
International Operations Manual for PIACs of the Danube AEWS - German translation Accident at Ajka alumnia plant
Kolotar, 4 October 2010. The acute toxic risk deriving from the heavy metals in the red sludge is rather low, as their concentrations are rather low. However, the chronic toxicity threat is high.
Danger heading downstream: the Accident Emergency Warning System in action
Danube Box - "Danube goes School"
Any child in the Danube Basin is able to name the closest river. But it might have difficulties to say where this river flows to. And it might be impossible for it to name the ten countries, the Danube flows through.
The Danube Box - an education toolkit available in several languages and country versions - assist teachers in bringing the Danube closer to the minds of future generations.AEWS - Accident Emergency Warning System
The Accident Emergency Warning System (AEWS) of the Danube River Basin is activated whenever there is a risk of transboundary water pollution, or threshold danger levels of certain hazardous substances are exceeded.