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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 Bulgaria bans sturgeon fishing
Sofia, 1 May 2011. In order to protect endangered sturgeon species, Bulgaria decided to ban sturgeon fishing in May 2011. Romania was the first country to implement a sturgeon fishing ban in the Danube in 2006 and is now followed by its southern neighbour.
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
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Slovakia Facts & Figures (37.18 KB)
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.
Slovakia
Located in the Carpathian Mountains, the Slovak Republic shares borders with Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. Water management in Slovakia is determined by its geographic position on the watershed divide between the Black and Baltic Seas. The Danube and its tributaries drain 96% of the country into the Black Sea.