The relationship and conflicts between landscape water demand/supply and existing water management infrastructure

  • Péter Kozák Lo
  • Elemér Szalma Szalma Ltd.., SZTE Hydroecological Research Group
Keywords: Water demand, water resource management, point-based water resource management, spatial water resource management

Abstract

The recent water shortage period has repeatedly required an immediate solution and the implementation of local measures by all actors in water management. To calculate needs and use water resources as efficiently as possible, it would be necessary to determine water requirements at the watershed level and incorporate them into water resource management processes. Within the framework of this paper, the currently widely used land use databases are supplemented with relevant attributes. With this solution, a framework that can be applied immediately in practice becomes usable with minimal preparation.

Author Biographies

Péter Kozák, Lo

PÉTER KOZÁK is a certified hydraulic engineer. He completed his scientific degree in connection with inland water genetic analyses at the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences of the University of Szeged. His scientific activity is focused on regional water management related to the management and mitigation of flood and inland water risks. He has been an employee of the Lower Tisza  District Water Directorate since 1994, and its director since 2010. He has been an associate professor at the Eötvös József College since 2007, and a lecturer at the Faculty of Water Sciences of the National University of Public Service since 2017, an assistant professor since 2020, and an associate professor since 2022.

Elemér Szalma, Szalma Ltd.., SZTE Hydroecological Research Group

ELEMÉR SZALMA is a retired associate professor at the University of Szeged, managing director of Szalma Bt. He obtained biology-physical education and biology majors in primary and secondary school teaching at the Gyula Juhász Teacher Training College (Szeged) and the József Attila University (Szeged). His doctoral dissertation was defended by József Attila University in 1986 with the title: "Synecological analysis of the seaweed vegetation of the Tisza backwaters". He obtained his PhD degree at the University of Debrecen in 2004, with the title "Lifeforms of aquatic plants and grouping according to their habitats". Field of research: hydrobotanical investigation of aquatic macrophyte associations of stagnant and flowing waters. Research of groundwater-dependent wetlands, brackish lakes and bogs. Ecology of life and growth forms of aquatic and marsh plant species. Ecological and ecohydrological research of functional groups of aquatic plants. Head of the SZTE Hydroecology research group. Deputy president of the Szeged group of the Hungarian Biological Society, founding and board member of the environmental protection association CSEMETE: President of the Wetland Protection Section of the Hungarian Hydrological Society and member of the Society since 2016.

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Published
2026-09-03
How to Cite
KozákP., & SzalmaE. (2026). The relationship and conflicts between landscape water demand/supply and existing water management infrastructure. Hungarian Journal of Hydrology, 106(3), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.59258/hk.24793
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Scientific Papers