The government will plough 200 billion forints (EUR 532.1m) into rehabilitating the water system of an arid region in southern Hungary in the next eight years, István Láng, the head of the General Directorate of Water Management, said in a talk with President János Áder.
In his Blue Planet (Kék bolygó) podcast broadcast on Monday, Áder said the development is expected to help the region retain its residents and revive wildlife, by creating marshes and lakes. Water quality will improve, as will revenues from agriculture, he said. He noted that the UN has declared the region located between the Danube and Tisza rivers a semi-desert. Dwindling water reserves are due to climate change and to water usage, he said. Láng said water supplies would be replenished from the Danube and Tisza, purified waste water and from ground waters. Áder said the development, scheduled until 2030, is expected to show the first results within 4-5 years.
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