Water Resource Management System - supporting Water Framework Directive Implementation in Greece

DHI has in association with Greek Consultants started the implementation of a comprehensive Water Resources Management System covering the central and northern provinces. The project duration is 4 years.

Once implemented the system will assist the Government of Greece in the general planning and management of the country's water resources in accordance with the European Water Framework Directive.

System features comprises:

• Comprehensive GIS related databases providing information on water users, population and land use, topography vegetation and geology, infrastructure and pollution loads.

• Analysis Tools assisting the management in creating overview and drawing conclusion on the basis of the data in the data base.

• The distributed and generally applicable hydrological modelling system MIKE SHE for assessment of surface an groundwater.

• A management model including economic features for planning and optimising the water exploitation and allocation in the region.

For more details please contact:

DHI Water & Environment
Agern Allé 5
DK-2970 Hørsholm
Denmark

Att: Roar Askaer Jensen
Phone: +45 4516 9270
Fax: +45 4516 9292
E-mail raj@dhi.dk