The challenge of urban water management is to improve drinking water safety

  • Mátyás Borsányi Hungarian Hydrological Society Water Quality and Water Technology Department
  • Dóra Laky Hungarian Hydrological Society Water Quality and Water Technology Department https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7527-9910

Abstract

The topics of the Drinking Water Safety Conference, held on October 18, 2024, were: an overview of public health requirements, the operation of the drinking water supply chain based on risk assessment and applied risk management, current issues related to water treatment technologies, and the improvement of the safety of the quality of supplied drinking water based on hazard prevention. In connection with the presentation of the conference presentations, we will briefly describe the domestic foundation and objectives of the drinking water safety plan-program.

Author Biographies

Mátyás Borsányi , Hungarian Hydrological Society Water Quality and Water Technology Department

MÁTYÁS BORSÁNYI Dr. tech., graduated in chemical engineering from the Budapest University of Technology with a degree in biochemistry and food technology. He has worked at the National Institute of Public Health since the 1970s, and was the founder and head of the Water Safety Department. His main areas of expertise are drinking water quality regulation, biotechnological drinking water treatment, and drinking water disinfection. He was a member of the (ENDWARE) working groups developing domestic (MSZ) and international (ISO, CEN) water testing standards and EU drinking water quality regulations. He is the preparer of the domestic introduction of the WHO water safety planning program. Since the 1970s, he has been a member, secretary, and currently president of the Water Quality (formerly Water Chemistry) and Water Technology Department of the Hungarian Hydrological Society.

Dóra Laky, Hungarian Hydrological Society Water Quality and Water Technology Department

LAKY DÓRA PhD, graduated as a civil engineer, she is an associate professor of Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering. Her main fields are drinking water treatment, especially the treatment of subsurface waters (arsenic removal, iron and manganese removal, formation of by-products). She is member of the Hungarian Hydrological Society and the Hungarian Water Association. She is member of the editorial board of Hírcsatorna (journal of the Hungarian Water Association).

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Published
2025-02-22
How to Cite
Borsányi M., & LakyD. (2025). The challenge of urban water management is to improve drinking water safety. Hungarian Journal of Hydrology, 105(1), 69-72. Retrieved from https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hidrologiaikozlony/article/view/18348
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