SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation - 1.3. Free drinking water provided on the campuses - Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation - 1.3. Free drinking water provided on the campuses
Last modified: 09. November 2024
1.3. Free drinking water provided on the campuses
The university provides free drinking water for students, staff and visitors on all the campuses. Tap water is drinkable and of good quality ensured by the standard of the public providers of each campus (DMRV Zrt. https://www.dmrvzrt.hu/hu/Fooldal in Gödöllő and its surroundings, Budapest Waterworks https://ugyfelszolgalat.vizmuvek.hu/ and the Budapest Sewage Works Zrt. https://www.fcsm. hu / at the Buda Campus, on the Georgikon Campus the Transdanubian Regional Waterworks Ltd. (DRVhttps://www.drv.hu/ , on the Kaposvár Campus the Kaposvár Water and Sewerworks Ltd. (Kavíz https://www.kaviz.hu/ , in Karcag the Tiszamenti Regional Waterworks Ltd. (TRV https://trvzrt.hu/ , and in Gyöngyös the Heves County Waterwork https://hmvizmurt.hu/ ), and there are also drinking water fountains at some campuses.
Public drinking water supply (like public sewerage) is a public utility service. From an environmental point of view, MATE considers it important to strive for the protection of surface water, groundwater and soil, the good quality of our waters, the preservation of their usability and the careful management of water resources. (This is also stated in the so-called Environmental Order - Környezetvédelmi Rend of the Szent István Campus, p. 13.)
In general our Campuses are supplied with drinking water from the public drinking water supply network, and the Central Campus in Kaposvár has its own well and hydroglobe as well. In the Wildlife Centre (Vadgazdálkodási Központ), animals are also partly watered by their own wells. A borehole is also available at Iregszemcse and at the horticultural centre of the Training and Experimental Station (Tan- és Kísérleti Üzem), but is not in operation. The quality of drinking water from the wells is regularly monitored. The water is drawn from the wells on the basis of a water permit issued by the Baranya County Directorate for Water and Water Protection (Baranya Megyei Katasztrófavédelmi Igazgatóság Vízügyi és Vízvédelmi Hatóság: http://www.baranya.hu/dokumentum/1709). The validity of the permits is monitored by the Environmental Protection Officer. (In: Environmental Instructions - Környezetvédelmi Utasítás, Kaposvári Campus, p. 14).
Quality of the water
The quality of the water supplied from the aquifers is regularly monitored by the Environmental and Water Quality Protection Department of DMRV Zrt. (DMRV Zrt. Környezet- és Vízminőségvédelmi Osztálya) in accordance with the relevant legal requirements and the water quality testing plan approved annually by the Public Health Authority. Water quality testing is carried out partly by DMRV ZRt's accredited laboratory and partly by external accredited laboratories.
The quality of the water supplied complies with the requirements of Government Decree 201/2001 (X. 25.) on "Quality Requirements for Drinking Water and the Monitoring Procedure" (https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/hun97809.pdf) and the water quality limits set out therein.
The water supply of Gödöllő is only partially provided by local aquifers, the missing water is bank-filtered water of Danube origin, which is supplied by regional pipelines and mixed with water from aquifers.
