Department of Groundwater

Department's role:

Monitoring and evaluation of groundwater status in Slovakia

Department's main activities:

• groundwater quantity monitoring (National Monitoring System of water - subsystem groundwater quantity)
• groundwater quality monitoring (National Monitoring System of water - subsystem groundwater quality)
• national register of the hydro-geological research and survey results oriented on groundwater sources and resources evaluation
• national register of groundwater users and management of national groundwater abstraction register
• processing of State water management balance - quantitative water management balance of groundwater
• processing of State water management balance - qualitative water management balance of groundwater
• secretariat of Committee for Available Groundwater Quantity Classification established under Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic
• implementation of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and Council establishing a framework for Community in the field of water policy - national working group for classification and evaluation of groundwater status
• expert opinions and providing data exports in the field of groundwater quantity and quality monitoring, abstraction of groundwater and balance of groundwater for water management
• coordination of international activities and providing of international obligations in the field of groundwater quantity and quality on the national level (ICPDR, OECD, WISE)
• coordination of international projects, national research and development projects oriented on the groundwater status evaluation 

Contact:

Groundwater quantity and quality department
Jeséniova 17
833 15 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Tel: + 421 2 59 41 54 51
Fax: + 421 2 59 41 53 93
E-mail: eugen.kullman@shmu.sk