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Ajka alumina plant accident - a forgotten incident?

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The accident happened last year (Oct 4 2010) in Hungary and caused that time about 10 deaths and more than 100 injured persons. The plant was only for a very short time shut-down and after a few days re-opened. Since, the production has continued uninterrupted. In an effort to maintain the national competitiveness the Hungarian parliament nationalised the alumina plant. The efforts to clean up the damaged environment have been launched. However, according to experts it will take years and cost millions of Euro to recover the polluted surroundings. People, immediately evacuated after the accident, have returned to their homes and life with the potential danger of human body contamination. Further readings: [ 1 ], [ 2 ] , [ 3 ]

Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management - Q01/2011: released

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As of today the Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management - Q01/2011 are released and available from http://swm-group.blogspot.com/p/downloads.html alternatively you may directly download from http://www.datafilehost.com/download-08d00feb.html If you encounter any problems accessing the Notes please request a free copy of the Notes from: swm.group@gmx.net . You are also invited to forward the download link to further interested stakeholders and/or inform others about the platform S ustainable | W ater | M anagement | G roup. As in the previous releases, the Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management are intended to provide concerned stakeholders with up-to-date information about ongoing developments related to water and its management, also addressing closely related issues like climate change. The present release of the Quarterly Notes on Sustainable Water Management comes with contributions from various key stakeholders being pioneers in sustainability. Economic issue