Skyline of Donau district in Vienna
Say-cheese getty images

UrbanBlueHealth

Project overview

Joint central European actions for improving quality of urban bathing waters

When it’s hot in summer there is nothing better than taking a swim. However, in central European cities this might not be a good idea: 65% of urban surface waters meet only minimum quality standards. The project UrbanBlueHealth improves this condition by first assessing health impacts and then creating new solutions for cleaning up urban lakes and rivers. Amongst others, the partners develop a Blue Health Repository for monitoring and test it in pilots. Water site managers and urban beach operating bodies are trained to implement action plans, and a digital platform makes the new solutions available to other cities.

1,63m €

Project Budget

80%

of the Budget is funded by ERDF

Layer 1

5

Countries

8

Regions

9

Partners

3

Pilots

Duration

Start date

End date

Project progress

18%

About the project

When it’s hot in summer there is nothing better than taking a swim. However, in central European cities this might not be a good idea: 65% of urban surface waters meet only minimum quality standards. The project UrbanBlueHealth improves this condition by first assessing health impacts and then creating new solutions for cleaning up urban lakes and rivers. Amongst others, the partners develop a Blue Health Repository for monitoring and test it in pilots. Water site managers and urban beach operating bodies are trained to implement action plans, and a digital platform makes the new solutions available to other cities.

Project partnership

Project partners

Magyarország (HU)

Lead partner

National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy

Department of Public Health, Laboratories and Methodology
Address
Albert Flórián 2-6
1097 Budapest
Country
Hungary (HU)
Web
www.nngyk.gov.hu

Project partner

Address
Kálvária 16
2000 Szentendre
Country
Hungary (HU)
Web
www.v-8.hu
Total partner budget
154,000 €
Chemical Safety Department/Biological Safety Unit
Address
ul. św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8
91-348 Łódź
Country
Poland (PL)
Web
www.imp.lodz.pl
Total partner budget
203,000 €
Address
Tratova 574/1
61900 Brno
Country
Czechia (CZ)
Web
www.czwa.cz
Total partner budget
119,000 €
Address
Šrobárova 49/48
10000 Praha
Country
Czechia (CZ)
Web
www.szu.cz
Total partner budget
187,600 €
Department for Water Safety and Supply
Address
Rockefellerova 7
10000 Zagreb
Country
Croatia (HR)
Web
wwwhzjz.hr
Total partner budget
179,200 €
CePII, Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Unit Water Hygiene
Address
Kinderspitalgasse 15
1090 Wien
Country
Austria (AT)
Web
www.meduniwien.ac.at
Total partner budget
205,800 €
Address
Franje Kuhača 9
31000 Osijek
Country
Croatia (HR)
Web
www.osijek.hr
Total partner budget
166,600 €
Department of Public Health
Address
Franje Krežme 1
31000 Osijek
Country
Croatia (HR)
Web
www.zzjzosijek.hr
Total partner budget
169,400 €

Roadmap

News

No news found

Events

No events found

UrbanBlueHealth

The project lead partner is responsible for the content of this project website.

Project Contacts

Project Manager

István Ferencsik
Phone: +36-30-288-9189

Finance Manager

István Ferencsik
Phone: +36-30-288-9189

Communication Manager

Vedran Odović
Phone: +385-1-4863-270