The RIVERALERT project addresses a great challenge for both countries to establish an operational and sustainable telemetric water and sediment quantity monitoring system for water directorates and civil protection authorities in the Strymon/Struma riverbasin.

The specific objectives of the project are:

1) establishment of network of compatible and inter-calibrated sensors able to transmit reliable and compatible water and sediment quantity data following standardised methodology with common specifications, implementing article 8 of WFD,

2) development of common floods and erosion risk assessment software tools to civil protection in the riverbasin while implementing Floods Directive and Desertification Convention, and

3) establishment of cross-border supportive infrastructures (Decision Rooms) for fast joint response reactions to ensure the functioning of the system while providing reliable data process for risk assessment.

Project Partners:

Water Directorate of Central Macedonia, Decentalized Administration of Macedonia Thrace (Lead Partner)

Balcan Environment Center, Greece

Club “Economika 2000”, Bulgaria

The project’s duration is 28,5 months (14/3/2011 – 31/7/2013) and its total budget is 1.358.050, 00€. The project is co-financed by 85% by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Project Website: http://www.riveralert.eu/