Bathing in Lake Balaton to become impossible in 10-15 years?
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Bathing in Lake Balaton might become impossible in 10-15 years because of the deteriorating water quality. That is the most pessimistic prognosis, Viktor Tóth a senior fellow of the Balaton Limnological Research Institute believes.
According to infostart.hu, Tóth said that the water level of the “Hungarian Sea” was 20 centimetres lower six months earlier. Currently, it is 4 pc above the maximum. The expert thinks it is likely that the water level would be 20-30 centimetres lower in the following months because of the higher temperatures and the consequently increased rate of evaporation. However, he did not give a long-term prognosis because the standard deviation is very high.
The most pessimistic prognosis is that Lake Balaton’s water quality will be so poor in 10-15 years that bathing will be impossible. According to a more optimistic forecast, the lake’s hydrologic system will solve the problem of low water levels.
Tóth highlighted that the core problem was the excessive control of the water levels in the last couple of decades. The reason behind that was the economy and the boom of tourism around the lake. There were no biological factors. He cleared that the water level oscillation was below 10 pc in the last 10-15 years. In contrast, this number was 30-40 pc in the 1970s, but back then nobody cared to control the water levels.
In other words, they know nothing but hope to get taxpayer contracts on doing nothing.
Nature is not stable. It never has been and never will be. We only have data for a short period of time, so we do not understand the changes that naturally take place.
At one time, there was no lake. It was just a river. Should we spend money to put it back the way it was?
Speaking from experience, back in the day (late 1960’s) when my family built a really nice (and big) house at Balaton Fenyves, it was all quite exclusive. Now all the trashy people use the Balaton for a holiday, people with no class. The quality of the water is an issue, but the scum who now holiday there is a bigger problem. I sold the house in 2019. Thank god.
Its .a shame budape
St is nice I have been on the tram no 6. To nyugati.