The Raab and the adjoining rivers of Lafnitz, Pinka, Strem and Güns together form the main watercourse system of East Styria, Burgenland and West Hungary. In the area of Györ, the Raab flows into a side arm of the Danube. The Austrian section of its watershed is characterised by agriculture and farming, housing settlements and industrial use. The well-developed public sewer system in the area has traditionally provided opportunities for a cross-border collaboration. The effluents drained from the small Hugarian town of Szentgotthard, for instance, are cleaned in the local sewage treatment plant run by the wastewater association of Jennersdorf (Burgenland).
From a water management and ecology viewpoint, however, flood control installations and several hydropower stations with their impoundments, continuum interruptions and flow fluctuations also play a vital role along the Raab.
(Source: aqua press Int. 1/2009)
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