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On July 2, 2013 started with the kick-off meeting in Radenici, Slovenia, officially the border "EU project Kutschenitza". Due to the climatic changes and changes in the discharge conditions, there is the Austrian-Slovenian border river Kutschenitza and in its catchment area problems. The amended water supply, partly caused by droughts and the other by more frequent heavy rain, resulting in poor water quality.

Improve water quality therefore applies to a decision of the Austrian - Slovenian waters Commission common measures to improve the water quality of the border river to find. By Kutschenitza EU project to share a list of measures for solving these problems are created on both sides of the border river of Austria and Slovenia. This should serve as a basis for subsequent gradual implementation.

Exploiting synergies Since the Kutschenitza is a border waters can be accomplished machining the problems only in common, besides this also requires an acceptance by the Austrian - Slovenian Waters Commission. The water needed to solve the problems coordinated input from both sides of the border; Also there is the catchment area in the same climatic region. The joint processing, the impact on the water and on the waters near space can easily and effectively be estimated. In joint implementation synergies or the packages of measures optimized. And of course, the project represents a further improvement of cross-border cooperation.

Project participants Involved in this project are professionally responsible water management, experts, policy makers, public administration, agriculture and the population in the region. As Lead Partner acts, the Office of the Styrian Provincial Government, with the Department 14 - Water Management, Resources and Sustainability with the project partners Slovenia, with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in Ljubljana