The municipality of Hegyvidék is at the forefront of developing a timely strategy to mitigate the effects of climate change.
One of the most important of these is to reduce the destructive impact of rainfall from the mountain and to use the captured rainwater efficiently during the drought period.
Rainwater harvesting barrels have been provided to the public for years. The new construction project that has just started j rainwater harvesting cisterns were installed at the intersection of Diana Street and Lily of the Valley Street, where rainwater runoff from the hill posed a threat to the lower-lying streets. The project was preceded by lengthy planning and site selection, but the 30 m3 of cisterns now in place are just the beginning.
In the next phase, two 10 m3 cisterns will be installed in Üröm Street, one for storage and the other for desilting – adapted to local conditions.
The investment under the Urban Rain project will be followed up in other parts of the district, as these developments are the first examples of investment in a larger scheme. In Pagony Street, for example, rain gardens and belt ditches will be created, but there are also plans to install monitoring stations and measuring instruments that will allow immediate intervention by providing real-time data.
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