The Joint Danube Survey 5 (JDS5), the world’s most comprehensive investigative surface-water monitoring effort, will officially kick off on 1 July 2025 in Vienna. This large-scale scientific survey will bring together experts from 14 countries to assess the health of the Danube River and its major tributaries.
Welcome to the the website of the 5th Joint Danube Survey (JDS5), the most comprehensive investigative surface-water monitoring effort in the world.
With the aim of obtaining a complex picture of the water quality in the Danube and its major tributaries, the annual assessment of water quality – published every year in the ICPDR TransNational Monitoring Network’s (TNMN) Yearbooks – has been supplemented by periodic investigations: the Joint Danube Surveys.
Public outreach and engagement have always been a cornerstone of the Joint Danube Surveys. JDS5 offers numerous ways to expand on the strong outreach approach previously established in JDS1-4 to make sure the public can join the mission.
