Jenő Kvassay
Jenő Kvassay (Buda, 5 July 1850 – Budapest, 6 June 1919) was a civil engineer, specializing in hydraulic engineering. He was a significant figure in the development of the Hungarian water service. Education After studying mechanical engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Technical University of Pest, he attended the :hu:Széchenyi István Egyetem Mezőgazdaság- és Élelmiszertudományi Kar, Hungarian Royal Economic Academy in Magyaróvár. He completed his education at the École des ponts ParisTech, École des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris. Career In 1876, Kvassay was the first to trace the saline pollution in the Great Hungarian Plain to the salt deposits (Lower Triassic evaporites) in the Austrian mountains. Although, later research also confirmed the hypothesis of József Szabó de Szentmiklós, József Szabó that weathering of Peralkaline rock, peralkaline and alkaline rocks also contributed to this effect. He went to work at the Hunga ...
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