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Reporting on the implementation

of the Nitrate Directive in Hungary

dr. Lszl Balshzy

Ministry for Environment and Water

[email protected]

18-19 07 2007 Bucharest
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Reporting is needed because

Commission has to supervise the national

implementation

Commission is obliged to report regularly

on the implementation of this Directive in

the EU to the Council and EP


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Art. 10(1) MS. shall submit a report to the Commission

containing the information outlined in AnnexV in each subsequent four-year period

(2) The Report shall be submitted within sixmonths of the end of the period

Deadline of the last reporting was: June 2004

Commission prepared a summary report on EU15 (available on CIRCA)

Next deadline: June 2008 (for 15), (Oct. 2008 (for10))


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Annex V

Information to be contained in reports1. Statement of the preventive actions

2. Maps of waters and NVZs

3. Monitoring system and results, designation(modifications) of NVZs

4. Summary of the Action Program

Remark: Almost all information is required about thetransposition and implementation of all relevantprovisions of Directive

No information about forms and details

Consequence: EU guidelines about the details to makenational reports quasi homogenous


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EU Guide 2000 I

Contents of the Guide

Additional information required in 1st report

Water quality assessment and maps

Designation (revision) of NVZs

Code of GAP Measures applied in AP

Evaluation of implementation of AP

Forecast on water (body) quality

Annexes (e.g. list of pieces of nationallegislation)

Remark: Guide contains formats of tables, maps


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EU Guide 2000 II

The Guide contains the format of required tables,

figures and maps (1: 1 000 000 or 1: 250 000)

Location of monitoring points: NUTS codes (Country

NUTS region Nr. station type code), coordinates

Mean and maximum values

Analysis of trends (comparison of data of this periodwith data of the earlier period) and indication of

points, which show increasing/decreasing trends

Strong increase/decrease: >5 mg/l or


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Development, promotion and implementation of code of GAP, Guide

Figures on agriculture and Nitrogen discharges

Information on elements of code of GAP

introduced or modified

Estimation of the percentage of farmers whovoluntarily apply the code


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Principal measures applied in the AP and implementation

Figures about number of animals and manureexcreated by them

Figures on chemical fertilisation (N, P)

Figures on other sources of N (P) inputs

Figures about N (P) balance

Information about elements of GAP

Figures about survelliance of different elements of

GAP Main points of difficulty in the implementation


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Forecast on water body quality and legal memorandum

Estimation on timetable for recovery of polluted

waters (numeric or cartographic format is

required)

Detailed information about legal transposition - TOC


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Messages (what we have learned) I

To start the preparation much earlier then youthink it would be enough

To start the systematic data collection at least4 years earlier than the reporting deadline

(e.g. in 2008 considering reporting in 2012) Systematic cooperation between

environmental, water and agriculturaladministration is needed from the early start

Designation/supervision/amendment of NVZsmay also have direct and indirect impacts onagricultural policies (e.g. subsidies, cross-compliance etc.)


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Messages (what we have learned) II

Comparison of the results of evaluation of the

status of waters by the ND and WFD is notrequired but may be useful

(e.g. area of NVZs and areas of water bodiesbeing at risk because of nutrient pollution)

The reasons of the differences can highlightsome weakness of monitoring or statusassessment

The preparation of RBMP is a good possibilityto supervise and harmonize these approaches


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Messages (what we have learned) III

Not enough to monitor the large rivers and their

relatively large tributaries as well as important lakes,

Representative monitoring network is needed for

small rivers/lakes too.

Representative monitoring is needed for gw. NO3 concentration of gw. depends at a large extent on

depth of well and the type of landuse (see next slides)

Gw. monitoring is a combined network: separate

monitoring wells, springs, operational wells; Monitoring sites hardly influenced by local pollution

sources.


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First HU Report (2000-2003)

Overview on legal and institutional frame of

transposition and implementation of ND

HU transposed ND by a Gov. Decree.

The water monitoring and evaluation of status as

well as designation of NVZs belong to MoEW.

Monitoring of soil and implementation of GAP

belong to MARD

Launched: education, leaflets issued, expert

advisory system

Remark: Commission required to modify the

legislation and some elements of the AP


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First HU Report (2000-2003) Water monitoring in HU

Monitoring of surface waters at > 3oo points

(1/300km2)

Monitoring of ground waters at > 1800 points

(1/50 km2)

Frequency of monitoring in every year:

surface waters: 1 per month (in general)

ground waters: 1-2 measurements per year

After supervision of the monitoring the network has

been changed


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Mean values of nitrate in surface waters 2000-2002


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Maximum nitrate concentration of surface waters 2000-2002


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First HU Report (2000-2003): Water quality assessment and maps II

Eutrofication

(Work is still going on to get a uniform classificationsystem in EU)

HU peresented figures on nitrate and a-chlorophyll,

phosphorus total, ortho-phosphate The proposed classification system (the quality grade

thresholds) seemed to be very strict and not adequate

to Central European natural conditions but we used

them

Not N, but P is the main driving force of

eutrophication in HU


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Mean values of nitrate concentration in groundwaters 2000-2002


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Changes in mean values of nitrate concentration between previous and last

reporting period


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40%

60%

80%

100%

Frequency of nitrate content of 18 740 groundwater wells and springs

aggregated acc. to the proposal of EU Guide

Compiled by J. Dek

50 mg/l 0,39963111 4,148351648 19,28089365

captive phreatic deep phreatic shallow


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Nitrate concentrations in groundwaters depending on depth and land use

compiled by J. Dek

100

m

forest

pasture

arable

orchard

settlement

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First HU Report (2000-2003): Designation (revision) of NVZs

HU designated NVZs

Recharge area of large shallow lakes and reservoirsused for public water supply

Open karstic areas and areas, where karstic aquifersare near the surface

Areas, where porous aquifers are near to the surface

Areas of hydrogeologic protection zones of wellfields

All areas, where nitrate content is near or over 50mg/l.

Remark: Commission required to supervise and enlarge

the designated areas a bit. Meantime Hungarychanged the philosophy a bit: NVZs have beendesignated at parcel level since Spring time of 2007.NVZs in HU: ~ 50% of the country, see next slide


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NVZs in Hungary separated by criteria


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NVZs as modified in 2007

Nit t i l f il (0 30 ) 2002


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Nitrate in upper layer of soils (0-30 cm) 2002

by P. Marth


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Animal Units

Animals 1000 Animal Units AU/1 ha of

agricultural land

1989 2004 1989 2004

Cattle 1279,2 578,4

Sheep 147,7 99,7

Pig 873,1 462,7

Poultry 208,3 131,3

Horse 60 53,6

Total 2568,3 1325,7 0,396 0,2226

Calculated agronomic NPK


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Calculated agronomic NPK

balances 1999-2003

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

N 6 14 0 16 18

P -13 -8 -10 -5 1

K -13 -8 -12 -4 -6

Source: Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry


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Prospects 1. scenario

traditional way of reporting


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Prospects II New way of reporting

After 2010 the reporting will be merged toWISE system

WISE has been developed for reporting onWFD as first step,

Next years reporting on other water relatedDirectives will be done by WISE

More formulated (templates, shape files)electronic reports are needed than earlier

To fulfil these requirements: electronic databanks are needed at local/regional/state andnational level


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