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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

The challenge of the Water Framework Directive

Implementation

Patrick MurphyWater, Marine and Soil Unit

Environment Directorate General

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Water Framework Directive

Common Implementation Strategy

Testing in Pilot River Basins

Content

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Water Framework Directive

Common Implementation Strategy

Testing in Pilot River Basins

Content

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

protecting all waters, surface and ground waters in a

holistic way

good quality (‘good status’) to be achieved by 2015

integrated water management based on river basins

combined approach of emission controls and water

quality standards, plus phasing out of particularly

hazardous substances

economic instruments: economic analysis, and getting

the prices right - to promote prudent use of water

getting citizens and stakeholders involved: public

participation

Key elements

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Surface waterNo deterioration; Good ecological, chemical status; phase out hazardous substances; Restoration

Ground waterNo deterioration;Good qualitative and quantitative status; Balance between abstraction and recharge; Restoration of polluted waters

Protection zonesRespect all norms and criteria for the protection zones

Environmental objectives

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Concept

urban waste water

nitrates IPPC &otherindustrydischarges

chemicals

pesticides

biocides

landfills

sewagesludge

drinking water

bathing water

Measures under

Water Framework Directive

Coordination of all other measures

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

2003 - Transposition into national legislation 2003 - Identification of River Basin District 2004 - Analysis of pressures, impacts, use 2006 - Monitoring programmes operational 2006 - Start Consultation with public 2009 - River Basin Management Plan 2010 - Pricing policies 2012 - Programme of measures operational 2015 - Environmental objectives

Implementation timetable

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Water Framework Directive

Common Implementation Strategy

Testing in Pilot River Basins

Content

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

River basins

in Europe

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Ambitious objectives and demanding timetable

Risks of wrong application because of complexity of the technical requirements

Large shared river basins (Danube, Rhine, Elbe, Odra)

Capacity of administrations

=> New implementation strategy required

Shared challenges

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

1. Information exchange and raising awareness (2002-ongoing)

2. Developing guidance documents (2002)

3. Geographical information systems (2002/2003)

4. Testing in pilot river basins (2003/2004)

=> Manual for integrated river basin management (2004/2005)

Activities

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Progress to date:

Finalisation of 13 guidance documents and four technical reports

Setting up of pilot river basin network currently 15 pilots in 18 countries

Establishment of extensive expert network

Increasing awareness through numerous activities

State-of-play

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Water DirectorsSteering of implementation process

Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission

Strategic Co-ordination groupCo-ordination of work programme

Chair: Commission

Stakeholders, NGO’s, Researchers, Experts, etc.

Expert Advisory Forum

1) Priority Substances2) Groundwater (mid-2003)Chair: Commission

Art. 21 Committee

Working Group 2.A“Ecological Status”

Lead/Co-lead: D, JRC, UK

Working Group 2.B“Integrated River

Basin Management”Lead/Co-lead: F, SP (JRC)

Working Group 2.C“Groundwater”(after end of EAF GW)

Lead/Co-lead: COM / AT

Working Group 2.D“Reporting”

Lead: Commission

New organisation 2003/2004

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Water Framework Directive

Common Implementation Strategy

Testing in Pilot River Basins

Content

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Pilot River Basins

B, F, NL (Scheldt), D, F, Lux (Moselle-Sarre) France (Marne) Ireland (Shannon) UK (Ribble) Denmark (Odense) Finland (Oulujoki) Norway Portugal (Guadiana) Spain (Júcar) Greece (Pinios) Italy (Tevere, Cecina) HU/ROM (Somos) PL, CZ, D (Neisse)

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Pilot River Basins

PIEPIE: PPlatform for IInformation EExchangeaddress: http://viso.ei.jrc.it/wfd_prb/index.html

Forum of experts involved in the PRBsAddress questions and solutionsExchange of informationLibrary connected to CIRCA

Integrated testing of various guidance documents

Diversity of approaches and circumstances

Dissemination of results

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

Pilot River Basins testing

Identification of practical methods of working – Sharing experiences

Organise ad-hoc seminars on Key IssuesPRB Steering Group setting work schedulePRB workshops: Presentations and Discussion

forumDiscuss initiatives to sustain the exerciseExperience PRB reportsFirst PRB Characterisation Report

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European Commission, DG Environment

Unit B.1: Water, the Marine and Soil

TAIEX Seminar « Management of Water Resources: River Basin Management in the Baltic Region, Vilnius, 1-2 March 2004

More information

On water policy:

http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/water

WFD CIRCA Information Exchange Platform (incl. guidance documents):

http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/env/wfd/library

Email:

[email protected]