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André Matoso (Head of Department) APA / ARH Alentejo

Some Aspects on Water Management in Portugal. André Matoso (Head of Department) APA / ARH Alentejo River Basin District Administration of Alentejo Region. Project Enabling Transboundary Co-operation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the Dniester River Basin.

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André Matoso (Head of Department) APA / ARH Alentejo

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  1. Some Aspects on Water Managementin Portugal André Matoso(Head of Department) APA / ARH Alentejo River Basin District Administration of Alentejo Region Project Enabling Transboundary Co-operation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the Dniester River Basin Lisbon, 23 November 2018

  2. Summary • APA/ARH Mission and Objectives • Shared River Basins • Water Resources Planning in Portugal • Water Resources Licensing • Economicand Financial Regime ofWaterResources

  3. APA/ARH Mission and Objectives

  4. APA/ARH Mission and Objectives River Basin District Administrations (Alentejo Region)  (RiverBasinAgency / Agence de l’Eau) • Mission: Protect and improve the environmental components of the WATER and promote the sustainable management of Water Resources

  5. APA/ARH Mission and Objectives ARH core activities

  6. APA/ARH Mission and Objectives • To achieve: • Efficient water use • Protect and promote water quality • Improve biodiversity • Management of water resources related with environmental and public health aspects

  7. APA/ARH Mission and Objectives • ARH functional areas: • Planning, Information and Communication • Inland waters • Transitional and coastal waters • Administrative and Financial issues

  8. APA/ARH Mission and Objectives • Main targets: • involve water users and stakeholders in water resources management • implement the Water Resources Economic and Financial Regime

  9. Shared River Basins Important storage capacity in Spain, making downstream water availability very dependent on the upstream planning and management actions

  10. Shared River Basins Portuguese/Spanish Cooperation in International River Basin Districts

  11. Shared River Basins Convention for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Water in shared River Basins of Portugal and Spain • Former agreements of 1964 and 1968 needed to be adjusted and updated • Albufeira Convention Signed in the Portuguese city of Albufeira on 30th November 1998 This new agreement regulates the protection and sustainable use of water in shared river basins

  12. Water Resources Licensing

  13. Water Resources Licensing

  14. Water Resources Licensing

  15. Water Resources Licensing

  16. Water Resources Licensing Construction in the seashore

  17. Water Resources Licensing

  18. Water Resources Licensing

  19. Economicand Financial Regime ofWaterResources Economicand Financial Regime ofWaterResources since 2008 • Considers an economic and financial regime, aimingto improve the efficiency and sustainability of water use • Considers a Water Pricing Policy based on the integration of both social and economic value of water and environmental aspects of water resources management

  20. Economicand Financial Regime ofWaterResources • Implements the Polluter-Pay and User-Payprinciples • Promotes the costs internalization, associated with damage to the water status, including environmental and resource costs • Adequates contribution from the different water uses

  21. Economicand Financial Regime ofWaterResources Principle: WATER ECONOMIC VALUE CONSUMER ScarceResource USER / PAYER POLLUTER / PAYER

  22. Economic and Financial Regime of Water Resources • WaterResourcesFee(WRF) reflects: • Costofwaterresources management • Environmentalcosts • Waterscarcity Approach: (Ratablebasis) WRF = A – Waterabstraction(m3) on Public Water Domain – PWD E– Wastewaterdischarges(m3)on PWD I– Sandandgravelextraction/dredging (m3) on PWD O – AreaOccupation(m or m2) on PWD U – Use ofwatersruledbypublic Management andPlanning(m3 of abstracted water)

  23. Economic and Financial Regime of Water Resources Examples: A– 0,00 3 € / m3 (Agriculture & Aquaculture)

  24. Economic and Financial Regime of Water Resources Examples: E– Urbanwastewaterdischarges <= 200 inhab_eq = 0 €

  25. Economic and Financial Regime of Water Resources Examples: I– Sandandgravelextraction: 2,53 €

  26. Economic and Financial Regime of Water Resources Examples: O– AreaOccupation: 0,05 € (Agriculture & Aquaculture) 10,14 € (Tourism)

  27. Economic and Financial Regime of Water Resources Examples: U– Use ofwatersruledbypublic Management andPlanning 0,0006 € (Agriculture & Aquaculture) 0,0026 € (Water supply systems)

  28. Economic and Financial Regime of Water Resources 50% - EnvironmentalFund 50% - National WaterAuthority • Incomeappliance: • Increaseofwater use efficiencyandwaterquality • Actions to improve waterresources status anditsassociatedecosystems • Otherwaterresources management costs

  29. Thank you all www.apambiente.pt andre.matoso@apambiente.pt

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