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Integrated Water Policies Research Activities

This document highlights research activities supporting water policies by the European Commission's head of Water Cycle and Soil-related aspects. Topics include funding distribution, endocrine disruptors, catchment modeling, water scarcity, and more.

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Integrated Water Policies Research Activities

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  1. DG Research activities in support to Water Policies Andrea Tilche European Commission Head of the Unit “Water Cycle and Soil-related aspects” andrea.tilche@cec.eu.int Informal Water Directors Meeting – Rome, 24-25 November 2003

  2. Water Key Action funding distribution in FP5

  3. Project clusters Integrated management Quality Monitoring CREDO Endocrine disruptors WFD CATCHMOD Catchment modelling Quality Assessment CHEMICAL quality ELOISE Land/coast ACTIF FLOOD PHARMA Drug residues ARID Water scarcity SENSPOL Monit. Cont. sites CityNet Urban Water Mgmt Technologies EUGRIS Sednet Sediments and dredging Soil CLUED’EAU Drinking water PaTanTex IPPC

  4. Project clusters/EU Water policies • Water Framework Directive (plus Municipal WW and Nitrate directives) • CATCHMOD: Integrated catchment modelling • WFD-EQA: Ecological Quality Assessment and Ref. conditions • ARID: Management of scarce water resources • CITY-NET: Integrated Urban Water Management • Daughter Directive on Chemical Quality • CREDO: endocrine disrupters • PHARMA: residues of drugs and PCPs • Chemical Quality: cocktails of pollutants, heavy metals, POPs, etc. • Drinking Water Directive • CLUED’EAU: EU drinking water research • IPPC Directive • PaTanTex: Paper mills, tanneries and textile industries

  5. Project clusters/EU Water policies 2 • Soil Thematic Strategy • SENSPOL: Sensors for monitoring water pollution from contaminated sites • EUGRIS – IMAGE-TRAIN – SOWA – JOINT: management, risk assessment and remediation of contaminated sites • SEDNET: management and technologies for sediments and dredging materials • Community Actions in relation to Flood Events • ACTIF: flood forecasting and control

  6. Projects abstracts &results on CIRCA • http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/rtd/eesdwatkeact/library?l=/projects_information&vm=detailed&sb=Title

  7. Projects abstracts &results on CIRCA • http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/rtd/eesdwatkeact/library?l=/projects_information&vm=detailed&sb=Title

  8. AQEM PROJECT WEBSITE The Development and Testing of an Integrated Assessment System for the Ecological Quality of Streams and Rivers throughout Europe using Benthic Macroinvertebrates. Acronym: AQEM(Contract No. EVK1-CT-1999-00027)Duration: March 2000 to February 2002 AQEM has been a research project under the 5th Framework Programmeof the European Union.The AQEM consortium has developed an assessment system for the Ecological Quality of European streams based on benthic invertebrates.[ENTER] Navigate

  9. Newsletters

  10. Newsletters • http://www.harmonicop.info/_files/_down/NewsletterHDWM01.pdf

  11. Newsletters http://www.mantraeast.org/newsletter.php

  12. Newsletters http://www.sednet.org/newsletter.asp

  13. Newsletters http://www.credocluster.info/resources.html

  14. Newsletters http://www.weknow-waternetwork. com/publish/cat_index_12.shtml

  15. Conferences

  16. Conferences TODAY!!!

  17. Conferences TOMORROW!!!

  18. 6th Framework Programme 2002-2006 • Priority Area 6.3 “Global Change and Ecosystems” • Sub-area “Water Cycle and Soil-related aspects” • New very large funding instruments (Integrated Projects and Networks of Excellence) • First call (April 2003): Ecological impact of global change on freshwater ecosystems, River-soil-groundwater interactions, Integrated flood-risk methodologies, Twinning river basins from EU/Africa/NIS (EUWI) • Second call (October 2003): IWRM, Water stress management, Long-term water scenarios for Europe, Water and Soil technologies • Third call (Fall 2004): Flood and Drought research, Integrated Urban Water Management, Risk-based land management

  19. 6th Framework Programme 2002-2006 • Priority 8: “Specific Support to Policy” • Fast response to direct policy needs • Work Programme established in close collaboration with the interested policy DGs • Area 1.5: “Environmental assessment (soil, water, air, noise, effect of chemicals • First call (March 2003): WFD (Ecological/chemical status – Sampling, screening and testing methods); Sludge Directive (Horizontal standards for selected organic compounds) • Second call (January 2004): Bathing Water Dir. (Detection techniques for viruses); Groundwater Dir. (Thresholds of groundwater pollutants); Sludg Dir. (Horizontal standards for hygienic parameters)

  20. Conclusions • EC-funded research • A huge patrimony of knowledge and expertise to be properly exploited for policy and regulation purposes • A very large source of information, through publications, web sites, newsletters, conferences and workshops • Need to facilitate the access to information and the multi-later communication with stakeholders, policy makers and regulators • Constitution of a limited number of project Clusters • Direct participation in the policy development mechanism (i.e. Soil Strategy) • FP6 • New opportunities through Integrated Projects and the Specific Support to Policy • Coordination between DG ENV, DG RTD and the JRC

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