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Slovak – Hungarian Water Quality Working Group Joint Transboundary Water Commission, JTWC

Slovak – Hungarian Water Quality Working Group Joint Transboundary Water Commission, JTWC. Milan Matu s ka , Jarmila Makovinska Slovak Republic György Simonfai, Ferenc Laszlo Hungary. WQWG. Background Legal aspects Regular WQ monitoring and assessment Emissions

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Slovak – Hungarian Water Quality Working Group Joint Transboundary Water Commission, JTWC

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  1. Slovak – HungarianWater Quality Working GroupJoint Transboundary Water Commission, JTWC Milan Matuska, Jarmila Makovinska Slovak Republic György Simonfai, Ferenc Laszlo Hungary

  2. WQWG • Background • Legal aspects • Regular WQ monitoring and assessment • Emissions • Impact of transboundary water scheme • Emergency plans • Early warning stations • Perspectives

  3. Background • First agreement 1963 • Agreement including WQ – ratified 1976 • Transboundary streams in clean conditions • Regular monitoring and assessment • Accidental pollution control – joint effort

  4. Legal aspects • All activities on transboundary streams – agreed by JTWC before national permits • Working Groups – WQWG one of them • Specific programmes, results, recommendations of WGs • Protocols of WGs in both languages • Specific item of yearly protocol of JTWC • Selected problems – third language - English • After approval by plenipotentiaries – obligatory for both parties

  5. Regular WQ monitoring and assessment • Development • 1963 – 1975 • 1 – 4 samples/year, 11 parameters, verbal • 1977 – 1990 • 12 samples/year, 4 classes, 17 parameters, verbal • Since 1991 • Statistical, 6 classes, last 2 years (24 data), 34 parameters

  6. Regular WQ monitoring and assessment • Trends • pH – slightly towards the alkaline range, save for the Bodva, Szartos, Bodrog and Ronyva streams • Ammonium– considerable improvement at all stations • Majority of other parameters – also improvement • Improvement attributable • hydro-meteorological conditions (suspended solids, total iron, manganese) • economic recession and/or progress in wastewater treatment

  7. Emissions – “clean water” • Constructions • Maria Valeria bridge – oil pollution • Waste Water Treatment Plants • Sturovo pulp industrial complex • Richter-Gedeon pharmaceutical facility in Dorog • Municipal waste water treatment plants • Permission process – first step – approval by WQWG

  8. Impact of transboundary water scheme • Water scheme influencing water regime • Transboundary impact • Specific joint commission • Acceptable operational regime • Extended monitoring • 12 years period • Trends, conclusions • Assessment report – broadly available after approval of plenipotentiaries

  9. Emergency plans • Harmonized emergency plans • Crossing the borders • Harmonized individual plans • Propagation time period • Early warning – sufficient time span for preventive actions, if possible • Content of harmonized plan • Bodrog River - ready • Hornád/Hernád River – under preparation

  10. Emergency plans • Joint emergency plan • Identical with state border • Specific plan for upstream river stretch • Single joint plan for the common stretch • Preliminary content • Ipel/Ipoly River

  11. Early warning stations • Early warning of accidental pollution • Reasons: • Warning for groundwater drinking supply system • Basic information for remedial measures • Information for Danube Early Warning System • Supplementary information on water quality regime • Supporting system for state administration and local governments

  12. Early warning stations • Uh – Slovakian territory • First impetus: Oil spills from Ukraine • Parameters: Oil substances, O2, NNH4, NNO3, pH • Location, photos • Hernad – Hungarian territory • First impetus: Accidental spills in Slovakia • Failure of WWTP in Kosice • Location

  13. Early warning stations • Financial support – USAID • Integral part of Danubian Early Warning System • Interconnected with • National PIACs • State administration • Institutes

  14. Perspectives • Agreement in force – boundary streams • Agreement change • Water Framework Directive • Avoid formal transposition • Helpful for implementation – national, international • Harmonization of national implementations • Agreement finalization and phased implementation • Starting in 2003 • Real co-operation earlier

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