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Update on river basin specific substances Jens Arle & Ulrich Claussen

Update on river basin specific substances Jens Arle & Ulrich Claussen. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants.

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Update on river basin specific substances Jens Arle & Ulrich Claussen

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  1. Update on river basin specific substancesJens Arle & Ulrich Claussen

  2. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants • Based on: WFD CIS ECOSTAT WG A Report (2012) “Comparison of Limits of River Basin District Specific Pollutants set for the Demands of the European Water Framework Directive in Streams and Rivers” fromJanuary 2012. • ECOSTAT saw the need to update the report and • MS were invited to: • check their entries and/or • correct/update entries if necessary. • Timeline: • DE-Co lead has sent MS specific emails in December 2012 • DE presents an updated analysis for ECOSTAT (1) 2013. • Aim: • proposal to ECOSTAT (2) 2013 on further possible steps ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  3. Number of RBDSPs in Rivers per MS

  4. Distribution of RBDSPs in Rivers amongst MS Heterogenity: Only few substances were reported by more than one or some MS Communalities: The same two substances (Copper & Zinc) were only reported by 20 MS

  5. Comparison of RBDSPs EQS amongst MS (Examples [µg/L]) Large differences in EQS for a considerable number of substances were observed

  6. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  7. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants Question I: Did you use the method described in Annex V of the WFD for derivation of threshold values of specific pollutants? (compare WFD, 1.2.6. "Procedure for the setting of chemical quality standards by Member States") Answers: NO YES 7 MS 6 MS ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  8. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants Question II: Did you use the methods described in the new CIS Guidance No. 27 “Technical Guidance for Deriving Environmental Quality Standards” (Technical Report - 2011 - 055) for derivation of threshold values of specific pollutants (or to update the EQS)? Answers: NO YES Without response 8 MS 4 MS 1 MS ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  9. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants Question III: If the answer is "No“ for Questions I or II (or both), please describe /cite the method used to derive environmental quality standards of River Basin Specific Pollutants • Summary of some answers: • Approaches used were in principle similar to that proposed under WFD. • For substances with EQS established before 2008, the EQS were derived under the Dangerous Substance Directive (EEC/76/464). • The reason for not using the WFD procedure for setting EQS was that the EQS were introduced to legislation before this procedure (guidance) was set out. ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  10. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants • Summary of some (more) answers : • Threshold values were derived under consideration of EQS from neighbour countries • EQS for River basin specific pollutants have been finalised in 2010 (before CIS Guidance Document No. 27 was published) • MS have not yet identified pollutants of national concern for their water courses. • MS currently work on the revision of EQS to derive them in accordance with CIS guidance no. 27 • EQS for RBDSPs were derived in in former times (“Soviet time”). • …… ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  11. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants • Conclusions (I): • EQS for RBDSPs identified by some MS were derived using the procedure in WFD Annex V 1.2.6., (other MS`s didn`t use the procedure yet) • All or only some of the EQS for RBDSPs identified by MS were derived using the procedure in WFD Annex V 1.2.6. • Some MS used alternative procedures to derive EQS for RBDSPs and/orEQS for RBDSPs were used derived under previous legislation ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  12. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants • Conclusions (II): • Some differences in EQS values for RBDSPs among MS, probably reflect differences in the approaches used to derive the values. • Only 4 of 13 MS used the methods described in the CIS Guidance No. 27 “Technical Guidance for Deriving Environmental Quality Standards” for derivation of threshold values of specific pollutants. • CIS Guidance Document No. 27 was published in 2011, after most MS published their threshold values. • Many MS have on-going programmes on developing or refining their RBDSPs and the respective EQS values. ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  13. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants Open Question: Information basis / Methods used to identify RBDSPs by different MS? …. Outstanding next steps: Complete the analysis – repeating the request to MS that didn`t respond to our first request in December 2012 using the “new” updated ECOSTAT – Contact – List ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  14. ECOSTAT – Activity on River Basin District Specific Pollutants Results from the work package in the European Parliament funded study on “Pressures and Measures” on the approaches to EQS setting across MS that might inform further work on this issue are available now. ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

  15. Thank you for your attention! ECOSTAT-Meeting, 24.04.2013 Ispra 43. Essener Tagung für Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft

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