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General introduction to the WFD Implementation

General introduction to the WFD Implementation. Birger Bjerkeng, Norwegian Institute for Water Research Based on presentation by Nornan Green. EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2000

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General introduction to the WFD Implementation

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  1. General introduction to the WFD Implementation Birger Bjerkeng,Norwegian Institute for Water Research Based on presentation by Nornan Green Norman Green, NIVA

  2. EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) • Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2000 • Agreed by the EU commission 29. June 2000 after over three years of debate and signed in December 2000 • Establishes a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. • May mean extensive changes in regulations and monitoring programme • The Directive is legally binding and is to be reflected in national legislation within three years • Common approach with respect to interpretation, goals, legislative principles and methods Norman Green, NIVA

  3. WFD - Main principles • Legislation based on precautionary principle • Local participation • Remedial measures at source • Polluter pays • River basin management • Planning and monitoring Norman Green, NIVA

  4. Water body categories • Surface waters (ecological/chemical status) • Rivers • Lakes • Transitional Waters (in vicinity of river mouths,partly saline but substantially influenced by freshwater) • Coastal Waters (within 1 nautical mile of coast baseline) • Territorial waters for chemical status • Ground water (chemical status, quantity) • Artificial water body • Heavily modified water body Norman Green, NIVA

  5. WFD - Main elements • Environmental goal • Characterising water bodies • Typology • Define reference conditions • Ecological Classification (intercalibration) • Monitoring • River basin management plan • General management plans • Goal: Achieve good status Norman Green, NIVA

  6. Types of monitoring: • Surveillance monitoring: • supplement and validate impact assessment procedure • Basis for efficient and effective design of future monitoring programmes • Assess long term changes in natural conditions • Assess long term changes resultingfrom widespread anthropogenic activity • Operational monitoring • Establish the status of waterbodies identified as being at risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives • Assess changes in status of such bodies resulting from the programmes of measures • Investigative monitoring • Where reason for any exceedances is unknown • Where surveillance monitoring indicates that the objectives are not likely to be achieved and operational monitoring has not already been established • To ascertain the magnitude and impacts of accidental pollution • As basis for establishing programme of measures Norman Green, NIVA

  7. Important milestones • 2003 Districts defined, legislative proposals • 2004 Characterization Pressures, discharge, economic analyses • 2006 Monitoring Assessment Management plan proposal • 2008 Discussion of management plan • 2009 Management plan in operation and published • 2012 First interim report • 2015 (2020) Environmental (emissions) goal achieved • 2027 Last deadline for reaching goal where delays have been granted Norman Green, NIVA

  8. WFD goals - Hazardous substances • Contribute to progressive reduction of emissions of hazardous substances to water. • Ultimate aim: • eliminate occurrence of priority hazardous substances in the environment • achieve concentrations in the marine environment near background values for naturally occurring substances. Norman Green, NIVA

  9. High Good Moderate Low Poor No Smallalteration Moderate Major Severe alteration, alteration alteration alteration, i.e. natural i.e. large conditions portion of bio.comm. absent Ecological status - classification Deviation from natural condition: Acceptable condition Unacceptable condition Norman Green, NIVA

  10. Standards may be set for water, sediment or biota. Where possible, both acute and chronic data shall be obtained. "base set" of taxa: Algae and/or macrophytes Daphnia or representative organisms for saline waters Fish When setting maximum annual average concentration: Member States shall set appropriate safety factors in each case consistent with the nature and quality of the available data ... where data on persistence and bioaccumulation are available, these shall be taken into account. the standard thus derived should be compared with any evidence from field studies. Environmental quality standards for pollutantsfor protection of aquatic biota: Norman Green, NIVA

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