Monitoring and data exchange at transboundary rivers, including water quality cooperation Almaty, October 2010

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1 Monitoring and data exchange at transboundary rivers, including water quality cooperation Almaty, October 2010 Zsuzsanna BUZÁS Hungary Photo WWF

2 801,473 km² Danube River Basin

3 Different levels of co-operation operation National level Transboundary level Catchment level International level

4 Transboundary level SLOVAKIA UKRAIN AUSTRIA HUNGARY SLOVENIA CROATIA Bilateral co-operation operation is essential for the daily water management in Hungary, because 96 % of the water resources is originated from the neighbouring countries YUGOSLAVIA ROMANIA 7 neighbours

5 Transboundary level Flood control Hydrological data exchange Water quality protection Surface water management Groundwater management EU WFD common river basin management plans

6 Transboundary level History: started with flood defenses, later data exchange and water quality control Co-operation operation through commities, organised according to technical issues, or catchments only commitees related to water quality exist in all relations Co-operation operation are based on regulations Co-operation operation in water resources management have started Co-operation operation in groundwater related question is the next step Common implementation of WFD is the new task

7 Transboundary level Hungary - Romania Sub-committees - on the protection against floods and excess waters - on water management and hydrometeorology, - on water quality Hungary - Slovakia Subsidiary bodies - Danube sub-committee - Ipoly/Ipel sub-committee - Tisza sub-committee - Sub-committee on water quality - Expert group on hydrology - Expert group on the implementation on WFD

8 Regulations Transboundary level Romania - Hungary on the frontier crossing of the responsible authorities on the mutual visual aerial observations under critical situations caused by floods and a d excess waters on flood defenses, of mutual communication of meteorological and hydrological data and information on the water quality of transboundary surface waters, on the procedures in the cases of unexpected, hazardous pollution on the defenses against excess waters, on the concerted operation of some hydraulic structures, on the regular hydrological observation and common identification of water resources of watercourses

9 Transboundary level Romania - Hungary Regulation of mutual communication of meteoro- logical and hydrological data and information 1. Article Introduction 2. Article Aim of the mutual exchange of meteorological and hydrological data and information 3. Article Regular daily meteorological data exchange 4. Article Water snow equivalent data exchange 5. Article Meteorological warnings 6. Article Daily precipitation forecasts exchange 7. Article Regular daily hydrological data exchange 8. Article Hydrological warnings 9. Article Exchange of hydrological forecasts 10. Article Replacement of daily met and hydrological data 11. Article Exchange of yearly hydrological data 12. Article Exchange of groundwater data 13. Article Information of the changes of basic data 14. Article Exchange of weather radar and radar warnings data 15- Article Long-term hydrological forecasts 16. Article Protocols and methods of exchange of data and information

10 Transboundary level Slovakia - Hungary Regulations rules of procedure of the HU-SK Committee on Transboundary Waters in the defense against floods, excess waters and ice during accidental pollutions on the sampling, analyses and evaluation of water quality on the activities during the accidental pollution of the cooperation in the exchange of hydrological data and information

11 Transboundary level Slovakia - Hungary Regulation on the sampling, analyses and the evaluation of water quality performed by the authorities of the Hungarian Republic and the Slovak Republic in the watercourses forming the frontier or crossed by it 1 Article Aim of the regulation 2 Article Institutions involved 3 Article Sampling places 4 Article Water quality parameters 5 Article - Sampling methods 6 Article Fulfilment of physical, chemical and biological samplings 7 Article Compliance of the results 8 Article Evaluation of the results 9 Article Applied threshold limits 10 Article Qualification of the results 11 Article Periodical survey of the water quality changes 12 Article Reporting obligations of the Water quality subcommission 13 Article Closing resolutions

12 Transboundary level Slovakia - Hungary Regulation on the sampling, analyses and the evaluation of water quality performed by the authorities of the Hungarian Republic and the Slovak Republic in the watercourses forming the frontier or crossed by it Annexes 1. Data of involved institutions 2. List of the sampling places and frequencies 3. List of the parameters, units and yearly frequencies of given parameters 4. Sampling, conservation, transport and storage methods 5. Fulfilment of physical, chemical and biological samplings 6. Protocol for common sampling results 7. Protocol for evaluation of the results 8. Threshold values for evaluation 9. Summary table 10. Protocol for the water quality changes of given rivers

13 Transboundary level Slovakia - Hungary Regulation on the sampling, analyses and the evaluation of water quality performed by the authorities of the Hungarian Republic and the Slovak Republic in the watercourses forming the frontier or crossed by it 4 Article Water quality parameters - general physical and inorganic chemical parameters - general organic parameters - inorganic industrial pollutants parameters - organic industrial pollutants parameters - biological parameters (including based on WFD: phytoplankton, - - macrophytes and phytobenthos, benthic invertebrate fauna) 12. Article Reporting obligations of the Water quality subcommission - evaluation of water quality in written from and with general tabulators - general summary of the yearly water quality changes - reasons of the changes

14 Transboundary level Slovakia - Hungary Regulation on the activities during the accidental pollution of the Hungarian -Slovakian transboundary waters (1995) 1-2. Article Introduction and aim of the regulation 3. Article Information exchange 4. Article Evaluation of the risk and vulnerability 5. Article Contingency plans 6. Article Warning systems 7. Article Information about the events 8. Article Post-evaluation of accidental pollutions List of annexes 1. Data of the institutions which have to be informed in case of accidental pollutions (two responsible national ministries) 2. Data of other institutions involved into accidental events information exchange 3. Protocol for reporting 4. Technical means for identification of accident 5. Contingency plans content 6. Information protocol about the accidental pollution

15 Trans National Monitoring Network TNMN TNMN by Igor Liska

16 TNMN until until 2007 Based on national monitoring networks Data from 77 sampling stations provided in determinands in water Minimum sampling frequency 12/year (chem( chem) ) 2/year (biol( biol)

17 Load assessment programme Integrated with the TNMN Loads s are calculated for BOD 5, inorganic nitrogen, ortho-phosphate phosphate- phosphorus, dissolved phosphorus, total phosphorus, suspended solids and chlorides (voluntary) Minimum sampling frequency - at least 24 per year

18 Major Objective Revised TNMN The major objective overview of the overall status and long-term changes of surface water and where necessary groundwater on a basin-wide scale particular attention paid to the transboundary effects like pollution load link Danube nutrient loads and eutrophication Black Sea monitoring of nutrient sources and pathways of nutrients in the DRB and the effects of measures to reduce the nutrient loads into the Black Sea. address all biological quality elements

19 Surveillance monitoring I Monitoring of surface water status Provides assessment of the overall surface water status in the DRB Sampling and assessment: Once in the RBM plan period Quality elements: all biological quality elements, hydromorphological parameters, all general physico-chemical chemical quality parameters, priority list pollutants which are discharged into the basin, other pollutants discharged in significant quantities

20 Surveillance monitoring II Monitoring of specific pressures Provides assessment of long term trends of specific pollutants Sound basis for load estimation transferred in marine environment Sampling and assessment: annually Quality elements: organic pollution nutrient pollution hazardous substances Biology (selected)

21 SM2 - Chemistr y Surveillance Monitoring 2 Water Water concentrations load assessment Parameter Flow daily Temperature anually / 26 x per year Transparency (1) Suspended Solids (5) anually / 26 x per year Dissolved Oxygen ph (5) 20 C (5) Alkalinity (5) + Ammonium (NH 4 -N) (5) anually / 26 x per year Nitrite (NO - 2 -N) anually / 26 x per year Nitrate (NO - 3 -N) anually / 26 x per year Organic Nitrogen anually / 26 x per year Total Nitrogen anually / 26 x per year Ortho-Phosphate (PO 3-4 -P) (2) anually / 26 x per year Total Phosphorus anually / 26 x per year Calcium (Ca 2+ ) (3, 4, 5) Magnesium (Mg 2+ ) (4, 5) Chloride (Cl - ) Atrazine Cadmium (6) Lindane Lead (6) Mercury (6) Nickel (6) Arsenic (6) Copper (6) Chromium (6) Zinc (6) p,p -DDT and its derivatives (7) anually / 1 or 12 x per year CODCr (5) CODMn (5) Dissolved Silica anually / 26 x per year BOD5 anually / 12 x (1) Only in coastal waters (2) Soluble reactive phosphorus SRP (3) Mentioned in the tables of the CIS Guidance document but not in the related mind map (4) Supporting parameter for hardness-dependent eqs of PS metals (5) Not for coastal waters (6) Measured in a dissolved form. Measurement of total concentration is optional (7) ; In areas with no risk of failure to meet the environmental objectives for DDT the monitoring frequency is once per year; in case of risk the frequency is 12 x year

22 SM2 - Biology PHYTOPLANKTON chlorophyll-a BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES Saprobic index and number of families (ASPT and EPT taxa optional) PHYTOBENTHOS benthic diatoms optional parameter

23 Operational Monitoring Objectives: assess status of those water bodies identified as being at risk of failing to meet their environmental objectives assess any changes in the status of such bodies resulting from the programmes of measures. The selection of parameters for the operational monitoring is individual for a particular sampling site that represents an affected water body.

24 Trans National Monitoring Network TNMN new setup surface waters

25 Investigative monitoring primarily a national task. At the basin-wide level: Joint Danube Surveys (every 6 years) will be used to carry out investigative monitoring as needed testing of new methods checking the impact of new chemical substances

26 JDS2 Objectives 96 sites were successfully sampled along the 2,600 km stretch of the Danube River Survey gathered comprehensive information about riverine hydromorphology, biology and chemistry; microbiological and isotope analysis was performed as well Strengthened basin-wide cooperation among the scientific community Increased public awareness toward water quality protection

27 JDS2 General conclusions Important tool for the preparation of the Danube River Basin Management Plan Generally improving trend along the main Danube River was confirmed Specific problems were reinforced, especially at a number of tributaries and downstream large cities

28 JDS2 JOINT DANUBE PROGRAMME 2008

29 TransNational Monitoring Network TNMN 1st yearbook Harmonise or make comparable the monitoring and assessment methods - Develop communication and data processing facilities - Elaborate joint programmes for monitoring the riverine conditions in the Danube catchment as basis for the assessment of transboundary impacts

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