India-EU Water Partnership Expert Meeting on International Water Issues Environment and Foreign Affairs 8. November 2017 Brussels

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1 India-EU Water Partnership Expert Meeting on International Water Issues Environment and Foreign Affairs 8. November 2017 Brussels Fritz Holzwarth Senior Adviser to the India-EU Water Platform Former German Water and Marine Director

2 EU-India Summit: Strengthening our strategic partnership and moving forward with our common agenda 6. October 2017 Leaders also agreed to further intensify cooperation on addressing environmental challenges, in particular under the India-EU Water Partnership. The India EU Water Forum taking place on 11 October 2017 will set concrete steps for this engagement. It was agreed at the Summit to give a fresh impetus to cooperation in research and innovation by launching a major flagship initiative of 30 million in water research. Both sides also agreed to scale up their cooperation in research and innovation by extending the EU-India co-funding mechanism to all areas of Indian interest across Horizon 2020 such as health, climate change, and energy, the latter in the framework of Mission Innovation.

3 President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, October 10.:.the modernisation of India is dependent on the modernisation of its water management. This is not surprising since our country supoports 17% of the global population but has only 4% of the world s water resources.

4 We Need Answers Significant increase in Water Quality Monitoring stations across different river basins in India As a result, data availability on water quality has improved

5 India River Basins

6 India-EU Water Partnership started in 2015, and has supported during 2016 and early 2017 several of the requirements from the MoWR, RD and GR. These include as key actions: Support for the regulatory development of the (draft) Indian Water Framework Law Exchange and Workshop on River Basin Management Planning and Governance (New Delhi) Exchange and Workshop on Water allocation, water economics and eflows in River Basin Management (New Delhi) Technical Exchange on River Basin Management Planning (Hyderabad) and support in developing ToR for RBMPs (financed by World Bank) Initiative Blueprint for Water accounting in India (jointly with 2030 Water Resources Group), addressing water quality dashboard development (based on EEA and Danube experiences in the EU), water quantity accounting system (following SEEA-W, similar to application in the EU) and cost recovery (still pending)

7 In June 2017, a three-year workplan ( ) was agreed by the Joint Working Group, which covers the following Priority Areas: PR 1 Sustainable development of river basins, water governance PR 1A Pilot RBMP to be developed in a new (small) basin (Tapi), to apply EU good practices (methodology, tools, approaches) PR 1B Sharing of experience, lessons learned and good practice, conflict management with other RBMPs in process (e.g. Krishna, Mahanadi and Godavari) and finalised (e.g. Ganga) PR 2 E-flows PR 2A Data framework for assessment PR 2B Pilot e-flows assessment for a designated River Stretch including the socio-economic implication PR 2C Comparative assessment of e-flows methodological approaches in different social (demand) and hydrological regimes PR 2D Implementation of e-flows PR 3 River Rejuvenation, Restoration PR 3A Reuse of Urban waste water PR 4 Groundwater use and recharge PR 4A Knowledge sharing on latest technologies for Aquifer Mapping (mainly use of isotope technology) PR 4B Knowledge exchange on better integration of groundwater in IWRM planning (including climate change effects, pollution transport modelling, community management, and water markets); support in assessment of already designed programme and in its effective implementation PR 4C Development of pilot application(s) of the above and/or aquifer recharge

8 PR 5 Water use in irrigation PR 5A Pilot on irrigation efficiency technologies (complementary to those already in place) PR 5B Audit on technology framework/ performance and comparison to EU situation PR 5 C Experience Sharing PR 6 Solar pumping for irrigation PR 6 A Support in assessment of already designed programme and in its effective implementation (including incentivisation) PR 6 B Pilot project on technology PR 7 Capacity building PR7 A Hands-on Trainings PR 7 B Project Visit PR 8 Blueprint for Water Accounting in India PR 8 A Water quality monitoring and dashboard development PR 8 B Development of water accounts, including cost recovery PR 9 Collaboration in Research, Innovation & Technology PR9 A Collaboration of INCSW / INCGW for Research Dissemination with JRC, WssTP, Water Reuse Europe PR 9 B Technology Dissemination Showcase either through virtual centre or by show case exhibition

9 Since then, the following actions have been implemented: Agreement on detailed actions, milestones and outcomes for each of the Priority Areas First implementation actions on PA 1, 2, 5, and 8 (exchange of information about EU approaches, development of documents as e.g. on Key Water Management Issues for the Tapi RBD Launch of the Horizon 2020 India Water Draft Strategy for the involvement of MS, and other EU institutions and experts The detailed workplan and the strategy for involvement of MS, and other EU institutions and experts is expected to be published mid November 2017.

10 Five key water management issues in the Ganga River Basin (according to the findings of the Ganga RBMP IITC, 2015): 1. Over-abstraction of natural surface- and groundwater resources for water supply 2. Point and diffuse source water pollution 3. Reduction of water recharge and natural water storage capacities (surface- and groundwater) 4. Alteration through engineering operations and infrastructure development 5. Possible alteration of geological processes in the basin and related morphological structures

11 IEWP Organizational Framework

12 From Hot Spots to Action Urban Pollution - Municipal Wastewater Hot Spots in Ganga River Basin - Urban Pollution Based on calculated treatment capacity gaps for urban agglomerations /cities /towns Sources: CPCB Inventorization of STPs Population Census 2011 to assess sewage production 241 population centres have no STP, 20 have less than 50% of effluents treated, 16 have more than 50% and 23 have full treatment capacity.

13 Actions to Eliminate Hot Spots - Road Mapping Translation priority classes for action into timelines: URGENT HIGH MEDIUM LOW Ad hoc Large capacity gap: IMMEDIATE ACTION: Check database on STP capacity and needs Monitoring and water quality Population and development Link Hot Spots with WQ Fill gaps for effective action setting and implementation Cost considerations Design action for implementation Medium capacity gap but a large number of sites affected: AD HOC INITIATION: Check database Fill gaps Start 2018 Exact Assessment Link Hot Spots with WQ Design actions including cost considerations Issues Small capacity gap

14 India WRIS WebGIS Dashboard Dashboard based on national and state data (e.g. CWC/CPCB) Harmonise aims and make use of mutual benefits Define a minimum set of JOINT Dashboard topics and areas Benefits/Win-Win National Mission for Clean Ganga/GIZ System Dashboard Dashboard based on data from different state and local partners Entry point to harmonised approach and to share data towards SAME aims For joint Dashboard: NMCG information feeds India WRIS and vice versa Coupled messaging from the beginning common understandings Close collaboration with/between Indian water authorities from the beginning Exploit data bases from CWC, NMCG and CPCB for Hot Spot Analysis

15 Thank you for your attention!