ARPA E-R, the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Emilia-Romagna

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1 ARPA E-R, the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Emilia-Romagna The essential numbers of Arpa E-R November 2013 Emilia-Romagna Population: (2012) GDP: 9% of national GDP (approx. 122% of national per capita GDP) 2

2 Emilia-Romagna 9 Provinces Piacenza Parma Reggio Emilia Ferrara Modena Bologna Ravenna Forlì-Cesena Rimini 3 Mission of Arpa Performing environmental controls to protect nature and prevent harm to human health, increment territorial safety and promote a more sustainable use of resources: air, water, soil, waste. Provide technical assistance to regional and local governments in planning and authorisation procedures. 4

3 The numbers of Arpa Emilia-Romagna 9 provincial departments (7% of nat. popul., 9% of nat. GDP) 2 special structures (hydro-met-clim and coastal waters) 1030 staff (of which 140 managers/executive/supervisors) 1 central directorate General Directorate, Technical Directorate, Administrative Directorate (170 approx) 85 M yearly budget Three main laboratories plus four specialized labs (95,000 laboratory analyses/year) 19,000 territorial inspections/year 27,000 technical evaluations/year (regarding authorization procedures by local govenments) 1,500,000 hours/year of automatic continuous monitoring of environmental variables (hydromet, AQ, WQ, EMF, etc) 5 Main fields of activity Monitoring of environmental variables: air, water, soil, waste, landfills, etc Command and control: inspections and sampling of industrial and productive sites, control of related authorization procedures Hydro-meteorological and climatological analyses and forecasting for civil protection, agriculture and general users Chemical, biological, toxicological and laboratory analyses Technical support to local governments in matters of environmental impact analysis and evaluation, planning and authorisation procedures, technical conferences, etc. Project planning and evaluation at local, regional, national and european level Regional environmental information system Environmental information, education and communication 6

4 The organisation of the Agency The Agency operates through: nine Provincial Deparments two Thematic Structures: Oceanographic Structure (Daphne) HydroMet and Climate Service (SIMC) a General Directorate a Technical Directorate an Administrative Directorate 7 General Directorate Institutional affairs ICT Safety, Quality, Ecomanagment Organisation, training, knowledge managment Technical Directorate Administrative Directorate Piacenza Parma Reggio Emilia Modena Bologna Ferrara Ravenna Forlì- Cesena Rimini SIMC Daphne 8

5 Regional Thematic Centres Radioactivity Electro-magnetic fields Industrial emissions Air quality Water Health and environment Energy and environmental assessment Urban areas Toxicology Industrial majoraccident hazard Waste, contaminated sites, subsidence Zootechnics Tourism & environment 9 Logistics of laboratory activity PC FE PR RE 6 MO BO RA Environmental analyses Support to Health Service Specialized laboratories Attività ambientale (da 9 a 5 laboratori) Supporto Sanità (da 9 a 3 laboratori) Presidi tematici (Mutagenesi; Aria; Balneazione) 4 6 FC RN 10

6 Hydromet and radarmet network Hydro-met-climate service Weather forecasts and modelling. Weather forecasts, agrometeorology, hydrological and oceanographic forecasts, radar meteorology, urban heat. Climate analysis. Studies on climate change, drought, desertification. 12

7 Hydro-met-climate service and Civil Protection Hydrogeological hazard: Arpa is a functional center for risk prediction, supporting National Civil Protection Agency 13 Air quality monitoring network Rural background Suburban background Urban background Traffic Bologna area Appenine Plain - West Plain - East 14

8 Air quality monitoring network The management of the regional air quality monitoring network is certified according to the standard UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems 15 Air quality assessment and forecast Assessments and forecasts are elaborated daily on main pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, NOx, Ozone) 16

9 Water monitoring networks Inland surface and underground waters Environmental status of surface waters rivers Environmental status of surface waters lakes Drinking water Surface waters for fish life Environmental status of underground waters Automatic monitoring of surface and underground waters Transitional and sea coastal waters Environmental status of transitional waters Environmental status of sea coastal waters Bathing waters Sea and transitional waters for shellfish farming 17 Morphological quality of rivers High Good Moderate Poor Bad 18

10 Nitrates in underground waters 19 Environmental emergencies Arpa ensures a 24h service for environmental emergencies on: potential pollution events or damage to the environment and public health unauthorized actions or breach of law requiring urgent action in order to avoid or limit negative impacts on the environment and health. 20

11 Main European projects AQUA: Adoption of Quality water use in Agro-industry sector EnercitEE: European networks, experience and recommendations helping cities and citizens to become energy efficient Opera: Operational procedure for emission reduction assessment Coast-Best: Co-ordinated approach for sediment treatment and beneficial reuse in small harbours networks. UHI: Urban Heat Island 21 Other projects Moniter: monitoring of waste incinerators in Emilia-Romagna Supersito: a supersite analysis on air quality and health 22

12 Thank you very much for your attention