European Union Strategy for Danube Region and the implementation of the Water Framework Directive

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1 COST 869 Mitigation options for Nutrient Reduction in Surface Water and Groundwaters Final Meeting, Keszthely, October 2011 European Union Strategy for Danube Region and the implementation of the Water Framework Directive ISTVÁN IJJAS Professor Emeritus Budapest University of Technology and Economics

2 Contents 1) Introduction DRBMP and EUSDR 2) Objectives, scope, structure and organisation of EUSDR 3) Nutrient control issues in EUSDR 4) Conclusions - Expected role of EUSDR in future visions of DRBMP

3 1. Introduction Danube River Basin Management Plan and EU Strategy for Danube Region

4 Location of the Danube River Basin in Europe

5 Previous programmes for the Danube River Basin The Danube...for whom and for what, Equipe Cousteau (1992) Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin Danube Integrated Environmental Study ( ) Strategic Action Plan - SAP (1994) SAP Implementation Plan (1995) Danube Nutrient Reduction Programme ( ) ICPDR Joint Action Plan DABLAS programme (specific reports in 2002 and 2004) EU WFD Danube River Basin Analysis (2005) UNDP/GEF Danube Regional Project ( ) UNDP-GEF-ICPDR Danube River Basin Updated Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis Based on EU Water Framework Directive (2006) Danube River Basin Management Plan (2009)

6 Existing inter-governmental cooperation bodies and tools Long history of co-operation on the Danube River: Danube Navigation Convention (Belgrade, 1948) Bucharest Declaration (1984), UNECE Transboundary Water Convention (Helsinki Convention, 1992), Danube River Protection Convention (DRPC,1994) EU Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000). Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) Bilateral/multilateral agreements between individual countries

7 Significant Water Management Issues in the DRB Basin-wide issues

8 The main basin-wide environmental problems Four significant transboundary issues priorities for the Danube Basin and for the impact of the Danube River on the Black Sea Nutrient Pollution from point sources and diffuse sources Organic Pollution from point sources and diffuse sources Hazardous substances - industrial and accidental pollution Hydromorphological alterations - engineering works for navigation, hydropower generation, flood prevention New issues: sediments, climatic changes

9 Basin-wide significant water management issues Annual precipitation in the Danube Basin

10 Basin-wide significant water management issues Areal average values of multiannual specific runoff

11 Cumulative discharge of the Danube (in m3/s) and contribution of water from each country (in %)

12 Mean total Nitrogen emissions into the analytical units (kg/ha) Source: UNDP-GEF Danube Regional Project

13 Cumulative load of N (in kt/year) and contribution of N from each country (in %) Source: UNDP-GEF Danube Regional Project

14 2) Objectives, scope, structure and organisation of EUSDR

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16 Major documents on Danube Strategy: Communication Action Plan Impact Assessment

17 Action Plan 4 Pillars 11 Priority Areas Actions Flagship Projects, Projects

18 The four pillars set out the key goals The goals are translated into 11 priority areas How does Strategy work? No new EU funds, no new EU legislation, and no new EU structures A focus on closer synergies between authorities at all levels to maximise the impact of actions and funding.

19 Four pillars of the Action Plan: Connecting the Danube Region (e.g. improving mobility, encouraging sustainable energy and promoting culture and tourism) Protecting the environment in the Danube Region (e.g. restoring water quality, managing environmental risks and preserving biodiversity) Building prosperity in the Danube Region (e.g. developing research capacity, education and information technologies, supporting the competitiveness of enterprises and investing in people s skills) Strengthening the Danube Region (e.g. stepping up institutional capacity and improving cooperation to tackle organised crime)

20 Priority Areas 1) To improve mobility and intermodality Austria, Romania (Inland waterways); Slovenia, Serbia (Rail, road and air). Interest: Ukraine 2) To encourage more sustainable energy - Hungary, Czech Republic 3) To promote culture and tourism, people to people contacts Bulgaria, Romania 4) To restore and maintain the quality of waters Hungary, Slovakia 5) To manage environmental risks - Hungary, Romania 6) To preserve biodiversity, landscapes and the quality of air and soils Germany (Bavaria), Croatia 7) To develop the knowledge society (research, education and ICT) Slovakia, Serbia 8) To support the competitiveness of enterprises Germany (Baden-Württemberg), Croatia 9) To invest in people and skills Austria, Moldova 10) To step up institutional capacity and cooperation Austria (Vienna), Slovenia 11) To work together to tackle security and organised crime Germany, Bulgaria

21 Types of EUSDR actions/projects for water management issues: Environmental programs implementation of RBMPs programs for improvement of the status of waters Priority Area 4 (Priority Area 5, Priority Area 6) Future infrastructure projects/programs for flood protection, drought management, navigation Priority Area 5 (Priority Area 1) The rules of WFD, the Habitat Directive, the Natura 2000 should be considered

22 Priority Area 4 Implementation of WFD Coordinators: Slovakia and Hungary in close cooperation with ICPDR Actions 1) Implementation of the Danube River Basin Management Plan 2) Cooperation at subbasin level 3) Development of information systems 4) Wastewater treatment facilities 5) Buffer strips along the rivers to retain nutrients 6) Cooperation between authorities responsible for agriculture and environment 7) Limitations of phospates in detergents 8) Treatment of hazardous substances and contaminated sludge 9) Control of substances that are considered problematic 10) Reducing water continuity interruptions 11) To limit water abstarction 12) Exchange of good practice in integrated water management 13) Safeguarding of drinking water supply 14) Integrated Coastal Zone Management

23 Organisation of the Danube Region Strategy HLG High Level Group NCP National Contact Point PAC Priority Area Coordinator Steering Groups for the Priority Areas Kick-off actions in Priority Areas FPL Flagship Project Leader

24 The Strategy goes live in 24 June 2011 Formal support by the Heads of State and Government Source: Danube Region Strategy News, Issue 2/2011

25 Newsletter of the Danube Region Strategy

26 First meeting of the Priority Area Coordinators and the National Contact Points in Gödöllő, Hungary, 8-10 May 2011 Source: Danube Region Strategy News, Issue 2/2011

27 Priority Area 5 Coordinators: Petra Szavics - Romania To Manage Environmental Risks Peter Bakonyi - Hungary Source: Danube Region Strategy News, Issue 2/2011

28 3) Nutrient control issues in EUSDR

29 Priority Area 4 Action 5 To establish buffer strips along the rivers to retain nutrients and to promote alternative collection and treatment of waste In small rural settlements Action 6 To foster and develop an active process of dialogue and cooperation between authorities responsible for agriculture and environment to ensure that measures are taken to address agricultural pollution

30 Example EUSDR flagship project with strong nutrient control aspects: Danube Sediment Management Assessment for the Restoration of Sediment Balance in the Danube River Basin Cooperation of 8 countries 14 partners Lead Institution Budapest University of Technology and Economics Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Eng. Prof.Józsa

31 Nutient control in Danube Region Strategy and Baltic Region Strategy What to learn from the Baltic Sea Region Strategy?

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35 Programme Manual Baltic Sea Region

36 Implementation of the Baltic Sea Region Strategy First annual report

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38 Practical implementation of River Basin Management Plans

39 Cost-efficient and eco-efficient water protection measures 11 partners 8 countries 2.0 million Euro

40 Project on agriculture, environment and eutrophication

41 Reduction of nutrient levels in the Baltic Sea 23 partners 10 countries 6.7 million Euro

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43 4) Conclusions Expected role of EUSDR in future visions of DRBMP

44 Future visions for Danube Basin level: Organic pollution: zero emmission of untreated wastewaters into the waters Nutrient pollution: balanced management of nutrient emmissions - the waters of the Danube and the Black Sea are not threatened or impacted by eutrophication Hazardous substances pollution: no risk or threat to human health and the aquatic ecosystem of the waters in the DRB and Black Sea waters Hydro-morphological alterations: Interruption of river and habitat continuity: hydro-morphological changes of the river shall not hinder the migration and spawning of fish Disconnection of floodplains and wetlands: floodplains and wetlands will be re-connected and restored Hydrological alterations: the aquatic ecosystem shall not be influenced in its natural development and distribution Future infrastructure projects: negative local and transboundary effects are fully prevented, mitigated or compensated.

45 Short- and long-term targets for the recovery of the Black Sea: Short-term: to avoid exceeding loads of nutrients discharged into the Sea beyond those that existed in Long-term: to reduce the loads of nutrients discharged to levels allowing Black Sea ecosystems to recover to conditions similar to those of the 1960s.

46 The key conclusions of the DRBM Plan The assessment of the ecological status will be further developed. Measures identified will not ensure the achievement of the environmental objectives on basin-wide scale, significant further efforts will still be necessary regarding organic pollution N and P hazardous substances pressures from all hydomorphological components 824 river and habitat continuity interruptions will remain negative impacts of future infrastructure projects other relevant issues: quality and quantity of sediments, invasive species, water quantity issues and climate change The EUSDR will help!

47 Added value of the water-actions of EUSDR for the European Union: The coordinated improvement of the status of waters will conserve the water resources for the future water uses, will significantly contribute to sustainable regional development, will ensure the preservation and the restoration of the valuable ecosystems, will reduce the impacts on the Black Sea.

48 Thank You for the invitation! Congratulation to the achievements of your COST Action 869 ( )! I wish you a succesfull conference!

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