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1 AGRICULTURE AND DIFFUSE POLLUTION Final Seminar UNDP/GEF DRP February 2007, Bucharest, Romania Dr. Mihaela Popovici Technical Expert Water Management, ICPDR Structure of Presentation The DRB Hot Spots Analysis ICPDR Joint Action Program Results of the Danube Analysis MONERIS

2 3 PROBLEM ANALYSIS: Hot Spots and Pollution Loads Key Problems Identified in the SAP, TDA and DPRP CORE PROBLEM: Ecologically Unsustainable Development and Inadequate Water Resources Management in the Danube River Basin DIRECT CAUSES: Municipalities: Inadequate management of wastewater Industry: Ecologically unsustainable industrial and mining activities Agriculture: Inadequate land management and improper agricultural practices Wetlands and floodplains: loss of wetlands and floodplains

3 5 Annual Phosphorus Load in the Danube (in kt/y), subdivided over the countries of origin GERMANY AUSTRIA CZECH_RE SLOVAKIA HUNGARY SLOVENIA CROATIA YUGOSLAV BOSNIA_H BULGARIA ROMANIA MOLDOVA UKRAINE phosphorus (kt/a) 4.0 (8.1%) 1.4 (2.9%) 12.7 (26.0%) 4.0 (8.1%) (4.6%) (14.4%) (4.5%) 1.3 (2.7%) 3.8 (7.7%) 1.7 (3.5%) 1.1 (2.2%) 3.8 (7.7%) 0 source Inn D-A border Morava/A-SK-H border H to CR/YU Drava Tisa Sava YU-RO border Iron Gates YU-BG border BG-RO border total outflow (7.6%) (100%)

4 Annual Nitrogen Load in the Danube (in kt/y), subdivided over the countries of origin 600 nitrogen (kt/a) GERMANY AUSTRIA CZECH_RE SLOVAKIA HUNGARY SLOVENIA CROATIA YUGOSLAV BOSNIA_H BULGARIA ROMANIA MOLDOVA UKRAINE 28 (5.1%) 8 (1.5%) 121 (22%) 23 (4.1%) 36 (6.5%) (13.1%) (4.1%) 20 (3.5%) 31 (5.6%) 30 (5.4%) 15 (2.8%) (13.9%) 68 (12.3%) 0 source Inn D-A border Morava/A-SK-H border H to CR/YU Drava Tisa Sava YU-RO border Iron Gates YU-BG border BG-RO border total outflow 551 (100%) JOINT ACTION PROGRAMME ICPDR Policy for Pollution Abatement

5 INVESTMENTS AND EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE JAP Investments:» Municipal wastewater collection & treatment: billion USD» Industrial waste water treatment: billion USD» Agricultural projects and land use: billion USD» Rehabilitation of wetlands: billion USD Nitrogen reduction:» from point sources : 58,600 t/y» from diffuse sources : 60,000 t/y» total emission reduction : 22 % Phosphorus reduction:» from point sources : 12,000 t/y» from diffuse sources : 4,000 t/y» total emission reduction : 33 % Reduction of in-stream Nitrogen load for Danube River through implementation of the JAP Nitrogen load (kt/y) Reduction from municipal sector Reduction from agriculture sector Reduction from industry sector Wetlands restored Remaining loads kt/y source Inn D-A border Morava/A-SK-H border H to CR/YU Drava Tisa Sava YU-RO border Iron Gates YU-BG border BG-RO border outflow

6 Reduction of in-stream Phosphorus load for Danube through implementation of the JAP Phosphorus load (kt/y) Reduction from municipal sector Reduction from agriculture sector Reduction from industry sector Wetlands restored Remaining loads kt/y source Inn D-A border rava/a-sk-h border H to CR/YU Drava Tisa Sava YU-RO border Iron Gates YU-BG border BG-RO border outflow DRB ANALYSIS Risk of Failure pressures / impacts from DE AT SK/ HU * HU HR - CS CS/RO BG/RO RO hydromorph. haz.subst.p. nutrient p. organic p. rkm at risk possibly at risk not at risk

7 Intensive agricultural practices..have provoked high concentrations of nutrients Temporal changes of N emissions into the total Danube river system MONERIS (1955 to 2000)

8 Temporal changes of P emissions into the total Danube river system MONERIS (1955 to 2000)

9 Thank you!

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