Transcript Blueprint

Recent and on-going EU
policy developments and
implementation issues in the
field of water management
Nicola Notaro (Ph.D)
Deputy Head Water Unit C1
DG Environment
The Blueprint package
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Blueprint Communication COM(2012)673+ Impact Assessment
SWD(2012) 381 & 382
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Report on River Basin Management Plans COM(2012)670
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Commission Staff Working Document, European Overview on River Basin
Management Plans, Volumes 1 and 2 SWD(2012) 379
Commission Staff Working Document, River Basin Management Plans,
Volumes 3 to 30 (All Member States + Norway) SWD(2012) 379
Communication on the Review of the European Water Scarcity and
Drought Policy COM(2012)672 + accompanying Commission Staff Working
Document SWD(2012)380
Fitness Check SWD (2012)393
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Status of adoption of WFD plans
GREEN - River Basin
Management Plans
adopted!
RED – consultations not
started, ongoing or
finalised but not ALL
plans adopted or
reported to EC
http://water.europa.eu/participation
Assessment River Basin Management Plans:
Some general findings
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A lot of effort put into
preparation of the plans and
impressive knowledge
improvement
High uptake of the common
framework and common
language on water management
provided by the WFD
Integration of ecological
perspective into water
management
Enhancement of international
cooperation
Public participation, stakeholder
involvement
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4 Member States yet to submit
all plans
Low ambition in many of the
plans.
Uncompleted setting of
measures
Lack of comparability in some
areas (e.g. chemical status!)
Little understanding of aligning
water management practices
and environment protection
(e.g. definition of exemptions)
Insufficient consideration of
water pricing and definition of
costs
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Status of surface waters
A lot has been achieved, but challenges
remain
Significant pressures (rivers)
Significant impacts (rivers)
Source: EEA
Source: EEA
Water bodies in good status in 2009
and 2015: What progress expected?
Ecological
status
of
surface
waters
Chemical
status
of
surface
waters
Quantitative
status
of
groundwater
Chemical
status
of
groundwater1
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Nb of MS
Nb of
bodies
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82684
water
% Water bodies
in good status or
potential 2009
43
% Water bodies
in good status or
potential 2015
53
Progress 20092015 in %
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Information unclear to establish the 2009 baseline
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12022 (5197)
89 (85)
96 (92)
7 (7)
2477
12022 (5197)
83 (68)
89 (77)
6 (9)
Blueprint impact assessment
12 priority problems
1. Lack of water pricing
2. Lack of metering
3. Lack of labeling of
traded goods
4. Land use/Agricultural
impacts
5. Inefficiency in
buildings/appliances
6. Inefficient water
infrastructure (leakage)
7. Lack of water re-use
8. Governance
9. Target setting
10.Drought management
11.Understanding costs and
benefits
12.Knowledge base
Blueprint objectives
Voluntary
Regulation
Conditionality
Efficient incentive water
pricing
CIS Guidance on
trading schemes by
2014
Enforcement of Art. 9
WFD (ongoing)
Ex-ante conditions
under RD&C policy
funds 2014
Metering take up
Enforcement of Art. 9
WFD (ongoing)
Water use reduction in
agriculture
Precondition for some
irrigation projects
under RD as of 2014
Reduction of illegal
abstraction/impoundme
nts
Apply GMES as of
2013
Awareness of water
consumption
Support voluntary
labeling & certific.
schemes
Maximisation of the use
of NWRM (Green Infr.)
CIS Guidance by
2014
Efficient water
appliances in buildings
EU Ecolabel & GPP
criteria 2013
Reduction of leakages
Best practice/tools on
SELL in 2013
Maximisation of water
reuse
Improvement of
governance
Funding
Possible EU initiative
on inspections - 2013
Greening of CAP pillar
I as of 2014
S&C Funds
& EIB loans
Eco-design Working
Plan in 2012
S&C Funds
& EIB loans
Possible Regulation in
2015
Peer review of RBMPs
(2013 – 2016)
Cross-compliance
under CAP
S&C Funds
& EIB loans
Blueprint objectives
Voluntary
Regulation
Implementation of
water accounts, e-flows
& target setting
CIS Guidance on WAs / Eflows & Target setting by
2014
Reduction of flood risk
Through Green Infr.
European Flood
Awareness System
Flood Risk
Management Plans by
2015
Reduction of drought
risk
Through Green Infr.
European Flood
EDO in 2013-2014
Enforcement of WFD
requirements
(ongoing)
Better calculation of
costs and benefits
CIS Guidance by 2014
Better knowledge base
Upgrading WISE by 2015
Conditionality
Funding
Possible European
Semester Recomm.
2013
CAP, S&C
Funds &
EIB loans
Support to developing
countries
Tackling pollution
Report on
pharmaceuticals & the
environment 2013
Targeted enforcement
of WFD, EQS/PSD,
NID, UWWTD, IED …
Cross-cutting
EIPs on Water and Agri as
of 2013
Overall enforcement
of WFD, EQS/PSD,
NID, UWWTD, IED
Follow up
• Ensuring correct implementation of WFD in first and second RBMP
period (Follow up RBMP assessment)
• Council Conclusions 17.12.2012
• Follow up bilaterally (COM+MS, 11 meetings to date)
• Possible enforcement action
• Common Implementation Strategy (CIS work program
2013-2015 incorporated Blueprint policy options)
• Possible new legislative initiatives
• Assessment of PoM and integration of EU Water Directives
• 2019 review WFD
The Groundwater Directive
Good chemical
status criteria
(Article 3 &
Annexes I and
II)
Risks of pollution from diffuse/point
sources (urban, agriculture,
industrial)
Run-off
Drinking water
abstraction
TV establishment at most
appropriate level (local, regional,
national), with account of impacts
on aquatic and terrestrial
ecosystems, human toxicology and
ecotoxicology knowledge
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EU-wide Quality standards:
Nitrates & pesticides (more stringent
TVs are required if associated surface
waters or directly dependent terrestrial
ecosystems need them)
Threshold values
for “risk” substances
set by MS (end 2008) –
Indicative list of
pollutants provided –
Transboundary
coordination required –
Possible amendment at
RBMP review
=WFD environmental objective
(besides quantitative status covered by WFD)
• Review of GWD Annexes I and II in 2013 and if
appropriate, legislative proposals taking account of
monitoring data and research outputs
• GWD implementation group with MS and
stakeholders:
https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/b1a3fb16-0308479a-8b6d-0c056b6890e4
• 9 October Conference in Brussels
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The Environmental Quality Standards
Directive
An updated list of priority substances
• 12 new priority substances (very persistent and
bio-accumulative, highly toxic, or suspected of
being endocrine disruptors)
• To be monitored regularly in all Member States
• No later than 2021, action to reduce or eliminate
emissions and bring concentrations down to safe
levels by 2027
A watch list
• A new monitoring mechanism – the 'Watch List' - to improve the
evidence base for identifying priority substances in the future
• Three pharmaceutical substances included on the first watch list
• Provisions to improve the information presented to the public on
the chemical status of water
• A strategic approach to pharmaceuticals
The Floods Directive
Three stage approach
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Preliminary flood risk assessment
(maps, experience from past floods,
predictions of future floods,
identification areas of potential
significant flood risk)
Flood mapping (= knowing areas at
risk of flooding, different scenarios,
flood hazard maps & flood risk maps),
Flood Risk Management Plans (=
plans to reduce flood risks, covering all
elements of the flood risk management
cycle)
26.11.2009 (Transposition)
26.05.2010 (CA/Unit of management)
22.12.2011
2018
22.12.2013 *
2019
22.12.2015 **
2021
Review /update every 6 years thereafter
Reporting to the Commission : 3 months after
* = date of 1st review of pressure and impact analysis under the WFD
** = date of 1st review of WFD river basin management plans
Urban Waste Water Treatment
Urban Waste Water Treatment
• Collection rates:15 MS collecting 100 % of total polluting load.
All MS maintained or improved previous results, compliance
rates below 30 % in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia and
Slovenia
• Secondary treatment 82 %, up 4 points. In EU-15, range 90100 %, EU-12, average 39 %
• Compliance rates for more stringent treatment 77 % overall
but EU-12 only 14 %, whereas Austria, Germany, Greece, and
Finland reached 100 %
• EU territory designated as a sensitive area increased by 2
points to 75 %
• UWWTD as a pilot for the Structured Information and
Implementation Framework (SIIF)
Drinking Water Directive
Review of Annexes II and III
(monitoring and analysis)
• Article 11.2 requires an update to respond to
technical and scientific progress
• Improving efficiency, effectiveness, comparability
• Minimum requirements for monitoring to improve
public access to information
• Coherence with water legislation
• Discussion at DW Commiteee in November
Thank you for your attention !
All docs available at
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water