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General introduction to the WFD
Implementation
Birger Bjerkeng,
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Based on presentation by Nornan Green
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to the West Balkan Countries in the field of water
EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)
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Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and
the Council of 23 October 2000
Agreed by the EU commission 29. June 2000 after over
three years of debate and signed in December 2000
Establishes a framework for Community action in the
field of water policy.
May mean extensive changes in regulations and
monitoring programme
The Directive is legally binding and is to be reflected in
national legislation within three years
Common approach with respect to interpretation, goals,
legislative principles and methods
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WFD - Main principles
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Legislation based on precautionary principle
Local participation
Remedial measures at source
Polluter pays
River basin management
Planning and monitoring
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Water body categories
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Surface waters (ecological/chemical status)
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Rivers
Lakes
Transitional Waters (in vicinity of river mouths,
partly saline but substantially influenced by freshwater)
Coastal Waters (within 1 nautical mile of coast baseline)
Territorial waters for chemical status
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Ground water (chemical status, quantity)
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Artificial water body
Heavily modified water body
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WFD - Main elements
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Environmental goal
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Characterising water bodies
– Typology
– Define reference conditions
– Ecological Classification (intercalibration)
Monitoring
River basin management plan
General management plans
Goal: Achieve good status
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Types of monitoring:
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Surveillance monitoring:
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Operational monitoring
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supplement and validate impact assessment procedure
Basis for efficient and effective design of future monitoring programmes
Assess long term changes in natural conditions
Assess long term changes resulting
from widespread anthropogenic activity
Establish the status of waterbodies identified as being at risk of failing to
meet their environmental objectives
Assess changes in status of such bodies resulting from the programmes
of measures
Investigative monitoring
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Where reason for any exceedances is unknown
Where surveillance monitoring indicates that the objectives are not likely
to be achieved and operational monitoring has not already been
established
To ascertain the magnitude and impacts of accidental pollution
As basis for establishing programme of measures
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Important milestones
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2003
Districts defined, legislative proposals
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2004
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2006
Characterization
Pressures, discharge, economic analyses
Monitoring Assessment
Management plan proposal
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2008
Discussion of management plan
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2009
Management plan in operation
and published
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2012
First interim report
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2015 (2020) Environmental (emissions) goal achieved
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2027
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Last deadline for reaching goal where
delays have been granted
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WFD goals - Hazardous substances
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Contribute to progressive reduction of
emissions of hazardous substances to water.
Ultimate aim:
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eliminate occurrence of priority hazardous substances in
the environment
achieve concentrations in the marine environment near
background values for naturally occurring substances.
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Ecological status - classification
Deviation from natural condition:
Acceptable condition
High
Good
No
Small
alteration, alteration
i.e. natural
conditions
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Unacceptable condition
Moderate
Low
Poor
Moderate
alteration
Major
alteration
Severe
alteration,
i.e. large
portion of
bio.comm.
absent
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Environmental quality standards for pollutants
for protection of aquatic biota:
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Standards may be set for water, sediment or biota.
Where possible, both acute and chronic data shall be
obtained.
"base set" of taxa:
Algae
and/or macrophytes
Daphnia or representative organisms for saline waters
Fish
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When setting maximum annual average concentration:
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States shall set appropriate safety factors in each
case consistent with the nature and quality of the available
data ...
where data on persistence and bioaccumulation are
available, these shall be taken into account.
the standard thus derived should be compared with any
evidence from field studies.
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