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The Role of the ICPDR
in Nutrient Pollution Reduction
25 January 2007
Philip Weller
Executive Secretary, ICPDR
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Structure of Presentation
· The Danube River Basin, DRPC and ICPDR
· The ICPDR JAP
· WFD - Program of Measures
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· 10% of Europe
· 81 Mio Inhabitants
· 18 Countries
Most international
River Basin in the
World
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COOPERATION IN THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN
Danube River Protection Convention ­ DRPC
» The legal frame for co-operation to assure protection of
water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in
the Danube River Basin
» signed: 29 June 1994, Sofia / in force: 22 October 1998
International Commission for the Protection of the
Danube River - ICPDR
» Mechanism for cooperation
» 14 contracting parties, including EC
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INVESTMENTS AND EXPECTED RESULTS
OF THE JOINT ACTION PROGRAMME
Investments:
» Municipal wastewater collection & treatment:
3.709 billion USD
» Industrial waste water treatment:
0.276 billion USD
» Agricultural projects and land use:
0.113 billion USD
» Rehabilitation of wetlands:
0.323 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 %
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Annual Phosphorus Load in the Danube (in kt/y),
subdivided over the countries of origin
phosphorus (kt/a)
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4.0 (8.1%)
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1.4 (2.9%)
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
CZECH_RE
SLOVAKIA
40
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
YUGOSLAV
12.7 (26.0%)
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ROMANIA
MOLDOVA
35
UKRAINE
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4.0 (8.1%)
2.2 (4.6%)
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2.2 (4.5%)
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1.3 (2.7%)
3.8 (7.7%)
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Reduction of in-stream Phosphorus load for the Danube River
through implementation of the JAP
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Reduction from municipal sector
3.16
Reduction from agriculture sector
1.93
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EU Water Framework Directive
Danube Basin Analysis
(WFD Roof Report)
Approved at the Ministerial Meeting ­
Vienna, 13 December 2004
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ROOF REPORT
Key Problems Identified
Pressures and Impact Assessment in the DRB
Organic pollution due to insufficient treatment of waste-water from
municipalities
Nutrient loads still well above the levels of 1955
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WFD Implementation timetable
2003 - Transposition into national legislation
2003 - Identification of River Basin District
2004 - Analysis of pressures, impacts, use
2006 - Monitoring programmes operational
2006 - Start consultation with public
2009 - River Basin Management Plan
2010 - Pricing policies
2012 - Programme of measures operational
2015 - Environmental objectives
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WFD- River Basin Management Plan
Program of measures
Next steps are to integrate the results of the pressure and
impact analysis with the results of the economic analysis of
water uses in order to develop a coherent and integrated
programme of measures, by 2009, for the water bodies at
risk of failing to reach the environmental objectives.
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WFD Approach to selection of measures
BASIC MEASURES:
minimum set of obligatory measures
WFD Art. 11/3 and Annex VI part A
UWWT-Directive
IPPC-Directive
Nitrates Directive incl. Action Programme
SUPPLEMENTARY MEASURES:
Reduction of Phosphorus (detergents, etc)
set of additional measures
WFD Art. 11/4 and Annex VI part B
Legislative, administrative, economic instruments
educational projects, research etc.
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Assessment of the effectiveness of all measures to
achieve Good Ecological Status, 2008
· Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of potential measures
· Construct a cost-effective program of measures
based on realistic scenarios
· Evaluate whether costs are disproportionate
· Assess the financial implication of the PoM
· Design the most cost ­ effective combination of
measures.
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for further information see www.icpdr.org
Thank you!
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