Launching activities on RBMPs in Georgia and Azerbaijan

Launching activities on participative
River Basin Management Plans
GE/AZ
Workshop
Tbilisi, June 5th 2018
European Union Water Initiative plus
for Eastern Partnership
Yannick Pochon
International Office for Water

• Inform on theWFD objectives, concepts and principles
• Understand the assignements for RBMP’s in Alazani & Upper
Kura above Mingachevir districts and the main challenges
• Ensure the best global coordination between contracts on-
going for RBMPs development
• Facilitate contacts between the consultants and stakeholders
for the development of RBMPs
Objectives of the workshop
PAVE THE WAY TO RBMPs IN
GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN

• Project reminder
• TheWFD principles and the national legal framework for
RBMP’s in Georgia and Azerbaijan
• An experience feedback from EPIRB pilot basins
• Presentations of GE and AZ contractors on their visions on
implementation: drafting RBMP, pressure-impact analysis,
interaction with the other contractors (GW and SW
delineation), etc.
Main items

Main items
• Purpose and main challenges of RBMP in Alazani/Iori and
Upper Kura : review of theTOR/ and application of the
methodological guidelines
• Provisional schedule and coordination between the different
consultants
• Methodological Q/A session
• An experience feedback from a FrenchWater Agency, lessons
learned from the first RBMP preparation

EU MEMBER STATES CONSORTIUM:
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP (EaP) COUNTRIES:
BELARUS MOLDOVA UKRAINEARMENIA AZERBAIJAN GEORGIA
AUSTRIA FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS:
Main objective: to improve the management of water resources

OBJECTIVES
• improve the management of water resources in the EaP countries
(AZ, AM, BY, GE, MD, UA)
• achieve convergence of national water policies and strategies with
the Water Framework Directive (WFD)
EXPECTED RESULTS
 Result 1: Legal and regulatory frameworks improved
 Result 2: River Basins Management Plans designed and implemented
 Result 3: Lessons learnt regularly collected, shared and
communicated to stakeholders
The EUWI+ East Project
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RESULT 3
Stakeholders
involvement Communication
RESULT 2
River Basin
Management
Planning
Data
management
Monitoring &
laboratories
Result 1: Legal and regulatory framework improved
in line with the EU Water Framework
Directive (WFD), Integrated Water
Resources Management and Multilateral
Environmental Agreements.
Result 2: River Basins Management Plans designed
and implemented in line with the EU WFD
principles, from pilot basin to country scale.
Result 3: Stakeholder involvement and
communication
Lessons learnt regularly collected, shared
and communicated to stakeholders.
RESULT 1
National Policy
Dialogue
Legislative and
regulatory reform
Capacity
Building

France
552,000 km²
66 million inhabitants

National legal frame for RBMP’s in GE and
AZ
• Zurab / Rafig
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EPIRB Feedback
• Zurab / Rafig
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Presentations from consultants
• Approach, Methods,Teams,Timetables

Discussion / Questions
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Source : fotolia

What is a River Basin Management Plan (RBMP)?
• An holistic and integrated approach for water resources management
and aquatic ecosystems,
• In order to improve population health, water resources and ecosystems,
to foster development, and consistency of sectoral policies.
• A planning document, developed in accordance with an established
methodology, elaborated with public participation, and respect to local
beliefs,
• A non-technical and clear document with a legal scope for decision
makers and to enhancing awareness.
• Content: characterisation of River Basin (pressures, status); diagnosis and
main issues; trends and objectives; programme of measures and
dashboard.

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TheWFD: a major text for water policy in next years
More than 30 European directives
concerning water
With the WFD
A sectorial approach
fight against some substances
(Dangerous substances directives, Nitrate
directive, …)
 standards and regulation by use (potable
water, bathing, …)
Before 2000
A main objective : protection of aquatic bodies
and of water ressources
Upcoming abrogation of several directives

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Panorama of European Directives
Daughter Directives
of 76/464/EEC
80/68/EEC
« groundwater » *
76/464/EEC
« dangerous
substances » *
98/83/EU and 80/68/EEC
« drinking water »
79/869/EEC
« shellfish waters » *
78/659/EU « waters
supporting fish life » *
76/160/EEC « bathing water »
75/440/EEC « surface water
intended for the
abstraction of
drinking water » *
Quality of
Aquatic body
Discharges
Integrated management of water quality
* Directives to be integrated into the Water Framework Directive
96/61/EEC « IPPC »
91/676/EEC « nitrates »
91/271/EEC « Urban
Waste Water »

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TheWFD leans on confirmed or reinforced principles
•Management by hydrographic districts
•Planning Cycle 6 years (2015, 2021,2027)
• Protection of aquatic ecosystems and terrestrian ecosystems which
depends directly from
• Economical analysis (new)
• Public participation (new)

Characterisati
on
WB, pressures
and impacts
Main issues
Environmental
objectives /
Programmes
of measures
River basin
management
plan
Implement
Programme of
measures
Monitoring,
progress and
achievement
Assess and
Revise
RBMP principles
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Participation
Time table and
work prog
Main issues
Draft RBMP
Adoption
Political
approval

Incremental process:
River basin planning cycles
2009
1st river basin
management plan
2015
2nd river basin
management plan
2021
3rd river basin
management plan
Today + Preparation 3rd+ Preparation 2nd

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Some Objectives and obligations of
results
• Reach the good status of surface waters (ecological and chemical) and
groundwaters (chemical and quantitative),
• No deterioration,
•Objectives to reach in protected areas,
•To suppress the discharges of prioritary dangerous substances in 20
years and
et to reduce emissions of prioritary substances
Environmental objectives:

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Some objectives and obligations of results
OBLIGATIONS OF RESULTS FOR ALL THE BODIES
All the aquatic bodies are concerned :
rivers and streams, lakes, groundwaters, coastal
zone… wetlands…
A stong ambition clearly expressed : obligations of
results :
–« Going in the right way» isn’t sufficient…
– The good status in 2015 has to be reached… unless motivated
derogations…

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Reinforcement of economical approach
The text of the Water Framework Directive is introducing a deep
use of economical analysis in the process of integrated basin
management.
 Optimising the choice of measures
– Use of cost-effectiveness analysis for the definition of the programme of
measures
 Justifying the derogations to objectives
– Use of cost-benefit analysis to justify time delays and lower
objectives for the water bodies
 Assessment of the cost recovery for water services
– Including environmental and ressource costs
Economic analysis, a decision tool for :

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Public participation:
« Success of this Directive relies on close cooperation and coherent action at
Community, Member State and local level as well as on information, consultation and
involvement of the public, including users. » (Preamble 14 of WFD)
1) « Member States shall encourage the active involvement of all
interested parties in the implementation of this Directive, in particular in the
production, review and updating of the river basin management plans. »
 Notion of active participation of interested parties
2) « Member States shall ensure that, for each river basin district, they
publish and make available for comments to the public, including users »
3) « On request, access shall be given to background documents and
information used for the development of the draft river basin management
plan.».
 Notion of information and consultation of public
Article 14 of the Directive:

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Public participation:
 must be ensured
 Access to information for the
public all along the process
Consultation is concerning only
three steps of elaboration of
management plan (2006 to 2008)
and targets public
 Must be encouraged
 Concerning the all process of
planification (from 2003 to
2015)
Active participation targets
interested parties
INFORMATION CONSULTATION ACTIVE
PARTICIPATION

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The notion ofWater Body
On a basin, homogeneous units of diagnostic are defined; the Water Bodies.
They are delineated from morphological, biological, geological,
hydrological… conditions. The delineation is based on criteria given in
the text of WFD and detailed in european workgroups

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High Valley – Mountainous streams
(altitude, slope, geology, …)
Downstream sector –
Alluvial plain Main tributary from
a karstic area

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One Water body
One homogeneous Status
One objective

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The notion of Good Status
General conditions
Non-synthetics pollutants
Synthetic pollutants
Hydro-morphology
Physico-chemicalBiology
Ecological status Chemical status
Status
The worse (art 2
§ 17)
The worse
(an V 1.4.2.)
Phytoplancton
Flora
Invertebrate
Fish

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Somes bodies couldn’t reach the objectives of
Good Status in 2015
 « exemptions» on delays : 2021, 2027
 less stricts objectives
 (pollution pressures too important)
 The « heavily modified » on physical aspects
(navigation, energy, urban area…) :
objective = good potential
… But everything has to be justified on
technical and economical point of view !

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Somes bodies couldn’t reach the objectivces of « Good Status » in
2015
Objective : good status in 2015
Objective : Good potential in 2015
Objective : Good status in 2021
Objective :
Good status in 2015

2003
Art.312/2003
Transposal
2004 20062005 2007 2008 20102009 2011 2012 20142013 2015
Art.153/2005
Report
Art.153/2007
Report
Art.153/2010
Report
Art.812/2012
Common approach
Art.13 12/2009
RBMP
Deadlines and objectives
Art.9 12/2010
Pricing policy
2000
Art.242000
WFD
Art.412/2015
GOOD
STATUS
Art.6 12/2004
Protected areas register
Art.5
Characterisation of RBD
12/2004
Art.812/2006
Monitoring programme
12/2009
Programme of measures
Art.11
2021
2027
2. Initial characterisation

First step, initial characterisation
- Describe the basin (water bodies, typology
...);
- Describe the human occupation of the
territory;
- Describe the pressures of human activities
on aquatic environments
- Describes the status of water bodies
- Derive an assessment of impacts;
- Predict the risk of not achieving the goals by
2021;
- Assessment of cost recovery.

Pressures
Source:Ministryoftheenvironment,
Québec,Canada
Domestic uses:
• drinking water supply
• wastewater treatment
Industrial uses
• abstraction
• discharges
Agricultural uses
• abstraction
• diffuse discharges
Recreational / ecological uses
• angling
• bathing...
hydropower
Aquaculture

Surface waters: ecological status
+15%
Remaining effort !

Delimitation of Surface Water Bodies

Pressure on surface water (Organic Matter)

Q/A session
• Methodological aspects
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Status : condition of aWB resulting from natural and
anthropogenic factors (= potential)
Status can be : High, good, moderate, poor, or bad.
Depending on ecological, hydromorphological, chemical and
quantitative parameters
Methodological indications for developing RBMPs in Armenia
EPIRB guidance documents
CIS Guidance documents
Introduction to the WFD

Linkages between contracts and activities
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Data management
the task of the contractor will include:
-To collect the necessary datasets at the level of the producers;
-To work with the data producers in order that the dataset provided are described on line
into the metadata catalogue made available by the project;
-To copy the raw data made available by each producer on the FTP made available by the
project.
The corresponding expected results can be formulated as follow:
-All datasets used are described in English and in Russian (at least) into the metadata
catalogue;
-All raw dataset used are available on FTP.
The letter of request for data should include the obligation that the data producer
provides the corresponding metadata sheet fulfilled.
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