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Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria. The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive its Implementation and Challenges TAIEX Seminar on Management of Water Resources – River Basin Management in the Baltic Region Vilnius, 02-03 March 2004 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Slide 1Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
itsImplementation and
Challenges
TAIEX Seminar on Management of Water Resources
– River Basin Management in the Baltic Region
Vilnius, 02-03 March 2004
Elisabeth Hosner, BMLFUW, Austria
Slide 2Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
UWWTD - Objectives
Waste water collection and treatment in all agglomerations above 2 000 p.e.
Appropriate waste water treatment in all agglomerations below 2 000 p.e., if
collected
Biological treatment (secondary) as standard requirement
More stringent treatment (tertiary) in sensitive areas and their relevant
catchment areas
Slide 3Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
UWWTD - Objectives
Exceptions for marine waters (“less sensitive areas”) possible - mechanical
(primary) treatment
Provisions for industrial discharges into urban waste water collecting systems
Provisions for certain industrial discharges into water bodies (agro-food industry)
Provisions for sustainable disposal of sewage sludge
Slide 4Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Major Deadlines for Member States
31/12/1993 legal transposition
31/12/1993 identification of sensitive areas
31/12/1998 sensitive areas >10 000 p.e.
31/12/2000 normal areas >15 000 p.e.
31/12/2005 normal areas >2 000-15 000 p.e.
<2 000 (10 000) p.e.
Slide 5Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
UWWTD – Transitional periods
The scope for transitional periods was based on the time schedule foreseen in the
Directive
Sensitive areas 7,5 years for agglomerations >10.000 p.e.
Normal areas 9,5 years for agglomerations >15.000 p.e. 9,5 years for industry (Art.13) >4.000 p.e. 14,5 years for agglomerations >2.000 - 10.000 p.e.
>2.000 - 15.000 p.e. 14,5 years for agglomerations <2.000 (10 000) p.e.
Slide 6Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Transitional Periods granted by the EC
State agglo. no p.e. transitional periods
Estonia 62 1 068 430 2009/2010
Lithuania 84 2 683 800 2007/2009
Latvia 88 2 203 297 2008/2011/2015 Czech Republic 733 10 990 000 2002/2006/2010
Poland* 1479 38 004 976 2005/2010/2013/2015
Hungary 554 13 484 150 2008/2010/2015
Slovenia 181 2 850 000 2008/2010/2015
Cyprus 44 619 247 2008/2009/2011/2012
Slovakia 529 5 340 000 2010/2015
Malta 6 623 2003/2004/2006/2007
*Poland applies Art. 5.4 and will achieve 86% of the load in 2010.The information was kindly provided by the European Commission.
Slide 11Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Links between UWWTD and WFD
Provisions of the UWWTD are minimum requirements - to be taken into account in
the river basin management plans
Exemptions of the WFD cannot be applied to the UWWTD
Additional waste water treatment measures, if the quality objectives of the
WFD are not met
Flexibility in implementation is only given for small agglomerations
Slide 12Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
UWWTDEmission based objectivesInfrastructure provisions
WFDRiver basin management
Emission and quality objectives
Pressures and impact Programmes of measures
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Links between WWT and WFD
Links/overlaps: Impact
MonitoringReportingMeasures
Different deadlines Still different reporting obligations and periods
Slide 13Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Challenges to be solved by new MS
Combined implementation of both Directives
Management plans should consider the requirements of both Directives
Harmonised monitoring, data collection and reporting from the beginning
Slide 14Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Experiences in Austria and other MS
Do: an accurate legal implementation
Solve: the discrepancies between existing national law and EU law
Do not underestimate: the organisation and resources for reporting obligations
Enhance: the collaboration between all administrative levels and operators
Enhance, organise: the dissemination of information
Decide wisely about: UWWT Management – “big“ centralised or small scaled decentralised
solutions
Do: use financial resources in a sustainable way
Slide 15Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
EU activities to be expected
Verification of the legal transposition(Verification of the identification of
sensitive areas)Compliance check of deadlines
Evaluation of reporting obligations
Setting and following legal actions in case of breaches of community law
Technical support Financial support
Slide 16Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
EC activities to be expected
Technical support:
Workshop on reporting issues
More guidance on open issues?(definitions, agglomerations, monitoring aspects)
Harmonisation of reporting obligations(periods, content, format)
Workshop for new Member States in relation to upcoming reporting obligations
(situation reports, implementation programmes, etc.)
Forecast of verification activities
More support on extensive waste water treatment technologies?
Slide 17Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Reporting obligations under the UWWTD presented by the Commission in the UWWT Committee Meeting
September 2003
Legal transposition
Article 17Programmes Article 15
Monitoring
Identification of
sensitive areas
Deadlines/Transitional
periods
Article 16Situation reports
EC- Verifications initiatives
remains
remains
remains
to be adapted
Slide 18Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Investment costs
The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive requires the construction of waste water
treatment infrastructure
Its implementation implicates significant investments for Member States and Candidate
States
It represents the most cost intensive piece of environmental legislation
Slide 19Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
EU Funding instruments for CS/MS
Funding instruments for Candidate StatesPhare Sapard ISPA
Funding instruments for Member StatesStructural FundsCohesion Funds
OthersLife, Interegg,…
EC Funding guidelines
Slide 20Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Contact persons for Funding issues in the EC
DG ENV:Cohesion Fund: Isabel Duarte, DG ENV G.4,tel.: 0032 2 296.87.92, email: [email protected]
Structural Fund: Jonathan Parker, DG ENV G.4,tel.: 0032 2 299.25.07, email:[email protected]
ISPA: George Pinto Antunes, E.1,tel.: 0032 2 2965717 email: george.pinto [email protected]
PHARE: Anne Burrill, DG ENV E.1,tel.: 0032 2 295.43.88, email: [email protected]
DG REGIO: All ENV issues: Werner Simon, Unit A2,tel.: 0032 2 296.06.73, email: [email protected] Programmes in Baltic States, Poland: Friedemann Allgayer, Unit F2Tel.: +32 2 2994389, email: [email protected]
Slide 21Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Contacts for technical information
DG ENV.B.1, UWWT: Violeta Vinceviciene Tel.: +32 2 2993471 Email: [email protected]
EC, DG ENV - water web page: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/water
Slide 22Elisabeth Hosner, Vilnius 02/03 March 2004
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, VII/2, Austria
Outlook and Challenges
Financial challenge to provide and maintain the required waste water infrastructure
Technical challenge to integrate the UWWT implementation in the river basin
management plans of the WFD and to meet the high standards and tight deadlines
Administrative challenge to get the implementation right and the reporting
obligations done
Chance for the protection of all water bodies across Europe