nicola notaro (ph.d) deputy head water unit c1 dg environment
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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. Blueprint Communication COM(2012)673+ Impact Assessment SWD(2012) 381 & 382 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Recent and on-going EU policy developments and implementation issues in the field of water management
Nicola Notaro (Ph.D)Deputy Head Water Unit C1DG Environment
The Blueprint package• Blueprint Communication COM(2012)673+ Impact Assessment SWD(2012)
381 & 382
• Report on River Basin Management Plans COM(2012)670
• 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
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
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Assessment River Basin Management Plans:Some general findings
• 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
• 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
Status of surface waters
A lot has been achieved, but challenges remain
Significant pressures (rivers) Significant impacts (rivers)
Source: EEASource: EEA
Water bodies in good status in 2009 and 2015: What progress expected?
Nb of MS Nb of water bodies
% Water bodies in good status or potential 2009
% Water bodies in good status or potential 2015
Progress 2009-2015 in %
Ecological status of surface waters
21 82684 43 53 10
Chemical status of surface waters
Information unclear to establish the 2009 baseline
Quantitative status of groundwater
24 12022 (5197) 89 (85) 96 (92) 7 (7)
Chemical status of groundwater13
2477 12022 (5197) 83 (68) 89 (77) 6 (9)
Blueprint impact assessment 12 priority problems
1. Lack of water pricing2. Lack of metering3. Lack of labeling of
traded goods4. Land use/Agricultural
impacts 5. Inefficiency in
buildings/appliances
6. Inefficient water infrastructure (leakage)
7. Lack of water re-use8. Governance9. Target setting10.Drought management11.Understanding costs
and benefits12.Knowledge base
Blueprint objectives Voluntary Regulation Conditionality Funding
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/impoundments
Apply GMES as of 2013
Possible EU initiative on inspections - 2013
Cross-compliance under CAP
Awareness of water consumption
Support voluntary labeling & certific. schemes
Maximisation of the use of NWRM (Green Infr.)
CIS Guidance by 2014
Greening of CAP pillar I as of 2014
S&C Funds & EIB loans
Efficient water appliances in buildings
EU Ecolabel & GPP criteria 2013
Eco-design Working Plan in 2012
Reduction of leakages Best practice/tools on SELL in 2013
S&C Funds & EIB loans
Maximisation of water reuse
Possible Regulation in 2015
S&C Funds & EIB loans
Improvement of governance
Peer review of RBMPs (2013 – 2016)
Blueprint objectives Voluntary Regulation Conditionality Funding
Implementation of water accounts, e-flows & target setting
CIS Guidance on WAs / E-flows & 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
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
Possible European Semester Recomm. 2013
CAP, S&C Funds & EIB loans
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
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Risks of pollution from diffuse/point sources (urban, agriculture, industrial)
EU-wide Quality standards:Nitrates & pesticides (more stringentTVs are required if associated surface waters or directly dependent terrestrialecosystems need them)
TV establishment at most appropriate level (local, regional, national), with account of impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, human toxicology and ecotoxicology knowledge
Drinking waterabstraction
Run-off
Good chemical status criteria(Article 3 & Annexes I and II)
Threshold valuesfor “risk” substancesset 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/b1a3fb16-0308-479a-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• 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 thereafterReporting 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 TreatmentUrban 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 90-100 %, 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 DirectiveDrinking 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