d1.2.1 stakeholder assessment...

Adricosm – Intermediate Project

D1.2.1 Version: V9 Date: 1 July 2012

D1.2.1 Stakeholder Assessment Report

Total number of pages: 83

Task: 1 Stakeholders consultation

S1.2 User requirements document Author(s): Claudia Cesarini CLU

Nadia Pinardi CMCC Vladyslav Lyubartsev CMCC

A project funded by: THE MINISTRY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM OF MONTENEGRO

and THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND SEA



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Document Log

Date Author Changes Version Status

09/03/2012 Claudia Cesarini First version V1 Completed

09/04/2012 Vladyslav Lyubartsev Executive summary, background and

conclusion have been added

V2 Completed

20/04/2012 Nadia Pinardi Added the synthesis of questionnaire

results

V3 Completed

01/06/2012 Claudia Cesarini

Added details and comment to different

tables. Review of Executive Summary

V4 Completed

06/06/2012 Claudia Cesarini, Vladyslav Lyubartsev

Questionnaire results have been revised at

the meeting with stakeholders

V5 Completed

25/06/2012 Vladyslav Lyubartsev

Questionnaire results have been revised at

the meeting with stakeholders

V6 Completed

1/7/2012 Nadia Pinardi Revision of content with final conclusions

V9 Completed



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Glossary ..................................................................................................................................... 4

Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... 5

Background ................................................................................................................................ 8

Questionnaire Structure and results ........................................................................................... 9

Questionnaire analysis ............................................................................................................. 10 Section 1: Stakeholders analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Section 2: Expertise among stakeholders ......................................................................................................................... 14 Section 3: Reporting needs and activities ......................................................................................................................... 16 Section 4: Integrated water cycle monitoring for the Montenegro coastal area .............................................. 30

4.1 Detailed description of the networks. .............................................................................................................................. 34 Section 5: Data processing and dissemination policy .................................................................................................. 51 Section 6: Infrastructure and instrumentation available ........................................................................................... 59 Section 7: Specific national requirements......................................................................................................................... 60 Section 8: Past and present projects ................................................................................................................................... 60

Final discussion and conclusions ............................................................................................... 62

Annex I .................................................................................................................................... 64 Blank Questionnaire Proposed for the Stakeholder Consultation .......................................................................... 64

Annex II ................................................................................................................................... 74 Introductory note to the Questionnaire proposed for the Stakeholder Consultation .................................... 74



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Glossary

CETI – Center for Ecotoxicological Research of Montenegro CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici S.c.a r.l. CLU – CLU s.r.l. CTD - Conductivity-Temperature-Depth data DB - Database EEA – European Environment Agency EIONET – European Environment Information and Observation Network EPA – Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro EPA Water DB – EPA Water database GEOS-M – Geological Survey of Montenegro HMI – Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro IMB – Institute of Marine Biology of Montenegro MEDPOL – Mediterranean Action Plan for Barcelona Convention MFS – Mediterranean Forecasting System MSFD – Marine Strategy Framework Directive UNEP – United Nation Environment Program WFD – Water Framework Directive WMO - World Meteorological Organization



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Executive Summary The aim of this report is to present the outcomes of the Adricosm Intermediate Stakeholder Questionnaire survey that collected information about existing fresh and marine waters monitoring networks in Montenegro. The final goal is to assess the existing infrastructure for surface, ground and marine water monitoring in Montenegro, identify the gaps and design an Integrated Marine Coastal Monitoring Master Plan which can satisfy the requirements of the existing national and international directives and agreements such as WFD, MedPOL and MSFD. 18 stakeholder questionnaires were analysed. The stakeholders are from

Governmental organisations

Environmental agencies

Academic Institutes

Consultant companies The results of the questionnaire revealed that:

1) several state-of-the-art monitoring networks exist for the Montenegro surface waters but several gaps exists for marine and groundwaters. The main Institutions carrying out the monitoring activities are: HMI, CETI, IMB and GEOS-M;

2) very little is done for the monitoring of marine hydrodynamics (including surface waves and sediment transport), groundwater quantity and quality, seabed and water column habitats, biological species characterization, fisheries and bio-geomorphology;

3) the reporting system for EEA (WFD) and MEDPOL is in place and connections between EPA and monitoring institutions should be reinforced;

4) the institutional framework for data collection in support of EPA reporting exists but data collection exists without connection to reporting that could be changed in order to increase the benefits;

5) most of the data archiving is done without a specific protocol, station names are duplicated or different depending on the Institution, and data formats are not interoperable;

6) data are widely disseminated to different communities using all the major dissemination media;

7) stakeholders’ activity is regulated by many national laws and decrees which make it difficult to have an harmonized data collection system without a specific agreement between EPA and each collecting Institution belonging to different Ministries.

Over a total of 21 existing monitoring networks, 11 are operational and they are listed in the Table below.



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N Network Organisation

Water compartment

Type of parameters Type of control

From To Frequency

1 Monitoring network for bathing waters

HMI Bathing Waters physical, chemical Operational, repetitive

May (*1)

October(*1)

every 15 days

3 Coastal Marine Water Monitoring 2

IMB +CETI

Coastal Marine Water

physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological

Operational, repetitive

2008 today(*4)

monthly, 8 months per year

4 Eutrophication Monitoring IMB Coastal Marine Water

physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological (measurement on 3 depths)


2008 today(*4)


5 Mariculture IMB Coastal Marine Water



2008 today(*4)


6 Station network for coastal water

HMI Coastal Marine Water

physical, chemical, meteorological Operational, repetitive

May (*1)

October(*1)

monthly

7 MEDPOL - coastal marine waters

CETI Coastal Marine Water

physical-chemical Operational, repetitive

2008 2012 twice a year

10 Network stations for lake water quality

HMI Lakes chemical Operational, repetitive

May (*1

November (*1)

monthly

12 Network for river water quality HMI Rivers chemical Operational, repetitive

May (*1

November (*1)

monthly

14 Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the river waters (EPA - ADRICOSM STAR)

CETI Rivers physical, chemical Operational, repetitive

2006 today every 1 hour

15 Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the river waters (EPA - IMB)

CETI Rivers physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological


2006 today 2 times a year

18 EPA monitoring program – transitional waters

CETI Transitional Waters basic physical parameters, nutrients, HM, organic pollutants, sediments, and microbiology

One time Survey

2008 today April-November

*1 We interpret that it is every year. *2 Stations are provided with coordinates. *3 Stations have only codes/names without coordinates. *4 We have interpreted that the network is still active now from Section 4.1 detailed description of the networks.



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There are duplications between these networks, for example between network 1 and 6 done by HMI and the 3, 4 and 5 done by IMB. Furthermore there are two networks, 20 and 21 listed in Table 11 of the report, which are innovative and should be resumed and made operational. There is an evident lack of permanent monitoring for:

1) groundwaters; 2) coastal hydrodynamics and waves; 3) dominant seabed and water column marine habitat types; 4) biological communities associated with seabed or water column habitats; 5) fish abundance and species information, including invasive species.

Reporting is organized for EEA (WFD) and MedPOL even if gaps exist as outlined above. Part of the monitoring required for MSFD could use the existing MedPOL and WFD networks but much more is needed. The results of the questionnaire will be used to finalize the Integrated Coastal Monitoring Master Plan.



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Background The ADRICOSM-Intermediate project started in October 2011 and the partnership is composed of CMCC (IT), CLU (IT), and the Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro (EPA). The main objectives of the project are

1. planning the new integrated coastal monitoring network compliant with the WFD and MSFD requirements;

2. propose the proper Institutional network and suggest technical capacities required; 3. build a database for EPA needs to collect information from past scientific projects and

future monitoring programs; 4. training and technology transfer.

The Project will offer the Montenegro EPA and Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism a Master Plan for the integrated monitoring of the coastal area of Montenegro considering the oceanographic and hydrological components of the local water cycle and the existing data collection networks and institutional framework. The aim of the Master Plan is to support the reporting needs of EPA for the MSFD harmonized with the MedPOL and WFD requirements. The first task of the Project was to carry out a stakeholder consultation to identify stakeholders assets and existing monitoring networks. According to this task, a stakeholder questionnaire was implemented, stakeholders identified and questionnaire results analyzed. The questionnaire was implemented using a web tool available at the following web site: http://adricosm-intermediate.cluweb.com. The use of such a tool allowed to gather responses in a standardised way, so conclusions are more objectives and information is collected relatively quickly. The Stakeholder questionnaire was released on 13/01/2012 and remained open until 23/02/2012; during this time the stakeholders were provided with assistance on the compilation of the questionnaire from CMCC and CLU. The content of the Web tool is shown in Annex 1.

http://adricosm-intermediate.cluweb.com/



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Questionnaire Structure and results The questionnaire contains seven sections. The sections are constructed to: 1) investigate the level of stakeholder awareness about WFD, MSFD, EIONET and MedPOL requirements; 2) the existing networks for the fresh (surface and underground) and marine water monitoring. The following is a list of the seven sections content: a copy of the blank questionnaire is found in Annex 1. Section 1: General information This section collects the general information about the stakeholder position. Section 2: Evaluation of expertise among stakeholders This section collects information about the specific stakeholder expertise in fresh and marine water monitoring and/or environmental assessment reporting including marine coastal waters, hydrology, atmosphere and urban waters. Section 3: Reporting needs and activities This section evaluates the stakeholder awareness level of the WFD, MFSD and UNEP/MAP MEDPOL . Section 4: Integrated water cycle monitoring for the Montenegro coastal area This section collects information about existing monitoring networks. Section 5: Data processing and dissemination policy In this section stakeholders are required to summarize the data processing and the dissemination policy used for each of the monitoring networks listed in Section 4. Section 6: Infrastructures and instruments/sensors availability This section aims to understand the infrastructure, instruments and sensors used or available to carry out the monitoring described in Sections 4 and 5. Section 7: Specific national requirements The stakeholders are asked to insert any additional monitoring requirements, from national programmes or legislation. Section 8: Past and present projects This section describes the stakeholder participation to national and international projects.



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Questionnaire analysis

Section 1: Stakeholders analysis

45 stakeholders have been invited from the following institutions and organizations of Montenegro:

1) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2) Ministry of Interior of Montenegro 3) Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs 4) Ministry of Culture of Montenegro 5) Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism 6) Ministry of Public Health (Institute for Public Health) 7) Montenegrin Academy of Science and Arts 8) Water Directorate 9) Government's council for water 10) University of Montenegro 11) Public enterprise for water supply 12) Public enterprise for coastal zone management 13) Marine Safety Department 14) Geological Survey 15) Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro (HMI) 16) Center for Ecotoxicological Research (CETI) 17) Institute of Marine Biology (IMB) 18) VODACOM TIVAT - Joint Service and Coordination Company for Water and Waste Water

Services for the Montenegrin Coast and the Municipality of Cetinje 19) ECO AQUA CONSULTING

Among these 45 invited stakeholders, 13 stakeholders fully responded and 5 partially responded. In Table 1 we present the detailed list of the invited stakeholders. Table 1. List of the Stakeholders invited to compile the Questionnaire. People who compiled the Questionnaire are marked by grey boxes.

No INSTITUTION NAME

1 EPA Daliborka Pejovic

2 EPA Ivana Bulatovic

3 EPA Milena Batakovic

4 EPA Milica Vukcevic

5 EPA Radomir Simovic

6 EPA Lidija Scepanovic

7 Ministry of Interior of Montenegro Zoran Begovic

8 Ministry of Transport and Maritime affairs Ana Kusovac

9 Ministry of Transport and Maritime affairs Snezana Djurkovic



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Table 2 lists the expertise and position of the 18 stakeholders who complied the questionnaire.

10 Ministry of Transport and Maritime affairs Jelena Raspopovic

11 Ministry of Culture of Montenegro Agron Camaj

12 Ministry of Sustainable development and Tourism Ivana Vojinovic

13 Ministry of Sustainable development and Tourism Jelena Kenzevic

14 Ministry of Sustainable development and Tourism Ana Pavicevic

15 Ministry of Public Health (Institute for Public Health) Milena Djurickovic

16 Montenegrin Academy of Science and Arts Momir Djurovic

17 Montenegrin Academy of Science and Arts Gordan Karaman

18 Water Directorate Zoran Jankovic

19 Water Directorate Ivana Bajkovic

20 Water Directorate Velizar Vojinovic

21 Government's council for water Mihailo Buric

22 University of Montenegro Milena Tadic

23 Public Enterprise for Water Supply Biljana Nikosavic

24 Public Enterprise for Water Supply Natalija Blagojevic

25 Public enterprise for Coastal Zone Management Aleksandra Ivanovic

26 Maritime safety department Jasmina Isic

27 Maritime safety department Predrag Ratkovic

28 Maritime Safety Department Darinka Joksimovic

29 Geological Survey Branko Zugic

30 Geological Survey Dragan Radojevic

31 Geological Survey Neda Devic

32 HMI Luka Mitrovic

33 HMI Ivana Pavicevic

34 HMI Radivoje Vuckovic

35 HMI Pavle Djuraskovic

36 CETI Nada Medenica

37 External expert (Former CETI) Ana Misurovic

38 CETI Danijela Sukovic

39 CETI Dejan Jancic

40 CETI Anja Amidzic

41 Institute of Marine Biology Zoran Kiljac

42 Institute of Marine Biology Ana Castelli

43 Institute of Marine Biology Aleksandar Joksimovic

44 VODACOM TIVAT Olivera Doklesic

45 ECO AQUA CONSULTING Zdenka Ivanovic



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Table 2. Personal Information of the Stakeholders who compiled the Questionnaire.

N Questionnaire completed

Name Title Organization/

institute/ company

Function in the organization/

institute/company Department

1 Yes Ivana Bajkovic M.Sc.Civil Eng.

Water Directorate

Senior advisor Water management department

2 No Zdenka Ivanovic M.Sc Civil Eng.

ECO AQUA CONSULTING

Director

3 Yes Ana Misurovic Specialist in Phys.Chem.

CETI external expert

President of CETI Administration

Committee

4 Yes Zoran Kljajic PhD IMB Head of Laboratory R&D Department

5 No Ana Castelli Engineer of Inorganic

technology

IMB Assistant in research Laboratory for chemistry,

biochemistry and molecular biology

6 No Dejan Jancic CETI Head of Department for laboratory diagnostic and

monitoring

Department for laboratory diagnostic

and monitoring

7 Yes Ivana Bulatovic Biologist EPA Advisor Department for monitoring, analyses

and reporting

8 Yes Milica Vukcevic Biologist EPA Advisor Sector for monitoring,analyses

and reporting

9 Yes Lidija Scepanovic

Dipl.ing tehnologist

EPA Assisstent of director Sector for monitoring,analyses

and reporting

10 Yes Milena Batakovic

Grad. biologist

EPA Advisor - Department for monitoring, analyses

and reporting

11 Yes Darinka Joksimovic

Maritime Safety

Department

Senior Advisor Prevention of Sea Pollution from Ships

12 Yes Ivana Pavicevic (*) HMI Senior Advisors Responsible for International

Relations

13 Yes Neda Devic Dipl.ing. GEOS-M Research Hydro-geologist

Hydrogeology and engineering geology

14 No Anja Amidzic CETI

15 Yes Danijela Sukovic Specialist of toxicological

chemistry

CETI Deputy director for technical and

laboratory affairs

Laboratory for ecotoxicological

research and radiation protection



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N Questionnaire completed

Name Title Organization/

institute/ company

Function in the organization/

institute/company Department

16 Yes Ana Pavicevic Doctor of biological sciences

Ministry of sustainable

development and tourism

Advisor Department for the protection and

integrated management of

coastal and sea area

17 No Jasmina Isic Maritime safety

department

Director

18 Yes Aleksandra Ivanovic

Public enterprise for coastal zone management

Head of sustainable development department

Sustainable development department

(*) Ivana Pavicevic completed the questionnaire for the entire team of HMI composed of: Mirjana Ivanov, Darko Novakovic, Pavle Djuraskovic, Radivoje Vuckovic



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Section 2: Expertise among stakeholders This section highlights the expertise of the stakeholders and Institutions. Each stakeholder was required to consider 11 areas of expertise that cover all issues related to fresh and marine water monitoring. The stakeholders could declare more than one area of expertise. The results are shown in Table 3 and they highlight the gaps in the stakeholder expertise. Table 3. Stakeholder expertise.

Area of Expertise N of Stakeholders

with expertise Institution

Name and Surname of the person from Stakeholder Institution

Marine hydrodynamics and waves 1

Hydrometeorological Institute of

Montenegro

Ivana Pavicevic **

Natural water resources management (aquifers and underground waters):

2

Water Directorate of Montenegro

Ivana Bajkovic

Geological Survey of Montenegro

Neda Devic

Water quality (surface, subsurface and marine)

12

Center for Ecotoxicological

Research of Montenegro

Ana Misurovic

Dejan Jancic

Danijela Sukovic

Institute of Marine Biology

Zoran Kiljac

Ana Castelli

Environmental Protection Agency

Ivana Bulatovic

Milica Vukcovic

Lidija Scepanovic

Milena Batakovic


Montenegro

Ivana Pavicevic **

Geological Survey of Montenegro

Neda Devic


Alexandra Ivanovic

Marine and fresh water ecology

2 Institute of Marine

Biology Zoran Kiljac

Ana Castelli

Meteorology 1


Montenegro

Ivana Pavicevic **

Coastal erosion and management

2


Ivana Bajkovic


Alexandra Ivanovic

Estuarine sediments and mud management

2



Ana Misurovic



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Ana Castelli

Habitat mapping, Biodiversity, Aquaculture monitoring, Invasive species, Fisheries, wetland management

1


Alexandra Ivanovic

Bio-geomorphology 0

Urban water management

2


Ivana Bajkovic



Ana Misurovic

Marine Protected Areas Management

4


Zoran Kiljac

Ana Castelli

Ministry of sustainable development and

tourism

Ana Pavicevic


Alexandra Ivanovic

Notes: * Predag Ratkovic from Maritime Safety Department did not select any area of expertise. ** Ivana Pavicevic’s answer includes the expertise of: Mirjana Ivanov, Darko Novakovic, Pavle Djuraskovic,

Radivoje Vuckovic

We consider that a value of 0 and 1 indicates a lack of expertise in the specific field, with the exception of meteorology which is well covered only by HMI, as emerging from other information collected in different programs. The emerging picture is that marine hydrodynamics, bio-geomorphology, habitat mapping and fisheries is a missing expertise among the stakeholders.



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Section 3: Reporting needs and activities The Stakeholders are required to declare their knowledge about, and involvement in, the WFD, MSFD and UNEP/MAP reporting framework. The results show that the stakeholder majority is aware of the directives and program requirements and some of them are actively involved. Four Stakeholders did not provide any information. Table 4. Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (summary).

Framework/program YES NO No Answer

Do you know the Water Framework Directive (WFD)? 13 1 4

Do you know the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)? 9 5 4

Do you know the EIONET and the EU reporting process? 10 4 4

Do you know the UNEP/MAP MEDPOL program? 11 3 4

Are you directly involved in a data collection monitoring network? 5 9 4

Table 5. Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (details).

N Name Organization Do you know WFD?

Do you know

MSFD?

Do you know

EIONET?

Do you know

MEDPOL?

Are you involved in

data collection

monitoring network?

1 Ivana Bajkovic Water

Directorate Yes No Yes No No

2 Zdenka Ivanovic

ECO AQUA CONSULTING

- - - - -

3 Ana Misurovic CETI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

4 Zoran Kljajic IMB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

5 Ana Castelli IMB

6 Dejan Jancic CETI Yes Yes Yes Yes No

7 Ivana

Bulatovic EPA Yes Yes Yes Yes No

8 Milica

Vukcevic EPA Yes No Yes No No

9 Lidija

Scepanovic EPA Yes No Yes No No

10 Milena

Batakovic EPA Yes Yes Yes Yes No



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N Name Organization Do you know WFD?

Do you know

MSFD?

Do you know

EIONET?

Do you know

MEDPOL?

Are you involved in

data

collection monitoring network?

11 Darinka

Joksimovic

Maritime Safety

Department No No No Yes No

12 Ivana

Pavicevic HMI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

13 Neda Devic GEOS-M Yes No No Yes Yes

14 Anja Amidzic CETI - - - - -

15 Danijela Sukovic

CETI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

16 Ana Pavicevic



Yes Yes No Yes No

17 Jasmina Isic Maritime

safety department

- - - - -

18 Aleksandra

Ivanovic

Public enterprise for coastal

zone management

Yes Yes No Yes No

The specific stakeholder activities (reporting, data collection with and without connection to reporting) for WFD, MSFD, EIONET and MedPOL are described in Table 6 and Tables 7,8,9,10 illustrate the activities for WFD, MFSD, EIONET and MedPOL in details. Table 6 shows that the data collection in support of EPA reporting is quite well organized. However it is clear that there are organizations collecting data without reporting to EPA. This is the case for the Public Enterprise for coastal zone management and the Water Directorate. For WFD (Table 7) the degree of awareness is high and the network is well structured mainly because the national Law on Waters includes the WFD requirements. Most of the collected data are sent to EPA. From Table 8 it is clear that the degree of awareness on the MSFD requirements still coincide with the WFD requirements, there is a general need to train stakeholders on the specific requirements. From Table 9 it emerges that EIONET reporting works well for the WFD.



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From Table 10 it is clear that the Institutional framework for data collection in support of MedPOL reporting is quite comprehensive. MedPOL collected data are disseminated to EPA and reporting is carried out by MED POL Focal Point, Pavle Djuraskovic, of HMI.



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Table 6. Summary of activities in regulatory Frameworks: columns sum can be larger 18 if some stakeholders are involved in several activities.

Organization Reporting Data collection in support of

reporting Data collection without connection to reporting

No activity No information about activity is provided

WFD MFSD EIONET MED POL





EPA X X X X X X X X

CETI X X X X X X X

IMB X X X X X X

HMI X X X X X

Geological Survey

X X X X

Eco Aqua Consulting

X X X X

Maritime Safety Department

X X X X

Water Directorate

X X X X

Ministry of sustainable development and tourism

X X X X


X X X X



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Table 7. Details of the activities for the Water Framework Directive.

N Name Organization Which aspects of WFD do you

know? Reporting

Data collection in support of reporting

Data collection without

connection to reporting

No activity

Details

1 Ivana

Bajkovic Water

Directorate Basic principles and committments - partly in line with national legislation

X

2 Zdenka Ivanovic

ECO AQUA CONSULTING

3 Ana

Misurovic CETI

The monitoring requirements for river basins, water quality parameters and

reporting. X X

Data collecting by CETI sent to EPA for reporting. All other data collection during realization of different projects are sent to

responsible institution.

4 Zoran Kljajic

IMB The coastal waters monitoring

requirements X

data collection to support reporting for National monitoring

programme according to the contract with EPA Montenegro

5 Ana

Castelli IMB

6 Dejan Jancic

CETI The monitoring requirements X X Data about physical, chemical

analysis in support of reporting to responsible institution.

7 Ivana

Bulatovic EPA

Some aspects: - Bathing Water Quality - Water Quality Monitoring

X X

8 Milica

Vukcevic EPA Overall understanding X X

Our law of water implements 64% of WFD requirements.

9 Lidija

Scepanovic EPA

The monitoring requirements for river and bathing waters

X

10 Milena

Batakovic EPA

I am familiar with some of the requirements of WFD but not in

details. X



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know? Reporting




No activity

Details

11 Darinka

Joksimovic

Maritime Safety

Department

12 Ivana

Pavicevic HMI

As Institution which is engaged in analyzing the water quality in

Montenegro (following the Article 58. of the Law on waters - which is

harmonized with EU legislation) we are familiar with WFD and other EU

directives concerning water quality and quantity. Furthermore, our staff is representing Montenegro in numerous

international bodies concerned with international water courses and

marine ecosystem.

X HMI is giving the data for

preparation of reports for the European Environmental Agency.

13 Neda Devic Geological

Survey

Water bodies, trounsboundary aquifers, the monitoring requirements

for underground waters. X

14 Anja

Amidzic CETI

15 Danijela Sukovic

CETI

In accordance with WFD, CETI carries out field sampling and analyses using

ISO 5667. CETI can analyze all pollutants from Annex VIII.

X X CETI distributes analysis reports

to responsible institution and competent authorities/EPA.

16 Ana

Pavicevic



integrated water management

approach

X



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know? Reporting




No activity

Details

17 Jasmina

Isic

Maritime safety

department

18 Aleksandra

Ivanovic


General information on the Directive X

Table 8. Details of the activities for Marine Strategy Framework Directory.

N Name Organization Which aspects of MSFD do you

know?

Reporting




No activity

Details

1 Ivana

Bajkovic Water

Directorate

2 Zdenka Ivanovic

ECO AQUA CONSULTING

3 Ana

Misurovic CETI

Obligations related to Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable

Development, MAP in Adriatic Sea region :Integrated coastal zone management, ballast waters, Contingency plan for Adriatic,

Barcelona Convention, protection of the Sea from pollution

X X

Data collection by CETI is sent to EPA for reporting.

4 Zoran Kljajic

IMB

We are involved in preparing the plan of the MSFD for Montenegro

X X

Data collection to support reporting for National

monitoring programme according to the contract with

EPA Montenegro



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know?

Reporting




No activity

Details

5 Ana

Castelli IMB

6 Dejan Jancic

CETI

Obligation related to Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable

Development, MAP in Adriatic Sea region: Integrated coastal zone management, ballast waters, Contingency plan for Adriatic,

Barcelona Convention, protection of

the sea from pollution, etc.

X X

Data collection by CETI is sent to EPA for reporting.

7 Ivana

Bulatovic EPA

Reporting for MSFD X

We collected data for 2008 and make report for 2010.

8 Milica

Vukcevic EPA

9 Lidija

Scepanovic EPA

10 Milena

Batakovic EPA

I am familiar with some parts of the Marine Strategy Directive but no in

details. X

11 Darinka

Joksimovic

Maritime Safety

Department

12 Ivana

Pavicevic HMI

Generally X

13 Neda Devic

Geological Survey

14 Anja

Amidzic CETI



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know?

Reporting




No activity

Details

15 Danijela Sukovic

CETI

CETI is familiar with principles and obligations of MSFD.

X

From 2008 CETI was in charge for Monitoring

Program of water quality analyzes of hot-spots, Monitoring Program of

tributaries input, Pollution Trend Program.

16 Ana

Pavicevic



Protect and preserve the marine environment, prevent its

deterioration or, where practicable, restore marine ecosystems in areas

where they have been adversely affected;

X

17 Jasmina

Isic

Maritime safety

department

18 Aleksandra

Ivanovic

Public enterprise for coastal

zone management

General information about the Directive

X

Table 9. Details of the activities for EIONET.

N Name Organization Which aspects of EIONET do you

know? Reporting

Data collection

in support

of reporting


connection to

reporting

No activity

Details

1 Ivana

Bajkovic Water Directorate Water X NRC for water emissions



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know? Reporting

Data collection

in support

of reporting

Data collection

without connection to

reporting

No activity

Details

2 Zdenka Ivanovic

ECO AQUA CONSULTING

3 Ana

Misurovic CETI

Staff of CETI was trained in 2004 year for reporting to EIONET and

EEA, for surface water quality, waste waters quality and air pollution in

Montenegro.

X X

Data collection for MEDPOL program, we are

sending to EPA for reporting to EIONET.

4 Zoran Kljajic IMB preparing data collection to EIONET X X data of national

monitoring

5 Ana Castelli IMB

6 Dejan Jancic CETI We are aware of obligations and method of reporting.

X Realization of the

monitoring programs. 2008 2009 2010....

7 Ivana

Bulatovic EPA All process. X

Collecting data and making reports.

8 Milica

Vukcevic EPA Preparation of reports for rivers,

lakes and bathing water quality. X X

I prepare and make report about quality of water of rivers, lakes,

and water bathing

quality.

9 Lidija

Scepanovic EPA Preparation of annual reports on the

State of the Environment X

10 Milena

Batakovic EPA

I am familiar with general aspects of EU reporting process and EIONET

network. X

11 Darinka

Joksimovic Maritime Safety

Department

12 Ivana

Pavicevic HMI

Part of our staff is involved in the working teams for preparing

information and data for European Environmental Agency.

X Sending the data to EPA

Montenegro.

13 Neda Devic Geological Survey



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know? Reporting

Data collection

in support

of reporting

Data collection

without connection to

reporting

No activity

Details

14 Anja

Amidzic CETI

15 Danijela Sukovic

CETI We are aware of the general

principles and obligations in the reporting process.

X

CETI carries out physical chemical analysis in the scope of the different monitoring programs

16 Ana

Pavicevic



17 Jasmina Isic Maritime safety

department

18 Aleksandra

Ivanovic

Public enterprise for coastal zone

management

Table 10. Details of the activities for MedPOL.

N Name Organization Which aspects of MEDPOL do you

know? Reporting

Data

collection in support

of reporting


connection to

reporting

No activity

Details

1 Ivana

Bajkovic Water

Directorate

2 Zdenka Ivanovic

ECO AQUA CONSULTING



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know? Reporting

Data collection in support

of

reporting

Data collection

without connection

to reporting

No activity

Details

3 Ana

Misurovic CETI

Realization of the Monitoring program for the HOT SPOTS ( water and

sediments),coastal water monitoring of the nutrients, chlorophil a and

other physico-chemical parameters on stations 1nm from the coast,

sediment investigation, waste water quality control, rivers impiu and toxicants in bioindicators. •Trace metals, organic contaminants and

particle size data in sediment; •Trace metals, organic contaminants in biota; •Trace metals, organic

contaminants and nutrients in water; •Riverine discharge data on nutrients and contaminants Waste water quality

waste water

X

4 Zoran Kljajic

IMB IBMK is involved in MEDPOL IV phase X

5 Ana

Castelli IMB

6 Dejan Jancic

CETI X

7 Ivana

Bulatovic EPA General information X

EPA has collected data since 2008, but we don't write annual reports for

MEDPOL program.

8 Milica

Vukcevic EPA

9 Lidija

Scepanovic EPA



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know? Reporting


of

reporting

Data collection

without connection

to reporting

No activity

Details

10 Milena

Batakovic EPA

I am familiar with general scope of work of MEDPOL but I am not familiar

in details about what is requested from the point of view of the reporting

by MEDPOL.

X

11 Darinka

Joksimovic

Maritime Safety

Department

REMPEC - We send reports to REMPEC only in cases of marine pollution from

ships. X

12 Ivana

Pavicevic HMI

Monitoring of MED POL coastal area - we were included in the monitoring in

2008. MED POL Focal Point, Pavle Djuraskovic, is in HMI.

X Provide data for sanitary quality of bathing water and water quality for

Bojana river.

13 Neda Devic

Geological Survey

Background to have known about this program.

X

14 Anja

Amidzic CETI

15 Danijela Sukovic

CETI

In scope of MEDPOL program CETI is institution recognized for pollutants analysis realization in environmental

samples (water, sediment, shell, fish...).

X

Center is an institution which is recognised for physical chemical

analysis (heavy metals, organohalogen compounds - POPs, organotin compounds, biocides and plant protection products and itc) in

scope of monitoring program.

16 Ana

Pavicevic



within the Ministry is MAP focal-point X

17 Jasmina

Isic

Maritime safety

department



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know? Reporting


of

reporting

Data collection

without connection

to reporting

No activity

Details

18 Aleksandra

Ivanovic


General information X



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Section 4: Integrated water cycle monitoring for the Montenegro coastal area The Stakeholders were invited now to indicate the specific data Monitoring network and its functionalities. For each Monitoring network, the stakeholders provided detailed information about:

1. Water compartment, types of the measured variables (i.e. physical, chemical, meteorological, biological, hydro-morphological), variable names.

2. Station names with a network code. 3. Collection protocol, time interval and measurement frequency.

The survey indicated that 21 monitoring networks have been set up in the past 10 years and 11 of them are operational up to 2012. Generally monitoring started around 2006-2008 and some of the networks continued every year up to today. We did not consider the groundwater monitoring to be operational because it is explicitly stated that is on demand. It shows that there is the possibility to make it operational but the system is not yet fully built for that. The general understanding emerging from the analysis of the questionnaire is that several gaps exists for the MSFD while WFD and MedPOL are quite well covered. For MedPOL there is a lack of well established protocols for reporting information to EPA, while the reporting is done by MedPOL Focal point at HMI and does not involve directly EPA. The 11 operational networks cover:

1) river and lake waters; 2) bathing waters; 3) 1 nm (about 2 km) offshore coastal waters.

The type of measurements carried out for the 11 operational networks are given in the next section. There is coordination among Institutional data collection stakeholders (HMI, CETI and IMB) but more is needed in the future to meet the challenges of MSFD. There is an evident lack of permanent monitoring for:

6) groundwaters; 7) coastal hydrodynamics and waves; 8) dominant seabed and water column marine habitat types; 9) biological communities associated with seabed or water column habitats; 10) fish abundance and species information, including invasive species.



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Table 11. List of monitoring networks and collection protocols. Yellow colored row indicate operational networks

N Network Name Organisation Water compartment


From To Frequency Stations

1 Monitoring network for bathing waters

Ivana Pavicevic

HMI Bathing Waters

physical, chemical Operational, repetitive

May (*1)

October(*1)

every 15 days

85 stations (*2)


Zoran Kljajic

IMB + HMI + CETI

Coastal Marine Water



1995 2008 monthly, 8 months per year

9


Zoran Kljajic

IMB +CETI Coastal Marine Water



2008 today(*4)


9

4 Eutrophication Monitoring

Zoran Kljajic

IMB Coastal Marine Water

physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological (measurement on 3 depths)


2008 today(*4)


9

5 Mariculture Zoran Kljajic

IMB Coastal Marine Water



2008 today(*4)


3

6 Station network for coastal water

Ivana Pavicevic

HMI Coastal Marine Water

physical, chemical, meteorological


May (*1)

October(*1)

monthly 19

7 MEDPOL - coastal marine waters

Danijela Sukovic


physical-chemical Operational, repetitive

2008 2012 twice a year 18

8 Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the marine coastal waters (EPA - MEDPOL)

Ana Misurovic


physical, chemical, biological Operational, repetetive

March 2008

December 2011

Twice a year 25

9 Basic hydrogeological mapping

Neda Devic

GEOS-M Drinking Waters

physical, chemical, hydro-morphological, geology


today as needed as needed

10 Network stations for lake water quality

Ivana Pavicevic

HMI Lakes chemical Operational, repetitive

May (*1

November (*1)

monthly 11 points

(*3)



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11 Monitoring programme of Skadar Lake

Ana Misurovic

CETI Lakes physical, chemical, toxicological


1998 2002 4 time a year

7 points

12 Network for river water quality

Ivana Pavicevic

HMI Rivers chemical Operational, repetitive

May (*1

November (*1)

monthly 52 points

13 MEDPOL - rivers Danijela Sukovic



14 Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the river waters (EPA - ADRICOSM STAR)

Ana Misurovic


2006 today every 1 hour 1 Fraskanjel

15 Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the river waters (EPA - IMB)

Ana Misurovic

CETI Rivers physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological


2006 today 2 times a year

3

16 Transitional Water Monitoring

Zoran Kljajic

IMB Transitional Waters



2008 monthly, 8 months per year

1

17 MEDPOL - transitional waters

Danijela Sukovic

CETI Transitional Waters

physical, chemical Operational, repetitive


18 EPA monitoring program – transitional waters

Ana Misurovic

CETI Transitional Waters

basic physical parameters, nutrients, HM, organic pollutants, sediments, and microbiology

One time Survey

2008 today April-November

1

19 MEDPOL - urban waters

Danijela Sukovic

CETI Urban waters physical, chemical Operational, repetitive




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20 Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the coastal waters in Montenegro-Program of monitoring of biological indicators and ecological indicators: Part I: Determination of bioindicators

Ana Castelli

IMB Coastal Marine Waters

Biological Operational, repetitive

2008 2008 4 times a year, February, Aril, July, October

5

21 Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the coastal waters in Montenegro-Program of monitoring of biological indicators and ecological indicators: Part II: Determination of bioindicators of environmental pollution

Ana Castelli

IMB Coastal Marine Waters

Chemical, biological Operational, repetitive

2010 2010 Twice a year, March and September

2

*1 We interpret that it is every year. *2 Stations are provided with coordinates. *3 Stations have only codes/names without coordinates. *4 We have interpreted that the network is still active now from Section 4.1 detailed description of the networks.



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4.1 Detailed description of the networks.

The existing monitoring networks cover all the water compartments. Many networks have a repeat frequency as high as 15 days down to monthly and every six months. The number of stations varies for the different type of monitoring. The number parameters that are collected are wide and cover the majority of the physical-chemical parameters required except for the biology and hydrodynamics. Stakeholder Questionnaire does not include station coordinates. If possible for some monitoring networks these coordinates were retrieved from EPA reports. It is important to note that monitoring station can be different in different years.

Details of each monitoring network can be found below. Network 1: Monitoring network for bathing waters Stakeholder: Ivana Pavicevic Organisation: HMI Water compartment: Bathing Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: May-October Frequency: every 15 days Number of stations: 85 Stations: Ulcinj / Ada, Bar / Utjeha, Budva / Rafailovici, Herceg Novi / Kamenovo, Kotor / Trsteno Type of parameters: physical, chemical Parameters: water colour, transparency, salinity, pH, % of dissolved oxygen, NH4, mineral substances, suspended material, phenols, detergents, total coli bacteria, total faecal bacteria

Figure 1. Stations of Bathing Waters Monitoring.



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Network 2: Coastal Marine Water Monitoring 1 Stakeholder: Zoran Kljajic Organisation: IMB + HMI +CETI Water compartment: Coastal Marine Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: 1995 – 2008 Frequency: monthly, 8 months per year Number of stations: 9 points Stations: Kotor - KO, Risan - Ri, Tivat - TV, Herceg Novi - HN, Mamula - MNE-08, Sveti Stefan - MNE-07, Budva - MNE-06, Bar - MNE-03, Ulcinj - MNE- 02 Type of parameters: physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological Comments: Monitoring activity is regulated by Water Law of Montenegro-Ministry of Agriculture. Parameters: sea temperature, conductivity, pH, salinity, BOD5, saturated oxygen, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, orto-phosphate, silicates, chlorophyll, total P, total N, microbiology (TC, FC, E.colli, Enterococcus), phytoplankton, zooplankton, transparency, suspended solids Network 3: Coastal Marine Water Monitoring 2 Stakeholder: Zoran Kljajic Organisation: IMB + CETI Water compartment: Coastal Marine Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: from 2008 Frequency: monthly, 8 months per year Number of stations: 9 points Stations: Kotor - KO, Risan - Ri, Tivat - TV, Herceg Novi - HN, Mamula - MNE-08, Sveti Stefan - MNE-07, Budva - MNE-06, Bar - MNE-03, Ulcinj - MNE- 02 Type of parameters: physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological Parameters: sea temperature, conductivity, pH, salinity, BOD5, saturated oxygen, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, orto-phosphate, silicates, chlorophyll, total P, total N, microbiology (TC, FC, E.colli, Enterococcus), phytoplankton, zooplankton, transparency, suspended solids

Figure 2. Stations of Coastal Marine Water Monitoring.



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Network 4: Eutrophication Monitoring Stakeholder: Zoran Kljajic Organisation: IMB Water compartment: Coastal Marine Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: from 2008 Frequency: monthly, 8 months per year Number of stations: 9 Stations: Dobrota - OS-1, Kotor - KO/E-1, Sv. Neđelja - OS-3, Tivat - TV/E-2, Herceg Novi - HN/E-3, Budva - Jaz - E-4, Bar marina - E-5, Ulcinj - Mala Plaza -E-6, Igalo - Ig-1 Type of parameters: physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological (measurement on 3 depths) Parameters: sea temperature, conductivity, pH, salinity, BOD5, saturated oxygen, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, orto-phosphate, silicates, chlorophyll, total P, total N, microbiology (TC, FC, E.colli, Enterococcus), phytoplankton, zooplankton, transparency, suspended solids

Figure 3. Stations of Eutrophication Monitoring.



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Network 5: Mariculture Stakeholder: Zoran Kljajic Organisation: IMB Water compartment: Coastal Marine Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: from 2008 Frequency: monthly, 8 months per year Number of stations: 3 Stations: Dobrota - OS-1, Orahovac - OS-2, Sv. Nedelja - OS-3 Type of parameters: physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological (measurement on 3 depths) Comments: Monitoring activity is regulated by Law of Mariculture-Ministry of Agriculture. Parameters: sea temperature, conductivity, pH, salinity, BOD5, saturated oxygen, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, orto-phosphate, silicates, chlorophyll, total P, total N, microbilogy (TC, FC, E.colli, Enterococcus), phytoplankton, zooplankton, transparency, suspended solids

Figure 4. Stations of Mariculture Monitoring.



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Network 6: Station network for coastal water Stakeholder: Ivana Pavicevic Organisation: HMI Water compartment: Coastal Marine Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: monthly Frequency: May-October Number of stations: 19 Stations: Budva, Kotor, Herceg Novi, Bar Type of parameters: physical, chemical, meteorological Parameters: water temperature, transparency, turbidity, pH, dissolved O2, BOD, COD, phosphates, phenols, total coli bacteria, total faecal bacteria, air temperature, air pressure, precipitation, wind direction and velocity, solar radiation

Figure 5. Stations of Coastal Water network.

Network 7: MEDPOL - coastal marine waters Stakeholder: Danijela Sukovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Coastal Marine Waters: Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: 2008-2012 Frequency: twice a year Number of stations: 18 Stations: Port of Bar 2008-2011, Porto Montenegro 2008-2011, Shipyard Bijela 2008-2011, Dobrota 2008-2011, Lustica 2008-2011, Port of Budva 2008-2010, Port of Kotor 2008-2010, Port of Risan 2008-2010, Port of Herceg Novi 2008-2010, Ulcinj 2008-2010, Ulcinj Krs od Djerana 2009, Ulcinj Mala plaza 2009, Petrovac 2009, Sveti Stefan 2009, Mamula 2009, Verige 2009, Orahovac 2009, Traste 2009



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Type of parameters: physical, chemical Parameters: indicative list of the main pollutants Annex VIII WFD: 1. Organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment; 2. Organophosphorous compounds; 3. Organotin compounds; 4. Substances and preparations, or the breakdown products of such, which have been proved to possess carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties which may affect steroidogenic, thyroid, reproduction or other endocrine-related functions in or via the aquatic environment; 5. Persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccumulable organic toxic substances; 6. Cyanides; 7. Metals and their compounds; 8. Arsenic and its compounds; 9. Biocides and plant protection products; 10. Materials in suspension; 11. Substances which contribute to eutrophication (in particular, nitrates and phosphates); 12. Substances which have an unfavourable influence on the oxygen balance (and can be measured using parameters such as BOD, COD, etc.)

Figure 6. Stations of MEDPOL coastal marine waters network.



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Network 8: Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the coastal waters in Montenegro - MEDPOL (EPA Monitoring program) Stakeholder: Ana Misurovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Coastal Water Monitoring Type of control: One time Survey Time interval: March 2008 - December 2011 Frequency: March-December monthly Number of stations: 25 Stations: Krs od Djerana MNE01, Ulcinj - Mala plaza MNE02, Bar bay MNE03, Petrovac MNE04, ST. Stefan MNE05, Budva - Old town MNE06, Lustica - Dobra luka ref. MNE 07, Mamula MNE08, Herceg Novi sens.area HN, Kumbor, sens.area, Tivat bay- sens.area TI, Verige – sens.area, Risan bay - sens.area RI, Dobrota Kotor - sens.area, Kotor bay-KO sens.area Type of parameters: Physical,chemical, biological Parameters: temperature,salinity,pH, cond. O2, %saturation, transparency, NTU,Chlrophyll A, Nutrients: NO2, NO3, NH4, o-PO4, MPAS, Si, phenols, Microbiology

Figure 7. Stations of Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the coastal waters.



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Network 9: Basic hydrogeological map Stakeholder: Neda Devic Organisation: Geological Survey Water compartment: Drinking Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: ongoing Frequency: as needed Number of stations: Stations: Type of parameters: physical, chemical, hydro-morphological, geology Parameters: temperature, aquifers characterizations, geological and hydrogeological characteristics, basic chemical analysis Network 10: Network stations for lake water quality Stakeholder: Ivana Pavicevic Organisation: HMI Water compartment: Lakes Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: May-November Frequency: monthly Number of stations: 7 Stations: Skadar Lake - Vranjina, Skadar Lake - Virpazar, Skadar Lake - Plavnica, Skadar Lake - Kamenik, Skadar Lake - Podhum, Skadar Lake - Starcevo, Skadar Lake - Moracnik, Skadar Lake - Ckla, Skadar Lake - Middle of the lake, Plavsko Lake, Crno Lake Type of parameters: chemical Comments: HMI Sector for hydrography and oceanography has done the bathymetric surveys of Skadar and Plavsko Lake. Monitoring activity is regulated by Water Law of Montenegro. Parameters: pH, conductivity, Ca/Mg relation, % of oxygen saturation, water T, BOD, COD, Fe, NH4, chlorides, sulphates, phosphates, nitrates, nitrites, detergents, phenols, total coli bacteria, total faecal bacteria



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Figure 8. Stations of Lake Water Quality network.

Network 11: Monitoring program of Skadar Lake Stakeholder: Ana Misurovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Lakes Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: 1998-2002 Frequency: 4 time a year Number of stations: 7 Stations: Kamenik, Vranjin, Virpazar, Center of the lake between Radus and Plavnica, Podhum, Plavnica, Ckla Type of parameters: physical, chemical, toxicological Parameters: Physico-chemical parameters; transparency Secchi depth thermal conditions water temperature oxygenation conditions concentration of dissolved oxygen (O2) oxygen saturation value (%) total organic carbon total organic carbon salinity conductivity (25°C) acidification status m-alkalinity pH nutrient conditions ammonium nitrite nitrate total nitrogen total phosphorus orthophosphate chlorophyll a List of specific pollutants involved in the monitoring program of Skadar-Shkoder Lake cadmium and its compounds lead and its compounds mercury and its compounds nickel and its compounds arsenic and its compounds zinc and its compounds boron and its compounds chrome and its compounds copper and its compounds antimony and its compounds molybdenum and its compounds aluminium iron tributyltin compounds cyanides polychlorinated biphenyls – PCB (Ballschmitter's set: PCB-28, PCB-52, PCB-101, PCB-138, PCB-153, PCB-180) mineral oils adsorbable organic halogens - AOX chemical oxygen demand - COD sulphate fluoride polyaromatic hydrocarbons benzo(a)pyrene benzo(b)fluoranthene benzo(g,h,i)perylene benzo(k)fluoranthene indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene anthracene fluoranten naphthalene chlordane aldrin dieldrin endrin izodrin sum- DDT para-para-DDT izoproturon simazine atrazine diuron



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alachlor endosulfan hexachlorobenzene hexachlorobutadiene pentachlorobenzene hexachlorocyclohexane tetrachloroethylene trichlorethylene trichlorobenzene trichloromethane benzene 1,2-dichloroetan dichloromethane phenol volatile organic substances: hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene, pentachlorobenzene, hexachlorocyclohexane volatile organic substances: tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, trichlorobenzene, trichloromethane, 1,2-dichloroetan, dichlorometan volatile organic substances: benzene

Figure 9. Stations of Monitoring program of Skadar Lake.

Network 12: Network for river water quality Stakeholder: Ivana Pavicevic Organisation: HMI Water compartment: Rivers Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: May-November Frequency: monthly Number of stations: 52 points Stations: Bojana - Fraskanjel, Moraca - City beach, Moraca - Pernica, Moraca - Vukovci, Zeta - Vidrovan, Zeta - Danilovgrad, Zeta - Vranjske njive, Rijeka Crnojevica Type of parameters: chemical Parameters: pH, conductivity, suspended subst., water T, BOD, COD, % of oxygen saturation, Fe, NH4, chlorides, sulphates, phosphates, nitrates, nitrites, detergents, total coli bacteria, total faecal bacteria



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Figure 10. Stations of River Water Quality network.

Network 13: MEDPOL - rivers Stakeholder: Danijela Sukovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Rivers Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: 2008-2009 Frequency: twice a year Number of stations: 1 Stations: River Sutorina Type of parameters: chemical Parameters: indicative list of the main pollutants Annex VIII WFD: 1. Organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment; 2. Organophosphorous compounds; 3. Organotin compounds; 4. Substances and preparations, or the breakdown products of such, which have been proved to possess carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties which may affect steroidogenic, thyroid, reproduction or other endocrine-related functions in or via the aquatic environment; 5. Persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccumulable organic toxic substances; 6. Cyanides;



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7. Metals and their compounds; 8. Arsenic and its compounds; 9. Biocides and plant protection products; 10. Materials in suspension; 11. Substances which contribute to eutrophication (in particular, nitrates and phosphates); 12. Substances which have an unfavourable influence on the oxygen balance (and can be measured using parameters such as BOD, COD, etc.) Network 14: Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the river waters (EPA - ADRICOSM STAR) Stakeholder: Ana Misurovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Rivers Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: from 2006 Frequency: 1 hour Number of stations: 1 Stations: Fraskanjel Type of parameters: physical, chemical Parameters: Temperature, Salinity, Ammonia, Nitrate, Chlorophyl l A,L DO, Conductivity Comments: The water quality on-line monitoring stations were implemented during the ADRICOSM-STAR Project. Two automatic water quality monitoring stations were put in operation in September of 2006 and working until now, but the station in Kotor is out of operation from last year because of sensor problems. The data are sampled every hour and are transmitted by GSM to CETI. The data collected at Fraskanjel were used for MEDPOL and EIONET (WFD) reporting.

Figure 11. Station of Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the river waters



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Network 15: Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the river waters (EPA - IMB) Stakeholder: Ana Misurovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Rivers Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: from 2006 Frequency: twice a year Number of stations: 3 Stations: Fraskanjel, Ada Bojana, Sutorina river Type of parameters: physical, chemical Parameters: Temperature, Salinity, Ammonia, Nitrate, Chlorophyl l A,L DO, Conductivity,HM, POPs, AOX, phenols, of water and sediments

Figure 12. Stations of Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the river waters.

Network 16: Transitional Water Monitoring Stakeholder: Zoran Kljajic Organisation: IMB Water compartment: Transitional Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: from 2008 Frequency: monthly, 8 months per year Number of stations: 1 Stations: Bojana - OS-6 Type of parameters: physical, chemical, biological, hydro-morphological Parameters: sea temperature, conductivity, pH, salinity, BOD5, saturated oxygen, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, orto-phosphate, silicates, chlorophyll, total P, total N, microbiology (TC, FC, E.colli, Enterococcus), phytoplankton, zooplankton; transparency, suspended solids



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Figure 13. Station of Transitional Water Monitoring.

Network 17: MEDPOL - Transitional Waters Stakeholder: Danijela Sukovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Transitional Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: 2008-2011 Frequency: twice a year Number of stations: 1 Stations: River Bojana Type of parameters: physical, chemical Parameters: indicative list of the main pollutants Annex VIII WFD: 1. Organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment; 2. Organophosphorous compounds; 3. Organotin compounds; 4. Substances and preparations, or the breakdown products of such, which have been proved to possess carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties which may affect steroidogenic, thyroid, reproduction or other endocrine-related functions in or via the aquatic environment; 5. Persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccumulable organic toxic substances; 6. Cyanides; 7. Metals and their compounds; 8. Arsenic and its compounds; 9. Biocides and plant protection products; 10. Materials in suspension; 11. Substances which contribute to eutrophication (in particular, nitrates and phosphates); 12. Substances which have an unfavourable influence on the oxygen balance (and can be measured using parameters such as BOD, COD, etc.)



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Network 18: EPA monitoring program Stakeholder: Ana Misurovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Transitional Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: from 2008 Frequency: April-November Number of stations: 1 Stations: Ulcinj - Ada Bojana Type of parameters: basic physical parameters, nutrients, HM, organic pollutants, sediments, and microbiology Parameters: temperature, turbidity, Ammonia,Nitrites,pH,NO3, Salinity,DO, saturation of Oxygen, HM: Cd,Hg,Cu,Ni, Pb, Yn, Cr, As, Cr, TBT, TMT,POPS: Aldrin, Dieldrin, Endrin, DDT, DDE, Heptachlor, HCB, Toxafen, Mirex, PCBs, Dioxins, Furans,PAHs, Cjlorbenzens, chlorphenols, mineral oils, AOX, granulometric analusis of sediments, bacteriology

Figure 14. Stations of EPA transitional waters monitoring program.

Network 19: MEDPOL - urban waters Stakeholder: Danijela Sukovic Organisation: CETI Water compartment: Urban waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: 2008-2010 Frequency: twice a year Number of stations: 10 Stations: Port Milena, Port of Bar, Sutomore, Budva, Sveti Stefan, Petrovac, Kotor, Tivat, Risan, Herceg Novi Type of parameters: chemical



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Parameters: indicative list of the main pollutants Annex VIII WFD: 1. Organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment; 2. Organophosphorous compounds; 3. Organotin compounds; 4. Substances and preparations, or the breakdown products of such, which have been proved to possess carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties which may affect steroidogenic, thyroid, reproduction or other endocrine-related functions in or via the aquatic environment; 5. Persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccumulable organic toxic substances; 6. Cyanides; 7. Metals and their compounds; 8. Arsenic and its compounds; 9. Biocides and plant protection products; 10. Materials in suspension; 11. Substances which contribute to eutrophication (in particular, nitrates and phosphates); 12. Substances which have an unfavourable influence on the oxygen balance (and can be measured using parameters such as BOD, COD, etc.)

Figure 15. Stations of Urban Waters monitoring.



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Network 20: Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the coastal waters in Montenegro-Program of monitoring of biological indicators and ecological indicators. Part I: Determination of bioindicators Organisation: IMB Water compartment: Coastal Marine Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: 2008 Frequency: 4 times per year (seasonal): February, April, July, October Number of stations: 5 Stations: Dobrota, Krašidi, Kamenovo, Bar, Stari Ulcinj Type of parameters: biological Parameters: phytobenthos (Posidonia: composition, distribution and abundance - the cover of benthic, monitoring of alien species: Caulerpa racemosa, Wormersleyella setacea and others) and zoobenthos (composition, dominant species presence and abundance of sensitive and opportunistic zoobenthos taxa)

Figure 16. Stations of Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the coastal waters (determination of bioindicators).



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Network 21: Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the coastal waters in Montenegro-Program of monitoring of biological indicators and ecological indicators: Part II: Determination of bioindicators of environmental pollution Organisation: IMB Water compartment: Coastal Marine Waters Type of control: Operational, repetitive Time interval: from 2010 Frequency: 2 times per year (March, September) Number of stations: 2 Stations: Dobrota (near the Institute of marine biology) and Shipyard “Bijela” Type of parameters: chemical, biological Parameters: biomarkers in mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: Metallothionein content, Acetylcholinesterase activity - AChE test, micronucleus test, other enzyme tests.

Figure 17. Stations of Program of monitoring of the ecosystem status of the coastal waters (determination of bioindicators of environmental pollution).

On the whole it seems that, among the 11 operational monitoring networks, Network 1 and 6 done by HMI overlap in terms of parameters with Networks 3, 4 and 5 done by IMB. Monitoring networks 20 and 21 are very innovative and needed but they have been carried out only in 2008, they should be resumed.

Section 5: Data processing and dissemination policy For the networks indicated in section 4, the stakeholders were required to specify the data processing and dissemination policy and the data are displayed in Table 12.



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In general the data are validated, processed and stored in electronic format but there is little interoperability between the data sets and the Institutions. Validation method: Physical Variables: In accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 standard Biological Variables: No information Chemical Variables: in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 Hydrological Variables: Software quality check, WMO standards for meteo data Data Format: Physical Variables: GIS, txt, excel, word Biological Variables: txt, excel Chemical Variables: GIS, txt, excel, word Hydrological Variables: GIS, database Data Storage: Physical Variables: electronic Biological Variables: paper, electronic Chemical Variables: paper, electronic Hydrological Variables: electronic Table 12. Monitoring network data processing methods and standard protocols.

Network; name, organisation

Parameter Validation Method Storage Format GIS

Network for water surface and sea water quality; Ivana

Pavicevic, HMI *

pH Manual p. 124-126, method P-IV-6

Electronic Excel No

Dissolved oxygen Method P-IV-12

NH4 Method 12.7

Nitrite Method P-V-32/A

Nitrate Method 419 A

Sulfate Method 427 C

Detergents Method 425 E

Coli bacteria Manual ISO 7899-1

Faecal bacteria Manual ISO 7899 - 1

Coastal Marine Water Monitoring, Transitional Water Monitoring, Eutrophication Monitoring, Maricultura; Zoran Kljajic, IMB

Temperature, salinity, conductivity, pH No information Electronic Excel No

Phytoplankton, zooplankton, microbiology (TC, FC, E.colli, Enterococcus), chlorophyll, BOD5, saturated oxygen, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, orto-posphate, total P, total N, silicate, trophic index (TRIX)

No information Electronic + paper

Excel + txt

No

MEDPOL; Danijela Sukovic, CETI **

Temperature ASTM D 2216-10 Electronic + paper

Excel + txt

No

pH JUS HZ1.111

Electroconductivity ASTM D 1125-77

TDS ASTM D 5907-10



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Notes:

- * Internal validation procedures - ** MEDPOL Guide data measurements, validation etc

From Table 12 it is evident that some of the data collected, especially the biochemical marine data, do not have any reported standard. Improvement of the data collection and storage protocols is needed. Most of the data archiving is done without a specific protocol, station names could be duplicated or different depending on the Institution doing the monitoring, and data formats are not interoperable. In Table 13 the data dissemination method and implementation is analysed. Data are widely disseminated to different communities using all the major dissemination platforms.

LDO ASTM D 888-05

DO ISO 5813

BOD ISO 5815

NO2 SMW 4500-NO2B

NO3 SMW 4500-NO3B

NH4 ASTM D 1426-71

PO4 SMW 4500-P D

Phenols ASTM D 1783-B

Metals (Cd, Hg, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Cr, As, Sn) SMW 3500,EPA 200.7

OTC ISO 17353:2004

Organochlorine pesticides EPA 8080 A

Organophosphoros pesticides EPA 8141 A

Basic hydrogeological map; Neda Devic, Geological Survey

Temperature, pH, main chemical parameters

No information Electronic + paper

Excel + txt

No

Ana Misurovic, CETI

T, pH, Cond. DO, saturation O2, oxygen saturation value (%),Ammonia, NO2,NO3, PO4, TON, chlorophyllA ,Heavy metals ( Pb, Cd, Ni, Fe, Co, Cr, Cu, As,Hg, Sb, Mo, TBT, CN, polychlorinated biphenyls – PCB (Ballschmitter's set: PCB-28, PCB-52, PCB-101, PCB-138, PCB-153, PCB-180), mineral oils,adsorbable organic halogens - AOX,BOD,COD, Fluorides sulphates, hlorides, PAHs,volatile organic substances: hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene, pentachlorobenzene, hexachlorocyclohexane,phenols, volatile organic substances: tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, trichlorobenzene, trichloromethane, 1,2-dichloroetan, dichlorometan, OCl pesticides,volatile organic substances: benzene

in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025

Electronic + paper

Excel, Word

Yes



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Table 13. Data dissemination practice (summary).

Dissemination target

Dissemination method

Dissemination platform Dissemination frequency

Upon request

Free Web site

Publications / Reports

Television /newspapers

Computer files

Daily Monthly Yearly

Public Audience

X X X X X X X X X

Ministerial Authorities

X X X X X X X X

EPA X X X X X X X X X

Water Authorities

X X X X X X

EEA X X X X X X X

MEDPOL X X X X X X X

Research Institutions and Universities

X X X X X X

Other Users X X X X X X

The remaining Tables (Tables 14-21) give the details on how the different Institutions disseminate data among the different communities, in particular:

1) Public; 2) Ministries; 3) EPA; 4) Water authorities; 5) EEA; 6) Research Institutions; 7) others;

Table 14. Data disseminated to Public Audience.


Parameters Dissemination method

Dissemination format

Dissemination frequency

Dissemination agreement

Meteorological data, hydrological and physico-chemical and micropbiological data; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI

Meteorological, hydrological, hydrographic, physico-chemical and microbiological data

Upon request, free

Web site, publications / reports, computer file

Daily Law on hydrometeorological services, Law on hydrographic services, and Law on waters



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Parameters Dissemination method




Coastal Marine Water Monitoring, Transitional Water Monitoring, Eutrophication Monitoring, Mariculture; Zoran Kljajic, IMB

All network data Upon request

Publications / reports

Yearly According to the contract between EPA and IMB

Basic hydrogeological map ; Neda Devic, Geological Survey

Single samples Free Web site Monthly

Monitoring program of the coastal water quality- EPA monitoring program; Ana Misurovic, Danijela Sukovic, CETI

All physical and chemical datas from Monitoring program of the coastal water quality - EPA monitoring program are transferred to EPA as Annual Report (in previous time the reports were sent to Ministry responsible for EPA and Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and water management)

Free, in accordance with Contract with EPA

Web site, publications / bulletins, computer files

Monthly, yearly, on request of EPA in specific situations

Protocol of data's dissemination is defined with Contract with EPA

Climate data, hydrological data and water quality data; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI


Upon request, free

Web site, computer file

Monthly Law of waters


Single samples With an agreement

Computer files

Daily Data are transformed for the need of reporting for WFD

Table 15. Data disseminated to Ministerial authorities.


Parameter Dissemination method




Meteorological, Hydrological and Water and Air quality Networks; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI


Upon request, free

Web site, publications / bulletins, computer file

Monthly, daily

Law on hydrometeorological services, Law on hydrographic services, and Law on waters



Publications / bulletins

Yearly According to the contract between EPA and IMB



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Table 16. Data dissiminated to Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro.

Table 17. Data disseminated to Water Authorities.






Hydrological and Water quality data; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI

Upon request, free

Publications / bulletins, computer file

Yearly Law on waters



Computer files


Monitoring program of the coastal water quality- EPA monitoring

Data from monitoring program of the systematic investigation

Free, contract

Publications / bulletins, computer

Yearly, on request

Data dissemination followed a particular






Climate data, hydrological data and water quality data; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI


Upon request, free

Web site, computer file

Monthly Law on waters



Web site, publications / reports

Yearly Contract according the tender



Computer files


MEDPOL; Danijela Sukovic, CETI

Upon request, free,

Publications / reports, computer files

Yearly

Monitoring program of the coastal water quality- EPA monitoring program; Ana Misurovic, CETI

Monitoring data of physical, chemical and toxicological parameters realized by CETI trough Program of the Coastal zone water quality monitoring realised from 2008-today

Free, contract

Web site, publications / reports, medias, computer files

Monthly, yearly, in accordance with the contract

Protocol of data's dissemination is defined through Contract with EPA



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program; Ana Misurovic, CETI

of the quality of surface and underground waters and Sea, realised by CETI in period 1998-2002 year, were disseminated to the responsible Ministry for environmental protection, Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and water management and to the Ministry of health. All data collected upon request of other body or authority are property of these bodies.

file agreement protocol determined in Contract with EPA or other body

Table 18. Data disseminated to European Environmental Agency.






Water quality data, climate data; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI

Upon request, free


Monthly, daily

Law on hydrometeorological services, Law on hydrographic services and Law on waters


Upon request

Computer files

Yearly


Single samples Service level agreement

Computer files

Daily A service level agreement specifies the transformation protocols to use

Table 19. Data dissiminated to MEDPOL.








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Data from MED POL Monitoring; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI

Upon request, free


Yearly MedPOL Focal Point is at HMI

Coastal Marine Water Monitoring, Transitional Water Monitoring, Eutrophication Monitoring, Maricultura; Zoran Kljajic, IMB

Upon request

Computer files

Yearly


Focal point for MEDPOL disseminate data's from the Program of coastal zone water quality monitoring program -EPA monitoring program to the MEDPOL

Upon request, free, through EPA

Web site, publications / bulletins, computer file

Yearly

Table 20. Data dissiminated to Research Institutions and Universities.






Historical data; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI

Meteorological data Upon request

Web site, publications / bulletins

Monthly Law on waters


Single samples Upon request

Computer files

Daily

Table 21. Data disseminated to Other Users.






Climate, hydrological and water quality data; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI

Upon request


Yearly


Program of the Monitoring of Ecosystem status of the Coastal water quality of Montenegro used to reporting to MEDPOL and to EIONET The data's from Fraskanjel monitoring station was reporting to ADRICOSM until 2010 year

Upon request, other project as ADRICOSM

Web site, publications / bulletins, medias, computer file

Yearly, on request



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The emerging picture from this part is that dissemination of data is done by HMI and CETI by regulatory Laws while for IMB it is done mainly by agreements from tenders. This could create delays in the data release and commitment of resources for the monitoring.

Section 6: Infrastructure and instrumentation available The Stakeholders were asked to provide the information about infrastructure, instruments, sensors, hardware and software used in the monitoring networks. In Table 22 the infrastructure and instrumentation used to support some of the monitoring networks are listed.

Table 22. Infrastructure and instruments/sensors available (details).

Monitoring network Infrastructure Instrument / sensors Computer hardware and software

Coastal Marine Waters Monitoring; Zoran Kljajic, IMB

Ship, laboratory facilities and instruments

CTD probe, Van Veen sediment grab PC, Windows

Budva, Herceg Novi, Bar...; Ivana Pavicevic, HMI

3 ships (1 for ports, 1 for open sea, and a smaller one for near coast), laboratory facilities and instruments

Spectrophotometer, turbidimeter, pH meter... PC, Linux

Single samples; Neda Devic, Geological Survey

Laboratory facilities, field research

Thermometer, pH meter; chemical analysis, water pumps and other

PC

MEDPOL; Danijela Sukovic, CETI

Laboratory facilities, sampling instruments

AAS, ICP, AMA, GC, GCMS, GCMSMS, UV-VIS, FTIR, TON, pH meter, conductometer, turbidimeter, multimeter for sampling (T, pH, DO, LDO)

PC

EPA monitoring of Coastal water quality; Ana Misurovic, CETI

OTT water quality monitoring station in Kotor, OTT multi sensors probe, HACH portable laboratory and laboratory facilities in CETI; monitoring station in Ulcinj and Fraskanjel; water quality of most important water sources as are: Karuc, Radus, Mareza , Ropusnica etc

Physical: T; pH, cond; transparency, TDS. Chemical: AAS with GF,ICP, Mercury analyser, 3pcs Gas Chromatographs with 5 different detectors, head space; 2pcs. GCMS; 1 GCMS MS ; 2pcs HPLS with 5 different detectors; LCMS; laboratory for radioactivity with gamma spectrometry, radon measurement, alpha Guard, liquid scint. detector, alpha spectrometry, etc. and all necessary laboratory equipment for preparation and analysis of samples. Sediments: sieves, balances.

PC, Windows

Most of the Institutions have laboratory facilities but the working state of the available instrumentation is difficult to understand. A dedicated on site visit of facilities is recommended in the future.



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Overall it seems that computing facilities are scarce and may be outdated. This is an infrastructural component that requires a dedicated survey to assess the degree of available expertise at each Institution.

Section 7: Specific national requirements In this section, stakeholders were asked to mention the existing national legal framework for which a monitoring system is required. The following list has been given:

Law on Waters

Law on Sea

Decree on classification and categorization of surface and groundwaters 02-2007

Law on Environment

Law on Marine Fisheries

Decree on Bathing Water Quality

Law on Integrated Coastal Waters Management

The intersection between this national regulatory framework and the reporting requirements of EPA toward EEA, WFD, MedPOL and MSFD has to be elucidated by a dedicated study of the legal framework.

Section 8: Past and present projects The last Section collects information about past and present, mainly research and development, projects. The list of projects is given in Table 23: in summary in the past twenty years there were 8 national and 13 international projects. Table 23. International and national projects in which stakeholders participate.

Project Title Objective Duration Funded by

Program of determination underground water quality in Zeta

plane

Determination of influence of KAP activity on underground water quality

from 1989-1993

State Commission of Montenegro

Government

ECOPORT 8 www.ecoport8.eu 2009-2012 IPA

Eutrophicaton in the Boka Kotorska Bay

Researching eutrophication in the Boka Kotorska Bay

6 month UNEP/Map

MEDPOL

Pilot project Eutrophication in Boka bay

Monitoring of eutrophication of Boka bay six months UNEP-

MAP,MEDPOL

Eutrophaction of Boka Kotorska bay-Pilot project

monitoring of eutrophication six mounts MEDPOL

Monitoring of the Eutrophication of Boka Kotorska Bay-Pilkot Project

Monitoring of the level of Eutrophication in Boka Kotorska Bay

6 months UNEP

MAP/MEDPOL

MED POL Monitoring Water quality one year UNEP MAP

ADRICOSM-STAR UNESCO-IHP Montenegro Coastal Area and Bojana River

Catchment monitoring and modelling system 2008-2010

Italian Ministry for Environment,

Land & Sea

Project of determination water quality in Radus bay for water supply of

coastal region Determination of water quality and quantity 1985-1987

Regional Water supply enterprise

SeaDataNetII http://www.seadatanet.org 2011-2015 FP7



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Project Title Objective Duration Funded by

Monitoring Program of condition of sea ecosystem

status of sea ecosystem and measures of pollutants reduction

2008-2011 MNE Government

Project of determination water quality in Karuc bay for water supply of

coastal region Determination of water quality and quantity 1990-1993

Regional Water supply enterprise

Program of systematic investigation of surface and underground water in

MNE ecological status of water in MNE 1998-2002 MNE Government

Project of determination of underground water quality in Lisna

Bory near Bojana river Determination of water quality and quantity 1983-1985

Public communal enterprise in town

Ulcinj

MEDICIS-scientific cruise MYTIAD Contamination along the coasts of western

and eastern Mediterranean sea, using caged mussels in adequate locations

2008 EEC and

UNEP/MEDPOL

Program of systematic investigation of surface and underground water

quality in Montenegro Determination of water quality and quantity 1998- 2002

Ministry of environmental protection of Montenegro

Program of Integral monitoring of Skadar lake

Determination of water quality and bioaccumulation of toxic substances in

liposoluble membrans SPMD 2001-2003

Heidelbeg Rector Conference de.

Project of bioaccumulation of toxic substances im mussles

Determination of the pollution of the sea water trough bioaccumulation in Mytilis

Galloprovincialis 2007 UNEP

Regional Technical Co-operation Project RER/7/003 Marine

Environmental Assessment of the Mediterranean Region

Determination of the Adriatic sea water quality

2006-2010 IAEA

EPA Monitoring program of the marine water quality and MEDPOL

Determination sea water quality in accordance with WFD and MEDPOL

Programme

2008- until now

EPA Montenegro

ADRICOSM-Intermediate Master Plan for Integrated coastal area

monitoring and data base preparation for EPA

2011-2013

Italian Ministry for Environment,

Land & Sea And

Montenegrin Ministry of

Tourism and sustainable

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Final discussion and conclusions The present report documents the first successful collection of information about the existing integrated marine and fresh water monitoring system of the Montenegro coastal area and the surface and ground waters of marine relevance. The collection was carried out by means of a Web tool questionnaire available in Annex 1. All the data obtained from the questionnaire have been analyzed and this analysis gives a firm basis to the drafting of an Integrated coastal water monitoring Master Plan aimed at delivering information for EPA national and international reporting needs. It was found that five stakeholders (HMI, IMB, CETI, GEOS-M, PE-CZM) are actively engaged in monitoring of different components of the marine and fresh water environment and 4 of them (EPA, Water Directorate, Ministry of Tourism and Sustainable Development, PE-CZM) are involved in actual management of resources and policy actions. The following Table reviews the areas of expertise and the stakeholders.

Area of Expertise Institution

Marine hydrodynamics and waves HMI

Natural water resources management (aquifers and ground waters)


GEOS-M

Water quality (surface, subsurface and marine)

CETI

IMB

EPA

HMI

GEOS-M


Marine and fresh water ecology IMB

Meteorology HMI

Coastal erosion and management Water Directorate of Montenegro


Estuarine sediments and mud management CETI

IMB

Habitat mapping, Biodiversity, Aquaculture monitoring, Invasive species, Fisheries,




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wetland management

Bio-geomorphology none

Urban water management Water Directorate of Montenegro

CETI

Marine Protected Areas Management IMB

Ministry of sustainable development and tourism


As a result of the survey, several gaps in expertise among stakeholders emerge, in particular: marine hydrodynamics (including wave and sediments monitoring), biogeomorphology, habitat mapping (including fish stocks) and marine and fresh waters ecology. We consider that only one Institution for an area of expertise is not enough to cover all the monitoring requirements with the exception for the field of meteorology where the network is highly developed and it is organized only by HMI. The majority of the stakeholders are aware of the national and international requirements for monitoring marine and fresh waters. Currently 11 monitoring networks are identified and need to be analyzed in details because they contain essential elements of the WFD and MedPOL requirements (see Table 11). The WFD and MedPOL monitoring stations can cover several of the MSFD monitoring requirements in the near coastal area, for the chemical and physical parameters. However marine hydrodynamics, including sediment transport and beach morphology, and habitat classification, both for seabed and water column, are missing as well as fisheries accounting. It is recommended that these gaps could be essential components of the future Master Plan for Integrated Coastal Monitoring that will be developed during the next phase of the project. The main data collection Institutions, HMI, IMB, CETI, coordinate among themselves the activities but there is an evident duplication of efforts in some of the operational networks. On the other hands, some networks done only once need to be made operational since they cover some of the missing parameters requested by MSFD. On the whole, most stakeholders tend to disseminate their scientific data to the specific organisations. The project stakeholders are involved in 20 national and international projects. It was found that National regulatory frameworks, which define requirements for coastal monitoring, differ to some extent from the international directives and agreements. The largest number of responders pointed out that the infrastructures and the available research tools need upgrading. In conclusion the stakeholder questionnaire provided valuable information to develop the Integrated Coastal Monitoring Master Plan and the EPA database that will be now the follow up activity in Adricosm-Intermediate.



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Annex I

Blank Questionnaire Proposed for the Stakeholder Consultation

The following pages report the questions proposed to the Stakeholders.



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Annex II

Introductory note to the Questionnaire proposed for the Stakeholder Consultation Adricosm Intermediate is a project funded by the Montenegrin Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea that aims to develop a Master Plan for monitoring of the coastal areas of Montenegro considering the oceanographic, atmospheric, hydrological local water cycle and urban waste water management. The Plan should arrive to define the monitoring infrastructure, both technical and infrastructural, that will allow Montenegro to comply with the EU and other international monitoring requirements, giving the priority to the EU requirements. The reference institutional frameworks are: Water Framework Directive-WFD Marine Strategy Framework Directive-MFSD MedPOL This questionnaire is proposed to selected stakeholders to better understand the state of the art of the coastal monitoring facilities and protocols and the user requirements for the future Master Plan. The questionnaire includes 8 sections. The findings will be disseminated between the invited stakeholders.



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Questionnaire

1st section: General Information

This information will be used only for the questionnaire purpose and not disseminated between stakeholders. Name: Surname: Title: Organization/Institute/company: Department: Function inside the organisation/Institute/company: Address: Country: Phone: Email:

2nd section: Evaluation of expertise among stakeholders

Please indicate your or your department/institute expertise related to monitoring, including marine

coastal waters, hydrology, atmosphere and urban waters:

Major areas of expertise:

Marine hydrodynamics and waves: yes, no If yes, please provide details

Natural water resources management (aquifers and underground waters): yes, no If yes, please provide details

Water quality (surface, subsurface and marine): yes, no

If yes, please provide details

Marine and fresh water ecology: yes, no If yes, please provide details

Meteorology: yes, no If yes, please detail Coastal erosion and management: yes, no

If yes, please provide details Estuarine sediments and mud management: yes, no

If yes, please provide details Ecosystem based management and wetland management: yes, no

If yes, please provide details Bio-geomorphology: yes, no



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If yes, please provide details Urban water management: yes, no

If yes, please provide details Marine Protected Areas Management; yes, no

If yes, please provide details

3rd section: Institutional framework

Please indicate the degree of awareness of the WFD, MSFD and other European and

intergovernmental programs (EEA, UNEP-MAP MEDPOL, IAEA)

Do you know the Water Framework Directive? Yes or no.

If yes, which aspects of it?

Are you involved in any activity related with the directive? Yes or no

If yes, are you involved in any of the reporting required?

If yes, are you involved in any of the data collection activities required?

If yes, please provide details.

Do you know the Marine Strategy Framework Directive? Yes or no.

Do you know the EIONET and the EU reporting process? Yes or no.

Do you know the UNEP/MAP MEDPOL program? Yes or no.

4th section: Integrated water monitoring for the Montenegro coastal area:

Please complete the table indicating the role your Institution has in a monitoring network.

A monitoring network is intended to be any measurement carried out in a repetitive way, both in

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Water

compartment

Monitoring aspect Responsibility Please specify the

monitoring network

(give a reference name for

next Table)

Coastal marine

waters

Physics

(temperature,

salinity, currents,

sea level, waves,

marine

meteorology)

Biology (benthic

and pelagic

species and

habitats)

Chemistry

Bathymetry

Sediments

(stratigraphy, grain

size, pollutants)

Transitional

waters

Physics

(temperature,

salinity, water

level)

Biology (species

and habitats)

Chemistry

Sediments

(stratigraphy,

pollutants)

Rivers

Physics (Water

levels, flow rates)

Chemistry

Bathymetry

Sediments

Ground waters

Physics (water

level)



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Geology

Chemistry

Lake waters

Physics (Water

levels, currents,

temperature)

Bathymetry and

land topography

Meteorology

Precipitation

Air Temperature

Urban waters

Management

Physics (flow rates,

water levels in

sewer systems,

etc.)

Chemistry

Drinking waters

Aquifers

characterization

Quality

Bathing waters

Sanitary aspects

Physics (currents,

temperature,

waves, etc.)

Please specify for any of the Monitoring Network above the methodology of monitoring

Code Ext. Network 1

Name of the network

Type of control( One time Survey

Operational,

repetitive

Type of water

compartment

Coastal marine

water

Transitional waters

Rivers

Groundwater

Lake

Urban waters



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Meteorology

Drinking waters

Bathing waters

Duration (from-to)

Frequency of monitoring

No .of measurement

stations/method

Specify station name

and code if any

No. and type of

measured physical

variables

No. and type of

biological variables

No. and type of

chemical variables

hydro-morphological

parameters

No. And type of

atmospheric variables

Standard procedures for

measurement and

processing

No

Specific to the

organisation

National

International

5h section: Data acquisition, processing, dissemination and reporting

Do you store or manage any data set that you think might be useful for the integrated coastal

monitoring of Montenegro Coastal zone within the WFD and MSFD?

If yes, please specify which data and monitoring network

Network name (see Table

above)

List of the physical

variables

List of the biological

variables

List of the chemical



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variables

List of the hydro-

morphological parameters

List of the atmospheric

parameter

Are collected data validated? yes, no

If yes, what are the validation methods?

…………….

Data storage/processing:

Under which (electronic, paper) formats are data stored?

1) Paper

2) Electronic

If databases are computerised, which software is used?

………...

Are data integrated into a GIS? yes, no

What are the formats used for data storage (please provide the data structure separately, if possible)?

……...

Are data accessible on the Internet? yes, no

If yes, provide the address:

…………

Data dissemination policy and protocols:

Are data disseminated?

No

Yes, specify:



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To whom

Dissemination policy Dissemination platform Dissemination timing

Public Upon request

Free

Agreement

protocol(specify):

………………..

Web site

publications

(bulletins),

medias (specify)

…..

computer files

(specify)

…….

Monthly

Half-yearly

Yearly

Other (specify)

……………………

Ministry …….

EPA

Water

Authority

EEA

MEDPOL

University

Others

(specify):

………

6th section: Infrastructure and instruments availability:

Water

compartment

Monitoring

Network (please

refer to naming

given before)

Infrastructure

(laboratory

facilities, etc.)

Instruments Computer

hardware and

software

Coastal marine

waters

Physics

(temperature,

salinity, currents,

sea level, waves,

marine

meteorology)

Biology (benthic

and pelagic

species and

habitats)

Chemistry

Bathymetry



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Sediments

(stratigraphy, grain

size, pollutants)

Transitional

waters

Physics

(temperature,

salinity, water

level)

Biology (species

and habitats)

Chemistry

Sediments

(stratigraphy,

pollutants)

Rivers

Physics (Water

levels, flow rates)

Chemistry

Bathymetry

Sediments

Ground waters

Physics (water

level)

Geology

Chemistry

Lake waters

Physics (Water

levels, currents,

temperature)

Bathymetry and

land topography

Meteorology

Precipitation

Air Temperature

Urban waters

Management

Physics (flow rates,

water levels in

sewer systems,

etc.)

Chemistry

Drinking waters

Aquifers



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characterization

Quality

Bathing waters

Sanitary aspects

Physics (currents,

temperature,

waves, etc.)

7th section: Specific national requirements

Is there a national regulatory framework which defines specific standards and requirements for

coastal monitoring of environmental quality? yes, no

• If yes, What are the applied?

……………….

8th section: Past (10 years) and active projects on the subject:

Have you ever participated in projects related to coastal monitoring including marine coastal waters,

hydrology, atmospheric and urban water: yes, no

If yes. Describe the projects:

Project Title Objective Duration Funded by Major Activities

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