The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

Round Table 2How to Achieve Quantity and Quality Goals of

the Water Framework Directivein Celtic Countries

Implementation of theWater Framework Directive

Are we doing enough?

António Gonçalves Henriques

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

No deterioration of status of water bodiesEnvironmental objectives to be achieved in 2015, as a rule

• Extension of deadline (max 2x6 years)• Less stringent objectives• Temporary deterioration due to exceptional

circumstances• New modifications of water bodies or

new sustainable human development activities due to overriding public interest

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3Monitoring

Article 6

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6 River Basin

Management PlansArticle 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6 River Basin

Management PlansArticle 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

ReportingArticle 15

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

WHAT IS NOT IN THE DIRECTIVE

• Water Resources Management(allocation of water resources among different water users).

• Measures to control the effects of floods and droughts, beyond those aspects that can cause the deterioration of water bodies.

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

by 2002 (Article 17):• to present a proposal on measures

to prevent and control groundwater pollution

presented on October 2003

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

by 2004 (Article 16):• to present proposals on measures

to prevent and control pollution by individual pollutants or groups of pollutants, and review every four years thereafter

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

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AustriaBelgiumCyprus

Czech RepublicDenmark

EstoniaFinlandFrance

GermanyGreece

HungaryIreland

ItalyLatvia

LithuaniaLuxembourg

MaltaNetherlands

PolandPortugalSlovakiaSlovenia

SpainSweden

United Kingdom

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The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Member-State

AustriaBelgiumCyprus

Czech RepublicDenmark

EstoniaFinlandFrance

GermanyGreece

HungaryIreland

ItalyLatvia

LithuaniaLuxembourg

MaltaNetherlands

PolandPortugalSlovakiaSlovenia

SpainSweden

United Kingdom

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Article 3Most Member States follow a minimalist legal approach.

In many cases, there is strong evidence of legally incorrect transposition, including omissions of key environmental objectives and requirements established by the WFD.

There is evidence of poor quality and late action on carrying out the first steps of implementation.

(WWF 2005)

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The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Reports due in 2004

Still 5 MS missing!

In many RBD more than 50% of the water bodies are at

risk of failing the objectives of the Directive.

This figure raises to 98% in some cases

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

COMMON IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

• Information sharing• Development of guidance on technical

issues• Information and data management• Application, testing and validation• Policy development• Integration of WFD in other policy areas

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PRIORITIES IN FUTURE WORK

• Intercalibration (to ensure a comparable level of protection in consistency of the Directive).

• Pilot River Basins.• Integrated River Basin Management

– Linking to research activities– Assessment of cost-effectiveness– Address water scarcity and droughts– Address flood alleviation strategies– Improve international river basin management

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PRIORITIES IN FUTURE WORK

• Groundwater• Priority substances• Reporting and information exchange on GIS• Integration of the WFD into other Community

policies:– Common agriculture policy– Cohesion policy– Transport policy (navigation)– Energy policy (hydropower)

The Fourth Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water ResourcesUniversidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, 11-13 July 2005

PurposeArticle 1

Characteristics of the River Basin District

Article 5

Register of Protected Areas

Article 6

Environmental Objectives

Article 4

MonitoringArticle 6

Programme ofMeasuresArticle 11

Waters for abstraction of drinking water

Article 7

Strategies against pollution of water

Article 16

The Combined ApproachArticle 10

Strategies for groundwater

Article 17

Recovery of costs for water services

Article 8

River Basin Management Plans

Article 13

ReportingArticle 15

Public Information and Consultation

Article 14

Administrative arrangements

Article 3THANK YOU!