Implementing the Water Framework Directive at an Environmental and

Water Directorate, Hungary

László Kóthaydirector

Trans-Tisza Region Environmental and Water Directorate

www.tikovizig.hu

Statements of the Water Framework Directive

Water is not a commercial product like any other but, rather, a heritage which must be protected, defended and treated as such.

The purpose of this Directive is to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater.

Our mission is in the scope of the WFD To prevent the deterioration of aquatic ecosystems Long-term protection of available water resources Enhanced protection of the aquatic environment To ensure the progressive reduction of pollution of surface-

and groundwater To achieve the „good water status” until 2015

Aims and requirements

To reach „good water status” Water quality protection should be more coordinated

with water resources management The unit of the water management is the river basin To make a plan for river basin management Have to observe the ongoing processes (monitoring) To apply the economic analysis in the decision making

procedure of river basin management, insist on the Principle of „Polluter pays”

Appearance of recovery of costs for water services To apply the Principle of subsidiarity

Regulation of River-basin management

To determinate the river basin districts

Identification of the appropriate competent co-coordinating authorities

To ensure the fulfill of the WFD requirements and to coordinate the programmes of measures

Tasks to complete in the river basin areas

To determinate the protected areas To identify drinking water bodies To determinate surface water bodies and groundwater bodies,

and to establish the monitoring system To ensure the progressive reduction of pollution of surface-

and groundwater To enhance the safety of flood-protection To identify the point and diffuse pollution sources To regulate the emission limit values To prepare the programme of measures to the period of 2000-

2015 River basin management approach instead of member states’

borders

Black Sea

Countries in the Danube River Basin

Danube-river basin

13 countries

. Hungary is situated within the drainage basin of the River Danube, in the lowest

part of the Carpathian Basin

Flood plains covering close to one-quarter of the country’s territory, affecting

2,5 million inhabitants in 700 settlements.

95% of the surface water resources of the country originate abroad

Normal mean flow in the major Hungarian rivers (m3/s)

• Groundwater resources are available almost everywhere• Thick alluvial deposits in the major part of the country,• Karst aquifers in the mountainous regions

• Groundwater resources are available almost everywhere• Thick alluvial deposits in the major part of the country,• Karst aquifers in the mountainous regions

GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS

EXTENDED USE OF GROUNDWATER

Except cooling water, 2/3 of the total use is from groundwater

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Fishponds, animal breeding

irrigation

Surface water

Bank filt. wat.Karstic water

Groundw. from porous aquifer

Total

95 % of the drinking water is from groundwater

Administrative setup

Agriculture and Rural Development

M. of Health

M. of Interieur M. of Foreign Affairs

M. of Economy and Transp. M. of Finance

M. of JusticeInterministerial Committee

for the implementation of WFD

Ministry of Environment and Water

NGOs

The organizational and institutional system needed for the fulfillment of WFD

4 large planning units for the international coordination and reporting to the EU

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The main coordinator of the reporting is the General Directorate for Environment, Nature and Water, with the participation of

Environmental and Water Directorates, the Environmental Authorities and National Park Directorates, which are

coordinating there own tasks, too

Tasks related to the characterisation of surface waters

Preliminary designation of surface water bodies according to the System ARevision of digital maps containing water courses

Extension of surface water typology

Preliminary assessment of• human activities• hydrological and morfological impactsDetermination of reference conditions and limit values

Information on the ecological status • hydrological parameters• morphological and biological parameters

Designation and characterisation of water bodies based on the above

Assessment of the impact of human activities on the chemical status

2002 2003 2004 Tasks

Tasks related to the characterisation of groundwaters

2002 2003 2004 Tasks

Preliminary designation of water bodies based on hydrogeological characteristicsInformation on human activities (pressures)

Estimation of the available groundwater resources

Actual hidrological situation (hidrological survey)

Co-ordination and summary of th above works

Survey of water quality changes due to human activities

Selection of water bodies in critical status,further charactrisation

Economic analysis

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A vízfolyások B-típusú tipológiáját meghatározó részterületek Aquatic landscapes, determining the B-typology of rivers in Hungary

Budapesti Mûszaki és Közgazdaságtudományi EgyetemViziközmû és Környezetmérnöki Tanszék

A mederanyagot meghatározó fed?réteg szemösszetételegainsize classes of the covering layers, determining river substratum:durva/coarseközepes/mediumfinom/fine

Al-ökorégiók/sub-ecoregions:meszes hegyvidék/calcerous mountainsszilikátos hegyvidék/siliceous mountainsmeszes dombvidék/calcerous hilly regionsmeszes síkvidék/calcerous plainstõzeges (szerves) területek/peaty (organic) regions

A mederanyagot meghatározó fedõréteg szemösszetételegainsize classes of the covering layers, determining river substratum:

Aquatic landscapes

Topography (landscape, elevation, slope)

Geology (hydrogeology)

sub-ecoregions

Substratum

aquatic landscapes

B-typology

Size of the catchment

B - typology

Typology for rivers

Sub-ecoregions Substratum Size of the catchment

Organic (peaty) regions small medium

coarse small, medium,

Siliceous mountainous regions

Calcerous mountainous regions coarse small, medium,

Calcerous hilly regions coarse small medium large very large

medium - fine small, medium, large

Calcerous plains coarsesmall medium large, very large,

medium - fine small, small, medium, large, very large,

River types

River sections according to types

Arrangement of streams in the point of human activities’ impact

Red: heavily modified water bodies

Pink: possibly heavily modified water bodies

Blue: artificial water bodies

Green: natural water bodies

Rivers’ arrangement

Suggestions of reference water bodies

Hierarchical approach:

• geological structures• hydraulic boundaries

• temperature• flow regime

Mainly suitable for quantitative analysis 3D processing with GIS

Identification of groundwater bodies

1st layer: mountains (surface catchment, geological units)

and basins (downward and upward flow)

Identification of groundwater bodies

2nd layer: thermal water in porous aquifers

Identification of groundwater bodies

Identification of groundwater bodies

Identification of groundwater bodies

3rd layer: Water bodies in cold and thermal karstic aquifers

Tasks of the Water Resources Tasks of the Water Resources Management and River Basin Management and River Basin

Development Group, which Development Group, which was was established inside the TIKÖVIZIG:established inside the TIKÖVIZIG:

According to WFDAccording to WFD To estimate the status of the water bodiesTo estimate the status of the water bodies To determinate the sub-basinsTo determinate the sub-basins Data processing of water managementData processing of water management Economic analysis to achieve the target Economic analysis to achieve the target

statusstatus Controlling and processing the monitoring Controlling and processing the monitoring

databasedatabase Processing, controlling and analProcessing, controlling and analyysing the sing the

water production and water quality database water production and water quality database of groundwater-usersof groundwater-users

According to the Act 2003/120 (Hungary)

• Preparation the programme of measures to achieve the good water status, including the protection of water resources and sustainable using• Preparation of water management plans• To retain the possibilities of water utilization, observation and evaluation of status, analysis the impact of human activity• Reasonable use of water resources, application of legal and economic regulations (Water Resources Charge)

Determination, marking and Determination, marking and standardization of the groundwater standardization of the groundwater bodbodiesies

Assembling the Assembling the ssub-basin district ub-basin district plansplans

AnalAnalyysis of loads and effects causing sis of loads and effects causing hydromorphological and water hydromorphological and water chemical changeschemical changes (natural, artificial, (natural, artificial, and heavily modifiedand heavily modified statuses)statuses)

Integration of loads into a MS SQL Integration of loads into a MS SQL database system, which are: water database system, which are: water intakes, water inflows, inter-basin intakes, water inflows, inter-basin diversions, objects and activities diversions, objects and activities influencing the flows and outflowsinfluencing the flows and outflows

According to the Act 2003/120 (HU)

Present status of the execution of Present status of the execution of WFD requirements related to WFD requirements related to surface watersurface water

Deadline: 31. December 2004Deadline: 31. December 2004

Fulfillment: esurable with hard workFulfillment: esurable with hard work

Integration of VIZIR database into the recently Integration of VIZIR database into the recently used water management GIS system based on used water management GIS system based on ArcGIS.ArcGIS.

Arrangements, maintenance taskArrangements, maintenance taskss for achieving for achieving good water status, keeping records, good water status, keeping records, designatingdesignating protective areas, reporting the protective areas, reporting the performanceperformance..

Reshaping the recently active hydrographic Reshaping the recently active hydrographic monitoring system which consists 10monitoring system which consists 10..000 000 objects according to the Water Framework objects according to the Water Framework DirectiveDirective..

Organizing informative and consultative forums Organizing informative and consultative forums in river basin management plansin river basin management plans..

Jobs to do

GroundwatersGroundwaters

GroundwatersGroundwaters

Preliminary characterization (done)Preliminary characterization (done)

Status and borders of groundwater bodies or Status and borders of groundwater bodies or body-groups (done)body-groups (done)

Description of groundwater bodies (in process)Description of groundwater bodies (in process)

General characterization of overlying strata (in General characterization of overlying strata (in process)process)

DDetermination of etermination of those groundwater bodies for those groundwater bodies for which there are directly dependent surface which there are directly dependent surface water ecosystems or terrestrial ecosystemswater ecosystems or terrestrial ecosystems (in (in process)process)

Public information and consultationPublic information and consultationaccording to WFDaccording to WFD

To keep consultations to the water-usersTo keep consultations to the water-users To introduce To introduce a timetable and work a timetable and work

programme for the production of the plan,programme for the production of the plan, at at least three years before the beginning of the least three years before the beginning of the period to which the plan refers;period to which the plan refers;

To introduce the tasks and water To introduce the tasks and water management problems to solve management problems to solve at least at least 22 years before the beginning of the period to years before the beginning of the period to which the plan referswhich the plan refers

To introduce this programme-plan at least a To introduce this programme-plan at least a year beforeyear before

To introduce the plan by the MinistryTo introduce the plan by the Ministry To ensure To ensure at least six months to comment in at least six months to comment in

writing on those documents writing on those documents

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THANK YOU FORYOUR KIND ATTENTION!

László Kóthay