Maria Staniszewska

Polish Ecological Club

Total length of the river is 772 km

Length as a border is 363 km (within Belarus 169 km, Ukraine 185 km). 224 km is on Polish territory

The total area of a basin is 73479 sq.km, within Belarus 9990 sq.km, 39420 – Poland, 24 069 -Ukraine.

The biggest urban agglomeration: Lvov in Ukraine ( 760 th. citizens), Brest in Belarus( 300 th. citizens) and Chełm in Poland ( 69 th. citizens).

Environment: Biosphere Reserve Western Polesie and 18 areas of NATURA 2000

The international basin of Bug river characterized of different administration structure responsible of water managing, monitoring and financing, lack of coordinated water management plans and coordinated action plans in the event of a crisis.

Poland – EU Water Framework Directive, Water Law – 2017; Act on inland navigation -2000; Environment protection Law – 2001; Act on fishing – 2004; Act on Inland fishing –1985 and detailed regulations provided by Ministry of Environment

Ukraine – Law adoption process: Law18.03.2004 №1629-ІV “On the state program of adaptation of the Ukrainian legislation to the EU legislation” makes Ukrainian law closer to WDF till 2020

Belarus – Country water law; Environmental Protection law

Polish - Ukrainian committee Boundary Waters

Area of working: Common strategy, Protection of transboundary waters against pollution, Flood protection and drainage regulation, Limited extraordinary water pollution, Hydrometeorology and hydrogeology

Lack of official Polish-Belarussian committee

Polish-Ukrainian cooperation for the

protection of the boundary waters against

pollution – governmental bodies from Lublin

and Wołyń

Expansion of cross-border system of sewage treatment in a river basin the Western Bug", 2013-2015, the Program of cross-border cooperation of Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2007-2013. Municipal enterprise of housing and communal services "Kamenets housing and communal servicesInternational project of the European Union on prevention and to control of floods on the cross-border rivers (2010-2012) - Flood-WISE Project

Data from 2014:

58% waste waters was threaten biologically with removing biogens

20,8% waste waters was threaten mechanically

56,4% population in Bug river basin (Polish part ) use waste waters treatment plant (average in Poland – 71,5%)

In the cities 95,2% (93,9% in Poland), in the rural areas 23,0% (in Poland 37,4%)

Potential point sources of pollution surface and underground waters

are landfills, in particular dangerous waste. In 2014, according to

statistical data, in the lubelskie voivodship there were 54 active

storage sites including 50 municipal waste and 4 waste

industrial. At present, the landfill is equipped with installations

preventing potential contamination.

The impact is monitored on an ongoing basis by operating or

supervising landfills.

1. Biogens from the fertilized fields

In Bug river basin the usage of fertilizers is 127,3 kg/ha in 2015

The rural area cover 70% of Bug river basin in Poland

2. Biogens from houses without sanitation system

The serious threaten of surface waters is 62,4% people living at rural areas without connection to waste waters treatment.

Obtained results of diagnostic monitoring indicate that 88% of tested rivers did not meet the required RDW at least good ecological status

There is also a large share of rivers in poor condition / ecological potential. This situation is due to a poor ichthyological evaluation (EFI + / IBI). Bad research results indicate unsatisfactory fish species composition and negative influence of river regulation - changes in flow conditions, spawning deceleration, preventing or hindering migration.

8%

71%

13%

8%

Ecological status

good

avarage

weak

bad

35%

38%

19%

8%

Ecological potential

good avarage weak bad

Biogen leaching from point sources (lack of waste water treatments, lack of waste water management)

Biogen leaching from non point sources (intensive agriculture)

Eutrophication and loss biodiversity

River regulation

Loss the wetlands

Heavy metals - Brest