Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Engelsk mal: StartsideHUSK: krediter fotograf om det brukes bilde Tips bunntekst: For å få bort sidenummer, dato, samt redigere tittel på presentasjon: Klikk på ”Sett Inn” -> Topp og bunntekst -> Huk av for ønsket tekst. Northern Calotte Water Authority Meeting Status of the WFD work Tor Simon Pedersen Levi

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Northern Calotte Water Authority Meeting - Status of the WFD work Characteristics of river basin districts POM – First planning cycle Significant water management issues COMM – Feedback on first planning cycle (Country specific assessment) Challenges & benefits Finnish-Norwegian RB-agreement

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Norway and the WFD Directive adopted in EU December Regarded in Norway as EEA-relevant in Full Norwegian participation in CIS, incl. the intercalibration Part of Norwegian legislation - separate water regulation - December 2006 Part of the EEA-agreement in Sept 2007 Inclusion of the directive in the EEA-agreement approved by the Norwegian Parliament - February (St. prp. 75)

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment....lagging behind? Deadlines 6 years delayed First planning cycle is voluntary 29 selected “water areas” Second planning cycle in line with Member States (MS)

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Characteristics of river basin districts Worked with characterisation since 2003/2004 Full characterisation of the whole country, preliminary 1. July 2012 Some differences in view of the results p.t. – possibly at risk will be phased out - characterisation is continuing until 1. May 2013 (Reporting to ESA by aug 2013) Risk on the basis of chemical status is not very much emphasized Central job on groundwater – a lot to be done!

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment 6 Environmental status, september 2012 App. 35 % not in Good status

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Pressures on water bodies in Norway The 10 most important pressures on the water in Norway Hydropower Acid rain Agricultural runoff Runoff from scattered houses Invasive species Runoff from urban areas Pollution form sewage plants Polluted sediments Flood protection Aquaculture

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Risk assessment pr 23. sept (App. 45 % at risk)

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment POM - Interim report 2012 The measures should be “operational” by 2012 County municipality (RBDA) as an “accountant” All sectors have reported to RBDA Reporting to ESA by the end of 2013

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Reporting of measures from the sectors to RBDA

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Significant water management issues 11 regional reports were presented from the RBDA for comments (common hearing) The characterization is much of the basis for the hearing On hearing from 1. July 2012, updated autumn 2012 Based on a guideline from the group of directorates

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Monitoring (Art. 8) The regional programmes for monitoring, including surveillance, operational and investigative monitoring, will be produced by the end of 2013 A template for the regional programmes is made and sent to the RBDA and the County Governors Working group on monitoring (group of directorates) will make a suggestion for the surveillance monitoring The County Governors will together with the sectors and municipalities suggest the operational and investigative monitoring

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment COMM report on implementation: 15 issues for improvement: Monitoring. Classification Catchment specific pollution. Monitoring of priority substances. Groundwater. HMWB Art 4.7. Biological pressures in coastal waters. Cost specification in the POM. International river basins. Climate change issues. Economical analysis. Transitional waters Strategic environmental assessment Public participation.

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Tips bunntekst: For å få bort sidenummer, dato, samt redigere tittel på presentasjon: Klikk på ”Sett Inn” -> Topp og bunntekst -> Huk av for ønsket tekst. Engelsk mal: Tekst med kulepunkter Tips engelsk stavekontroll: Klikk fane ”se gjennom”, klikk i tekstfeltet og huk av for engelsk under ”språk” HUSK: krediter fotograf om det brukes bilde ”Country specific assessment, Norway” The Norwegian 1. planning cycle is voluntary and the assessment is considered an advice from COMM to Norwegian authorities The assessment is helpful in the further process with 2. planning cycle Norway is not expected to respond to ESA or COMM with regards to the assessment....but ESA and COMM has offered to meet with Norway to clarify possible misunderstandings etc

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment 1. Monitoring: Sparse information about monitoring, only surveillance monitoring is reported. Recommendation: All necessary monitoring in place by Foto : UNI Miljø LFIFoto: Odd Haugsbakk

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment 2. Classification: The Norwegian classification system is not complete with respect to all water types in rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Recommendation: Further development of the classification system to fulfil the demands for the 2.planning cycle, More information of grouping of WBs and it is not obvious how uncertainties are handled. Økologisk tilstand i overflatevann i Europa (2009). Tall fra WISE (omfatter ikke Norge).

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Bruk av grunnvann i Europa. 5. Ground water: Recommendation: Monitoring and methods quantitative and chemical status and trend must be established.

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment 6. Hydropower: Norway is a major hydro power nation, but the RBMPs are not transparent with regards to how WBs are designated. Recommendation: Future plans must clear on how the designation is performed and it should be specified how the objective ”good ecological potential” (GEP) is obtained. Foto: Anders Iversen(DN)

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment 7. New encroachments/activities (Art. 4.7): Even though new activities in the WBs are planned this is not refered to in the RBMPs. Recommendation: In future RBMPs it must be stated how art.4.7 is employed, in line with the WFD. Fra: «Beregning av potensial for små kraftverk i Norge, NVE-rapport 19/2004.

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment 8. Biological pressures, coastal waters: Biological pressures are mentioned in some of the RBMPs, but The Royal Decree (2010) states that these pressures should not be included in the first planning cycle. The reason for this is not apparent in the plans. Recommendation: Future plans must cover all significant pressures, including biological pressures in coastal waters. Foto: Bjørn Gulliksen.

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment 9. Cost assessment in POM: Recommendation: Cost of measures should be presented for basic and additional measures. Cost recovery should be visualised. 12. Economical analysis: The economical analysis is weak, partly caused by the lack of national guidance and tools. Recommendation: The RBMPs concerning economical analyses could be improved in line with the WFD, e.g. ecosystem services, water use and cost recovery.

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment 10. International RBs: Norway share several catchments with Finland and Sweden. Some arrangements are in place but the requirements of the WFDs is not met. Recommendation: Future plans must containe proper and common management of these catchments, with a particular focus on Tana, Neiden and Pasvik.

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Challenges Lack of common interpretation and understanding of the WFD among the sectors concerned Cooperation between sectors, the role of the institutions in the different processes, e.g. characterization The organising of the work is somewhat novel to some of the sectors and this process has to mature …..the RBDA, however, are doing a splendid job!

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Benefits Updated health check of the water environment Vann-nett: GIS-based water management tool Broad scale exchange of experiences with EU-MS Cross-sector cooperation nationally National learning process (revision of the water regulation 2013) Water issues on the agenda, for instance with regards to agriculture and hydropower

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Finnish-Norwegian River Basin District Tana, Neiden and Pasvik Foto: Øyvind Andreassen

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment Drafting the agreement GudrunSaara

Norwegian Ministry of the Environment

Engelsk mal: Sluttside Tips bildekreditering: Alle bilder brukt i presentasjonen må krediteres for eksempel slik: Slide nr. X: Fotograf, Bildebyrå HUSK: krediter fotograf om det brukes bilde Thank you for your attention!