Environmental monitoring at EARS Jože Knez Director of Hydrology and State of the Environment Office Ljubljana, 2-3 June 2009

Monitorings and number of stations Measuring networks: Hydrology Meteorology Seismology Water quality Air and precipitation quality Ionizeing radiation automatic / classical stations 59 352 45 289 26 0 5 315 14 8 55 0 1010 measuring sites, 3300 measuring devices, 70 quantities

Measured and observed quantities Meteorological Monitoring: air temperature and humidity, precipitation, wind, barometric pressure, present weather, visibility, cloud base height, cloudiness, solar radiation, soil moisture Hydrological Monitoring: water temperature, water level, discharge Water Quality Monitoring: General chemical and biological parameters and elements, priority substances, other pollutants Air Quality and Precipitation Quality Monitoring: concentration of ozone, sulphate, sulphur dioxide, BTX, particulate matter, heavy metals, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, nitrogen acid and nitrate, ammonium and ammonia; conductivity, pH, concentration of anions and cations in precipitation Monitoring of Radioactivity: dose of gamma radiation Seismological Monitoring

Map of automatic measuring sites

Map of classical measuring sites

Soil quality assessment network

Quality assurance system ISO 9001:2000 certification since 2004 Accreditation of laboratories – ISO/IEC 17025 - Calibration laboratory (accredited for temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity and air quality quantities calibration: CO, SO2, NOx and ozone) Chemical Analytical Laboratory (accredited for 21 parameters for chemical testing of samples from the environment - water and precipitation) Internal Quality assurance guide of measuring network (QA Guide, 2003; organization and documentation of Quality system, Data Management - collecting, control, dissemination, Maintenance of the equipment and measuring sites) IS of Measuring Networks (ISMN)

Information systems ISVD (IS of verified values) = ISWQ+ISHM+ISAQ+ISMM Relational DB (Oracle , Postgres ); each IS has verified calculated values CMS IS of Water Quality monitoring (ISWQ) IS of Hydrological monitoring (ISHM) ISMN AMS IS of Meteorological monitoring (ISMM) IS of Air Quality monitoring (ISAQ) ISVD (IS of verified values) = ISWQ+ISHM+ISAQ+ISMM 8

Data dissemination AMS CMS ISVD Ftp server (xml, txt) EARS web operational: meteo data in testing phase: water quality data, hydrological and air quality data Reports, statistical values, tables, pictures Maps of measuring networks (EARS GIS) Historical data On-line data Data prepared for different users Reporting requirements ‘Ozone web’,…

DATA usage Data dissemination in real time: Reporting requirements: files on our ftp server for different users (different projects with neighbourhood countries, EEA, local communities, Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, electro and gas distributors, mobile telecommunication providers, Ministry of Defence, Automobile association of Slovenia, power stations,) EARS web page http://www.arso.sigov.si/ Meteo data are sent to GTS (global telecommunication system) of WMO Forecasting models (ozone, weather and hydrological forecast) Reporting requirements: Water Quality data: EEA (SOE), according to Directives obligations to European Commission and for needs of different Conventions Air Quality data: EEA, EMEP (European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme ), WMO GAW (Global Atmosphere Watch)

PLANS Project: 32 million EUR co-financed by the Cohesion Fund UPGRADE OF THE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND ANALYZING THE WATER ENVIRONMENT IN SLOVENIA 32 million EUR co-financed by the Cohesion Fund new laboratories 145 upgraded measuring sites for hydrological quantaties 46 new measuring sites for quality and amount of ground water 90 new and upgraded measuring sites for meteorological quantities