Project 2.7 Guidance on Monitoring Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Project 2.7 Guidance on Monitoring

WG 2.7 Monitoring Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles WG 2.7 Monitoring C I S - WFD

Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles Timetable 

Guidance on Monitoring for the Water Framework Directive Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Deliverables Common understanding of the monitoring requirements under the Water Framework Directive Guidance on Monitoring for the Water Framework Directive .

Future events Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Start June 2001 Second Seminar Working Documents Roma, 24-25 January 2002 ( Common understanding and Guidance Monit first revision) - 23 and 24 May 2002 Workshop in Bruxelles on : presentation of Common Understanding. Preliminary presentation by WP coordinators of the structure of the Guidance document on monitoring   - 10-12 June 2002 Presentation of Common Understanding and first draft on Guidance on Monitoring to Water Directors’ Meeting -September 2002 3^ WG Seminar in Copenhagen. First intermediate version of Guidance on Monitoring document needed for Pilot Basin testing.

Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Common understanding of the monitoring requirements under the Water Framework Directive 6. How often and when should monitoring be undertaken 7. How should monitoring be undertake Annex 1 Preliminary interpretation of Risk, Precision and Confidence Annex 2 Summary of existing national monitoring programmes 1. Aim of the paper 2. Requirements of the Directive 3. Objectives of monitoring for WFD 4. Where should monitoring be undertaken 5. What should be monitored

Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Common understanding of the monitoring requirements under the Water Framework Directive?  Comments of experts give a complete overview about points that still need to be agreed to reach a common understanding. The “lack of a Common Understanding” reflects MS different approaches to monitoring and geography

Main Points for Further Discussion Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Main Points for Further Discussion It needs to be shorten Scope of guidance: Not the biological parameters or all quality elements Surveillace monitoring: only good and high status Investigation monitoring (detailed or very general criteria ?) Clarification of supporting in terms of Annex V concerning physicochemical and hydromorphological parameters in assessment of ecological quality Risk based approach to monitoring- hoe effective will Annex II assessments be in identifying water bodies at risck of failung environmental quality objectives in the absence of surveillance monitoring

Main Points for Further Discussion 2 Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Main Points for Further Discussion 2  Size of surface water body covered by surveillance and operational monitoring - size typology in Annex II ( rivers >10 km2, lakes > 0.5 km2) only applies to those bodies at risk (operational monit.) - less than 10 km2 might be required for a coherent and comprehensive overview within RBD - representative smaller lakes (ponds) included - water body size not the issue- issue is what is a significant pressure - representative subsamplews of same type and status

Main Points for Further Discussion 3 Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Main Points for Further Discussion 3  Groundwater: all water bodies or significant water bodies (uses and links with surface waters) Categories of waters: -transitional waters not present in (a) contry(ies) -wetlands : only mitigation neasures, not monitoring requirements (included in monitoring network) Operational monitoring : stations in all water bodies at risk and stations representing groups of water bodies from same/similar pressures Quality assurance: CUP or Guidance? Directive monitoring frequencies are adequates?: as a minimum, too low, to high, no

How to finalise the work? Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD How to finalise the work? 1.             Discussion and outputs from SCG meeting 2.            Proposals to include comments in a short CUP text (May 2002); specific technical issues to be included in Guidance 3.           Discussion and agreement on final text with other WG experts (joint workshop 23-24 May 2002 , Bruxelles) 4. Final CUP for Water Directors

1. Aim of the paper Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD 1. Aim of the paper To establish a common understanding between members States and The Commission on the requirements for monitoring under the WFD

2. Requirements of the Directive Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD 2. Requirements of the Directive Surveillance and Operational Monitoring SURFACE WATERS ecological and chemical status Objectives Water bodies covered Location of monitoring sites Duration of programme Quality elements Frequency of monitoring GROUNDWATER chemical and quantitative status Objectives Water bodies covered Location of monitoring sites Duration of monitoring programme Parameters

3. Objectives of monitoring Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD 3. Objectives of monitoring SURFACE WATERS: coherent and comprehensive overview of ecological and chemical status (classification), compliance with EQS, water bodies at risk, changes in response to applied measures GROUNDWATER: realiable assessment of the quantitative status and coherent and comprehensive overview of chemical satus, detect long-term induced upward trends in pollutants.

4. Where sould monitoring be undertaken? Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD 4. Where sould monitoring be undertaken? 1. The size of water bodies included in the monitoring requirements according to category and country (coastal and transitional waters) 2. The size of surface water bodies for surveillance monitoring 3. Water bodies for operational monitoring (bodies at risk from significant point and diffuse source pressures and significant hydromorphological pressure) 4. Reference conditions 5. Intercalibration 6 Groundwater : all water bodies or groups (which are relevant?) 7. Protected Areas

5. What should be monitored Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD 5. What should be monitored 1. Quality elements, chemical substances and other determinants. Substances: identify significance in terms of quantities 2. Surveillance monitoring of surface waters : biological, physicochemical and hydromorphological elements 3. Operational monitoring of surface waters: 4. Groundwater: quantitative level and chemical parameters

6. How often and when should be monitoring undertaken? Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD 6. How often and when should be monitoring undertaken? 1. Surface waters : frequency of monitoring in surveillance and operational monitoring (biological, physicochemical and hydromorphological elements) to provide a realiable assessment and an acceptable level of confidence and precision 2. Groundwater: sufficient to allow assessment of quantitative level and detect impacts (abstractions and discharge). To assess direction and rate in transboundery groundwater bodies 3. Level of risk, confidence and precision

7. How should monitoring be undertaken Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD 7. How should monitoring be undertaken Guidance for Monitoring for the WFD RIVER LAKES TRANSITIONAL WATERS COASTAL WATERS GROUNDWATERS ARTIFICIAL, HMWB monitor quality elements select representative sites site number and monitoring frequency target sampling for naturale and seasonal variability assessment of confidence in classification

Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles C I S - WFD Annexes Annex I Preliminary interpretation on Risk, Precision and Confidence Precision and confidence in the assessment of surface and groundwater status Risk of failing environmental quality objectives Risk of misclassification Annex II Summary of existing national monitoring programmes

Summary of monitoring programmes Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles Summary of monitoring programmes C I S - WFD

Key Issues C I S - WFD Water body concept needs clarification (COM?) Strategic Co-ordination Group 29/30 April 2002 Bruxelles Key Issues C I S - WFD Water body concept needs clarification (COM?) Transitional waters very reduced contributions (strongly dependent on Ecoregion) Groundwater relevant bodies, grouping, links surface waters, Glossary general for all Projects Wetlands very general criteria?, in which cases?