Drinking Water Directive review and MEETING SCG 8 March 2016 Item 7. f) Drinking Water Directive review and Report on the Seminar "Drinking Water Protection Paramount" Presentation: Tobias Biermann (DG ENV.C2) and Elisa Vargas Amelin (DG ENV.C1) 1

DWD Objectives: • to protect human health from the adverse effects of any contamination • to ensure that drinking water at the consumer tap is wholesome and clean. Drinking Water Abstraction: Not in DWD! WFD Art. 7

European Citizens Initiative 'Right2water' http://ec. europa - First successful ECI - The EU to ensure that all inhabitants enjoy the right to water and sanitation Commission response COM(2014) 177 final, 19 March 2014 Follow-up: EU-wide public consultation on the Drinking Water Directive (Survey performed in 2014) Short-Term: Amendment Annexes Long-Term: Evaluation of the Directive

Amendment of Monitoring Annexes II/III Short Term Strategy Amendment of Monitoring Annexes II/III COMM DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/1787 of 6 October 2015 voluntary introduction of a risk-based approach On the basis of the results of a risk assessment: - Extend parameter list and/or increase monitoring frequency - Reduce monitoring frequency (except E. coli) if values three years < 60 % - Remove parameters if values three years < 30 %

Evaluation Drinking Water Directive Long term strategy Evaluation Drinking Water Directive - Inclusion in the Commission Work Programme 2015 A New Start, COM(2014) 910 final, Annex 3 Refit - New 'Better Regulation Guidelines' - Evaluation Roadmap published in June 2015 - Study: www.safe2drink.eu 2 Stakeholder-meetings

1998 Evaluation -2000 Retrospective 1975 1980 - Legislator in 1998 - 1975 1980 1998 Retrospective Perspective - Legislator in 1998 -

Evaluate actions, consequences, results/impacts Was/Is DWD - effective objectives achieved, influences? - efficient costs/benefits, other more efficient ways? - coherent internally, externally, gaps, overlaps? - relevant appropriate or obsolete parameters and approaches? - added value profits, continue to require action at EU level?

Preliminary results Evaluation Compliance rates increasing Fit for purpose, but what in 2050?

Causes Non-compliance Most: Catchment –> Protection measures?

Coherence & Relevance Coherence with Water Framework Directive most important – Protection of Drinking Water Resources Relevance could be improved to avoid non-compliance (Water safety planning and risk assessment) Pollution reduction at source

Next Steps: Evaluation Report Draft final study online since early December Final 200 page study nearly ready Short Staff Working Document (SWD): 2016 Political Validation, decision on revision In Parallel: Impact Assessment Study Baseline scenario Policy options, impacts

Seminar Drinking Water Protection Paramount 21 January 2016 EC DG Environment co-organised with the Dutch EU Presidency 12

Objectives of this Seminar Bring Experts for Drinking-, Ground-, Surface Water protection together Learn from case studies, mutually benefit from experiences, better implementation in Member States Consider favourable examples in EU implementation strategy and policy revisions

Precursors for this Seminar Holistic approach (Rome Workshop) Amendment of DWD Annexes II/III Review Drinking Water Directive

Expectations Improved cooperation More holistic protection measures Consideration in EU Policy Revisions (coherence considered in Drinking Water Impact Assessment Options)

Seminar More than 100 experts from these three areas and beyond – from hydrology or plant protection up to health experts, Experts from MS and stakeholder for Drinking-, Ground-, Surface Water a common understanding of the respective requirements of the Directives was discussed synergies and differences between the DWD/WSP and WFD regimes were identified Listen to and learn from MS case studies exchange and benefit from know-how and experiences positive examples in implementation

Many good examples, Such as: • WFD, main supplementary measures in RBMPs relevant for drinking water: RDPs - rural development programmes Priority Substances EQS: different sets of quality standards for groundwater and surface waters? Risk-based approach in the Netherlands and Flanders Example IE microbiological outbreak: the cost of dealing with an the outbreak far exceeds the cost of preventing one Example Sustainable Use of Pesticides - National Action Plans as foreseen in Directive 2009/128/EC … Path: /CircaBC/env/Water Industries/Library/DRINKING WATER/C - Meetings and Workshops/DWD GW SW seminar 2016 Jan 21 Browse url: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/76c7b36d-e9d1-4b5a-b87b-e1d7050feac9

Conclusions 1. Co-ordination between various sectors and actors is crucial 2. Voluntary measures can work in some places, but a combination is best, with mandatory measures in the most vulnerable areas; 3. More efficient monitoring (risk based approach). The effectiveness of measures needs to be measured 4. Follow-up and further needs: • Collect together good practices e.g. in the delineation of Safeguard Zones • Identify thematic areas to be transposed into relevant EU- /national legislation (risk-assessment, WHO parameter, emerging contaminants, priority substances, …) • Data and information sharing, transparency • Better connection with other Directives (e.g. Nitrates-Directive)