Main objectives of Directive 76/160/EEC To protect the environment and public health by reducing the pollution of bathing water and protecting such water.

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Main objectives of Directive 76/160/EEC To protect the environment and public health by reducing the pollution of bathing water and protecting such water against further deterioration. Requirements: Identification of bathing areas Compliance with water quality parameters Sampling of bathing waters Reporting to the European Commission

Water quality in the Bathing Water Directive Art 4. “Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that within ten years (1986) following the notification of this directive, the quality of bathing water conforms to the limit values set in accordance with Article 3…”

Reporting obligations: Directive 76/160/EEC and 91/692/EEC Article 13: « Every year… the Member States shall send to the Commission a report on the implementation of this directive in the current year… The report shall be made to the Commission before the end of the year in question. The Commission shall publish a Community report…within four months of receiving the report » Format: decision 92/446/EEC

Reported parameters under the BWD Total & Faecal coliforms….1990… 2 parameters Mineral oils, surface-active substances, phenols…1995… 3 parameters Annex BW Directive… 19 parameters These parameters must be monitored + reported (minimum set)

Reported parameters under the BWD Other 14 parameters in the BW Directive: 5: Concentration to be checked by the competent authorities when an inspection in the bathing area shows that the substance may be present or the quality of the water has deteriorated Faecal streptococci/ Salmonella/ Enteroviruses/ pH/ dissolved oxygen

Reported parameters under the BWD Other 14 parameters in the BW Directive: 6: Have no value associated in the Directive: Ammonia/Nitrogen/Pesticides/Heavy metals/cyanides/nitrates & phosphates 3: Minimum sampling frequency: fortnightly Colour, transparency and tarry residues Priority is not given by the Commission to those parameters for the status calculation in BW quality

Links BWD-UWWT Directive (91/271/EEC): Agglomerations above 2000 p.e. (inc. tourist season): secondary treatment (end 2005) Agro-food industry Imposition of advanced treatment when the quality of protected waters (i.e. bathing waters) is at stake

Reporting in the “new” MS MS reported last year: CY, CZ, EE, LI, SK, SI Lowest compliance rate: 22.4 % (SK) Insufficiently sampled sites: up to 42.9 % (LT) Sites banned for bathing: up to 17.9 % (SK) Best results (compliance): CY-85%, SI-90% 2005 All MS reported this year Marked improvement for the “6” Best results %: EE f, 100. SI c, CY c, 100. LT c, 100, f, 98.2 ALL EU MS: compliance: 85f, 96c sites: 20000: 14000c, 6000f

Main deliverables regarding BW Report bathing/index_en.html –Printed reports---short version---20 language versions –Website: *Atlas *Lists and detailed maps *Long version of report, national reports ---English---

Revision of the Bathing Water Directive: main aims WHY? Update of legislation due to changes in science, technology and management To tighten but to simplify the health standards for bathing water To improve the management of bathing sites and the provision of public information about them To streamline water quality monitoring programme

The new Bathing Water Directive: Adoption process 2000: Communication on the development of a new BW Directive October 02: proposal by the Commission June 03: first-reading opinion by the EP April 04: Commission’s amended proposal January 05: Council’s common position

The new Bathing Water Directive: adoption process May 05: second-reading opinion by the EP October 05: conciliation agreement on revised bathing water directive February 06 (15th): adoption of the Directive March 06 (4th): publication of the Directive (2006/7/EC, OJ L 64, , p. 37) Transposition into national law within two years of its adoption

Main items in the new Bathing Water Directive Quality and management of bathing water (compared to 76/160/EEC) Reduction of 19 parameters to two (microbiological) Sampling frequency ~ one sample per month/fortnightly Parametric values based on risk ( 95 and 90 percentile). Different values for fresh and coastal waters. (same in the “old” directive) 3 “compliant” categories in water quality: excellent, good and sufficient. Below “sufficient”: “poor”. Two in the “old” directive: compliant with guide and with imperative values.

Main items in the new Bathing Water Directive Quality and management of bathing water: Establishment of bathing water profiles, to be revised every 2-4 years, to be ready by 2011 (deadline) Discarding of samples is foreseen (no more than 15%, in case of short term pollution) Assessment of quality on the basis of 4 bathing seasons No reference to other recreational activities (initially foreseen in Commission’s proposal)

Main items in the new Bathing water Directive Public information and participation: Member States should ensure that the public will find out how to participate in the implementation of the directive. The results of the monitoring will be available on the Internet upon completion of the analysis.

Main items in the new Bathing Water Directive (adoption process) Public information and participation: Clear and simple warning signs will indicate: *causes of pollution and measures taken in "poor“ bathing sites *current classification *temporary deterioration *bathing prohibition. Deadline for first classification of bathing sites: 2015 MS will disseminate information to public in several languages. Deadline of 2020 for the Commission’s review of the Directive.

Main items in the new Bathing Water Directive Standards and viruses Plans to be drawn up for "sufficient“, with measures to identify and assess sources of pollution and to reduce the risk of pollution, + indicative timetable for improvement measures. The Commission shall submit its report by 2008 on epidemiological studies, including viruses. Member States shall, by the end of 2014, submit written observations on the report in view of the Commission review of the directive When reviewing the directive, the Commission shall decide on: modification of standards, phasing out the "sufficient" classification;

Council versus EP proposal on quality standards for fresh and coastal waters *95 percentile **90 percentile Italics: EP. Bold: compromise parameterexcellentgoodsufficient IE (cfu/100 ml) 200*,100*400*, 200*360** 450* 330** 200** 250* 185** EC (cfu/100 ml) 500*, 250*1000*, 500*900** 1100* 500** 550*

Differences in parametrical values for category “sufficient” IE (cfu/100 ml) Council Common Position EP Amendment Compromise Inland Waters 360**450*/225**330** 8.5 risk Coastal Waters 200**250*/125**185** 7.8 risk *95 percentile **90 percentile Risk based on WHO study N.B. “Sufficient”: risk between 9%(Council) and 6.4% (EP)