Project “Danube WATER integrated management” – WATER MIS ETC 166 Project Manager: Mary-Jeanne Adler, PhD

Project Objectives Improving water monitoring and the warnings system, environmental data dissemination on the Romanian-Bulgarian border counties; Processing and conditioning the liquid organic wastes radioactively contaminated from the nuclear plants Cernavodǎ and Kozloduy.

Project Activities Monitoring, data processing and forecasting water quantity and quality, under the European Commission standards for a better implementation of the European legislation in the water field (the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC, the Flood Directive 2007/60/CE) Increasing capacity for data and warning dissemination at the border areas.

Project Activities 2.Expert System-DSS 5.Activation the Waters’ Rapid Response Center Danube WATER automated stations 1.Informational System for Water and Environment Management 4.Warning System in border area 3.Communication System in border area

Project Activities Preventing Preventing floods disasters and pollution accidents intervention floods disasters and pollution accidents intervention Modernizing the informational systems: * hydrologic - HIS and for * Water quality – CIS for the RO-BG Danube

Project Activities - 14 HYDROLOGICAL STATIONS on Danube - 60 HYDROGEOLOGICAL STATIONS - 12 GEODETIC LANDMARKS UPGRADED OR REPLACE EXISTING EQUIPMENT: - HARMONIZED GEODETIC SYSTEM - DATA COMMUNICATION - DATA ANALYSIS - DANUBE HIDROLOGIC FORECASTING - EARLY WARNING SYSTEM Danube WATER- PARTIAL IMPLEMENTED

Joint Danube monitoring

Flood and accidental pollution protection by increasing forecasting capacity by automate monitoring, data processing and common models application (hydrological and hydraulic) Operational geodatabase as support for models application and data/information dissemination in the border area Flood and pollution forecasting system Data processing Hydrograms HydraulicmodelsStage-discharge rating courve Hydrographs Liguria Region Simulated Discharge for given T/ Simulated Discharge for T = 2.9 years Gumbel Reduced Variable Regional TCEV Confidence interval (95%) Simulated Discharge

PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, REHABILITATION: ACTIONS IMPLEMENTED BY BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN AND FLOOD AND ACCIDENTAL POLLUTION PLANS

WARNING SYSTEM PREPARATION INTERVENTION REHABILITATION Flood monitorng and flood prevention plan Planning resources Rapid Intervention Centers LOSS EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS Danube WATER- AT THE END OF IMPLEMENTATION

Technology Knowledge End-use End-user: Deliver policy context; Define problems, functions, and usage of the Platform Researchers: Model main processes; Define resolution, scale and levels of detail. IT-specialists: System architecture; Software technology and implementation. Select policy- relevant research Integrate and code models Build usable and user-friendly system Architecture: Integration Communication Management DSS Development

Steps in policy-relevant integrated modelling Definition of policy themes, problems, options and indicators Appropriate model selection Model integration Translation of scientific knowledge into information relevant for the policy-maker Calibration and validation Translation of scientific knowledge into information relevant for policy-makers

Danube WATER: long term planning – Implementation of WFD Submit Interim Report on Implementation 2012 Implement Program of Measures 2013 Revise Overview of Significant Water issues Evaluate 1st and Prepare 2 nd Period 2015 Update RBMP 2009 Gap Analysis Develop River Basin Management Plans Set up Program of Measures for River Basin Districts Public Participation 2004 Assess current status 2006 Establish Monitoring Programs Set up Environmental Objectives

Project Results Joint methodologies, joint standards for water monitoring and Joint aligned databases with interfaces for data exchange and data sharing with the large public, as demanded by INSPIRE Directive and will be shared with the ICPDR and the upstream countries. Warnings will be elaborated in case of floods, low flows and accidental pollution for the relevant actors in the border area, increasing the public awareness through information campaigns on the environmental protection and management in the cross-border area. Finally, a revision of the bilateral agreement for data exchange will be provided.

Target Groups Large communities in flood risk areas, water management authorities, ICPDR, border counties, NPP Cernavodă -Romania and Kozloduy - Bulgaria

Stakeholders’ involvement

PARTNERS: PP1- Ministry of Environment and Climate Change – Department for Waters, Forests and Fisheries PP2- National Administration “Apele Romane” PP3- National Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources PP4- Civil Engineering Technical University, Bucharest PP5- Environmental Protection Agency PP6- Research Institute in Chemistry PP7- Polytechnic University, Bucharest PP8- Research Institute for Nuclear Research, Pitesti PP9- Ministry of Environment and Waters, Sofia PP10- National Institute Of Meteorology and Hydrology PP11- Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River, Russe PP12- Executive Protection Agency, Sofia PP13- Institute of Research of Nuclear Energy, Sofia

Stakeholders’ involvement – primary schools, teachers and parents All participants got a project brochure about Pic Zbarlit and his adventures with Sturio.

Summary: challenges taken to … By modelling tool integrated into DSS it is/was possible to develop unified database for Low Danube floodplain, assess territorial policies, predict certain processes, understand spatial and time related impacts of measures, run scenarios, publish results in easy-to understand way – Portal development

Contacts Thank you for your attention! Investing in your future! Romania-Bulgaria Cross Border Cooperation Programme is co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund