WATROPEC project 1 Vlaams Kenniscentrum Water FITA premission seminar CROATIA Brussels, 25 November 2011

WATROPEC project 2 WATROPEC: before the start 26 – 28 March 2008: FITA (Flanders International Technical Agency) mission

WATROPEC project 3 WATROPEC: before the start 26 – 28 March 2008: FITA (Flanders International Technical Agency) mission

WATROPEC project 4 WATROPEC: Project framework Bi-lateral agreement Croatia – Flanders Co-operation program Flanders and Croatia ( )

WATROPEC project 5 WATROPEC: before the start May 2008: follow-up visit Croatian Water July – August 2008 local beneficiaries? January 2009 Belgian Embassy proposed new potential partners … EcoTech  local beneficiaries 5 March 2009 Project proposal introduced to the Flanders/Belgian government 26 June 2009 Minister Environment, Nature and Energy signed

WATROPEC project 6 WATROPEC: Project paperwork Total budget: 222 k EUR Financial support Flanders Flanders Government: 140 k EUR Promotors: 47 k EUR Financial support Partners Minimum 15% In kind  confirmation letters

WATROPEC project 7 WATROPEC: the project in general Financed by the Flanders region, Environment, Nature and Energy Department. Water Treatment Optimization with Ecological Criteria (WATROPEC). Started 16 July 2009, 18/24 months total budget is ,- € ,- € is contributed by the Flemish Government. In the middle of the EU pre accession (Urban Water Directive, Water Framework Directive...). Case studies and training … transfer of know-how, experiences Not what to do, not how to do...

WATROPEC project 8 Croatian partners for dissimination - CROATIAN WATER - CROATIAN WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SOCIETY (HDZV) - University of Split (Prof. Roko Andričević)

WATROPEC project 9 WATROPEC: issue description Water Framework Directive water management at the level of a river basin the surface waters should obtain a good ecological quality Wastewater treatment installations will reduce the pollution Efficiency - Evaluation

WATROPEC project 10 Schematic overview of the integral system under study Biodiversity Sensitivity Biological Assessment WATROPEC: issue description

WATROPEC project 11 WATROPEC: Project planning (original) = what has changed

WATROPEC project 12 WATROPEC: Project phases Phase 1: inception. Phase 2: data collection –Opaija (see comment) –Varazdin

WATROPEC project 13 Monitoring Campaign

WATROPEC project 14 Biological measurements: hand net samples

WATROPEC project Sampling locations

WATROPEC project 16 Sorting macroinvertebrates

WATROPEC project 17 Biological assessment Identification and counting of macroinvertebrates

WATROPEC project 18 Field Protocols

WATROPEC project 19 Technical information sheets

WATROPEC project 20 Biological assessment Biological water quality map for the monitoring

WATROPEC project 21 Very good cooperation Model prediction improves the quality of the decisions. Studies without the integrated modelling approach can not give this information (results). This results can be directly used to achieve the goals of the European Water Framework Directive. … the basis for further cooperation and projects was laid down WATROPEC: project conclusions

WATROPEC project 22 … the basis for further cooperation and projects was laid down for … new projects Meeting needs of Tourism Industry ( Istria, Kvarner Bay/Opatija... And many other sites) Optimize costs of WWTP Energy use / electricity sludge production and quality (stabilization) related to better means of sludge management like biogas plants, production Futher cooperation Not what to do, not how to do...

WATROPEC project 23 Vlaams Kenniscentrum Water