1. Environmental monitoring at EARS
Jože Knez
Director of Hydrology and State of the Environment Office Ljubljana, 2-3 June 2009

2. Monitorings and number of stations
Measuring networks:
Hydrology
Meteorology
Seismology
Water quality
Air and precipitation quality
Ionizeing radiation
automatic / classical stations
59 352
45 289
26 0
5 315
14 8
55 0
1010 measuring sites, 3300 measuring devices, 70 quantities

3. Measured and observed quantities
Meteorological Monitoring: air temperature and humidity, precipitation, wind, barometric pressure, present weather, visibility, cloud base height, cloudiness, solar radiation, soil moisture
Hydrological Monitoring: water temperature, water level, discharge
Water Quality Monitoring: General chemical and biological parameters and elements, priority substances, other pollutants
Air Quality and Precipitation Quality Monitoring: concentration of ozone, sulphate, sulphur dioxide, BTX, particulate matter, heavy metals, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, nitrogen acid and nitrate, ammonium and ammonia; conductivity, pH, concentration of anions and cations in precipitation
Monitoring of Radioactivity: dose of gamma radiation
Seismological Monitoring

4. Map of automatic measuring sites

5. Map of classical measuring sites

6. Soil quality assessment network

7. Quality assurance system
ISO 9001:2000 certification since 2004
Accreditation of laboratories – ISO/IEC 17025
- Calibration laboratory (accredited for temperature, barometric pressure,
relative humidity and air quality quantities calibration: CO, SO2, NOx and ozone)
Chemical Analytical Laboratory (accredited for 21 parameters for chemical testing of samples from the environment - water and precipitation)
Internal Quality assurance guide of measuring network (QA Guide, 2003; organization and documentation of Quality system, Data Management - collecting, control, dissemination, Maintenance of the equipment and measuring sites)
IS of Measuring Networks (ISMN)

8. Information systems ISVD (IS of verified values) = ISWQ+ISHM+ISAQ+ISMM
Relational DB (Oracle , Postgres ); each IS has verified calculated values
CMS
IS of Water Quality monitoring (ISWQ)
IS of Hydrological monitoring (ISHM)
ISMN
AMS
IS of Meteorological monitoring (ISMM)
IS of Air Quality monitoring (ISAQ)
ISVD (IS of verified values) = ISWQ+ISHM+ISAQ+ISMM 8

9. Data dissemination AMS CMS ISVD Ftp server (xml, txt) EARS web
operational: meteo data
in testing phase: water quality data,
hydrological and air quality data
Reports, statistical values, tables, pictures
Maps of measuring networks (EARS GIS)
Historical data
On-line data
Data prepared for different users
Reporting requirements
‘Ozone web’,…

10. DATA usage Data dissemination in real time: Reporting requirements:
files on our ftp server for different users (different projects with neighbourhood countries, EEA, local communities, Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, electro and gas distributors, mobile telecommunication providers, Ministry of Defence, Automobile association of Slovenia, power stations,)
EARS web page
Meteo data are sent to GTS (global telecommunication system) of WMO
Forecasting models (ozone, weather and hydrological forecast)
Reporting requirements:
Water Quality data: EEA (SOE), according to Directives obligations to European Commission and for needs of different Conventions
Air Quality data: EEA, EMEP (European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme ), WMO GAW (Global Atmosphere Watch)

11. PLANS Project: 32 million EUR co-financed by the Cohesion Fund
UPGRADE OF THE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND ANALYZING THE WATER ENVIRONMENT IN SLOVENIA
32 million EUR
co-financed by the Cohesion Fund
new laboratories
145 upgraded measuring sites for hydrological quantaties
46 new measuring sites for quality and amount of ground water
90 new and upgraded measuring sites for meteorological quantities