1. WG C Groundwater Activity 3 Draft guidance on RA & CM for groundwater
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WG C Groundwater Activity 3 Draft guidance on RA & CM for groundwater
Dietmar MÜLLER WG C - Meeting, Madrid,

2. drafting process WG C Activity 3 2007: WG C plenary Lisbon
2008: development of RA & CM drafts
2009: 4 drafting group meetings (Vienna, Prague, Frankfurt, Stockholm)
Integration of RA & CM draft
2010: 2 revision cycles (drafting group + entire WG C)
written approval WG C by 14. April 2010
endorsement SCG by 5. May 2010

3. Structure of the guidance
Introduction
Risk Assessment Overview (‘the process’)
Conceptual Model Overview (‘the tool’)
WFD objectives and Risk Assessment
Elements to consider during the 2nd RBM period
ANNEXES:
WFD/GWD risk quotations
Conceptual Models (understanding the tool and how to develop it)
Examples

4. Guidance RA & CM - Introduction
Why this guidance?
Support for 2nd RB planning period (reporting on review of risk assessment due in 2013)
immediate learning loop how to establish an integrated planning process
Linking existing guidances

5. Understanding ‘risks’
2. Risk Assessment Overview
Risks not achieving the WFD objectives for GW-bodies (details chapter 4)
Integrating RA & RM (reference IRGC framework)
Importance of temporal scales
uncertainty analysis
tiered risk assessment
planning cycles – improving understanding and decreasing uncertainty
precautionary principle

6. decreasing significant uncertainties
Using a Tiered Approach
decreasing significant uncertainties
Pre-assessment (qualitative risk screening for GW-bodies)
“not at risk“
information uncertain (low confidence)
“at risk“
investigation & data collection
appraisal (semi-quantitative assessment)
“not at risk“
data uncertainty
“at risk“
investigation &
data collection
characterisation and evaluation (risk assessment)
“GW-bodies not at risk“
“GW-bodies at risk“

7. Complementary to policy frames
4. WFD objectives and risk assessment
introduction by linking to existing guidance docs
WFD Art. 4 (‘Management by objectives’)
Prevent & limit
Preventing the deterioration of chemical status of GW-bodies
Achieving good groundwater status
Implementing measures to revise any significant and sustained upward trend
Meeting the requirements of protected areas

8. Integrating available knowledge
5. Elements to consider during the 2nd period
information previous planning cycle
Characterisation of GW-bodies, pressures (quantity & quality)
Monitoring data & Status Assessment
Considering changes
Land use
Climate change
Use of Threshold Values
Groundwater Directive
Guidance on Status and Trend Assessment
RA, measures & exemptions

9. Abstraction Bergambacht
ANNEX III - Example
Example ‘Bergambacht’ for Guidance on Risk Assessment (Risk Analysis on a local scale for an abstraction site in the Netherlands)
Abstraction Bergambacht

10. THANKS TO Co-Leaders: Thomas Track, Wouter Gevaerts
CO-WORKERS: Rossitza Gorova, Gergana Stoeva, Emilie Nedvedova, Hana Prachlova, Rüdiger Wolter, Gerhard Fritsche, Manuel Varela, Martina Bussettini, Elisabeta Preziosi, Paolo Severi, Manuel Sapiano, Wilko Verweij, Susanne Wuijts, Marta Jozkow- Drazkowiak, Ruxandra Baleat, Magnus Asman, Jörg Prestor, Janko Urbanc, Tony Marsland, Johannes Drielsma, Lutz Hamann, Laurent Bakker, Andreas Scheidleder, Johannes Grath