1. Joint Intersectoral Task Force on Environmental Indicators Geneva 4 – 6 July 2012 Indicators of inland and sea water not covered by the Guidelines Vladislav Bizek Consultant to WGEMA Secretariat

2. Systems of Indicators EEA CSI (7 indicators) OECD/EUROSTAT (11 indicators on inland waters, 7 indicators on coastal waters) UNSD/UNEP (10 indicators) UNECE Guidelines (10 indicators)

3. UNECE EECCA Indicator Guidelines Present indicators Renewable freshwater resources (No 7) Freshwater abstraction (No 8) Water losses (No 10) Household water use per capita (No 9) Drinking water quality (No 12) Polluted (non-treated) wastewaters (No 16) Reuse and recycling of freshwater (No 11) Biochemical oxygen demand and concentration of ammonium in rivers (No 13) Nutrients in freshwater (No 14) Nutrients in coastal seawaters (No 15)

4. Newly proposed indicators Total water use Public water supply Connection of population to public water supply Population connected to wastewater treatment Wastewater treatment facilities (Capacity of wastewater treatment facilities and efficiency of treatment) Concentration of pollutants in seawater and sediments (excepts nutrients)

5. International context UN ECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Trans- boundary Watercourses and International Lakes and the Protocol on Water and Health The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea (Helsinki 1975) The Convention on the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona 1975) The Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution (Bucharest 1992) the Framework Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Tehran 2003)

6. Policy context (DPSIR) Total water use (pressure) Public water supply (response) Connection of population to public water supply (response) Population connected to wastewater treatment (pressure and response) Wastewater treatment facilities (Capacity of wastewater treatment facilities and efficiency of treatment) – pressure and response Concentration of pollutants in seawater and sediments (excepts nutrients)- state

7. Format of indicator description General description -Brief definition -Unit of measurement Rerelance for environmental policy -Purpose -Issue -International agreements and targets Methodology and guidelines -Data collection and calculation -Internationally agreed methodologies and standards References at the international level

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