1. MODULE 1 Water Framework Directive, Relation of WFD with Daughter Directives, River Basin Management Planning, Water Bodies, Typology, Classification River basin districts, surface water bodies identification, preliminary identification of HMWB Alexei Iarochevitch Antalya December 4, 2014

2. Content 1.River basin and river basin district 2.Water body 3.Reasons for water bodies delineation 4.Heavily modified and artificial water bodies 5.Exercise on surface water delineation

3. River basin and River basin district  ‘River basin’ means the area of land from which all surface run-off flows through a sequence of streams, rivers and, possibly, lakes into the sea at a single river mouth, estuary or delta.  ‘River basin district’ means the area of land and sea, made up of one or more neighboring river basins together with their associated groundwaters and coastal waters, which is identified under Article 3(1) as the main unit for management of river basins

4. River basin and River basin district Article 3 Coordination of administrative arrangements within river basin districts Member States shall identify the individual river basins lying within their national territory and, for the purposes of this Directive, shall assign them to individual river basin districts. Small river basins may be combined with larger river basins or joined with neighboring small basins to form individual river basin districts where appropriate. Where groundwaters do not fully follow a particular river basin, they shall be identified and assigned to the nearest or most appropriate river basin district. Coastal waters shall be identified and assigned to the nearest or most appropriate river basin district or districts.

5. Italy (ITC-Northern Apennines)

6. 10 RBDs 10 RBDs Vistula – 59% Oder – 38% All other seven – 3%  Map Poland

8.  Map Ukraine

9. Common Implementation Strategy  Identification of Water Bodies, 2003

10. Definition of body of surface water  “Body of surface water”  “Body of surface water” means a discrete and significant element of surface water such as a lake, a reservoir, a stream, river or canal, part of a stream, river or canal, a transitional water or a stretch of coastal water “water body”  The “water body” should be a coherent sub-unit in the river basin (district) to which the environmental objectives of the directive must apply. Hence, the main purpose of identifying “water bodies” is to enable the status to be accurately described and compared to environmental objectives

11. Water Body  River, lake, canal, reservoir completely / or(!) their part  Must be integral (can not cross others, or consist of several)  Should be special (individual) due to one or other geographical or hydrological characteristics

12. Water Body it is a managerial unit (not the river basin, not exactly the whole river or lake), for which ecological and chemical status should be determined

13. Water body Ecological status of river basin = status of all identified water bodies in river basin Each water body must be assessed and for each Programme of measures should be developed: High Good  Preservation and maintenance (water bodies with High and Good status) ModeratePoor Bad  Restoration (water bodies with Moderate, Poor and Bad status)

14. Reasons for water bodies identification 1.Change of the category 2.Geographical and geomorphological features 3.Hydromorphological modifications 4.Ecological status 5.Protected areas 6.Change of the typology

15. 1. Change of the category  A surface water body must not be split between different surface water categories (rivers, lakes, transitional waters and coastal waters). It must be of one category or another. The boundary of a water body may be established where two different category “meet”

16. 2. Physical characteristics 2. Physical characteristics Physical characteristics:  geographical  hydromorphological

17. 2. Physical  Ecoregions  Geographical provinces

18. 2. Physical characteristics  Ecoregions  Geographical provinces

19.  Ecoregions  Geographical provinces

20. 3. Hydromorphological modifications changes in:  stream  riverbed  bank  floodplain modifications:  significant  large-scale  permanent

21. Heavily modified water bodies (HMWB) Heavily modified water body means a body of surface water which as a result of physical alterations by human activity is substantially changed in character, as designated by the Member State in accordance with the provisions of Annex II.

22. Heavily modified water bodies (HMWB)  Good ecological potential but not status  Two steps of designation: 1.) provisional (hydrological and hydromorphological characteristics) 2.) final – yes or no (biological parameters)

23. Artificial water bodies (AWB) Picture Artificial water body means a body of surface water created by human activity

24. 4. Ecological status  A “water body” must be capable of being assigned to a single ecological status class with sufficient confidence and precision through the Directive’s monitoring programmes  5 classes: high goodsatisfactorypoor bad

25. 5. Protected areas  areas designated for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption (more than 10 m 3 or 50 pax)  areas designated for the protection of economically significant aquatic species;  bodies of water designated as recreational waters, including areas designated as bathing waters under Directive 76/160/EEC;  nutrient-sensitive areas, including areas designated as vulnerable zones under Directive 91/676/EEC and areas designated as sensitive areas;  areas designated for the protection of habitats or species where the maintenance or improvement of the status of water is an important factor in their protection, including relevant Natura 2000 sites designated under Directive 92/43/EEC ( ) and Directive 79/409/EEC

26. 6. Change of typology

27. Criteria for the delineation of river water bodies in Danube RBD

32. Thank you for attention!