1. DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EC 2 nd MEETING CHEMICAL MONITORING ACTIVITY (CMA) BRUSSELS, 17 th NOVEMBER 2005 Chemical Monitoring Activity Draft Outline of a Guidance Document on Surface Water Monitoring

2. Mandate of Chemical Monitoring Activity Develop technical guidance/specifications on - Specific issues of chemical monitoring not yet sufficiently developed in previous work and that would merit an EU wide approach Collect existing information and take account of - WFD requirements - WG 2.7 guidance on monitoring - AMPS final report - Information from  EMMA group  RTD projects  International river and regional seas conventions  Member states on best monitoring practices

3. Mandate of Chemical Monitoring Activity Plenary of the Chemical Monitoring Activity - One participant from each member state, stakeholders Three drafting groups - Groundwater monitoring - Surface water monitoring - Common issues (QA/QC) Steering Group

4. Structure of the Document PURPOSE AND SCOPE BACKGROUND MONITORING DESIGN RELATED TO - SURVEILLANCE MONITORING - OPERATIONAL MONITORING - INVESTIGATIVE MONITORING SAMPLING TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS REFERENCES ANNEXES

5. Purpose Non-legally binding guidance document providing technical guidance on chemical monitoring of surface waters to ensure - unequivocal interpretation of WFD chemical monitoring obligations - the production of coherent and comprehensive monitoring data with demonstrated and comparable quality throughout Europe - Harmonisation of WFD monitoring strategies and practices throughout Europe A balanced document that does not compromise existing good practice operated in member states (“Common understanding”)

6. Scope Chemical monitoring comprises three categories of parameters - Substances that have to be assessed in respect of compliance with European EQS, e.g. priority substances - Other polluting substances that have to be assessed in respect of compliance with national or river-basin- specific EQS - Primary physico-chemical parameters, e.g. nutrients, oxygen content, salinity, pH, which support biological assessment

7. Chemical Monitoring – Status Assessment Good Status Surface Water Good Ecological Status/Potential Good Chemical Status Priority Substances„Other Pollutants“ Biological Quality Elements Hydromorphological Quality Elements Physico-chemical Parameters

8. Monitoring Design 3.1.Terms and Definition 3.2.General 3.3.Objectives 3.3.1.Surveillance monitoring 3.3.2.Operational monitoring 3.3.3.Investigative monitoring 3.4.Selection of monitoring points 3.4.1.Water/SPM 3.4.2.Biota 3.4.3.Sediment 3.5.Selection of monitoring parameters

9. Monitoring Design 3.6.Frequency of monitoring 3.6.1.Water/SPM 3.6.2.Biota 3.6.3.Sediment 3.7.Monitoring of seasonally variable substances 3.8.Matrix selection

10. Sampling 4.1 General 4.2.Water Sampling 4.2.1.Sampling strategies 4.2.2.Sample collection 4.2.3.Handling, sub-sampling 4.2.4.Pre-treatment, transport and storage 4.3.SPM Sampling 4.4.Sediment Sampling 4.5.Biota Sampling

11. ANALYSIS 5.1.Water Analysis 5.1.1.Inorganic compounds 5.1.2.Organic compounds 5.1.3.Physico-chemical parameters 5.2.SPM Analysis 5.3.Sediment Analysis 5.4.Biota Analysis

12. Substance Guidance Sheets Idea behind that - Provide summary information for a certain substance/parameter on  Physico-chemical properties  Environmental quality standards  Available standard methods  Method performance characteristics  Other suitable methods  References  Specific comments and recommendation  ……. - Applicable to priority substances, other pollutants, and physico-chemical parameters - To be completed continuously

13. Substance Guidance Sheet (1)

14. Substance Guidance Sheet (2)

15. Group Parameters Definition of indicator compounds if possible - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers - Nonylphenols - Octylphenols - Short-chain chlorinated paraffin's - Other compound groups not mentioned in the list of priority substances What congeners/isomers should be analysed for? How to report results for substance groups or mixtures of isomers?

16. Alternative Methods In-situ methods Screening methods Biomarkers Bioassay - Link to SWIFT-WFD (EU-RTD project)

17. Annex – Case Reports Experience reports regarding chemical monitoring from Member States on e.g. - Monitoring design  Selection of surveillance monitoring sites  Use of rotating monitoring networks  Time and design of investigative monitoring  …… - Sampling strategies - Availability of properly validated methods - Use of screening methods - Confidence and precision - ……

18. How to Organise the Work? Agreement on the draft outline Members of the group are requested to nominate technical experts who are willing to - participate actively in the drafting work - provide information on relevant issues - take the responsibility for the preparation of a particular chapter Establishing a drafting group of experts

19. How to Organise the Work? Exchange of existing national monitoring strategies and respective guidance documents Identify issues for which - Reference can be made to existing documents - Promising approaches are available on national level - Detailed guidance has to be elaborated - There are methodological limitations and hence, a need for further clarification and discussion Preparation of the first draft according to the agreed outline

20. Time Schedule (1) Agreement on the draft outline - November 17 Nomination of technical experts - December 15 Exchange of already existing national monitoring strategies and respective guidance documents - December 31 First expert meeting to distribute work amongst experts and exchange of experiences and views - January, venue and date to be decided First draft - March 15

21. Time Schedule (2) Second expert meeting/presentation of the draft to the plenary - March 22-23, Brussels Comments of CMA members - April 2006 Second Draft - May 2006 Draft adopted by the experts - 22 May 2006, Rome

22. Towards good status of all waters throughout Europe