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Europe's Waters today
Assessment of Member States‘
2nd River Basin Management Plans
Update from the European Commission
Hans Stielstra
Deputy Head Of Unit – Clean
Water
European Commission
DG Environment
Reporting under the Water Framework Directive
• Member States to report River Basin
Management Plans
Article 15 • All reported albeit with some significant
delays and reporting still incomplete
• Commission report to the European
Parliament and Council (legal deadline 22
December 2018)
Article 18 • Report also on international Basins and 1st
Flood Risk Management Plans (Article 7
Floods Directive)
Article 18.5 • Water conferencesWhat is the Commission looking at?
Comprehensive picture
presented in previous
implementation reports
Focus of current assessment of RBMPs: progress
since first cycle and follow-up to Commission
recommendations
Basis for analysis: information reported
by Member States; a number of other
sources serve as complementary
information
Main areas: governance; monitoring,
assessment and classification of status;
designation of Highly Modified Water
Bodies; environmental objectives and
exemptions; diffuse pollution;
economic analysis; droughts etc.Preliminary Findings – by main topics
Knowledge of causes:
much better knowledge of
Monitoring:
current status, main reasons for
Monitoring networks and
failure to achieve good status,
Governance: their coverage have been
interaction between pressures
broad participation and revised. However, still
and needed measures. However,
active involvement of some gaps, including on
justification for excluding some
stakeholders mostly monitoring frequency.
pressures should be improved
ensured Measurement of Priority
and drivers behind some
Substances very diverse
hydromorphological alterations
across the EU
still need to be better
understoodPreliminary Findings – by main topics
Exemptions: Programmes of Measures:
Status assessment:
some improvement in justifications progress made with implementation
progress on methods and confidence
but still too often applied. More of first programme, although a lack
level; further efforts needed for
Article 4(7) exemptions for new of finance is a significant obstacle;
coastal and transitional waters and to
physical modifications for new most Member States improved
translate results of intercalibration
infrastructure projects, more identification of gap to good status
exercise into national methods. Some
projects in pipeline, and more for each significant pressure and
improvement also on methodology to
exemptions may be applied in required level of implementation of
establish Good Ecological Potential.
future. measures.
Impacts from Agriculture:
basic measures mostly in Pressures other than
place but in half the cases, agriculture:
recommended gap measures generally in place,
assessment not carried out including substance-specific
but more progress neededPreliminary Findings – by main topics
Hydromorphology
•measures in place and link with economic sectors better understood;
•more progress needed on defining and implementing minimum ecological flows
Economic analysis
•limited number of Member States upgraded water pricing policies;
•significant gaps remain in translating analysis into concrete measures
Protected areas
•Additional efforts still required to ensure appropriate protection and management
(drinking water, nature, shellfish production areas, bathing waters, etc.).
Droughts
•Considered relevant in about half of Member States; not all relevant basins have
Drought Management PlansPreliminary Findings – overall
Compliance with WFD objectives increasing
Substantial improvements in levels of gradually. Groundwater bodies largely in good
knowledge and reporting more status but surface water bodies lagging behind,
comprehensive and reliable. even if individual quality elements have
improved in many cases.
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Improved implementation of related
However, significant effort still to be made
legislation has had a positive effect on
to overcome the remaining challenges by
water status, in particular of the Urban
the end of the third cycle (i.e. by 2027).
Waste Water Treatment, the Nitrates, and
Implementation urgently needs to
Industrial Emissions Directives and EU law
accelerate
related to chemicalsPreliminary Findings – Flood Risk Management Plans
Member States
made
good efforts
in preparation of Areas requiring further attention
1st FRMPs with in many FRMPs include for example:
solid results
• making objectives more specific or
measurable;
• establishing clear links between objectives
and measures to achieve them;
Nevertheless, several
challenges remain, • more complete cost estimates and
which will need to be methods of prioritisation of measures;
tackled during the • further developed links with climate
preparation of the 2nd change adaptation strategies
FRMPsNext steps
On this basis,
EEA State of Water 2018
Commission will continue
Report and forthcoming Next work programme of
to work with Member Commission will also
Commission report
States (collectively and continue enforcement
the Common Fitness Check of EU
together provide most Implementation Strategy Water Law (2019)
bilaterally) and action where warranted
comprehensive and (2019-2021)
stakeholders to promote
reliable picture to date
complianceThank you for your attention
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