Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC REPORT ON WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC REPORT MANAGEMENT ON WATER IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2010 2010 As at 31 December 2010 Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic in 2010 As at 31 December 2010 Text Department of State Administration of Water Management and River Basin Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Department of Water Protection of the Czech Republic Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic Editor-in-Chief Daniel Pokorný Eva Rolečková Jana Janková Jan Rauscher Production and Print MS Polygrafie s.r.o. Unsalable ISBN 978-80-7084-993-4 Each chapter is introduced with a picture from the children competition for pupils at primary school level, organized as part of the World Water Day 2011 celebration. Published by Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Těšnov 17, 117 05 Prague 1, Czech Republic Internet: www.eagri.cz, e-mail: [email protected] Prague 2011 Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic As at 31 December 2010 Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic Dear Readers, The „Report on Water Management of the Czech Republic in 2010“ is the 14th edition of the summary report which provides annually an overview of the water management sys- tem and the management of the quality of waters in the competence of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Re- public and the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Re- public. It contains information on the status of waters in the Czech Republic, water management activities and trends that determine and influence water use. The „Blue Report“, as it is briefly called, brings traditionally the results of work of both ministries and related institutions in areas associated with water. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic as the cen- tral water authority executes its authority in water manage- ment through watercourse administrators, i.e. the five River Boards, state enterprises, the Forests of the Czech Republic, state enterprise and in 2010, last, also through the Agricul- tural Water Management Administration. In the autumn of that year, I issued a decision on the transformation of the Ag- ricultural Water Management Administration and transfer of its powers to the five other watercourse administrators so that it enters the forthcoming year as a „residual“ organiza- tional unit of the state, which is responsible solely for the management of the main drainage facilities. The year 2010 was, therefore, a year of preparation for a transfer of admin- istration of minor watercourses in a total length (according to a scale of 1:10 000) of more than 46 thousand km. The reason for this breakthrough step were, until that time often discussed, efforts to eliminate problems with the maintenance of streams and torrents and to better protect people in smaller municipalities and settlements against sudden floods. 2010 was a year with above-average rainfall, it was even the most waterish year over the past 37 years. In the period between May and October, in total four waves of flood situations occurred, during which flood activity degree 3 was recorded. I am glad that immediately afther the spring floods a programme to remedy their impacts was launched, together with the continuation of the programmes to remedy the impacts of floods from the previous years. Considerable efforts in the area of water management were represented also by work on programmes aiming to establish and improve flood control measures. I find it gratifying that we manage more and more to balance a preparation of the so-called technical and the so-called nature-friendly flood control meas- ures. Consistency between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of the Environment in this matter I consider essential, since both types of measures are working, if they mutually complement and build on each other. The will for cooperation is therefore a good basis for the future. In 2010, three-year work was completed to produce major amendment to the Water Act which was afterwards approved by the Parliament of the Czech Republic and became effective on 1 August 2010. Its main objective was to complement the implementa- tion of the European Community legislation and remove certain shortcomings, which in the practical application of the Act over the past years emerged. A significant goal as well was to reduce administrative burdens faced by water users. As this „Blue Report“ shows, the year 2010 for water managers was characterized by a number of major tasks and responsible work. I believe that this document will bring plenty of quality and interesting information about their activities. Ivan Fuksa Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic 2 Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic in 2010 Dear Readers, We present a publication called the Report on Water Manage- ment of the Czech Republic in 2010 known rather to the gen- eral public as the Blue Report. This report provides a compre- hensive overview of the status of water protection and water management in the Czech Republic. Water as a fundamental component of the environment and at the same time the basic need of human society is in terms of competence split between the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. The basis of being successful in this field is a close and constructive cooperation of the two sectors which is also proved by this jointly prepared report. Without the good cooperation of our sectors it would not be possible to carry out planning in the field of waters, ensure high quality monitoring of waters, effective flood control and national agricultural poli- cy with minimum adverse impact on the indiviual components of the environment or implement joint geo-environmental measures. One of the most important financial tools for protection and improvement of the environment is the Operational Pro- gramme Environment which offers in the years 2007–2013 more than EUR 5 billion from European funds. This pro- gramme, which was prepared by the Ministry of the Environ- ment of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the European Commission brings to the Czech Republic funds to support the individual projects in a number of areas, among which the most im- portant one and also the largest one in terms of the amount of financial resources is the Priority Axis 1 – Improvement of Water Management Infrastructure and Reduction of Flood Risk, supporting projects aimed at improving the status of surface waters and groundwaters, the quality and supply of drinking water and at reducing flood risk. In 2010, in total four significant flood situations with reaching flood activity degree 3 were recorded. The main flood event of the year was the third extreme episode at the beginning of August, having especially afflicted the Liberecký kraj region. The issue of floods con- tinues to be highly relevant and in the recent years the attention of the public has been focused in particular on flood control and remedying of flood damages. The Blue Report provides detailed information about projects and financial resources in this field. And flood control measures are exactly those that are supported under the Priority Axis 1 of the Operational Programme Environment where the sum of more than EUR 100 million has been allocated for flood risk reduction in the years 2007–2013. The ever more discussed category of flood control measures includes the so-called nature-friendly flood control measures, for which it is possible to use also financial support from the Priority Axis 6 of the Operational Programme Environment called Improving the State of Nature and Landscape and Optimization of Landscape Water Regime. This field of support has been allocated approximately EUR 224 mil- lion for the period 2007–2013. I trust that the Blue Report for the year 2010 will not only provide you with valuable information about water in the Czech Republic but also contribute to raising the awareness that water belongs to the riches of nature which must be valued and that its protection and daily use cannot be taken for granted and comprises a number of activities requiring considerable efforts to ensure them. Tomáš Chalupa Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic in 2010 3 Contents 1. Hydrological balance 7 1.1 Temperature and precipitation 7 1.2 Runoff 9 1.3 Groundwater regime 10 2. Flood situations in 2010 13 2.1 Flood courses 13 2.2 Remedying flood damages 15 3. Quality of surface waters and groundwaters 17 3.1 Surface water quality 17 3.2 Groundwater quality 25 4. Water use 29 4.1 Surface water abstractions 29 4.2 Groundwater abstractions 31 4.3 Waste water discharges 32 5. Sources of pollution 35 5.1 Point sources of pollution 35 5.2 Area pollution 37 5.3 Accidental pollution 37 6. Watercourse administration 39 6.1 Professional administration of watercourses 39 6.2 River Boards, state enterprises 42 6.3 Agricultural Water Management Administration 49 6.4 Forests of the Czech Republic, s. e. 53 6.5 Waterways 56 7. Public water supply and sewerage systems 59 7.1 Drinking water supply 59 7.2 Discharge and treatment of municipal waste waters 61 7.3 Development of water and sewerage charges 63 8. Fisheries and fishpond management 65 8.1 Fisheries and fishpond management in the year 2010 65 8.2 Changes in the status of the fishpond system 67 9. State financial support for water management 69 9.1 Ministry of Agriculture 69 9.2 Ministry of the Environment 77 9.2.1 Financial support provided under the national programmes of the Ministry of the Environment 77 9.2.2 Financial support provided under the programmes co-financed from the EU funds 78 9.3 The State Environmental Fund 80 9.4 Financial support from international cooperation and the EU 82 4 Report on Water Management in the Czech Republic in 2010 10.