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ICPO Assesment
Piotr Bara ński Magdalena Stanecka
Budapest , 8 10 February 201 1 CONTENT
• GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIN
• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
• HYDROLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY
• MONITORING
• MAIN PROBLEMS IN THE BASIN
• RESPONSE MEASURES
• CONCLUSIONS GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIN
Length of the river 855 km Area of the river basin 124.049 km² inclusive of: • Poland – 107,169 km² • Czech Republic – 7,278 km² • Germany – 9,602 km²
The population in the 16,44 million people (131 inhab./1 km²) inclusive of: basins • Poland – 14.08 million (131 inhab./km²) International Odra River • Czech Republic – 1.61 million (221 inhab./km²) Basin figures • Germany – 0.75 million (78 inhab./km²) The river source Góry Odrza ńskie (Oderské Vrchy), 632 m above sea level
* - RBMP for the International Odra River Basin Area
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIN
POLAND 86,39%
The Odra River source
GERMANY 7,74%
CZECH REPUBLIC 5,87% Working Areas in the INTERNATIONAL ODRA RIVER BASIN DISTRICT
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ODRA RIVER
ICPO
• was established on 11 April 1996
• is financed by the contributions paid by all Contracting Parties
Main objectives of the ICPO :
• Coordination and implementation of the WFD and Flood Directive;
• Preventing the pollution of the Odra River and the Baltic Sea;
• Achievement of the most natural aquatic and littoral ecosystems;
• Permitting utilization of the Odra River .
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE ICPO
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 SURFACE WATER BODIES
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 SURFACE WATER BODIES AND THEIR CATEGORIES
Transitional Coastal Working areas Rivers Lakes waters waters Upper Odra 387 8 - - Middle Odra 529 29 - - Lower Odra 281 74 - - Szczecin Lagoon 203 25 2 2 Lusatian Neisse 114 3 - - Warta 633 284 - - Total* 2 147 423 2 2 *including 227 artificial surface water bodies and 694 heavily modified surface water bodies
transboundary surface water bodies have been attributed characteristics assigned by the particular countries
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 GROUNDWATER BODIES
• most of groundwater bodies are found in areas made of loose rock
• in the south in areas made of solid rock
• differences in the size of WB due to aggregation procedure
PL – 1 793,4 km 2 CZ 811,7 km 2 D 412,7 km 2
Transboundary groundwater bodies have not been determined.
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 GROUNDWATER BODIES
Groundwater Working areas body
Upper Odra 27
Middle Odra 18 Lower Odra 11
Szczecin Lagoon 10
Lusatian Neisse 16
Warta 21 Total 103
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 SURFACE WATER MONITORING
• monitoring of surface water bodies ecological and chemical status
• monitoring of artificial and heavily modified surface water bodies – ecological potential and chemical status
• biological quality elements are usually used to classify ecological status
• about 42% of water bodies have good chemical status
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 Operational Monitoring Network of Surface Water Bodies
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 GROUNDWATER MONITORING
• groundwater bodies quantitative and chemical status is monitored;
• the conclusive parameters: available resources; actual groundwater intake; location of the water table; strength of the source.
• due to multi layer structure of ground waters, different layers of aquifers are monitored .
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 QUANTITATIVE STATUS OF GROUNDWATER BODIES
Quantitative status Groundwaters good poor Upper Odra 22 5 Middle Odra 15 3 Warta 15 6 Lusatian Neisse 9 7 Lower Odra 11 0 Szczecin Lagoon 8 2
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 CHEMICAL STATUS OF GROUNDWATER BODIES
Chemical status Groundwaters good poor
Main aquifers 68 29
Upper groundwater - 6 bodies
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 MAIN PROBLEMS IN THE BASIN
• morphological changes of surface waters;
• significant water polution;
• intake and transfer of water;
• other significant issues that concern surface and ground waters of regional character.
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 RESPONSE MEASURES
• Main basic and supplementary measures for surface and ground water bodies:
- construction of new and expansion of the existing treatment plants; - reduction of point and area source pollution; - reduction of farming-related biogenic pollution; - reduction of farming-related loads of pesticides; - reduction of water intake for industrial, mining, agricultural and waste economy purposes; - improvement of waste economy; - reduction of anthropogenic impact; - conceptual activities (expertise, research projects); - informing and consulting the public opinion.
• Additional actions shall be defined or planned when the need for such arises
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 CONCLUSION
International cooperation problems:
- languages;
- data basis;
- differents in legislation;
- location in the river basin;
- available financing.
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 CONCLUSION
LET’S TALK DURING THE WORKSHOP
NEXT TIME IN POLAND ?
Budapest, 8 - 10 February 2011 Thank You for your attention