EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
www.kuraarasbasin.net EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Regional Project
Beneficiary Countries: Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Managed from the project office in Tbilisi
Client: European Commission, DG EuropeAid
Consultant: EPTISA & Grontmij-CarlBro Consortium
Start: June 2008
Duration: extended until Dec 2011 EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Project purpose:
To help Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan to improve river water quality in the Kura River basin through transboundary cooperation and adoption of the river basin management approach
To improve capabilities of environmental authorities and monitoring establishments in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in water resources management in the Kura River basin EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Project Partners:
Georgia: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources National Environment Agency
Armenia: Ministry of Nature Protection Water Resources Management Agency Environmental Impact Monitoring Centre
Azerbaijan Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources National Hydrometeorology Department Environmental Monitoring Department EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Key Activities:
Pilot projects: Draft river basin management plans (RBMP) for 5 pilot river basins using EU Water Framework Directive methodology
Joint Transboundary River Monitoring Programme to harmonise sampling and analysis procedures
Proposals for improvements in the data structures and information flows to facilitate decision making
Training and technical guidelines - EU Study Tour for the beneficiaries’ staff from the project countries
Public awareness raising of the priority transboundary water issues in the Kura-Aras River basin EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
To help Project Partners to understand EU Water Framework Directive methodology the following key documents translated to Georgian, Armenian and Azeri, printed and delivered to the Beneficiaries
EU Water Framework Directive
EU Floods Directive
WFD Technical Guidance: Identification of Water Bodies
WFD Technical Guidance: Analysis of Pressures and Impacts
Introduction to Biological Monitoring of Water Quality EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Pilot river basins:
basin characterization/pressure-impact analysis
identification “water bodies at risk”
setting environmental objectives
programme of measures EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Pilot river basins: Alazani-Ganykh; Debed-Khrami; Aghstev; Ganjachai; Aragvi EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Joint Transboundary River Monitoring
April, June, September, December 2009
Agreed common procedure and reporting format: before sampling, sampling, after sampling Analysis: standard methods Inter-laboratory testing Review of existing practices and QA procedures: questionnaires, visits to the labs Workshops glp guidance EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan Joint Transboundary River Monitoring JMP in Kura River basin
Selected parameters Copper Zink Temperature C Iron Transparency Manganese Dissolved oxygen Cadmium Oxygen saturation Nickel pH Led Salinity Molybdenum Conductivity Petroleum products Total suspended/Total dissolved solids Arsenic BOD5 Phenols COD Ammonia nitrogen, ammonia Nitrate nitrogen, nitrates Phosphates
4th RBM Workshop JMP in Kura River basin
Overall Evaluation of three Sampling events
st nd rd Questions 1 Average 2 Average 3 Average grading grading grading 1.Quality of the technical guidance notes prepared 1 1 1 including instructions, sampling procedures and protocols 2.Usefulness of the letters of support and invitation letters 1.5 1.3 1.5 to facilitate the border check through procedure 3.Usefulness and clarity of communications 1.25 1.3 1.5 in the preparatory phase 4. Planning of the event 1.75 1.3 1 5. Performance of the sampling teams 1.5 1.6 1.5 6. Transport and mobility 2 1.3 1 7.Guidance and supervision from the project key experts 1.25 1 1 during the event 8. Preparednessof the equipment used in the field 2.5 1.6 2 9. Compliance with the agreed sampling procedure 2.25 1.6 1.75 10.Compliance with the safety rules 2 1 1.5 11.Demonstration of biological monitoring 1.75 12. OVERALL VALUE OF THE EVENT 1.75 1.3 1.25 Colour key: Green: very good Brown: good Red: some improvements are needed for better compliance with the agreed protocol (EU standard of good practice)
4th RBM Workshop JMP in Kura River basin River water quality data – comparison of heavy metals (1) There are differences in the concentrations of heavy metals betw een the countries and results from the National Reference Laboratory .
Debed-Ayrum Heavy metals
35 RPD= (NRL-country)*100 NRL- Debed /Ayrum/ (NRL+country)/2
30 ARM
AZ 25 GE RPD for Zn
20 ARM-104% concentrations in microg/l AZ-195% 15 GE-17%
10 The lower value of 5 RPD means the GE more precise AZ 0 measurements. ARM As Cd Cu NRL- Debed /Ayrum/ Ni Pb Zn
4th RBM Workshop JMP in Kura River basin
River water quality data – comparison of heavy metals (2)
Khrami - Red Bridge Heavy metals NRL - Khrami /Red Bridge/ ARM AZ 25,0 GE
20,0
15,0 concentrations in microg/l 10,0
5,0
GE 0,0 AZ ARM As Cd Cu NRL - Khrami /Red Bridge/ Ni Pb Zn
4th RBM Workshop JMP in Kura River basin
River water quality data – comparison of heavy metals (3)
Kura-Shykhly Heavy metals RPD= (NRL -country)*100 NRL - Kura /Shykhly/
ARM 18 (NRL+country)/2 AZ 16 GE 14 RPD for Cu
12 ARM-1,7% AZ-114% concentrations10 in GE-92% microg/l 8
6 The lower value of 4 RPD means the more precise 2 GE measurements. AZ 0 ARM As Cd Cu NRL - Kura /Shykhly/ Ni Pb Zn
4th RBM Workshop Interlab testing
Preliminary comparison of the results from the 1st and the 2nd Inter- laboratory testing
Performance of Laboratory Parameter Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Inter-lab testing Inter-lab testing Inter-lab testing 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Ammonium Nitrate Orthophosphate Heavy metals As NA NA Cd NA NA Cu Ni Pb ? ? Zn ? Green: passed Red: failed NA – Not analysed
4th Workshop JMP in Kura River basin
River water quality data from the 2nd and the 3rd Sampling (3) However, there is better situation with NO3 and PO4 and in the case of 3rd sampling the results are comparable.
Kura-Kesalo NO3 in mg/l Lab 1 Lab 2 8 Lab 3 7
6
5
4 3
2 Lab 3 1 Lab 2 0 Lab 1 1st 2nd Sampling Sampling 3rd Sampling
4th RBM Workshop EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan