™ General on water reserves; ™ Goals of Albanian Government; ™ Challenges of the Albanian Government; ™ LlLegal Framewor k on water reserves in AlbiAlbania; ™ The progress, a challenge toward the EU Integration; ™ The elements of the Master Plan; ™ The mission of MoEFWA in water managg;ement; ™ Competent authorities about the responsibilities with respect to urban waste water sector; ™ Current Conditions; ™ The ma in issues ra ise d to day for so lu tion; ™ Treatment plants

¾ The Republic of Albania is a country in South-East Europe, in 1. Drin-Buna River Basin; the Balkans region. ¾ Population 3.200.000 people 2. Mat River Basin ¾ Surface 28. 748 km2 3. IhIshmi -Erzen River Basi n ¾ The total annual rate of flow is 39.22 billion m3/year, of which 95 % is disc harge d in to the Adr ia tic Sea an d on ly 5% in to the 4. Shkumbini River Basin Ionian Sea. 5. Seman River Basin ¾ For the purpose of water resources management, Albania has been split up into six basins (Drin-Bune, Mati, Ishem-Erzen, 6. Vjosa River Basin Shkumbi n, Seman, and Vjose). There are three key Directives that matter for convergence: The vision, strategic priorities and goals of the ™ Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) of 23 October Albanian Republic for the development of the Water 2000 on Water resources management; and Sewerage Sector are driven by the Government’s ™ Drinking Water Directive (()98/83/EC) of 3 November determination to improve these essential services for 1998, a complex of norms intended to protect human health by its citizens and to move towards compliance with EU layyging down healthiness and p urity requirements; stand ard s, in vi ew of the count ry’ s eff or ts to jo in the ™ Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) of 2 1 May 1991 that aim s to pr otect the envir onm ent fr om European Union. adverse effects due to discharge of urban wastewaters.

¾ Law No. 8093, dated 21.03.1996 "On Water Reserves", ¾ Law No. 9115, dated 24.7 .2003 “On Environmental treatment of wastewater; • National Water Strategy, approved in 2004, but needs to be redrafted to ¾ Law No. 7643, dated 02.12 .1992 "On public health and State Sanitary comppyly the requirements of the Water Framework Directive, Inspectorate”, • Council of Ministers Decision No. 1189 dated 18.11.2009, "On ¾ Law No. 10 431, dated 9.6 .2011 , “On Environmental protection” designing and implementation of rules and procedures of national environmental monitoring program". For each environmental indicator, ¾ Law No.8102, dated 28.3.1996, “On regulatory Framework on the sector of which is measured or calculated, it contains the name, the way of defining, Water supply and waste water management”; measuring method and place of sample receipt, frequency and unit of measurement, method of processing and presentation of data. ¾ Law No. 9663, dated 18.12.2006 “On Concessions” ¾ Law No. 9863, dated 28.01 .2008 “On Food" • Council of Ministers Decision No. 177 dated 31.3.2005, “On allowed rates of liquid discharges and zoning criteria of hosting aquatic ¾ Law No. 9103, dated 10.07.2003 "On protection of international lakes” environments" This Decision aims to prevent, to reduce and avoid pollution ¾ Law No. 10138, dated 11.05 .2009 “On Public health"; of hosting aquatic environments from dangerous substances that discharge in those through contaminated water, setting limit values for allowed ¾ Law No. 8515 “On Irrigation and Drainage” components according supplements, attached to this decision which are ¾ NtiNationa l StSector Stttrategy of WWtater Supply and Sewage Serv ice approve d integral part of it. on September, 2011. • Council of Ministers Decision No. 23 dated 9.1.2008 • Drafting of Law on Water Management, prepared by the “Approved tariffs for water use” as amended, which sets MMEFWAoEFWA with the assi st ance of the INPAEL proj ect , and water rates for different uses. which is currently under discussion at the Council of Ministries, transposes Directive 2000/60/EC; • Council of Ministers Decision No. 289, dated 15.04.2005 "Designation of requirements and procedures for approval • Drafting of DCM on “Content, Development and of permits, authorizations and concessions for use of ilimplemen ttitation o f NtilNational WtWater stttrategy, Managemen t water” Plans of river basin and Management plans of risk by floods”. •Drafifting o f Mati Riiiver Basin Management P lan accor ding to • Council of Ministers Decision No. 35, dated. 18.01.2006, the requirements of the EU WFD; "Approval of theregultilation for worksof consttitruction of • Drafting of DCM “On water quality standards”. sewerage systems, for the removal of domestic used water

General • Drafting of DCM on Urban Waste Water Treatment prepared Directorate of by the MMEFWAoEFWA with theassiitstance of the INPAEL projjtect, Water which is expected to be soon approved by the Government of Management Albania, fully transposes the provisions of Directive 91/271/EEC Concerning Urban Waste Water Treatment, as amended by Directive 98/15/EC, Regulation EC/1882/2003 Fisheries Water Policies Technical and Regulation EC/1137/2008. Directory Directorate Directorate • DfiDrafting of Master plan for the management of urban waste water in Albania in compliance with Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban wastewater tttreatment ,as amended by Directive 98/15/EC G.I.S and Management Electronic andld plann ing Water Archieve sector Sector ™Main aims and provisions of the Directive; The mission of Environment, Forestry,Water ™Indirect Requirements / implications ; Administration Ministry (MoFWA) is to propose, ™ Links with other legislation; establish and implement policy, strategy and ™ Methodology and data sources; operational plans for the protection and ™ Requ iremen ts an d tas ks for impl emen tati on of the UWWT administration of environment, forest and water in Directive; order to achieve sustainable development, improve ™ Resources and costs ; the qualityof lifeand acceltlerate theadherence of our ™ Plan for implementation of the UWWT Directive; country in EU. .

General Directorate of Water Supply and Sewerage within the Ministry of Public Works has the following responsibilities: 9 Prepare strategies and policies for the sector and to follow up on their Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water implementation; Administration is responsible for: 9 Plan the bu dget an d financ ing o f t he sector in Alban ia – from the state bbdudget and 9 Establishing the water quality standards and outside investors; 9 Manage and distribute subsidies from the state; objectives 9 Monitoring of the operations and functioning of the Water and Sewerage; 9 Controlling the compliance with the legislation in Regulatory Commission for Water Supply and Sanitation is responsible to set force; tariff for water services National Environmental Agency is responsible for monitoring the quality of 9 PiPreparing environmenta l permit condiiditions surface water and of waters into which urban or industrial waste water is discharged; Loca l Publi c Admi ni strati on (LPA) is responsibl e for operati on and maintenance of the sewerage systems and the urban waste water treatment • The situation of water supply and sewerage infrastructure in • Urban areas have mostly combined sewage and storm Albania is in a critical state, considering the old networks, water collection networks that discharge into nearby massive leakage in all parts of the system, illegal connections, surface water bodies. Most of the urban waste water unstable supply pattern, uncontrolled rural-to-urban is presently discharged without treatment into water migration, and low maintenance due to lack of funds. bodies. Rural areas have mostly individual household Monitoring waste water collection systems, principally simple pit- • Currently there are 35 urban waste water impact monitoring latrines with no drainage pipes. stations, operated by the Institute of Environment. These stations are located along rivers and the coast in Durres, Vlore • In Albania, there are 58 water and sewerage and Sarande. There are 38 river water qqyuality monitoring companies that administrate the collection and stations, operated by the Hydro-meteorological Institute. treatment of used water. Monitoring stations are also located at the lakes Ohrid, Macro Prespa, Shkodra and Butrinti.

Treatment plants of waste water in KAVAJE •Establis hing thddhe standard treatment of • Covers a popullati on: 25. 000 p.e ; polluted water in compliance with the qqyuality • Avarage flow rate: 4,500 m3/day. of receiving waters. • The total surface of the plant: 13 ha. •Biological secondary treatment level with drip filter • Standard treatment for an affordable cost. Treatment plants of waste water in Pogradec • Standard treatment, that provides • Covers a popullation: 25. 000 pep.e ; sustainability (inculding operational and • Avarage flow rate: 26 l/s. maintenance cost). • The total surface of the plant: 15 ha. • Biological secondary treatment level with drip filter Treatment plants of waste water in Lezhe • Covers a popullation: 30. 000 ppe.e ; Treatment plants of waste water in Durres • Avarage flow rate: 22.2 l/s. • The total surface of the plant: 29. 1 ha. • Covers a popullation: 150. 000 p.e ; • Biological secondary treatment level •Avarage flow rate: 111 l/s. Treatment plants of waste water in Vlora • The total surface of the plant: 17 ha. • Covers a popullation: 130. 000 p.e ; • Advanced biological treatment, tertiary where is obtained the • Avarage flow rate: 31.200 m3/day gas for the production of electricity. • The total surface of the plant: 3.4 ha. Treatment plants of waste water in Sarande •Primary level treatment based on biological processes. • Covers a popullation: 30. 000 p.e ; Treatment plants of waste water in Korça • Avarage flow rate: 22.2 l/s. • Covers a populla tion: 86. 500 p.e ; • Avarage flow rate: 16.366 m3/day. • The total surface of the plant: 14.7 ha. • The total surface of the plant: 13 ha. • Biological secondary treatment level • Biological secondary treatment level

Treatment plants of waste water in college, Narte • Population 200 pupils; • Surface 65 m2 • Inflow 2.2 m3/day • Artificial basin treatment;

In project to build a treatment plant of waste water as a decentralized system, “SOS” college in Tirana. Margarita LUTAJ Specialist of Water in Planning and Management Sector wwwmoewww.moe.gov goval.al