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River Basin Management Plan ALAZANI-IORI RIVER BASIN DISTRICT in Georgia EUWI+ supports River basin management plan ALAZANI-IORI RIVER BASIN DISTRICT in Georgia implemented by Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia Alazani-Iori River Basin District 12,038 km2 Total catchment area Alazani and Iori 2 rivers Total length of rivers : 4137,8 km Inhabitants in Kakheti 314,700 (8.4% of total population) inhabitants live in rural areas 9 urban settlements, 333 villages 80% villages in Kakheti are densely populated arable land 22% 315,499 ha of total agriculture land is irrigated small and medium-sized HPPs with 9 ongoing construction of 6 HPPs Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia 198970 ha Protected areas 6 strict nature reserves 2 national parks 3 nature monuments 5 managed reserves 1 protected landscape in Kakheti region Georgian landscape ©OIEau 3 Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia Water Quantity 2 largest water users million m3 abstracted per year 1) Hydropower sector is the largest 357.6 92% of water abstraction in 2016, from surface water sources : 93.25% from groundwater sources: 6.75% water demand is increasing: 9 small and medium-sized operational HPPs construction of additional 20 HPPs planned by 2050 of communities supplied with drinking water 48% 2) Irrigation sector is the second largest The rest are self-supplied water loss from the irrigation system 83% of drinking water is abstracted from 50% groundwater bodies The main irrigation method is surface irrigation via canals and ditches. Part of the irrigation systems is out of order and needs rehabilitation Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia Water Quality 4 main sources of pollution Untreated wastewater (about 90% of total of the population have no access volume discharged into surface waters is untreated) 90% to the sewer system Agriculture is the main source of diffuse pollution. none of the sewer system is An area of 895.25km2 (89,525 ha) is affected by equipped with wastewater diffuse agricultural pollution (crop production), and possibly as much as 1,252.56 (125,256 ha) km2. treatment plants: sewage is directly discharged either onto agricultural lands or into the River Landfills in the Alazani-Iori river basin. None of the Alazani and tributary rivers. landfills are equipped with leachate and storm water collection systems (drainage systems) or water quality monitoring stations treatment plants 5 3 in the Alazani basin 2 in the Iori basin Sand and gravel mining are major economic activities in all the municipalities of Kakheti Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia Main issues identified WATER QUANTITY - Poor condition of irrigation WATER QUALITY systems - pollution from absence of sewage network in - Poor condition of drinking the region water supply system - pollution from absence of wastewater treatment plants - diffuse pollution from agriculture (fertilizers, Lack of monitoring data on the quality manure) and quantity of water. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RISKS - Disturbance of environmental flow – landslides due to absence of norms and – mudflow standards. – erosion WATER GOVERNANCE Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia Proposed Measures Supplementary Measures Basic Measures • Implementation of water monitoring programme • Monitoring of sand-gravel enterprises • Rehabilitation of sewage network • Controlling of water volume • Construction of wastewater treatment plant • Training of farmers to use water efficiently • Implementation of water monitoring programme • Public campaigns promoting efficient water use by • Renovation of agriculture drainage system domestic customers • Installation of buffer strips and hedges • Creation of sanitary protection zones • Establishment of vermicompost • Monitoring of illegal landfills • Rehabilitation of main channel and engineering work • Strengthening of hydrological monitoring system • Research to assess current and potential climate change impact on water bodies Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia COST ESTIMATE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BASIC MEASURES Setting buffer strips and hedges Build vermicompost Construction of Rehabilitation of main wastewater treatment channel and plants engineering work 32% 31% Rehabilitation of Renovation of sewage network agriculture drainage 34% system 3% Rehabilitation of wastewater network 8 Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia River Basin management Plan in Georgia Balance between Georgian regulations and the EUWI+ supports Georgian water Institutions European Water Framework Directive (WFD) to elaborate and update their river basin management plans with A river basin management plan = an operative Latest EU methodologies document featuring all information on water, water Accredited equipment for laboratories uses, pollution, objectives and programme of measures Capacity building of experts and stakeholders Knowledge transfer and regional exchange of practices. Characterisation WFD working method River Basin Management Plan of the River basin (RBMP) Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia You are concerned as well! Who is consulted? 1st public consultation . All players concerned, including NGOs and March 2019 on main issues & work programme local communities involved in in water management activities. 2nd public consultation on Alazani-Iori River Basin Management involves representatives from: June- July 2020 draft River Basin Management Plan . Ministries . Water users, . Research centres and scientific academies . Public associations & NGOs . International programmes Draft RBMP Why? To plan investment and achieve long- term environmental objectives Main challenges Approved RBMP Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia Save the dates! River basin management plan timeline 2020 - 1st cycle of river basin management plan established with the support of EUWI+ WFD introduces a six-year cycle of river 2026 basin management planning, updated By 2020, two additional River Basin Management Plans every six years thereafter. ready for adoption 2026 - Update of the river basin management plan: 2032 2024-2026 Implementation of the 2nd plan Next cycle... Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia European Union Water Initiative for Eastern Partnership EUWI+ European Water Framework Directive, an support Water Policy Reforms innovative approach to water protection to improve Water Resources Management Water resource management through a river with the Water Framework Directive (WFD) basin management plan Active participation of all players concerned, countries including NGOs and local communities ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC 6 GEORGIA REPUBLIC UKRAINE involved in water management activities. BELARUS MOLDOVA 10 River Basin districts 30 million inhabitants for more information http://www.euwipluseast.eu Alazani-Iori River Basin Factsheet - Georgia This project is funded by Beneficiary Ministry of Environmental Protection This project is co-financed by and Agriculture of Georgia This project is implemented by Follow us http://www.euwipluseast.eu/ This factsheet was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of International Office www.facebook.com/euwiplus for Water, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. [email protected].
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