Transboundary Sub Parts of Groundwater Bodies in the Pripyat and Dnieper River Basin of the Republic of Belarus
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European Union Water Initiative Plus for the Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+) Result 2 TRANSBOUNDARY SUB PARTS OF GROUNDWATER BODIES IN THE PRIPYAT AND DNIEPER RIVER BASIN OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS Final report, December 2020 Transboundary sub parts of GWBs in Belarus Beneficiaries Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus Responsible EU member state consortium EUWI+ project leader Mr Alexander Zinke, Umweltbundesamt GmbH (AT) EUWI+ country representative in Belarus Mr Alexandr Stankevich Responsible international thematic lead expert Mr Andreas Scheidleder, Umweltbundesamt (AT) Responsible national thematic lead expert Ms Olga Vasneva, “The Institute of Geology” branch of the Republican Unitary Enterprise "Research and Production Center for Geology” Authors Ms Olga Berezko, Ms Olga Vasneva, Ms Elena Cherevach, Ms Olga Buinevich, Ms Tatiana Kononova, Mr Igor Vitsen, all “The Institute of Geology” branch of the Republican Unitary Enterprise "Research and Pro- duction Center for Geology" Disclaimer: The EU-funded program European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+) is im- plemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), both responsible for the implementation of Result 1, and an EU Mem- ber States Consortium comprising the Environment Agency Austria (UBA, Austria), the lead coordinator, and the International Office for Water (IOW, France), both responsible for the implementation of Results 2 and 3. The program is co-funded by Austria and France through the Austrian Development Agency and the French Artois-Picardie Water Agency. This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union or of the Governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area. Imprint Owner and Editor: EU Member State Consortium Umweltbundesamt GmbH Office International de l’Eau (IOW) Spittelauer Lände 5 21/23 rue de Madrid 1090 Vienna, Austria 75008 Paris, France Responsible IOW Communication officer: Ms Chloé Déchelette [email protected] December2020 2 Transboundary sub parts of GWBs in Belarus CONTENTS 1 Executive summary ............................................................................................................................ 9 2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 10 3 Applied approach and research methodologies ............................................................................... 11 4 Transboundary GWBs in the Dnieper River Basin – Identification and Characterisation ................ 14 4.1 General information about the Dnieper river basin ................................................................... 14 4.1.1 Geological and hydrogeological conditions .................................................................... 15 4.1.2 Significant ecosystems ................................................................................................... 17 4.1.3 Anthropogenic impacts ................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Characteristics of the transboundary GWBs in the Dnieper river basin and the corresponding GWBs in Ukraine .............................................................................................. 19 4.2.1 Groundwater body BYDNGW0001................................................................................. 21 4.2.2 Groundwater body BYDNGW0002................................................................................. 22 4.2.3 Groundwater body BYDNGW0003................................................................................. 23 4.2.4 Groundwater body BYDNGW004................................................................................... 24 4.2.5 Groundwater body BYDNGW005................................................................................... 25 5 Identification and characterization of the transboundary sub-parts of GWBs in the Dnieper and Pripyat river basins in Belarus ................................................................................................... 27 5.1 Basis and criteria for the identification ...................................................................................... 27 5.2 Characteristics of the transboundary sub-parts of GWBs in the Dnieper and Pripyat river basins in Belarus ...................................................................................................................... 28 5.2.1 Transboundary sub-parts of BYPRGW0001 (Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0001 (Dnieper river)................................................................................................................. 30 5.2.2 Transboundary sub-parts of BYPRGW0002 (Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0002 (Dnieper river)................................................................................................................. 32 5.2.3 Transboundary sub-parts of BYPRGW0005 (Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0003 groundwater bodies (Dnieper river) ................................................................................ 35 5.2.4 Transboundary sub-parts of groundwater bodies BYPRGW0006 (Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0004 (Dnieper river) ................................................................................ 37 5.2.5 Transboundary sub-parts of BYPRGW0007 (Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0005 groundwater bodies (Dnieper river) ................................................................................ 40 5.2.6 Transboundary sub-part of the BYPRGW0009 groundwater body (Pripyat river) ......... 43 6 Existing Groundwater monitoring network ....................................................................................... 45 6.1 Existing monitoring network of the transboundary sub-part of BYPRGW0001 (Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0001 groundwater bodies (Dnieper river) ................................................ 56 6.2 Transboundary sub-parts of BYPRGW0002 (the Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0002 (the Dnieper river) groundwater bodies ........................................................................................... 57 6.3 Transboundary sub-parts of BYPRGW0005 (the Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0003 (the Dnieper river) groundwater bodies ........................................................................................... 59 Transboundary sub parts of GWBs in Belarus 6.4 Transboundary sub-part of BYPRGW0006 (the Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0004 (the Dnieper river) groundwater bodies ........................................................................................... 60 6.5 Transboundary sub-part of BYPRGW0007 (the Pripyat river) and BYDNGW0005 (the Dnieper river) groundwater bodies ........................................................................................... 61 6.6 Transboundary sub-part of BYPRGW0009 (the Pripyat river) ................................................. 63 7 Proposed Groundwater monitoring network and data exchange ..................................................... 64 7.1 Proposed new monitoring sites ................................................................................................ 64 7.2 General organizational issues of groundwater monitoring in the transboundary territory of Belarus and Ukraine ............................................................................................................. 69 7.3 Observation frequency and parameters ................................................................................... 69 7.4 Proposed monitoring data exchange template ......................................................................... 70 8 Outputs and lessons learned ............................................................................................................ 72 8.1 Outputs ..................................................................................................................................... 72 8.2 Lessons learned ....................................................................................................................... 74 9 References ....................................................................................................................................... 76 4 Transboundary sub parts of GWBs in Belarus List of Tables Table 1: Fresh groundwater resources in the Dnieper basin (according to data for 2017).............. 16 Table 2: List of delineated transboundary GWBs in the Dnieper river basin in Belarus .................. 20 Table 3: Comparison of joint transboundary GWBs in the territory of Belarus and Ukraine ............ 20 Table 4: Transboundary sub-parts of GWBs in the Dnieper and Pripyat river basin in Belarus ...... 28 Table 5: Types of anthropogenic pressures on fresh groundwater of the transboundary subparts of GWBs in the Pripyat and Dnieper river basin in Belarus ....................................... 29 Table 6: Statistical data on hydrogeological stations on transboundary sub-parts of the territory of the Pripyat river basin in Belarus............................................................................. 46 Table