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2012:8 Water management in Lit- huania, Poland and Sweden – Comparisons of the EU Water Framework Directive in practice Länsstyrelsen Blekinge län www.lansstyrelsen.se/blekinge Rapport, år och nr: 2012:8 Rapportnamn:Water management in Lithuania, Poland and Sweden - Comparisons of the EU Water Framework Directive in practice Upplaga: Endast publicerad på webben Utgivare: Länsstyrelsen Blekinge län, 371 86 Karlskrona. Hemsida: www.lansstyrelsen.se/blekinge Dnr: 537-00086-2010 Kontaktperson: Cecilia Näslund Layout: Stern Weyns, Tobias Facchini ISSN: 1651–8527 © Länsstyrelsen Blekinge län W ate r m ana C geme om nt in Lithuania, Poland and pa Swed rison en s of th e EU Water Framework Directive in p ractice REPORT 5.3 MOMENT | COMPARISON WFD TABLE OF CONTENT ABOUT MOMENT PROJECT .................................................................................. 4 Authors .............................................................................................................................. 5 Contact us ......................................................................................................................... 5 Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive – Comparisons of three river basins in Lithuania, Poland and Sweden .................................................................. 6 Abstract in English ........................................................................................................ 6 Abstract in Lithuanian ................................................................................................... 8 Abstract in Polish ........................................................................................................ 10 Abstract in Swedish ......................................................................................................... 12 Abbreviations ......................................................................................................... 14 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 15 Aims and Background ..................................................................................................... 15 Presentation of pilot river basins ..................................................................................... 17 Akmena-Dane River Basin, Lithuania ......................................................................... 17 Bauda River Basin, Poland ......................................................................................... 19 Bräkneån River Basin, Sweden .................................................................................. 20 WATER MANAGEMENT - RESPONSIBILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATION ................................................................................................... 23 Lithuania .......................................................................................................................... 23 Poland ............................................................................................................................. 25 Sweden ........................................................................................................................... 27 Comparative remarks ...................................................................................................... 29 TOPOLOGY SYSTEM AND DESIGNATION OF HEAVILY MODIFIED WATER BODIES ................................................................................................................. 30 Lithuania .......................................................................................................................... 31 Heavily modified water bodies and Artificial Water bodies ......................................... 32 Akmena-Danė catchment area ................................................................................... 34 Poland ............................................................................................................................. 36 Bauda River Basin ...................................................................................................... 36 Water bodies consolidation ......................................................................................... 38 HMWB designation in Poland ..................................................................................... 40 Sweden ........................................................................................................................... 43 Comparative remarks ...................................................................................................... 44 Lithuania, Nemunas River Basin District .................................................................... 44 Poland, entire country ................................................................................................. 44 1 MOMENT | COMPARISON WFD Sweden; Southern Baltic River Basin District ............................................................. 45 IDENTIFICATION OF PRESSURES AND IMPACT .............................................. 46 Lithuania .......................................................................................................................... 46 Diffuse pollution and point pollution ............................................................................ 46 Transboundary pollution ............................................................................................. 47 Impact of morphological changes ............................................................................... 48 Akmena-Danė catchment area ................................................................................... 48 Poland ............................................................................................................................. 50 Identification of pressures and impact. ....................................................................... 50 Anthropogenic pressures in Bauda catchment. .......................................................... 51 Sweden ........................................................................................................................... 54 Compilation of potential pressures ............................................................................. 54 Human pressures and impact in the Bräkneån River Basin ....................................... 58 Comparative remarks ...................................................................................................... 59 Lithuania ..................................................................................................................... 59 Poland ......................................................................................................................... 59 Sweden ....................................................................................................................... 60 MONITORING ........................................................................................................ 60 Monitoring in Akmena-Dane River Basin ........................................................................ 61 Monitoring of surface water bodies ............................................................................. 61 Akmena-Dane River Basin ......................................................................................... 62 Monitoring in Bauda River Basin ..................................................................................... 64 Monitoring according to WFD in Poland and MOMENT pilot area. ............................ 64 Monitoring in Bräkneån River Basin ................................................................................ 67 Comparative remarks ...................................................................................................... 69 Lithuania ..................................................................................................................... 70 Poland ......................................................................................................................... 71 Sweden ....................................................................................................................... 71 STATUS ASSESSMENT – PROCEDURES AND LIMITS ..................................... 72 Lithuania .......................................................................................................................... 73 Criteria for assessing the ecological status of rivers ................................................... 73 Criteria for assessing the ecological status of lakes ................................................... 77 Chemical status .......................................................................................................... 79 Poland ............................................................................................................................. 79 Chemical status .......................................................................................................... 88 Sweden ........................................................................................................................... 90 Total phosphorus, Ptot ................................................................................................. 91 Oxygen, O2 (lakes) ..................................................................................................... 92 Previous assessment criteria for Nitrogen (N) ............................................................ 93 Previous