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Technical Report: Evaluation And European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+): Results 2 and 3 ENI/2016/372-403 TECHNICAL REPORT: EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE DELINEATION OF SURFACE WATER BODIES ON THE DANUBE-PRUT AND BLACK SEA RIVER BASIN DISTRICT IN MOLDOVA AND IN PARTICULAR AT THE BORDER BETWEEN MOLDOVA AND ROMANIA Final Version. EUWI-EAST-MD-06; October 2019 Responsible EU member state consortium project leader Alexander Zinke, Umweltbundesamt GmbH (AT) EUWI+ country representative in Moldova Victor Bujac (MD) Responsible international thematic lead expert Alexander Zinke, Umweltbundesamt GmbH (AT) Georg Wolfram, independent consultant, DWS (AT) Responsible Moldavian thematic lead expert Radu Cazacu, Agency Apele Molodvei (MD) Authors Ghennadi Sirodoev, (MD) Disclaimer: The EU-funded program European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP) is implemented by the UNECE, OECD, responsible for the implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria, managed by the lead coordinator Umweltbundesamt, and of France, managed by the International Office for Water, responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3. This document, the “Technical Report: Evaluation and improvement of the delineation of surface water bodies on the Danube-Prut and Black Sea river basin district in Moldova and in particular at the border between Mol- dova and Romania”, was produced by the EU Member State consortium 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 Euro- pean Union or 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: Yunona Videnina [email protected] October 2019 Technical Report on SW Delineation - Moldova CONTENTS 1 Executive summary ............................................................................................................................ 6 2 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 7 3 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................... 8 4 Typology ............................................................................................................................................. 9 4.1 General approach ....................................................................................................................... 9 4.2 Type criteria .............................................................................................................................. 10 4.2.1 Rivers ............................................................................................................................. 10 4.2.2 Lakes .............................................................................................................................. 15 4.3 Coding system of river and lake types ...................................................................................... 16 4.4 River types in the Prut river basin in Moldova .......................................................................... 17 4.5 Lake types in the Prut basin in Moldova ................................................................................... 19 5 Other criteria required for the Water body delineation ..................................................................... 21 5.1 Significant physical features ..................................................................................................... 21 5.2 Pressures; ecological and chemical status............................................................................... 21 5.3 Protected areas ........................................................................................................................ 22 6 Preliminary Results of a refined delineation of Surface water bodies .............................................. 24 6.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 24 6.2 Heavily modified water bodies .................................................................................................. 30 6.3 Artificial water bodies ................................................................................................................ 31 7 Differences in the methodology between Danube-Prut and Black Sea RBD and Dniester RBD in Moldova and the approach in Romania ............................................................................... 32 8 Monitoring ......................................................................................................................................... 33 9 Conclusions and lessons learned..................................................................................................... 34 10 Legislation in the field of water resources protection applied in Moldova ........................................ 35 11 Bibliography ...................................................................................................................................... 37 12 Annexes ............................................................................................................................................ 38 ENI/2016/372-403 3 Technical Report on SW Delineation - Moldova List of Tables Table 1. Identification of types of water bodies according to system A (Annex II of the WFD). .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Table 2. Hydrological scheme for the Prut basin. ................................................................. 12 Table 3. Typology of rivers in the Prut pilot basin of Moldova. ............................................. 15 Table 4. River typology. ....................................................................................................... 17 Table 5. Lake typology ........................................................................................................ 19 Table 6. Number of WB depending on the typology descriptors .......................................... 24 Table 7. Distribution of water bodies per river type .............................................................. 25 Table 8. List of water bodies and their individual codes ....................................................... 26 Table 9. Number and total area of lake water bodies in the Prut pilot basin (Moldova) ........ 29 Table 10. Lake water bodies in the Prut pilot basin (Moldova) ............................................. 29 Table 11. Coordinates of proposed monitoring points .......................................................... 33 List of Figures Figure 1. Ecological regions for rivers and lakes. Data source: http://www.eea.europa.eu .. 10 Figure 2. Ecoregions of the river Prut basin in Moldova. ...................................................... 11 Figure 3. River network of the river Prut basin in Moldova. .................................................. 11 Figure 4. Altitude classes in the river Prut basin in Moldova. ............................................... 14 Figure 5. Dominant geology in the river Prut basin in Moldova. ........................................... 14 Figure 6. River types in the river Prut basin with the main course and left tributaries in Moldova. ............................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 7. Small River types in the Prut basin in Moldova. .................................................... 18 Figure 8. Example of types at the river Camenca. a - location of p. Сamenсa in the Prut Basin, b - typology of water bodies p. Сamenсa. ................................................................. 18 Figure 9. Example of types on the river Nirnova. ................................................................. 19 Figure 10. Example of types on the river Sarata. ................................................................. 19 Figure 11. Protected areas .................................................................................................. 22 Figure 12. Distribution of water bodies per river type. .......................................................... 26 Figure 13. Heavily modified river water bodies .................................................................... 30 4 ENI/2016/372-403 Technical Report on SW Delineation - Moldova Abbreviations BMO Basin Management Organization CEPA Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement CORINE Coordination of Information on the Environment DG NEAR Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations DSS Decision Support System EC European Commission ENI European Neighborhood Instrument EU European Union EUR Euro EEA European Environment Agency ENP European Neighborhood Policy EUWI European Union Water Initiative GIS Geographic Information Systems IWRM Integrated
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