European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+) PRIPYAT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN IN BELARUS Draft report March 2020 Responsible EU member state consortium project leader Mr Alexander Zinke; Umweltbundesamt GmbH (AT) EUWI+ country representative in Belarus Mr Aliaksandr Stankevich Responsible international thematic lead expert Mr Philippe Seguin; Office International de l’Eau (FR) Responsible Belarusian thematic lead expert Ms Victoriya Voronova; Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Authors Mr Vladimir Korneev; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Mr Kanstantsin Tsitou; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Mr Aliaksandr Pakhomau; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Mr Ivan Bulak; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Ms Sniazhana Dubianok; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Ms Anastasiya Rusina; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Ms Alena Hramadskaya; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Mr Vladimir Anufriev; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Ms Asya Penkovskaya; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Ms Volha Mikhan; Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources Ms Olga Berezko; branch “Institute of Geology” RUE “Research and Production Center for Geology” Ms Elena Cehervach; branch “Institute of Geology” RUE “Research and Production Centre for Geology” Mr Igor Vitsen; branch “Institute of Geology” RUE “Research and Production Centre for Geology” The English translation was done by Ms Yuliya Shepeleva (translator at the scientific organisational de- partment of the “Institute of Geology”). Disclaimer: The EU-funded programme European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+) is implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Organisation for Eco- nomic Co-operation and Development (OECD), both responsible for the implementation of Result 1, and an EU Member States Consortium comprising the Environment Agency Austria (UBA, Austria), the lead coordi- nator, and the International Office for Water (IOW, France), both responsible for the implementation of Re- sults 2 and 3. The programme 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 Dechelette [email protected] March 2020 Draft Pripyat RBMP - Belarus Foreword This document, the “draft Pripyat River Basin Management Plan 2020” has been developed in the framework of the European Union-funded programme “European Union Water Initiative Plus” (2016-2021). The draft Pri- pyat River Basin Management Plan 2020 is complete with 2 annexes (tables, maps) presented in separate documents. Belarusian experts, with the support of experts from the Environment Agency Austria and French International Office for Water, worked together with stakeholders of the water sector at national and basin levels to draft this RBMP, which is the first such Plan for this river basin district.. This RBMP contributes to the implementation of basin principles and integrated water resources management approaches in the country. However, it does not claim to meet all requirements of the EU WFD. 3 Draft Pripyat RBMP - Belarus CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... 15 Chapter 1. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRIPYAT RIVER BASIN ON THE TERRITORY OF BELARUS ......................................................................................................................................... 17 1.1 Physical and geographical characteristics................................................................................ 17 1.1.1 Climate ........................................................................................................................... 18 1.1.2 Topography .................................................................................................................... 19 1.1.3 Geological and hydrogeological conditions .................................................................... 21 1.1.4 Soils and vegetation ....................................................................................................... 22 1.1.5 Natural and disturbed swamps ....................................................................................... 22 1.1.6 Information on protected areas ...................................................................................... 23 1.2 Water resources ....................................................................................................................... 27 1.2.1 Hydrographic network .................................................................................................... 27 1.2.2 Surface water resource .................................................................................................. 34 1.2.3 Groundwater ................................................................................................................... 45 1.3 Administrative territorial division and social and economic information ................................... 49 1.3.1 Administrative territorial division and population ............................................................ 49 1.3.2 Agriculture (plant production, animal husbandry) ........................................................... 50 1.3.3 Fish breeding .................................................................................................................. 52 1.3.4 Forest husbandry ........................................................................................................... 53 1.3.5 Manufacturing ................................................................................................................. 54 1.3.6 Hydraulic power industry ................................................................................................ 56 1.3.7 Accumulation of waste ................................................................................................... 57 1.3.8 Shipping industry ............................................................................................................ 57 1.3.9 Tourism and recreational use of water bodies ............................................................... 58 1.3.10 Linear infrastructure ....................................................................................................... 59 1.4 Risk (including climate change) ................................................................................................ 59 1.4.1 Floods ............................................................................................................................. 60 1.4.2 Low-water seasons ........................................................................................................ 60 1.4.3 Erosion processes .......................................................................................................... 60 1.4.4 Health issues .................................................................................................................. 61 1.4.5 Radionuclide pollution .................................................................................................... 62 1.5 Stakeholders and programmes ................................................................................................ 62 1.5.1 Administrative organisation ............................................................................................ 62 1.5.2 Water user guidance ...................................................................................................... 63 1.5.3 Summary of water strategies, programmes, plans and projects .................................... 63 1.6 Diagnosis: synthetic description ............................................................................................... 64 4 Draft Pripyat RBMP - Belarus Chapter 2. PRESSURES AND IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON WATER RESOURCES .......... 65 2.1 Estimation of point source pollution .......................................................................................... 65 2.2 Estimation of diffuse source pollutions ..................................................................................... 67 2.3 Estimation of quantitative pressures on surface water and groundwater ................................. 71 2.4 Analysis of other pressures and impacts of human activity on hydromorphological conditions .................................................................................................................................. 76 2.5 Other pressures .......................................................................................................................