"%2.%4#!4#( Network on the implementation of EU Water Framework Directive in the Baltic Sea Catchment BERNET CATCH Regional Report: Odense Fjord, Water Management Plan Provisional Management Plan pursuant to the EU Water Framework Directive January 2006 Project part-fi nanced This project has received European by the European Union Regional Development Funding through the INTERREG III B &YN#OUNTY Community Initiative Title: BERNET: Odense Fjord, Water Management Plan, Provisional Management Plan pursuant to the Water Framework Directive. Publisher: Fyn County Nature Management and Water Environment Division Environmental and Land Use Management Division DK - Ørbækvej 100 5220 Odense SØ Telephone: +45 6556 1000 +45 6556 1505 Email: [email protected] Website: www.Bernet.org Editors: Stig Eggert Pedersen, Nanna Rask, Rikke Clausen, Morten Sørensen, Jørgen Windolf, Peter Wiberg-Larsen, Mikael Hjorth Jensen. Layout: Inge Møllegaard Kari Bach Nielsen Birte Vindt Maps: Copyright KMS National Survey and Cadastre 1992/KC.86.1023 Year of publication: January 2006 Printed by: Fyns Amt ISBN: 87-7343-635-6 BERNET - Odense Fjord, Water Management Plan Table of contents Introduction ............................................................................................................. 4 1. Description of the geographical area .................................................................. 6 1.1 Odense Fjord .........................................................................................................6 1.2 Running waters and lakes ......................................................................................7 1.3 Groundwater .........................................................................................................7 1.4 The catchment .......................................................................................................8 2. Pressures and risk analysis .................................................................................... 12 2.1 Pressures ...........................................................................................................12 2.2 Risk analysis, the fjord ........................................................................................ 16 2.3 Risk analysis, running waters and lakes ............................................................. 18 2.4 Risk analysis, groundwater ................................................................................. 19 3. Protected areas ........................................................................................................... 20 3.1 Surface waters and wetlands ................................................................................20 3.2 Groundwater .......................................................................................................21 4. Provisional environmental objectives ............................................................... 22 4.1 The fjord ...........................................................................................................22 4.2 Running waters and lakes ....................................................................................23 4.3 Groundwater .......................................................................................................23 5. Programme of measures ........................................................................................ 24 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................24 5.2 Coastal waters .....................................................................................................26 5.3 Running waters (In preparation) .........................................................................32 5.4 Groundwater (In preparation) .............................................................................32 5.5 Lakes (In preparation) .........................................................................................32 5.6 Wetlands (In preparation) ....................................................................................32 6. Monitoring programme ......................................................................................... 34 6.1 Coastal waters .....................................................................................................34 6.2 Running waters ...................................................................................................34 6.3 Lakes ...........................................................................................................35 6.4 Pressures on surface waters ................................................................................. 36 6.5 Groundwater .......................................................................................................36 7. Public Participation ................................................................................................. 38 7.1 Who was involved and when? ............................................................................. 38 7.2 What comments have the Water Authority received? ........................................ 38 8. References .........................................................................................42 9. Appendices .........................................................................................44 9.1 Basis for the selection of the EU habitat sites in Odense River Basin (habitats and species) ...........................................................................................................44 9.2 EC Bird Protection sites in the Odense River Basin ...........................................46 BERNET - Odense Fjord, Water Management Plan 3 Introduction Introduction This Water Management Plan “Odense Fjord, details including all waters and all relevant pres- Water Management Plan, Provisional Management sures within the pilot river basin. Plan pursuant to the Water Framework Directive”, A fully management plan of “Odense Pilot is a part of the BERNET CATCH project. River Basin” will be elaborated in connection BERNET is a network co-operation between with the LIFE-founded project “Odense PRB- seven regions from seven countries around the AgriPom-Agricultural Programme of Measures”, Baltic Sea. BERNET CATCH focuses on the which ends summer 2007. integrated management of catchments and the The program of measures is a central part of a regional implementation of the EU Water Frame- management plan. Such programs tell what to do work Directive (WFD). Through the activities to assure “good ecological quality” in every part in BERNET CATCH, the partners wish to pre- of the aquatic environment in the river basin by pare the regional implementation of the WFD, 2015. I.e. how to reduce outlets of nutrients from and evaluate the different regional solutions to point sources and diffuse sources. the implementation of the WFD. In BERNET The aim of the Water Framework Directive is CATCH every partner has to make a provisional to assure good ecological quality in all parts of Water Management Plan for a pilot river basin. the aquatic environment by 2015. This aim has to The basis of this management plan is a result of be fulfi lled through the making and implementa- the following activities/products: tion of Water Management Plans. The program of measures presented in this • Article 5 reporting (Odense Pilot River Basin management plan is only focusing on the manage- - Provisional Article 5 Report pursuant to ment of eutrophication problems related Odense the water framework directive, Fyn County Fjord, and includes thus programs of measures November 2003) regarding outlets of sewage from households and • Reporting on program of measures (coastal industries, and outlets from agricultural activi- waters, lakes, watercourses, groundwater’s, ties. Specifi c measures related lakes, groundwa- and nature (wetlands)) including economy of ters, rivers and wetlands are not included yet. measures The making of programmes of measures is an • Monitoring program according to WFD iterative process illustrated in fi gure 1.1, involv- • Involvement of public stakeholders ing stakeholders and political decisions. The programme of measures related Odense This management plan is mainly focuss- Fjord is one of many programmes of measures ing Odense Fjord, and do not fully present an for all the waters within Odense Pilot River integrated Water Management Plan including basin. These waters enter all together the Odense all waters (watercourses, coastal waters, lakes, Pilot River Basin Water Management Plan. Pro- ground waters and wetlands) in the pilot river grammes of measures regarding rivers, lakes basin. The BERNET resources and timetables do and groundwater within Odense Pilot River not fi t the making of a fully management plan in Basin are also included in this reporting. These programs of measures are at the moment made individually for each type of water, and the pro- Figure 1.1 Programme of Measures grams are not balanced against each other. Some Making programmes of the measures targeted Odense Fjord, will also of measures – Decision Decision Diagram diagram. enhance the protection of groundwater’s, lakes Reference and rivers. Vice versa there will be measures tar- Environmental Objectives Conditions Economy ok? geted the protection off rivers, lakes and ground- Environmental water’s, which affect the protection of Odense State Max. acceptable Fjord. Therefore the fi nal Odense Pilot River loading/pressure Basin Water Management