Development of an Integrated Water Monitoring Programme and development of associated databases supporting the implementation of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC in Cyprus Contract No. 46/2005 FINAL Framework Conditions Report Volume I October, 2006 Framework Conditions Report Vol I,Final October, 2006 Contents VOLUME I ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................................... III ABBREVIATIONS LIST ................................................................................................................. IV 1 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1 1.1 AIM AND SCOPE OF THE REPORT .........................................................................................1 1.2 APPROACH.............................................................................................................................2 1.3 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT ................................................................................................2 2 EXISTING SITUATION .............................................................................................................3 2.1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................3 2.2 INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS AND CONSTRAINTS.....................................................................5 2.2.1 Overview of role in water monitoring of cooperating and other Agencies .....5 2.2.1.1 Cooperating Agencies ...................................................................... 5 2.2.1.2 Other Agencies ............................................................................... 9 2.2.2 Costs related to monitoring ...........................................................................................12 2.2.3 Organizational structure and capabilities .................................................................12 2.2.3.1 Cooperating Agencies .................................................................... 13 2.2.3.2 Other Agencies ............................................................................. 16 2.2.4 Water information management and dissemination ............................................17 2.3 TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND CONSTRAINTS .........................................................................19 2.3.1 Assessment of the existing monitoring networks and activities focusing on technical capability and capacity of each Agency .................................................................19 2.3.2 Overview of existing monitoring networks...............................................................21 2.3.3 Assessment of quality of data provided ....................................................................22 2.3.4 Assessment of the laboratories involved in water monitoring..........................25 2.3.5 Validation and Aggregation of data ............................................................................26 3 NEEDS ASSESSMENT ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF WFD.......28 3.1 WFD REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................................................28 3.2 DATA NEEDS OF THE BENEFICIARY AGENCIES (QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF DATA AND AGGREGATION LEVEL)......................................................................................................33 3.3 NEEDS REGARDING REQUIRED OUTPUTS IN TERMS OF INFORMATION ...........................43 4 CONSTRAINTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON EXISTING CONDITIONS ..45 4.1 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ...............................................................................................45 4.2 IDENTIFICATION OF GAPS AND CONSTRAINTS .................................................................45 4.3 RECOMMENDATIONS TO OVERCOME GAPS AND SHORTCOMINGS....................................48 5 ROADMAP OF ACTIVITIES...................................................................................................52 VOLUME II -APPENDICES APPENDIX 1:The Cooperating Agencies and other Agencies having a role in water monitoring APPENDIX 2: Existing Water Laws and Regulations assigning appropriateness to Agencies APPENDIX 3: Statistics on monitoring personnel and its capabilities APPENDIX 4: Existing water monitoring duties of Technicians of WDD APPENDIX 5: Databases at the Beneficiary Agencies APPENDIX 6: Overview of existing water monitoring networks APPENDIX 7: Compliance of existing monitoring networks to the requirements of Directives, technical capacity and capability APPENDIX 8: Sampling Procedure forms APPENDIX 9: Detailed evaluation of laboratories APPENDIX 10: Laboratories instrumentation lists APPENDIX 11: Accreditation level of laboratories analyses APPENDIX 12: WFD requirements APPENDIX 13: Activity Schemes road-maps APPENDIX 14: Cost of Present Monitoring Programme WFD Monitoring Project Contract No.46/2005 ii Framework Conditions Report Vol I,Final October, 2006 Acknowledgement Ms N. Kotronarou of the National Observatory of Athens (IERSD/NOA) as Project Manager and Ms M. Panaretou, Hydrologist of the Water Development Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment as Project Coordinator manage this project. Valuable support for the execution of the study was received from the Water Development Department of MANRE as the implementing Agency, the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research of MANRE and the State General Laboratory of the Ministry of Health as the co- operating Agencies as well as from other agencies having a role in water monitoring and other Governmental Departments and Institutions the assistance of which is greatly appreciated. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following authorities for their contribution to the project in terms of supply of data, information and suggestions: • Water Development Department (WDD) • Department of Fisheries and Marine Research (DFMR) • General State Laboratory (SGL) • Environment Service (ES) • Department of Geological Survey (GSD) • Department of Agriculture (DA) • Department of Forests (DoF) • Meteorological Service Department (MS) • Medical Services Department The project gratefully received important and personal input from: Myroulla Hadjichristoforou, Marine Biologist DFMR) Marina Argyrou, Marine Biologist (DFMR) Stella Michaelidou Senior Chemist (SGL) Maro Christodoulidou, Chemist, (SGL) Costas Constantinou, Hydrogeologist (GSD) Christos Christofi, Geologist (GSD) Antonis Antoniou, Senior Environment Officer (ES) Chrystala Stylianou Environment Officer (ES) Stefanos Papatryphonos, Senior Hydrogeologist (WDD) Andreas Christodoulides, Senior Hydrogeologist (WDD) Pambos Demetriou, Hydrologist (WDD) Nikodimos Nikodimou, Senior Water Engineer, (WDD) Kyriakos Spanos, Senior Water Engineer, (WDD) Gerard Doflinger, Hydrologist (WDD) In addition, many other professionals contributed to this project. A list of these professionals, which is by no means exhaustive, follows: Antonis Koussis (IERSD/NOA) Kyros Savides (WDD) Vaggelis Akylas (IERSD/NOA) Antonis Kolios (WDD) Adonis Georgiou (Project Management) Anthoula Shamma (WDD) Andreas Xatzivasilis (MedServ) Elias Despotis(WDD) George Savva (MedServ) Solon Kyprou (WDD) George Koumouris (MedServ) Charalambos Fylaktou (WDD) Loizos Hadjioannou (MS) Themis Agkastiniotis (WDD) Stelios Pashiardis (MS) Theodoulos Dionysiou (WDD) Chrystalla Christodoulou (MS) Nikos Nikolaou (WDD) Agathi Anastasi (SGL) Nikos Nikolaou (WDD) Sylvia Nikolaou (SGL) Christakis Nicolaou (WDD) Theodosia Iracleous (GSD) George Ioannou (WDD) Froso Louca (WDD) Charalambos Ioannou (WDD) Giannakis Papachristodoulou (WDD) Costas Constantinou (WDD) WFD Monitoring Project Contract No.46/2005 iii Framework Conditions Report Vol I,Final October, 2006 ABBREVIATIONS LIST Amoeba Database-analysis software APHA American Public Health Organization AWWA American Water Works Association AQUEM assessment system for assessing ecological quality in European streams with benthic macroinvertebrates. BQE Biological quality element CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation CIS Common Implementation Strategy CNR-IRSA Italian Water Research Institute CRMs Certified Reference Materials DA Department of Agriculture DF Department of Forests DFMR Department of Fisheries and Marine Research Dir. Directive DO District Officer EC European Commission EEC European Economic Community EnvIS Cypriot Water and Meteorology Database EQS European Quality Standards ES Environment Service EU European Union GLP Good Laboratory Practice GSD Geological Survey Department GW-bodies Ground water bodies ISO International Organization for Standardization LIMS Laboratory Information Management System MANRE Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment MEDPOL Program of UNEP/MAP for the assessment of pollution in the Mediterranean Region MI Ministry of Interior MoH Ministry of Health MPHS Medical and Public Health Service MS Meteorological Service PC Project Coordinator PERLA Prediction system for small watercourses QA Quality Assurance QC Quality Control QEs Environmental Quality Elements RBMP River Basin Management Plans Reg. Regulation SCG Strategic Coordinate Groups SGL State General Laboratory SQL Structured Query Language SWIFT EU-funded research programme [Screening methods for Water data Information in support of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive] UNDP United Nations Development Programme US-EPA United States –Environment