EU Tacis Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan DRAFT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR DEBED RIVER BASIN Sixth Steering Committee Meeting of the National Water Policy Dialogue in Armenia 25 February 2011 OUTLINE OF THE BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN • Characterization • Human Activities • Pressure-Impact Analysis • Evaluation Data from Monitoring • Water Body Delineation • Program of Measures • Costing of Measures • Data Gaps BACKGROUND • International River Basin Aremania and Georgia; • Total area 8340 km2; • Population 708.8 thousand; • Location Lori marz, north-eastern part of Tavush marz (in Armenia) and Kvemo-Kartli administrative district (in Georgia) • Main rivers Debed and its tributaries Dzoraget, Pambak and Martziget (in Armenia) and Ktsiya- Khrami and its tributaries Mashavera, Shulaverchay, Karbulakh and Aslanka (in Georgia) CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BASIN • Area 3790 km2; • Climate Comparatively humid, with 500- 800 mm annual precipitation; • Area surface Mountainous raning from 390 m (lowest point in Armenia) to 3100 m (Tezh mountain) asl; • Forest cover 25% SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA • Population – approximately 260,000 • Number of settlements – 134, including towns Spitak, Vanadzor, Tashir, Stepanavan, Alaverdi, Akhatala, Tumanyam, Shamlukh • Leading branches of economy – agiruclture (grain, potato, vegetable and animal husbandry) and industry (Alaverdi Copper Plant, Akhtala Ore Mining and Processing Plant) • Share of economy in total volume of correpondent brachnes of republic: – Industry - 7.1% – Agriculture – 10.5% – Construction – 3% – Trade and services – 2.2% HYDROLOGY • Debed – Watershed area – 3790 km2 – Length – 158 km – Average annual flow – 38 m3/sec – Average annual water volume – 1086 mln. m3 • Pambak – Watershed area – 1380 km2 – Length – 86 km – Average annual flow – 11.8 m3/sec – Average annual flow volume – 378 mln. m3 • Dzoraget – Watershed area – 1450 km2 – Length – 57 km – Average annual flow – 16.8 m3/sec – Average annual water volume – 530 mln. m3 HYDROLOGY • Annual Water Balance – River Flow – 1203 million m3/year – Precipitation – 2726 million m3/year – Evaporation – 1457 million m3/year • Composition of Groundwater Resources – Total – 16.04 m3/sec • Spring – 3.57 m3/sec • Drainge – 11.28 m3/sec • Discharge – 1.19 m3/sec • Feeding of Gourndwater Resources – Underground Feeding – 45% – Surface Feeding – 55% MONITORING • Territorial offices – 4, of which – BMO – 1 – ASH – 1 – EIMC – 1 – SEI - 1 • Hydrological posts - 14 • Water quality sampling points - 14 • Groundwater monitoring springs - 5 • Meteorological stations - 5 WATER USE IN THE BASIN • Combined information on Debed and Aghstev River Basins – Water use permits provided for 229 points • Breakdows of permits – irrigation – 56 – drinking – 66 – industrial – 39 – energy - 64 WATER USE IN THE BASIN • Getik WUA – Service area – 3381 ha – Irrigation area – 1394 ha • Lori Canal WUA – Service area – 5704 ha – Irrigation area – 942 ha • Noyemberyan WUA – Service area – 7779 ha – Irrigation area – 907 ha BASIN STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS • September 30, 2010 – Vanadzor, Debed River Basin PROGRAM OF MEASURES • Agglomerations • Good agricultural practices • Solid waste • Transport • Supplementary measures PROGAM OF MEASURES - Agglomerations • Debed – Spitak, Vanadzor, Stepanavan, Alaverdi PROGAM OF MEASURES - Agglomerations • Debed River basin Total Food Industry Agglomeration Total PE Population PE Vanadzor 118,070 822 118,892 Spitak 17,946 88 18,034 Alaverdi 19,511 96 19,607 Stepanavan 16,327 30 16,357 PROGRAM OF MEASURES - GAP • Crop production – Strengthening regulatory measures towards limiting the quantities and contents of applied fertilizers, – Development of guidelines on GAP, – Application of GAP in pilot areas, – Replication of experience throughout the basin • Manure management – Establish a system of collection of manure, – Storing it in appropriate manure pits, – Spreading it on the fields in the right amounts and at the right season PROGRAM OF MEASURES – Solid Waste • Sanitary Landfills – Debed Basin • Vanadzor, Spitak, Tashir, Stepanavan, Alaverdi • Basic conditions – Full or partial hydro-geological isolation – Permanent control – Planned waste emplacement and covering PROGRAM OF MEASURES - Supplementary • Supplementary program of measures: – Institutional measures, – Awareness and education, – Legislation and regulation, – Research – Economic instruments, – Demonstration projects COSTING OF MEASURES - UWWTP COSTING OF MEASURES - UWWTP • Debed River Basin UWWTP+ UWWTP Sewerage sewerage Agglomeration (euro, per (euro, per Total (euro) (euro, per person) person) person) Stepanavan 110 310 420 6,869,940 Spitak 103 307 410 7,393,940 Vanadzor 70 190 260 30,911,920 Alaverdi 105 300 405 7,940,835 COSTING OF MEASURES – Sanitary Landfills • EU Waste Governance Project • Landfills complying with international standards • 20 year capacity • The bigger a landfill the less is the per capita cost of the such landfill • Capital cost: 7.5 million euro • Annual operational cost: 400,000 euro COSTING OF MEASURES – work in progress • Transport • Supplementary measures DATA GAPS • Major data gaps • Recommendations on filling the gaps THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! .