Environmental Protection of International River Basins Project This project is funded by Contract No 2011/279-666. A project implemented by a Consortium the European Union led by Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics KG DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SELECTED PILOT BASIN IN UKRAINE - THE PRUT BASIN DRAFT Prepared by UNENGO “MAMA-86” February 2015 1 Environmental Protection of International River Basins Project This project is funded by Contract No 2011/279-666. A project implemented by a Consortium the European Union led by Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics KG TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .....................................................................................................................……..……5 1. Characteristic of the characteristics of the Prut river basin district…………………..………..….. ..6 1.1. Description of the Prut river basin district…………………………..………………………………6 1.1.1. Identification of the Prut River Basin…………………………………………………7 1.1.2. Relief…… ………………………………………………………………………………………….8 1.1.3. Geology… ………………………………………………………………………………….…..9 1.1.4. Soil………… …………………………………………………………………………….……..9 1.1.5. Vegetation…… …………………………………………………………………………..……..9 1.1.6. Climate ……………………………………………………………………………………… 10 1.1.7. Hydrological regime …………………………………………………………………………..10 1.2. Typology and identification of surface water bodies…………………………………………… .14 1.3. Typology and identification of groundwater bodies………………………………………………21 2. A summary of significant pressure and impact of human activity on the status of surface water and groundwater ………………………………………………………………… ………….24 2.1. Estimation of point source pollution………………………………………………………………29 2.2. Estimation of diffuse source pollution, including a summary of land use………………………...32 2.3. Estimation of pressures on the quantitative status of water including abstractions……………….36 2.4. Analysis of other impacts of human activity on the status of water………………………………37 3. Determination and mapping of territories that are protected …………………………………. 39 3.1. Register of water bodies for withdrawal of water intended for the drinking water supply……….39 3.2. Register of protected areas for protection of surface and ground waters and preservation of Habitats of species that directly depend on water……………………………………………………40 3.3. Water protection zones and river coastal protection strips………………………………………44 4. Monitoring Programme and Networks in the Prut River basin …………………………...46 4.1. Surface water Monitoring Programme……………………………………………………….…46 4.2. Groundwater Monitoring Programme ………………………………………………………….54 5. Environmental Objectives and Exemptions ..............................................................................59 5.1. Environmental objectives ...........................................................................................................59 5.2. Exemption According to WFD...................................................................................................60 5.3. Cross-cutting issues that will apply to future infrastructure projects ........................................60 6. Economic analysis of water use in the Prut River Basin ..........................................................62 6.1 Relevant water uses and economic meaning...........................................................................…62 6.2. Economic analysis of water use ..........................................................................................….668 6.3. Economic control tools..................................................................................................................63 6.4. Cost-effectiveness as a criterion for selecting measures to achieve reduction targets…………. 66 7. Programme of measures ……………….......................................................................................67 7.1. Basic and Supplemented Measures on Maintenance and Restoration of Water Bodies…………67 7.2. Cross-cutting issues ……………………………………………………………………………. 77 8. A summary of the public information and consultation measures taken, their results and the changes to the plan made as a consequence ……………………………………………………79 9. A list of competent authorities ……………………………………………………………………80 10. The contact points and procedures for obtaining the background documentation and information…………………………………………………………………………………………… 83 2 Environmental Protection of International River Basins Project This project is funded by Contract No 2011/279-666. A project implemented by a Consortium the European Union led by Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics KG Abbreviations and Acronyms As arsenic AWB Artificial Water Body BOD biochemical oxygen demand BUWR River basin management authority Ca calcium Cd Cadmium CIS Common Implementation Strategy (for WFD) Cl Chloride DO dissolved oxygen DWPA drinking water protected areas EC Electric conductivity EPIRB Environmental Protection of International River Basins EU European Union F Fluorine Fe Iron GIS geographic information system GW Groundwater GWB groundwater body GWD GWD- The EU Directive 2006/118/EC on the Protection of Groundwater Against Pollution and Deterioration (referred to as “Groundwater Directive”) GWDTE groundwater dependent terrestrial ecosystems GWL groundwater level HCO 3 hydrocarbonate Hg Mercury HMWB Heavily Modified Water Body HPP Hydro Power Plant ISO International Standardisation Organisation IWRM Integrated Water Resources Management JFS Joint Field Survey K potassium ion // hydraulic conductivity/coefficient of permeability of aquifer M total mineralisation MAC maximum allowable concentration MENR Ministry for Ecology and Natural resources Mg magnesium m3, m 2 cubic meter, square meter mg-eq/l milligram-equivalent per litre = [(mg/l) / eq weight] mg/l milligrams per litre Na Sodium NGO Nongovernment organisation NH 4 Ammonium CNNP Carpathian National Nature Park NO 2 Nitrite NO 3 Nitrate PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Pb Lead PCE Tetrachloroethylene PoM programme of measures 3 Environmental Protection of International River Basins Project This project is funded by Contract No 2011/279-666. A project implemented by a Consortium the European Union led by Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics KG PRB Prut River Basin PVC polyvinylchloride Q well discharge (l/s) SO 4 Sulphate Sr Strontium TCE Trichloroethylene TDS total dissolved solids TOC total organic carbon WB Water Body WFD Water Framework Directive 4 Environmental Protection of International River Basins Project This project is funded by Contract No 2011/279-666. A project implemented by a Consortium the European Union led by Hulla & Co. Human Dynamics KG INTRODUCTION This Prut River Basin Management Plan (Prut RBMP) has been prepared in the context of the project “Environmental Protection of International River Basins Project (EPIRB)” funded by the European Commission – Directorate General for Development and Cooperation - Europe Aid and implemented between January 2012 and January 2016 by the consortium led by Hulla & Co “Human Dynamics”. The overall objective of the project is to improve the quality of water in the trans-boundary river basins of the wider Black Sea region and Belarus. The specific objectives of this project are: • to improve availability and quality of data on the ecological, chemical, and hydro-morphological status of trans-boundary river basins including groundwater, and • to develop River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) for selected river basins/sub-river basins according to the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). According WFD States should aim to achieve the objective of at least good water status by defining and implementing the necessary measures within integrated programmes of measures, taking into account existing Community requirements. Where good water status already exists, it should be maintained. For groundwater, in addition to the requirements of good status, any significant and sustained upward trend in the concentration of any pollutant should be identified and reversed. River basin management plan is produced for each river basin district lying entirely within their territory. In the case of an international river basin district falling entirely within the Community, states shall ensure coordination with the aim of producing a single international river basin management plan. The key aim regarding the development of the RBMP for the Prut pilot sub-basin is to improve understanding of stakeholders on key elements of the WFD and river basin planning process and to integrate management of water resources (surface water and ground water) within the pilot basin district to achieve environmental objectives. In 2012 Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine approved the order on the Basic Plan on adaptation of environmental legislation of Ukraine to the European Union legal framework (Basic Plan approximation). In the Plan there is a list of respect EU legislations which are in accordance with the list of EU Directives of Annex XXIX Chapter 6 of Part V to the Association Agreement between Ukraine and EU, which was signed in July 2014 and ratified by Ukraine in October 2014. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (№ 847-p, September 17, 2014) on Action Plan for the implementation of the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, on the other hand, was adopted on 2014-2017 years period. According to this order MENR and other central executive authorities were to develop and submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine by 1st of November 2014 draft plans