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Implementation of the WFD in Latvia

TwinBasin Summit Rochehaut, 16-20.04.2007.

Marina Castnikova & Kristina FedorovicaRiver Basin Management Department

LEGMA, Latvia

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Institutional settingInstitutional setting

• Legislation– The Law on Water Management

• Basic principles and requirements of the WFD

– Several submitted rules

• Competent authorities– Ministry of Environment

• Supervision & development of relevant legislation

– Environment State Inspectorate• Control of the implementation of PoM

– LEGMA (Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency)

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LEGMA responsibilities

• Monitoring programmes– Development, implementation & coordination

• RBMP & Programme of measures– Development & update– Proposals concerning financial resources– Coordination of the implementation

• Public participation– Ensure public participation– Arrange the work of the Advisory Boards

• Co-operation with Competent Authorities in other states

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River Basin DistrictsAll the districts are international

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Water bodies

• Surface water bodies (476)262 Lakes207 Rivers1 Transitional 6 Coastal

• Groundwater bodies16 WB

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Reports

• Article 3 Report (22.06.2004.)– Administrative issues

http://www.lva.gov.lv/zinojumi/wfd2004_eng/

• Article 5 Report (22.03.2005.)• Characterisation of the RBD

• IMPRESS analysis

• Economic analysis

http://www.lva.gov.lv/zinojumi/wfd2005_lv/

• Report on Monitoring (22.03.2007.)

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Perfomance indicator (%) in memmber states regarding environment figures and economic analysis - WFD Article 5, based on Reports of memmber states* COM (2007) 128 final edition

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Experience from projects • Daugava project (Sweden, 2000-2003)

– Draft river basin management plan and programme of measures for the Daugava RBD

• SENTER project (Netherlands, 2003-2004)– Economic analysis (Article 5)

• ECOLAS project (Belgium, 2004-2005)– Methodology for Cost-effectiveness analysis

• SALACA project (England, 2005-2006)– Development of the management plan for Salaca

River subbasin• SYKE project (Finland,2006-2007)

– Programme of measures for the Ludza River subbasin

• ELLE project (Latvian experts)– Identification and designation of HMWB

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Current activities

• Revision of the WB delineation – Borders– HMWB

• Elaboration of the RBMP– At the subbasin scale– Improvement of the work done

• Characterization• IMPRESS analysis• Risk assessment• Economic analysis

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Current activities

• Testing of the CEA-tool in the Ludza River Subbasin– Programme of measures

• Participation in the EncoBalt project (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia)– Assessment of the environment and

resource costs– Testing of the Contingent Valuation Method

(WTP) as the case study on the subbasin scale

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Current activities

• Public participation– Advisory Boards for each RBD

• Structure– 6 representatives from Ministries– 6 representatives from Development Boards of

Planning regions – 6 NGO representatives

• Review drafts of RBMP and relevant documents, provides recommendations

– Informing and consulting of public• Local seminars• Via Internet

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Main problems• Gaps in information

– Not always available on appropriate scale– Not always suitable for GIS modeling– Some information is not collected

• Cooperation with neighbors that are not the EU members (Russia, Byelorussia)– Are not interested in cooperation

• Intercalibration with neighbors that are EU members (Lithuania, Estonia)– Harmonization of WB borders, typology of waters,

classification of water quality is still not finished• Cooperation between institutions• Capacity and resources

– e.g. Monitoring

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