Multi-parametric water quality monitoring approach according to the WFD application in Evros trans-boundary river basin: priority pollutants

The aim of this paper is to elaborate strategies, methodologies and techniques for integrated water resource management within the philosophy of the EC Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) for the trans-boundary river basin of Evros which is shared by two EU (Greece, Bulgaria) and an EU-candidate country (Turkey). With the recent comer EU Member States the number of trans-boundary rivers has increased, therefore, management scheme development for trans-boundary rivers gained more importance to implement WFD 2000/60/EC. Development of a sustainable integrated water management (IRWM) scheme is needed by utilizing the multidisciplinary information resulting from the research activities in the similar EU river basins (e.g. the Ebro, Spain), development of a sustainable integrated water management (IRWM) scheme is needed. The IRWM should incorporate quantity and quality aspects, river modelling by taking into account natural disasters of floods and

The success towards WFD implementation will highly depend on the ability of the Member States to design and develop sustainable integrated water management schemes at river basin scale, to provide and evaluate reliable monitoring data for the components of water, sediment and biota, through establishment of optimized Table 3 Legislations–regulations–directives to be targeted by the IRBM for the Evros River Name Water Soil Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EEC), Article 16 (6–8) is amended by 2006/0129 (COD) Common Agricultural Policy (1257/99/EC, chapter on agri-environment) Drinking Water Directive (80/77/EEC) and its revision (98/83/EC) Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC) Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) (amendment by 98/15/EC) Groundwater Directive (80/68/EEC) Discharges of Dangerous Substances Directive (76/464/EEC) Bathing Water Directive (Council Directive 76/160/EEC) Surface Water For Drinking water Abstraction (75/440/EEC), amended by 79/869/EEC and Art. 3 of 91//692/EEC) Shell Fish Directive (79/923/EEC), amended by 1985 Act of accession and Art. 16 amended by Art. 2(1) of 91/692/EEC Methods of measurement/sampling/analysis of surface drinking water (79/869 EEC) Freshwater Fish Directive (78/659/EEC) Waste Directive (75/442/EEC) Water Pollution Control Legislation of Turkey (2004/25687) Aquatic Products Regulation in Turkey (it covers the tolerance limits of some pesticides in water) Water Intended to Human Consumption Regulation in Turkey (2005/25730) Quality of the Surface Water Intended for the Abstraction of Drinking Water Regulation in Turkey (75/440/AB) Protection of Waters Against Nitrate Pollution from Agricultural Sources Regulation in Turkey (2004/25377) Urban Wastewater Management Legislation in Turkey (2006/26047) Fisheries Regulation in Turkey (1995/22223) Bathing Water Directive in Turkey (76/10/AB) Control of Pollution by Dangerous Substances in Water and Its Environment Regulation in Turkey (2005/26005) All Instructions cited for Bulgaria herewithin the literature X X X X X X X X X X X sampling networks and application of validated analytical methods. This is particularly important in the case of river basins shared by different countries. Development of a sustainable integrated water management scheme without conflicts among the sharing countries that incorporates quantity and quality aspects, river modelling taking into account natural disasters of floods and droughts, monitoring of physico-chemical and biological parameters as well as priority substances of the WFD 2000/60/EC by utilizing the multi-disciplinary X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X information resulting from the research activities in the similar EU river basins (e.g. the Ebro, Spain) is necessary for the Evros River which is shared by Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. Therefore, scientific efforts to provide key data for setting/improving environmental quality standards (EQS) for priority/other substances and contribute to the future establishment of EQS of emerging contaminants in sediment and biota should be the main targets for an IRBM for the Evros which is being used for drinking water and irrigation.