Technical Exchange on River Basin Management Planning

13-14 February 2017, Hyderabad

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

Technical Exchange on River Basin Management Planning in IndiaHyderabad, 13-14 February 2017

Carlos BenítezWater Resources Department

Structure of data for River Basin Management PlanningThe Water Information System for EuropeDPSIR storyline and Integrated Water Resources ManagementSummary and recommendations

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

Source: Costantino et al., 2003 in Water a shared responsibility. The United Nations World Water Development Report 2

Data for RBMPThe DPSIR framework

Example Water Quantity:

Drivers: economic activities, demographic trends, climate change.Pressures: water abstraction, diversion for different usesStatus: water availability for human activity and for the ecosystemsImpacts: freshwater shortage, streamflow alteration – reduced fish habitat, depletion of aquifers, saltwater intrusionResponses: urban and territorial planning, increase of storage, water use efficiency, environmental flows, drought management planning

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

Source: Ecological Assessment of Swedish Water Bodies; development, harmonisation and integration of biological indicators Lindegarth M, et al, 2016

Data for RBMPThe RBM planning cycle

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

Data for RBMPAnalysis of Pressures

Guidance document nº3. Analysis of Pressures and Impacts

Describing the “driving forces”, especially land use patterns, urban development, industry, agriculture and other activities which lead to pressures, useful to indicate areas in which specific pressures are located.

Step 1

Step 2Identifying pressures with possible impacts on the water body and on water uses, by considering the magnitude of the pressures and the susceptibility of the water body (significance). Broad categorization into:• Point sources of pollution• Diffuse sources of pollution• Effects of modifying the flow regime through abstraction or regulation• Morphological alterations• Any other pressures must also be identified

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

Data for RBMPImpact Assessment

Assessing the impacts resulting from the pressure. Quantitative information needed:• the state of the water body from environmental monitoring data, water quality

statistics• the pressures acting, using information from step 2• estimated data from modelling tools

Step 3

Determining risks: evaluating the likelihood of failing to meet the objective1st RBMP cycle interim thresholds defined by expert judgement, and applicable

within ecoregions or smaller geographical units2nd RBMP cycle straightforward comparison of the state of WBs with threshold

values defining objectives and considering expected evolution

Step 4

Great scientific effort needed to establish reference conditions and objectives, particularly for biological elements!!

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

Inventory of the relevant pressures

Monitoring and assessment of status

Level of pressures

Level of impacts

::: Portal de CHEbro :::Action needed in the Programme of Measures!

Data for RBMPGeographic data and integrated assessment

Proactive implementation of the River Basin Management Cycle considering Key Water Management Issues, Governance and Conflictive Challenges

Data for RBMPReporting under the DPSIR framework

WFD Reporting Guidance 2016

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

http://water.europa.eu/

The Water Information System for Europe

http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/

http://water.jrc.ec.europa.eu/waterportalhttp://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/environment/water

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/index_en.htm

https://www.eionet.europa.eu/

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

Source: From Statistics To Policy. The development and application of environmental statistics and environmental accounts in the Netherlands. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 2016

The Water Information System for EuropeProducts of the WISE

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

The Water Information System for EuropeExample: Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

The Water Information System for EuropeExample: WEI +

IWRMP data needs to assess impacts and how to tackle and administer information shortcomings

DPSIR storyline and IWRMAssessing responses

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Summary and recommendations

Using the DPSIR scheme to frame the organization of data, foreshadowing the fulfilment of the information needs of the Integrated Water Resources Management

Improving the understanding of the impacts of human activity on aquatic ecosystems and the services they provide (interactions between the environment and the economy)

Coordinating efforts and facilitating the collaboration among stakeholders and competent authorities, as well as promoting transparency and public participation, permanent testing and improvement

Delivering appropriate data products for the different recipients of information: researchers, water users, policy makers, society

Working under common standards to ensure agreed utilization of concepts and comparability of indicators and results

Deploying the right combination of tools for taking full benefit from data, generating and evaluating foreseeable scenarios to select the best responses

The buildup of reporting systems at European level has taken place over more than two decades, requiring considerable resources (both at the European and national levels). It works when environmental legislation, monitoring programmes, planning and coordination is in place

Water accounting and drought management in the EU and in Spain

Julián Camarillo, 5328037 | Madrid | Spain

P +34 915 67 38 00 (ext 1014)C +34 639 30 20 75www.intecsa-inarsa.es

Thank you!

For further information or clarification: carlos.benitez@intecsa-inarsa.es