Ministry of Environment and Water Management

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Ministry of Environment and Water Management in
Romania
Ana Lucia VARGA Minister of WATER Ministry Of
Environment and Water Management No.12,
Libertatii Bdv., Sector 4, Bucharest,
ROMANIA Tel./Fax [phone] varga_at_mappm.ro
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MEWM PRESENTATION
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• In March 2004, the Ministry of Environment and
  Water Management was created (though the
  governmental institution for environmental
  protection has been first established in 1990).
• The Ministry of Environment and Water Management
  draws up the national strategy and policies in
  water resources management and environment
  protection.

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Organization
MINISTER
ENVIRONMENT
WATERS
EU INTEGRATION
AN Apele Romane
AN Meteo
11 D.A.
INHGA
6 RMC
National Environmental Agency
56 SGA
66 MS
82 SH
Romanian Environment Guard
I.R.C.M.
I.C.I.M.
I.C.P.D.D.
A.F.M.
A.R.B.D.D.
42 Local Agencies
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Environment in Romania

• Nature and bio-diversity protection and
  conservation
• Natural and accidental disasters mitigation and
  defense
• Natural resources preservation and sustainability
• Best agricultural practices application in rural
  development
• Implementation and enforcement of international
  environmental legislation
• Institutional decentralization and proper
  capacities development
• Harmonization with the EU Aquis Communautaire
• Environmental rehabilitation of affected areas
• Wastes integrated management
• Setting up and ruling of the Environmental Fund
  and of its economic incentives
• Public environmental information, involvement and
  participation
• Human resources education, training and
  capabilities development
• International cooperation strengthening, and
  building of environmental partnerships

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WATER MANAGEMENT IN ROMANIA

• PRINCIPLES
• - water is a finite and vulnerable resource
• - water management organized in each river
  basin
• - integrate management for quality and
  quantity
• - river basin solidarity
• - polluter pays
• - water create a economic value
• POLITICS
• - administration knowledge conservation
  rational using of water resources
• - rehability and development of Water Management
  National System
• - financial implement the new economic
  mechanism
• - institutional gtimplement the new structure
  of
• Romanian Waters
  National Administration
• - implement of European Union Directives
• - participation Basin Committee

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The specific functions of the Ministry include

• strategic planning, including the drawing up of
  national water management and development
  programmes
• preparing legislation and national policy
• allocating and managing national budget resources
  for water management and infrastructure
  development
• setting standards for controlling and monitoring
  water resources and water dams and set compliance
  with them
• preparing the administrative process for the
  regulated use of water resources through a
  licence and permit system
• coordinates the accomplishment of the Danube
  Management Plan on Romanian territory
• international cooperation and cooperation on
  trans-boundary water bodies.

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Water Resources
97.8 of the Romanian surface are included in
the Danube River Basin 30 of the Danube River
Basin is in Romania
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ROMANIAN WATERS NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION WATER
DIRECTORATES
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP

• Agreements with the neighbor countries for the
  qualitative an quantitative water management,
  flood fighting, protection against pollution.
• Member in international water organizations
  (ICOLD, DANUBE COMMITTEE, IPCDR, etc)

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STAGE OF IMPLEMENTING EU WFD - 2005

• ELABORATION AND APPROVAL OF
• - ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN ROMANIA OF
  W.F.D.
• - WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR RIVER BASINS
• -CREATION OF W.F.D. IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEES IN
  EACH RIVER BASIN
• EMPLOYERS TRAINING IN GIS ORGANIZED WITH FRENCH,
  DUTCH, AMERICAN SPECIALISTS
• ELABORATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROCEDURES
• - THE METHODOLOGY FOR DELIMITATION AND
  CHARACTERIZATION OF WATER BODY
• - SEDIMENTS MONITORING PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIAS
  FOR ESTABLISHMENT MONITORING SECTION - PROPOSAL
  FOR MONITORING NETWORK.

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Water Framework Directive

• Point pollution sources
• Diffuse pollution sources
• Modification of Flow Regime
• Morphological changes

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WFD Modeling

• Catchment Models
• River Models

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Assessment Methodologies

• Balance Method
• Additive Approach
• Modelling Approach

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Catchment Models

• Hydrology
• Meteorology
• Runoff
• Water Quality
• Erosion
• Ecology
• Economics
• Social factors

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Catchment Model Availability
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FIELD ACTIVITIES

• RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
• WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
• ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL SYSTEM HYDROTECHNICAL
  WORKS
• WATER PROTECTION AGAINST POLLUTION AND OVER-USE
• FLOOD CONTROL MANAGEMENT
• COORDINATION OF NATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN WATER
  RESOURCES FIELD
• TURNING TO ACCOUNT OF WATER RESOURCES
• APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL WATER AGREEMENTS