Implementation WFD in Catchment Area River Ems Eems

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Implementation WFD in Catchment Area River Ems
(Eems)

• German-Dutch Cooperation

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A New Directive, A New Structure

• WFD Cooperation on Level of Catchment Area
• International Ems/Eems Need for New Organisation
  Dutch German
• Based Upon Organisational Structure for the Rhine
• Involved Lower Saxony, Northern-Westphalia and
  the Netherlands

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Catchment Area River Ems/Eems
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Organizational Structure
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Governments involved

• German Federal Environmental Ministry
• Environmental Ministries of Lower Saxony and
  Northern-Westphalia
• Staatliches Umweltamt Münster
• Bezirksregierung Weser-Ems
• Dutch Ministry of Nature Protection
• Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and
  Water management
• Project leader Nedereems (Provinz Groningen)

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Working Procedure for Ems Catchment Area

• Focus on Mainstream of the Ems
• Compare National Methods for Topics Regarding WFD
• Summarize Reports from Working Areas (begin
  February 2004)
• 23General Description International Report
  for EC
• Deadline First Draft 28 June 2004
• For Ems-estuary more than to compare, also
  define same methods

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Example of WFD Topic Heavily Modified
Waterbodies (HMW)

• Compare Methods of Pointing HMW
• Germany Extensive Method Based on Structure of
  Surface waters
• Method and Data already exist
• Netherlands First Attempt to Quantify
  Hydro-Morphological Significant Changes
• Data Expert Judgment
• Germany More Natural than HMW
• Netherlands Only HMW with some Exceptions

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Conclusions

• WFD-Goal Regarding Catchments Area Successful
• Period Till 2005 Useful for Mutual Understanding
• From 2005 till 2009/2015 lots of Water through
  the Ems will be needed