Geen diatitel

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• The UN ECE
• Groundwater Pilot Projects
• - objectives
• - criteria for selection
• pilot project approach
• Pavol Caucík, Slovak Hydrometeorological
  Ins.
• pavol.caucik_at_shmu.sk

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• Objectives
• - to demonstrate application and to illustrate
  from experiences the process and difficulties of
  implementation
• to assist countries in implementation
• to help in building of a joint monitoring and
  assessment of transboundary waters
• - to identify gaps and incompleteness and to
  propose improvements

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Criteria for selection (1) - groundwater body
of a manageable size - existence of groundwater
problems - monitoring network should exist -
participation of 2 or 3 countries - existing
(i.e. signed or ratified) bilateral or multi
lateral agreements, joint body
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Criteria for selection (2) - willingness of
countries to implement the guidelines - workload
should be reasonable - workload has to be borne
by riparian countries with financial/scientific
support by possible donor organisations
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• Pilot project approach
• analysis phase
• b. execution phase

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• Pilot project approach
• a. analysis phase
• - arrangement of agreements between countries
  Memorandum of Understanding
• - general description of the area
• - project organisation
• report 1 Project programme document
• (inception report)

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b. execution phase - results of the inventory,
including all available information which is
relevant for the management of the transboundary
groundwater basin (review and summary of existing
water quality and quantity data) - specified
information needs for the transboundary
groundwater basin - results of evaluation of the
existing legislation and regulations
report 2 Identification and review of
water management issues
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b. execution phase - results of the surveys of
hot spots and key locations - recommended
monitoring strategies - recommendations for
improvement of current practices of monitoring
and assessment - a cost estimate of the proposed
improvements (investments as well as operation
and maintenance costs) report 3
Recommendations for improvement
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The UN/ECE Groundwater Pilot Projects - Bug
Pilot Project- Aggtelek Slovak Karst Aquifer
Pilot Project
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• Bug Groundwater Pilot (as follow-up of River
  Pilot
• Bug river pilot project ends with the publication
  of 3rd report Recommendations for improvement in
  2004.
• Bug river basin
• Poland (49), Ukraine (28), Belarus (23)
• Border length PL/UA - 195 km, PL/BY - 175 km
• Mean discharge 157 m3/s
• Population in the river basin 3 785 000
  inhabitants
• Population density (inh/km2) Ukraine 182,
  Poland 63, Belarus 60

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The UN/ECE Groundwater Pilot Project on Aggtelek
- Slovak Karst Aquifer Pilot Project
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Location of Pilot Project Area
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• Stakeholders involved
• Public organizations Ministry of Environment
  and Water Hungary, Ministry of Environment
  Slovak Republic, Hungarian National and District
  Water Authorities, Eastern Slovakia Water Works,
  Hungarian District Environment Inspectorate,
  National Parks Slovensky Kras and Aggtelek
• Scientific and research organizations
  Geological Surveys of Hungary and Slovakia, Water
  Resources Center VITUKI (Hungary), Slovak
  Hydrometeorological Ins.
• - International organizations UN ECE Working
  Group on Monitoring and Assessment Core Group
  on Groundwater

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Inception Report
1. Objectives 2. Memorandum of Understanding
3. Establishment of project organization 4.
Delineation of Pilot Area 5. General
description 6. Function and Uses
7. Monitoring practices 8. Institutional
background 9. International co-
operation 10. Work Plan, Time Schedule,
Responsibilities 11. Funding 12. Annexes
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Objectives

• Introduction of Guidelines on monitoring and
  assessment of transboundary groundwaters, testing
  the Guidelines
• Creation of joint groundwater monitoring and
  assessment between Slovak Republic and Hungary
• Pilot area characterisation as groundwater body
  according to the Water Framework Directive of EU
• Vulnerability mapping of the Aggtelek-Slovenský
  kras area applying the European Method
  elaborated by the EU COST 620 Action

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Project Organizational Structure
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General Description of the Area

• Most part of the area is built by series of
  plateaux max. altitude ranges 400900 m.
• Summit of Pleivecká Plateau reaches 851 m,
  Silica Plateau 679 m.
• The highest elevation - Pipítka (1225m)
• The lowest point 150 m above see level is in the
  Valley of the Bodva River
• Caves Baradla/Domica (longest 22 km),
• Jasov/Jászó, Gombasek/Gombaszok, Béke, deepest
  are 236 m Vecsembukk, 203 m Kunia

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Delineation of Pilot Project Area
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International co-operation
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Pleivecká Planina Plateau
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