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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFDIMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFDAND THE RIVER BASINAND THE RIVER BASIN

MANAGEMENT PLAN OFMANAGEMENT PLAN OFCATALONIACATALONIA

Brussels, 5th of November 20106th EWA Annual Conference

Catalan Water AgencyLorenzo Paolo Galbiati – lgalbiati@gencat.cat

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EBRO BASINSSHARED RESPONSIBILITIESwith Spain (Ebro BasinAuthority)•Surface: 15,330 km2 (48%)•Municipalities: 312•Inhabitants: 0,7 M (8%)

INTERNAL BASINSACA has full RESPONSABILITIES•Surface: 16,600 Km2 (52%)•Municipalities: 634•Inhabitants: 6,7 M (92%)

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Urban UsesIndustrial UsesAgricultureRecreational Uses

1.138 hm3/year1.138 hm3/year

Urban UsesIndustrial UsesAgricultureRecreational Uses

1.827 hm3/year1.827 hm3/year

Description of the main consumptive uses

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Available resources Environmental Flow Average waterdemand

Description of the main consumptive uses

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Identification of the main problemsGW contamination - nitrates comingfrom agricultureL’Empordà.Osona.El Maresme. Camp deTarragona.Pla de Lleida

Invasive speciesCuenca del Muga y río Fluvià. Lagunas delos Aiguamolls de l’Empordà. Tramomedio del Ter y afluentes. Lago y acequiade Sils. Afluentes del Llobregat. Embalsesde Boadella, Sau, Susqueda, La Baells,Riba-roja y Flix. Lagos de Bañolas y Clotd’Espolla. Lagunas del Delta del Ebro. RíoEbro y afluentes del tramo bajo.

Limitation of the ecological flow dueto urban, industrial and irrigationusesRío Muga des de la presa deBoadella hasta el mar. Río Ter desdel Pasteral hasta el mar. Río Gaiàdes de la presa del Catllar hasta elmar.

Limitation of the ecological flow dueto hydropower plantsRío Fluvià. Alto Ter. Alto Llobregat yCardener. Alto Segre. Ríos NogueraPallaresa y Noguera Ribagorzana. RíoGarona. Baix Ter

Over-exploitations of GWAcuíferos desde tramos bajos del Muga, elFluvià y el Ter. Acuíferos del bajoLlobregat

Hydromorfological modification ofriverbeds, riparian areas and wetlansTramo bajo del Muga. Bajo Ter y Daró.Desembocadura del Tordera. RegiónMetropolitana de Barcelona. Tramo bajodel Francolí

Hydromorfological modificationof the costlineEl Port de la Selva. La Escala.Maresme y Barcelonés. Puertos deBarcelona y Tarragona. Costas delGarraf y Vilanova y la Geltrú. CostaDorada de Cubellas hasta Altafulla.

Accumulation of saline residuesExplotaciones salinas del Bages

Description of the WBs Status

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Actual Status

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Ríos Embalses Lagos Transición Costeras SubterráneasCumple Datos parciales No cumple

Description of the WBs StatusCategories Internal

BasinsEbro

Watershed Catalonia

Rivers 248 119(1) 367Reservoirs/Ponds 41 66 107

Transitional waters 25 15 40

Coastal waters 33 3 36

Groundwater 39 14 53Total 386 217 603

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http://acamap.gencat.cat/impress/Description of the WBs Status

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TOOLSRiver Basin Management Plan of

Catalonia� Programme of Measures� Monitoring Programme� Specific Plans

Proposals of theACA the Ebro

RBMP

River BasinManagement Plan of theInternal basins of CAT

Programme ofMeasures

- Measures to beimplemented in the internal

basins- Measures to be

implemented in the Catalanpart of the Ebro watershed

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� Achieve the GES in 67% (402 WBs) of the Water Bodies in theentire Catalonia and 55% (214 WBs) in the internal basins.

� Implementation of measures which will allow to reach the GES forthe remaining WBs for the 2021 and 2027.

� to ensure the supply of quality water, and to achieve environmental,economical and social sustainability.

RBMPObjective of the RBMP for the - 2015

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Objective 2015

GES 67% of WBs(55% infernal

basins)

RBMPObjective of the RBMP for the - 2015

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� To reduce vulnerability to extreme events such as waterscarcity and drought

� Allow the use of each water resources due to their qualityand quantity

� To ensure environmental flows� Sustainable use of the aquifers� Using locale water resources during crisis and

emergencies

General CriteriaRBMP

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The Programme of Measure

Programmeof Measure

Hydromorfological andbiological quality

Measures oriented toachieve good ecological

status for the physicalhabitat and for the biological

community associated toeach WBs

IrrigationUpgrade and optimization ofthe irrigation network in thewhole Catalonia.

Water qualityMeasures to maintain and

increase quality of water(sanitation and control of diffuse

contamination).

Water demand andresourcesMeasures oriented to ensurewater availability for actual andfuture demands.

Four main ambits

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Investments 915,9 M €Internal basins 833,4 M €Ebro watershed 82,4 M €

Hydromorfological and biological quality of WBs

44%

26%

12%6%

6% 5% 1%

Flood prevention

Recovery of riparian areas

Implementation EnvironmentalFlowsControl of invasive species

Increasing river connectivity

Recovery of wetlands andreservoirsIncreasing of coastline quality

The Programme of Measure

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Water quality

74%

8%7%

6% 5%Sanitation of urban and industrialwaste waterReduction of agri diffusecontaminationReduction of saline contamination

Reduction of priority substances

Protection and management ofaquifers

Investments 2.509,6 M €Internal basins 1.875,1 M €Ebro watershed 634,5 M €

EDAR’s

95% of the urbanwaste water arealready treated

The Programme of Measure

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Upgrade and optimization of irrigationInvestments 1.400,7 M €

Internal basins 84,0 M €Ebro watershed 1.316,7 M €

Descripció actuació

Modernització de la CR Molí de Pals (Marge Dret riu TER) (3000 Ha)Modernització de la CR Delta Ebre Marge Dret (13581 Ha)Modernització de la CR MUGA Marge Dret (1280 ha)Modernització de la CR Canal de Pinyana (13891 Ha)Modernització de la CR Canal d’Urgell (69912 Ha9Modernització de la CR Canal Aragó i Catalunya (38185 Ha)Modernització de la CR Tremp (4634 Ha)Modernització de la CR Ulldecona (1800 Ha)Modernització de la CR Alt Urgell “Canalet” (1401 Ha)Modernització de la CR Hortes de Torres de SEGRE (1152 Ha)

CostParàmetre

Descripció Valor Unit. Cost Inversió (€)Cabal estalviat 3,76 hm3/any 22.000.000Cabal estalviat 13,73 hm3/any 100.000.000Cabal estalviat 0,70 hm3/any 30.000.000Cabal estalviat 14,88 hm3/any 200.000.000Cabal estalviat 62,92 hm3/any 1.125.000.000Cabal estalviat 15,73 hm3/any 300.000.000Cabal estalviat 2,99 hm3/any 75.000.000Cabal estalviat 1,62 hm3/any 21.600.000Cabal estalviat 0,70 hm3/any 21.015.000Cabal estalviat 0,85 hm3/any 22.620.000

Potential water save:

Between 145 and 225hm3/year

The Programme of Measure

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Water demand and resources

Water availability willincrease of 389 hm3

year.

Investments 3.902,3 M €Internal basins 3.476,7 M €Ebro watershed 425,6 M €

90%

9% 1%

Ensure water supply

Regeneration of treated water

Increase of control and regulation190

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Water regenerationRecovery ofaquifersIncreasing of waterregulationIncreasing qualityof systemsIncreasing watertreatmentDesalination

(Cifras en hm3 anuales)

The Programme of Measure

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1.019356

1.644 5.540

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ACA + ATL Otros Dept. GeneralitatEntes locales Adm. Gral. EstadoUsuarios

Economic data of the Programme of Measures

Distribution of the investment budget amongthe four ambits (M Euros)

1.401 916 3.9022.510

Gestión de la demandaMejora de la calidadModernización de regadiosMejora calidad hidromorf. y biolog.

Distribution of investment budget betweenactors (M Euros)

The total planned investment for the period 2006-2015 is 8.728,5 M€for the entire Catalonia

(*)

(*) De los cuales ya se han ejecutado en el periodo 2006-2009, 1.882 M€ quedando por ejecutar 3.657,6 M€ entre 2010-2015

The Programme of Measure

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Costs generated by the implementation of the PoM in 2015 (M€)Total costs of the services in 2015 (2009) of water cycle: 2.165 M€ (1.684 M€)

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The Programme of Measure

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1,702,08 2,15 2,33 2,48 2,61 2,75 2,99

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Cost of water (per unit - €/m3)

Hipótesis: costes de explotación, personal y estructura, gastos financieros ydepreciación de activos a partir de 2009

RBMP

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Public ParticipationThe public participation process has been developed in parallel with the RBMP with the goal toenrich the plan and include the proposal coming from the process.The Basin Councils, which are been created, will coordinate and regulate the public participationduring next years.

Public administration (102)Industrial and business sector (102)Agriculture (69)Stakeholders, envir. and social associations, NGOs (78)Experts and academic (78)

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� 1.529 proposals� 13 different ambits, more than

2.300 participant.� 300 meetings� 4 thematic groups:

� Water safe and water supply.� Hydromorfological and biological quality.� Urban and industrial contamination and

sanitation.� agriculture and livestock contamination.

0100200300400500600700

Already included in the RBMP

In study

Rejected

Proposals transmitted to otheradministrations

Results of the process:

• 6 out of 12 proposals already included in the RBMP.• 3 out of 12 proposals to be studied and eventuallyimplemented.• 3 out of 12 proposals are not competencies of the wateradministrations.• 4 out of 100 proposals rejected.

Public Participation

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� Programme of Measures implementation – state of theart.

� Synergy with other sectors and policies

Where we are?Even though the RBMP has not been legally approved yet, theCatalan Water Agency is working on its implementationsince 2006 especially for what concerning BASIC measuresin compliance of previous directive (i.e. 97/272) and toensure water supply and availability. Moreover efforts toensure synergies with other policies have been done.

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Programme of Measures implementation – state of the artDistribution of the investment budget among

the four ambits (M Euros)

1561.260466

Gestión de la demandaMejora de la calidadModernización de regadiosMejora calidad hidromorf. y biolog.

The total investment made by the ACA for the period 2006 – 2009 is1882 M€ (out of 5540 planned until the 2015).

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1. The importance of the hot water for domestic uses ...

� Water saving and associated energy saving

2. Climate Change mitigation Plan of the Generalitat and the plannedmeasures in the water cycle

� The example of the Sustainable Plan for water saving and energyefficiency of Aigues Ter i Llobregat (ATL)

Synergy with other sectors and policies: water, energyand emission

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Energy consumption in water sector

ReutilitzacióSanejamenti depuració

Altres usosindustrials ide serveis

(nomésorientatiu,pendent

d'estimar valors)

Aiguacalenta

sanitària

Distribució

TractamentCaptació itransport

GESTIÓ DEL CICLEINTEGRAL DE

L’AIGUA (FREDA)

USOS DEL’AIGUA

The HWD in Catalonia consumesaround 19% of the energyconsumption for domestic uses,which represents 3% of the totalenergy consumption…thereforelooking at the global picture, HWDconsumes around six times respectsto the “cold” water cycle

In terms of Tons of CO2 emitted, the entire water cycle to manage “cold” water inCatalonia (abstraction and transport, potabilization, distribution, sanitation andregeneration), corresponds to 0,6 % of 60 MTons emitted in the whole region.In terms of consumption of energy (electricity only), the “cold” water cycle needsbetween 800 and 1.000 GWh years, which represents a bit more than 2% of thetotal consumption of Catalonia.

Hot Water for Domestic uses(HWD) :

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GWh anuals

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Desalinització Altres captacions i tractaments Distribució ACS Depuració Regeneració

Energy costs (Gwh) of “cold” water cycle services vs. HotWater for Domestic Uses.

Around 5.000 GWhfor the HWD vs.1.430 GWh for therest of services

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Evolucion of water demand and energy consumption - theimportance of a water saving strategy.

Uns 871 Hm3

respecte uns 710

Water saving observed in cataloniaduring recent years supose a total of500 GWh saved for the period 2003-10 in the “cold” water cycle and 400GWh for the HWD. These resultswould not have been possible with outa water saving strategy implementedin Catalonia.

Hm3 anuals distribuïts o facturats

500600700800900

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D'acord al Pla de Gestió Tendencial (sense mesures actuals i previstes)Revisió més recent i evolució més probable Evolució real

GWh anuals totals (sense ACS)

0250500750

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D'acord al Pla de Gestió Tendencial (sense mesures actuals i previstes)Revisió més recent i evolució més probable Evolució real

1.660 GWh/yearrespect to 1.354

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Climate Change Mitigation Plan of the Generalitat

Specific strategies in water issues:

�Constant upgrades of the energy eficience forthe sanitation precesses and for the WWTPsludge programme .�Programme of water saving and energyeficience of ATL�Collaboration between ICAEN to achive betterresults in energy saving for HWD.

http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/canviclimatic/...

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Programme of water saving and energy efficiency of ATL�Renewable energy plan: up to 41 GWh year starting in 2012

from photovoltaic panels, hydraulic micro turbines, biomass andwind energy.

� Programme of research and development for technology andenergy

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GESFER is a consortium composed by:Several authority of the Generalitat of Catalonia:� Agriculture, food and rural action department� Environmental department:� ACA (Catalan Water Agency)� ARC (Catalan Waste Agency)� Economic and financial department� Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN)Several farmer and agriculture sector associationsMission:To define a correct practices and control the organic matter and animalmatter that is being used as organic fertilizer in Catalonia. The main goalis to protect environmental quality and develop a sustainable agriculturein Catalonia.

Synergy with other sectors and policies: water andagriculture and farming

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IN THE URBAN REGULATION OF CATALONIA ARTICLE 6RECOGNIZE THE NORMATIVE CARÁCTER OF THE DELIMITATIONOF FLUVIAL AREA AND THE DEFINITION OF THE USES ALLOWED

IN THESE AREAS.

Synergy with other sectors and policies: urban regulationand flooding

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Delimitation

FLUVIALZONE

Objective and delimitation UsesPreservación de la calidad del agua y delos ecosistemas asociados al cauce. Se

delimita a partir de la Q10 y de la ribera mín.

Según la definición de la Ley deaguas. Es la delimitación de la zona

definida a partir del Q500.

Vía preferente de desagüe en avenida.Se delimita a partir del Q100.

FLOODINGZONE

HYDRAULICSYSTEM

Posible construcción yedificación concondiciones.

Delimitation

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Example of delimitation of fluvial space

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