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FITA premission seminarCROATIA

Brussels, 25 November 2011

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WATROPEC: before the start

• 26 – 28 March 2008:

FITA (Flanders International Technical Agency) mission

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WATROPEC: before the start

• 26 – 28 March 2008:

FITA (Flanders International Technical Agency) mission

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WATROPEC: Project framework

• Bi-lateral agreement Croatia – Flanders

• Co-operation program Flanders and Croatia (2008-2010)

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WATROPEC: before the start• May 2008:

follow-up visit Croatian Water• July – August 2008

local beneficiaries?• January 2009

Belgian Embassy proposed new potential partners … EcoTech local beneficiaries

• 5 March 2009Project proposal introduced to the

Flanders/Belgian government• 26 June 2009

Minister Environment, Nature and Energy signed

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WATROPEC: Project paperwork

• Total budget: 222 k EUR• Financial support Flanders

• Flanders Government: 140 k EUR• Promotors: 47 k EUR

• Financial support Partners• Minimum 15%• In kind confirmation letters

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WATROPEC: the project in general• Financed by the Flanders region,

Environment, Nature and Energy Department.

• Water Treatment Optimization with Ecological Criteria (WATROPEC).

• Started 16 July 2009, 18/24 months• total budget is 221.679,- €

140.172,- € is contributed by the Flemish Government. • In the middle of the EU pre accession

(Urban Water Directive, Water Framework Directive...).• Case studies and training …

transfer of know-how, experiencesNot what to do, not how to do ...

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Croatian partners for dissimination

- CROATIAN WATER

- CROATIAN WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SOCIETY (HDZV)

- University of Split (Prof. Roko Andričević)

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WATROPEC: issue descriptionWATROPEC: issue description

• Water Framework Directive• water management at the level of a river

basin• the surface waters should obtain a good

ecological quality

• Wastewater treatment installations will reduce the pollution• Efficiency - Evaluation

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Schematic overview of the integral system under study

Biodiversity

Sensitivity

Biological Assessment

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WATROPEC: Project planning WATROPEC: Project planning (original)(original)

= what has changed

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WATROPEC: Project phases

• Phase 1: inception.• Phase 2: data collection

– Opaija (see comment)

– Varazdin

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Aquatic Ecology

Monitoring Campaign

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Biological measurements: Biological measurements: hand net sampleshand net samples

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28 Sampling locations28 Sampling locations

Aquatic Ecology

Perimetrical channels

Drainage channel

Drava river

Dubrava LakeCakovec lake17

16

1514

2

1

3

A1 A2 A3 A4 A54 5

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5

718

6 8 10

9

11

12

13

Hydro-power Plant

Small channel

Small channel

Big channel

WWTP

Small channel

Small channel

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Sorting macroinvertebratesSorting macroinvertebrates Aquatic Ecology

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Biological assessmentBiological assessmentIdentification and counting of macroinvertebrates

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Field Protocols Field Protocols Aquatic Ecology

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Technical information sheets Technical information sheets

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Biological assessmentBiological water quality map for the monitoring

1614

17

15

1154

12137

21

3

6

119 10

867

18

Donja Dubrava lakeCakovec lake

Cakovec lakeA1

4

B2B4

B3B1

A25

A3A5

A4

B53

7

18

Site Description Site Description

S.L. 1. Drava river before junction with channel S.L. 15. End of Donja Dubrava lakeS.L. 2. Channel before junction with Drava river S.L. 16. Channel after Donja Dubrava lake S.L. 3. Beginning of the Cakovec lake S.L. 17. Drava river after Donja Dubrava lake S.L. 4. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (righ side), just before MWWTP discharge S.L. 18. End of small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (left side) S.L. 5. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (righ side), just after MWWTP discharge S.L. A-1. Beginning of small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (righ side)S.L. 6. Drava river after Cakovec lake S.L. A-2. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (righ side) before 1st overflow of MWWTP S.L. 7. End of Cakovec lake S.L. A-3. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (righ side) after 1st overflow of MWWTP S.L. 8. Drava river before junction with channel that transports the discharge of MWWTP S.L. A-4. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (righ side) 0.65 Km before MWWTP dischargeS.L. 9. End of small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake that transports the discharge of MWWTP S.L. A-5. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (righ side), 1.5 Km after MWWTP dischargeS.L. 10. Drava river just after the junction with channel that transports the discharge of MWWTP S.L. B-1. Beginning of small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (left side)S.L. 11. Drava river dowstream the junction with channel that transports the discharge of MWWTP S.L. B-2. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (left side) 0.8 Km after Sampling point B-1S.L. 12. Channel located between Cakovec and Donja Dubrava lakes S.L. B-3. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (left side) 1.8 Km after Sampling point B-1S.L. 13. Drava river before junction with the channel located between 2 lakes S.L. B-4. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (left side) 4.05 Km after Sampling point B-1S.L. 14. Beginning of the Donja Dubrava lake S.L. B-5. Small parallel channel to the Cakovec lake (left side) 4.11 Km after Sampling point B-1

Description of Sampling Locations at the Drava river, Croatia

ClassMMIF Score

Evaluation of quality

Colour code

I 0.9-1.0 High Blue

II 0.7-0.9 Good Green

III 0.5-0.7 Moderate Yellow

IV 0.3-0.5 Poor Orange

V 0.0-0.3 Bad Red

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• Very good cooperation• Model prediction improves the quality of

the decisions.• Studies without the integrated modelling

approach can not give this information (results).

• This results can be directly used to achieve the goals of the European Water Framework Directive.

• … the basis for further cooperation and projects was laid down

WATROPEC: project conclusions

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• … the basis for further cooperation and projects was laid down for … new projects• Meeting needs of Tourism Industry

(Istria, Kvarner Bay/Opatija ... And many other sites)

• Optimize costs of WWTP• Energy use / electricity• sludge production and quality (stabilization) related

to better means of sludge management like biogas plants, production

Futher cooperation

Not what to do, not how to do ...

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