EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia,...

EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan

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Regional Project

Beneficiary Countries: Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan

Managed from the project office in Tbilisi

Client: European Commission, DG EuropeAid

Consultant: EPTISA & Grontmij-CarlBro Consortium

Start: June 2008

Duration: extended until Dec 2011


Project purpose:

To help Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan to improve river water quality in the Kura River basin through transboundary cooperation and adoption of the river basin management approach

To improve capabilities of environmental authorities and monitoring establishments in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in water resources management in the Kura River basin


Project Partners:

Georgia: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources National Environment Agency

Armenia: Ministry of Nature Protection Water Resources Management Agency Environmental Impact Monitoring Centre

Azerbaijan Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources National Hydrometeorology Department Environmental Monitoring Department


Key Activities:

Pilot projects: Draft river basin management plans (RBMP) for 5 pilot river basins using EU Water Framework Directive methodology

Joint Transboundary River Monitoring Programme to harmonise sampling and analysis procedures

Proposals for improvements in the data structures and information flows to facilitate decision making

Training and technical guidelines - EU Study Tour for the beneficiaries’ staff from the project countries

Public awareness raising of the priority transboundary water issues in the Kura-Aras River basin


To help Project Partners to understand EU Water Framework Directive methodology the following key documents translated to Georgian, Armenian and Azeri, printed and delivered to the Beneficiaries

EU Water Framework Directive

EU Floods Directive

WFD Technical Guidance: Identification of Water Bodies

WFD Technical Guidance: Analysis of Pressures and Impacts

Introduction to Biological Monitoring of Water Quality


Pilot river basins:

basin characterization/pressure-impact analysis

identification “water bodies at risk”

setting environmental objectives

programme of measures


Pilot river basins: Alazani-Ganykh; Debed-Khrami; Aghstev; Ganjachai; Aragvi


Joint Transboundary River Monitoring

April, June, September, December 2009

Agreed common procedure and reporting format:

before sampling, sampling, after sampling Analysis: standard methods Inter-laboratory testing Review of existing practices and QA procedures:

questionnaires, visits to the labs Workshops glp guidance


Joint Transboundary River Monitoring

4th RBM Workshop

JMP in Kura River basin

Selected parameters

Temperature C Transparency Dissolved oxygen Oxygen saturation pH Salinity Conductivity Total suspended/Total dissolved solids BOD5 COD Ammonia nitrogen, ammonia Nitrate nitrogen, nitrates Phosphates

Copper Zink Iron Manganese Cadmium Nickel Led Molybdenum Petroleum products Arsenic Phenols


Overall Evaluation of three Sampling events

4th RBM Workshop

Questions 1st Average grading

2nd Average grading

3rd Average grading

1. Quality of the technical guidance notes prepared including instructions, sampling procedures and protocols

1 1 1

2. Usefulness of the letters of support and invitation letters to facilitate the border check through procedure

1.5 1.3 1.5

3. Usefulness and clarity of communications in the preparatory phase

1.25 1.3 1.5

4. Planning of the event 1.75 1.3 1 5. Performance of the sampling teams 1.5 1.6 1.5 6. Transport and mobility 2 1.3 1 7. Guidance and supervision from the project key experts

during the event 1.25 1 1

8. Preparedness of the equipment used in the field 2.5 1.6 2 9. Compliance with the agreed sampling procedure 2.25 1.6 1.75

10. Compliance with the safety rules 2 1 1.5 11. Demonstration of biological monitoring 1.75 12. OVERALL VALUE OF THE EVENT 1.75 1.3 1.25

Colour key: Green: very good Brown: good Red: some improvements are needed for better compliance with the agreed protocol (EU standard of good practice)

JMP in Kura River basinRiver water quality data – comparison of heavy metals (1)

There are differences in the concentrations of heavy metals between the countries and results from the National Reference Laboratory.

RPD= (NRL-country)*100

(NRL+country)/2

RPD for ZnARM-104%AZ-195%GE-17%

The lower value of

RPD means the more precise measurements.

4th RBM Workshop

As Cd Cu Ni PbZn

NRL- Debed /Ayrum/

ARMAZ

GE

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

concentrations in microg/l

Debed-Ayrum Heavy metals

NRL- Debed /Ayrum/

ARM

AZ

GE


River water quality data – comparison of heavy metals (2)

4th RBM Workshop

As Cd Cu NiPb

Zn

NRL - Khrami /Red Bridge/ARM

AZGE

0,0

5,0

10,0

15,0

20,0

25,0


Khrami - Red Bridge Heavy metalsNRL - Khrami /Red Bridge/

ARM

AZ

GE

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River water quality data – comparison of heavy metals (3)

RPD= (NRL-country)*100

(NRL+country)/2

RPD for CuARM-1,7%AZ-114%GE-92%

The lower value of RPD means the more precise

measurements.As Cd Cu Ni Pb Zn

NRL - Kura /Shykhly/

ARMAZ

GE

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18


Kura-Shykhly Heavy metals

NRL - Kura /Shykhly/

ARM

AZ

GE

Interlab testing

Preliminary comparison of the results from the 1st and the 2nd Inter-laboratory testing

4th Workshop

Performance of Laboratory

Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Inter-lab testing Inter-lab testing Inter-lab testing

Parameter

1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Ammonium Nitrate Orthophosphate Heavy metals

As NA NA Cd NA NA Cu Ni Pb ? ? Zn ?

Green: passed Red: failed NA – Not analysed


River water quality data from the 2nd and the 3rd Sampling (3)However, there is better situation with NO3 and PO4 and in the case of 3rd sampling the results are comparable.

4th RBM Workshop

1stSampling 2nd

Sampling 3rdSampling

Lab 1

Lab 2

Lab 3

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Kura-Kesalo NO3 in mg/l

Lab 1

Lab 2

Lab 3


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