Hrvatske vode

UWWT directive in Croatia – implementation and data availability

West Balkan Regional Workshop on UWWTD and SoE Emissions to Water

Skopje, 18 – 19 June 2013

Water sector responsibilities are shared among:

Croatian Parliament with the National Water Council

Government of Croatia - Ministry of Agriculture and

Hrvatske vode as the national agency for water management ADMINISTRATIVE STATE

ORGANIZATIONS

CROATIAN PARLIAMENT

GOVERNMENT

HRVATSKE VODE

NATIONAL WATER COUNCIL

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

STANDING COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMY

NATIONAL AGENCIES(owned by the Government,

public services)

MINISTRIES

Institutional framework for UWWTD:

• Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management Directorate - competent authority for managing water management system – responsible for the administrative supervision over the implementation of the Water Act as well as implementation of water utility directives

• Hrvatske vode (HV) - legal entity for water management, established under the Water act (its founding act)

• Public water utility companies - established by the units of local and regional self-government - responsible for water supply and collecting and treating of the waste waters

Other institutions involved:

• Croatian Environmental Agency (CEA) - responsible for reporting to EU and other institutions

• Central Buerau of Statistics (CBS) - national institution responsible for statistical reports, including reporting to Eurostat in cooperation with CEA

Data required by UWWTD:

• source of data I: water utility companies (quantities, effluent quality, discharge points etc.)

• source of data II: Hrvatske vode (sensitivity of receiving areas, GIS spatial data)• source of data III: Central Buerau of Statistics (general population data, tourism etc.)

• all data will be collected and processed by Hrvatske vode on a national scale• data base for collecting data directly from the source and preparing them for

reporting does not exist in entirely appropriate form; it is planned to be adapted according to the information necessary for the water management as well as EU reporting

• as a new EU member – upon receiving Q2013 on UWWTD it will be filled by Hrvatske vode and upload to CDR will be done by the Croatian Environmental Agency

Experience in UWWTD reporting:

- Croatia was not obliged to report any data concerning UWWTD (exception – statistical data reported by CBS, and some data delivered to ICPDR – PM Group)

- Hrvatske vode has never participated in any EU reporting exercise on this issue- Web Dem Tool was not used so far, but HV and CEA have received passwords for the use of Tool for possible filling of Q2013

Urban waste water - Data collection

Ordinance on waste water emission limit values (OG 87/10) puts an obligationto water utility companies to send to Hrvatske vode on a regular basis:(1) Data on the amount of discharged waste water

(2) Data on completed testing of quality of wastewater on discharge points

Hrvatske vode are required to verify the submitted data and process the data in the manner

required to report on the discharge of wastewater.

- data base containing submitted data is filled internally - data flow is not yet automated

through the Water information system (data are submitted to HV mostly as paper reports)

– plan is to develop web application with standardised entry forms to be filled directly by the

data source

Data exchange:

- HV has a central data base but without possibility for data exchange with other institutions

Urban waste water - Data collection

Availability of data for this workshop – according to questionairre sent by ETC:

Data block 1: Country information- available: number of inhabitants, municipalities, inhabitants connected to collecting system- not available: number of inhabitants connected to IAS

Data block 2: Municipalities

- Croatia have designated agglomerations, but data on municipalities could be available as well if needed

Data block 3: Agglomerations

- available: spatial data, data on generated load, and % of connected population

- not available: rate of generated load addressed through IAS, number of inhabitants without treatment

Data block 4: Industrial facilities

- E-PRTR is under the responsibility of Croatian Environmental Agency

Urban waste water - Data collection

Availability of data for this workshop – according to questionairre sent by ETC:

Data block 5: Waste water treatment plants / collecting systems- available: spatial data; type of WWTP and organic design capacity; type of treatment- not available: incoming load data (Croatia is not obliged to report on performance of WWTPs because of the transitional periods for implementation aggreed with EU)

Data block 6: Discharge points

- available: spatial data; sensitivity and type of recipient;

- not available: effluent load data (not reporting yet - transitional period for implementation)

Data block 7: Receiving areas

- available: spatial data; list of receiving areas

General note:

- data which are not available at this moment can be divided to two groups:

1. not recognized and not collected (eg. IAS related data), and

2. data which are not systematically collected and interpreted in central data base of HV and can not be filled to this questionerrie for now

Urban waste water - Data collection

Within the existing internal application of HV following data are collected:

Basic data about the collecting system (location, recipient of effluent, population, system manager),

Data about the settlements included in the collecting system (sewerage type, connected population),

Data about the existing and planned wastewater treatment plants and discharges,

Further development and improvement include GIS models of spatial information.

Spatial distribution of population and agglomerations in Croatia

4.285 million – total population (2011) 56.594 km2 – mainland surface 75.7 inh/km2 – average population density 6.756 settlements 634 inhabitants – average settlement size

SETTLEMENTS WITH LESS THAN 500INHABITANTS 82% of total number - 5.568 settlements 18% of total population

FOUR MAIN REGIONAL CENTRES:

Zagreb – 688.163 inhabitants Split – 167.121 inhabitants Rijeka – 128.384 inhabitants Osijek – 84.104 inhabitants- representing ~30% of total population (together with near-by smaller settlements)

Agglomerations – concept:- one agglomeration is served by one

collecting system, and by one WWTP;- total number - 763 agglomerations

of which 294 are > 2.000 PE

Sensitive areas

Legend - sensitivity: eutrophic area

drinking water abstraction nature protection catchment area of SA

normal area sea bathing area

Directive concerning urban wastewater treatment

SensitivityAgglomeration size (PE)

TOTAL

2,000-10,000 10,000-15,000 15,000-50,000 50,000-150,000 >150,000

Black Sea basin - sensitive area

Wastewater collection

Secondary treatment12 years -

31 Dec 2023

(126 agglomerations)

Wastewater collection More advanced

treatment9 years - 31 Dec 2020

(10 agglomerations)

Wastewater collectionMore advanced treatment

7 years - 31 Dec 2018

(29 agglomerations)

Wastewater collection

More advanced treatment7 years -

31 Dec 2018

(2 agglomerations)

167

Adriatic Sea basin - sensitive area (discharge on the mainland and in part of the sensitive sea)

Wastewater collection

Secondary / appropriate*

treatment12 years -

31 Dec 2023

(26 agglomerations)

Wastewater collectionMore advanced

treatment9 years - 31 Dec 2020

(5 agglomerations)

Wastewater collectionMore advanced treatment

7 years - 31 Dec 2018

(8 agglomerations)

Wastewater collection More advanced

treatment7 years -

31 Dec 2018

(0 agglomerations)

39

Adriatic Sea basin - area of the "normal sea"

Wastewater collection

Appropriate treatment12 years -

31 Dec 2023

(53 agglomerations)

Wastewater collection Secondary treatment

12 years - 31 Dec 2023

(16 agglomerations)

Wastewater collection Secondary treatment

7 years - 31 Dec 20189 years - 31 Dec 2020

**

(2 agglomerations)(11 agglomerations**)

Wastewater collection Secondary treatment7 years -

31 Dec 2018

(4 agglomerations)

Wastewater collection Secondary treatment

7 years - 31 Dec 2018

(2 agglomerations)

88

* - Coastal areas** - Coastal agglomerations with tourism having a significant share in overall load (>30%) 294

Implementation deadlines

Deadlines for implementation No. Of Agglomerations

31.12. 2018. 47

(All above 15.000 PE)

31.12. 2020.26

(mainly 10.000 – 15.000 PE)

31.12. 2023.221

(mainly 2.000 – 10.000 PE)

Full implementation deadlines - UWWTD

Agglomerations > 2.000 PE – around 93% of the estimated maximum load – representing 80% of population which should be connected to the sewarage system

Cost for the implementation in all 294 agglomerations is estimated aroundEUR 3.2 bil.

Thank you!