EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Pilot river basins:
basin characterization/pressure-impact analysis
identification “water bodies at risk”
setting environmental objectives
programme of measures
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Pilot river basins: Alazani-Ganykh; Debed-Khrami; Aghstev; Ganjachai; Aragvi
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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
JMP in Kura River basin
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
JMP in Kura River basin
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
concentrations in microg/l
Khrami - Red Bridge Heavy metalsNRL - Khrami /Red Bridge/
ARM
AZ
GE
4th RBM Workshop
JMP in Kura River basin
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
concentrations in microg/l
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
JMP in Kura River basin
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
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
EU Project: Trans-Boundary River Management Phase II for the Kura River basin – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
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