DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR WATER MANAGEMENT MONITORING AND WIS DEPARTMENT

1. DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR WATER MANAGEMENT MONITORING AND WIS DEPARTMENT EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ March 2014

2. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT Tobuild legal andinstitutionalcapacity in Turkeyfortheimplementation of therequirements of Article 8, Annex 5 of WFD whichrelatetomonitoring, andtoestablish an infrastructureforsettingup a NationalMonitoring Network.

3. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ • Theprojectconsists of threecomponents; Twinning, Technical Assistance andSupply Tender. • Total budget : 4.000.000 € • TA : 1.000.000 € • Supply tender : 1.000.000 € • Twinning : 2.000.000 €

4. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ The kick-off meeting of the EU Twinning Project “Capacity Building on Water Quality Monitoring” was held on 8th September 2011 under the auspices of Prof. Dr.VeyselEroğlu, the Ministerof the Forestry and Water Affairs.

5. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ The ClosingEventof the EU Twinning Project “Capacity Building on Water Quality Monitoring” was held on 7thMarch 2014under the auspices of Prof. Dr.VeyselEroğlu, the minister of the Forestry and Water Affairs.

6. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ • WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE TWINNING PROJECT; • It is aimed to draft monitoring programmes for 6 pilot river basins (Büyük Menderes, Sakarya, Susurluk, MeriçErgene, Akarçay and Konya Closed Basins), National Monitoring Implementation Plan and Monitoring Guidelines, and • To strengthen the capacity of the relevant institutions and their staff concerning the monitoring requirements of WFD.

7. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’

8. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Component 1: InstitutionalAnalysis 1.1 Gap analysis on institutional aspects 1.2 Review of options and recommendations 1.4 Study visit to France 1.3 Final draft national plan to implement the WFD monitoring requirements in Turkey

9. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Component 2: Capacity building and Pilot River Basins 2.1 Art 5. Characterisation-pressures-risk 2.2Analysis of current situation 2.3 Training on the design of monitoring networks 2.4 Design of monitoring networks for pilotbasins 2.5 Training on biological, chemical and hydro-morphological quality elements, EQSs and EQRs 2.7 Study visit to Spain 2.6 Improvement of risk assessments, EQSs and EQRs and status classification

10. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Component 3: Guidelines, MonitoringProgrammesand Recommendations 3.1 Overall detailed monitoring program for pilot river basins 3.2 Study visit to the Netherlands 3.3 Detailed guidelines and manuals on biological, physico-chemical and hydro-morphological monitoring

11. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ National Guidelines on Guidelines on 6 Pilot Basin Monitoring monitoring monitoring Monitoring Implementation programmes Plan Recommendations Technical methodologies Actual monitoring and tools: and main options: programmes: • Organisation • Definition of networks Water bodies delineation • • Financing • Chemical monitoring and risk assessment • Implementation • Biological monitoring • Selection of the schedule • Hydromorphological monitoring locations, monitoring • Necessary parameters • Status assessment • Frequency of monitoring Main Twinning Products

12. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Component 1 • Legal and institutional analysis • A gap analysis • Scenarios Mandatory result: National Turkish Monitoring Implementation Plan

13. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ In order to implement a WFD- compliant monitoring system in an optimalway in Turkey,a National Monitoring Implementation Plan has been drafted which presents the scenarios and the implementationschedule.

14. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ National Monitoring Implementation Plan • Organisation • Cost of Monitoring • Implementation Schedule

15. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Organisation

16. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Situation according to Scenario 1A: 16

17. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Situation according to Scenario 1B: 17

18. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Situation according to Scenario 2: 18

19. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Situation according to Scenario 3: 19

20. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Cost of Monitoring

21. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Implementation of Actions

22. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Organisation - Actions

23. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Scaling-up to all basins - Actions

24. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Laboratories, Facilities - Actions

25. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Legislation - Actions Permanent actions

26. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Component 2: Capacity Building and Pilot River Basins

27. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ • Within the scope of the project, in 6 pilot river basins • 496 river water bodies, • 163 lake water bodies, • 7 transitional water bodies • 15 coastal water bodies have been identified.

28. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ • 39 river types, • 15 lake types, • 6 transitional water types, • 8 coastal water types have been identified.

29. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ 6 HAVZADA BELİRLENEN SU KÜTLELERİ VE TİPOLOJİLER

30. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ • The surveillance, operational, reference and protected area monitoring points, parameters to be monitored from these points and the frequencies have been identified in line with the WFD requirements.

31. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Field Training locations Kocasu and Kalburt river Poyrazlar lake Buyuk Menderes coastal and transitional waters

32. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Important steps have been taken regarding thebiological and hydro-morphological monitoring where Turkey has the most lacking aspects in terms of implementing the Directive. 32

33. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Within the scope of the project, on-site trainings have been delivered on biological, chemical and hydro-morphological monitoring in line with WFD. 33

34. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Several laboratory sessionshave been organizedin terms of monitoring biological quality elements and some chemical parameters. 34

35. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ During the project; Three technical study visits to the Netherlands, Spain and France and a high level study visit to the Netherlands have been organized. 35

36. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Component 3: Guidelines and Monitoring Programmes

37. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Drafting 6 River Basin Programs

38. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ 6 River Basin Monitoring Plans • Reference Monitoring • Surveillance Monitoring • Operational Monitoring • Investigative Monitoring • Protected Area Monitoring

39. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’

40. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Drafting Guidelines

41. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Guidelines • WFD Monitoring • Delineation of Water Bodies • Typology • Biological Monitoring • Chemical Monitoring • Hydro-morphological Monitoring • Status Assessment

42. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ Outputs … FROM: DSI DG Water Management DG Nature Conservation and National Parks 1 55 Member State Experts Six Monitoring Programmes 302 Participants … Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation Ministry of Food and Agriculture 2 Training on monitoring: sampling, analysis and status classification 561 Expert Days … and about 110 attended five times or more Some Statistics Universities Tubitak WWF 3 National Monitoring Implementation Plan and Guidelines

43. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ How can the outcome be used in the future? • The knowledge and experience is there • A roadmap has been defined … • … some of these actions already started • … another 19 river basins to go

44. EU TWINNING PROJECT ‘CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING’ THANK YOU Hümeyra BAHÇECİ hbahceci@ormansu.gov.tr 44