Pollutant Emissions to Water E-PRTR Reporting requirements Thematic Eionet Workshop 11 September 2008.

Pollutant Emissions to Water

E-PRTR Reporting requirements

Thematic Eionet Workshop 11 September 2008

Content of the presentation

Reporting obligations of the register

PRTR Reporting cycle vs other legal obligation

Focus on:

Point sources

Diffuse sources

Off-site transfers

Data access and Confidentiality

Further streamlining opportunities

What is EPER/European PRTR? An on-line register with data on Industrial

Releases

From EPER to E-PRTREuropean Pollutant Emission Register,

based on IPPC Directive

12,000 facilities

Triennial data (2001 and 2004)

50 substances and 32 different sectors

Threshold values about 90% of the emissions of the industrial facilities

European Pollutant Release and

Transfer Register, based on EPER

Annual data from 2009 91 substances emitted from 65

different sectors (56 are IPPC activities)

71 are water pollutants (including priority substances)

Extended scope:

• Off-site transfer of waste and of pollutants in wastewater

• Emissions caused by accidents on the site

• Releases to air, water (going into surface water body) and land

• Diffuse emissions

System = data flow+quality control+register

The register is cost effective tool for:

1) Enhance harmonisation of data collection and transfer system

2) Monitor compliance

3) Setting priorities (knowledge based decision)

4) Raising environmental awareness

Existing pollutants inventories

PRTR

Reporting obligations of the register

Information to be reported by MS on a regular base

- Data collected by operators (yearly)

1. Release thresholds e.g. chromium emitted to water 50 kg/a (not activity based, coverage 90% of total releases par pollutant)

2. Indicative sector-specific sub-list of pollutants in the Guidance Document

3. Indication of parent company

4. Coding activities (according Annex I)

5. Release determination – analytical method and sampling methodologies measured (M), calculated (C) or estimated (E)

Direct emission releases vs off-site transfers

Releases of pollutants into air: (A, D)

Releases of pollutants into water: (B,E,F)

Off-site transfer of pollutants into wastewater: (C)

Threshold values for releases to water apply also in respect to the offsite transfer of pollutants in waste water

surface water

air

Production of paper and board and other primary wood products

Main Annex I activity

Production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials

Main Annex I activity

Thermal power plant

Annex I activityWWTP

Facility P, Operator P Facility Q, Operator Q

air

A

B

C

FE

D

cooling water

Other installation

Non-Annex I activity

Detail of reported data

PRTR Reporting cycle vs other legal obligation

E-PRTR point sources

Every year - starting from 2007

(on-line 2009)

Releases into water prior to treatment as well as after treatments

E-PRTR diffuse sources

Ideally between 3-6 years Disaggregated data (total annual

emissions from PRTR facilities)

WFD every 6 years Aggregated data Identification of point and diffuse

sources EQS between 2008-2010

Inventory of emissions, discharges and losses of all priority substances and pollutants for each RBD

UWWT every 2 years

disaggregated data

European PRTR – waste water transfers

Off-site transfers of each pollutant destined for waste-water treatment

Thresholds e.g. Total nitrogen 50 000 Kg/y

Total phosphorus 5000 Kg/y M measured; Analytical method used C calculated; Calculation method used E estimated Additional data from activity 5(g) IOWWTPs (independently operated waste water treatment plants) for

reporting year 2007:

Name, address, permitted capacity in m3/day

Annual loads of [TOC, Zn, Cu, AOX] released to water and off-site transfers of waste water

To review the capacity threshold by 2010 the releases from facilities below 10,000 m3/day are needed:

Apply the “90% rule” to the received data: 90% of the total load of the pollutant shall be included in the reporting by facilities above the capacity threshold.

Emission calculation

No measurement available ?

For waste : use factors agreed on international, national or sectoral level which, for example, indicate the waste amount in relation to the material produced or the input of raw material.

For water : mass balance or rough estimation, no emission factor approved internationally. EU WISE project (Water Framework Directive)

A coordinated effort:

MS and operators cooperate to improve the quality of data

Community wide electronic database informs the public about important pollutants emissions, mainly from IPPC installation

Watch-dog: opportunity for the public to submit inputs, comments and information

Register functionalities

Data accessibility:

• Tabular queries

• Geographical queries

• Graph chart

• Data download

Nitrogen releases direct to water

Nitrogen releases off-site transfer

Data access and Confidentiality

Full data access

- Emissions releases (ton/year)

- Geographical coordinates

- ID facility

- Facility name *

- Parent company name

- Facility address

- River Basin District

- Main economic activity

- NACE II code

Confidentiality claim

- Pollutant > pollutant group

- * Natural person (agriculture)

- Waste

- Waste water

Data gap analysis I

Getting the numbers to match up:  making sure that what is reported is based on common data and approaches and has cross checking and reporting on differences

Improving the accuracy of reported data: Includes a focus on actually using facility level data in national estimates and improving national statistics and the use of data from other instruments.

Removing reporting duplication: Focussing on what steps/changes are needed to reduce duplicative/redundant reporting elements.  Develop SEIS type eReporting ideas.

Data gap analysis II

Releases from diffuse sources

- Gathering existing data

91 pollutants / agriculture, aviation, construction, domestic fuel combustion, fossil fuel distribution, SMEs, solvent use-road traffic

- Compile an EU-wide inventory

- When data is not available > Initiate corresponding reporting

Further streamlining opportunities

Link and harmonise Facility ID (WISE-PRTR-IPPC-ETS) > SEIS

Traceability

Link numerical and descriptive data to spatial data > Integration of different database

Apportionment: point source (UWWT~IOWWT) and diffuse sources identification

Link emissions releases (discharge) and accidental releases (losses) into water bodies with discharge point ID and coordinates

Compare aggregated data (WISE) and disaggregated data (PRTR)

Eu-wide inventory for diffuse source (multi-pollutants, multi-sectors) > promote

Conclusions

EPRTR Regulation Art.5 & 9 contains rules for determining how to collect data

Operator is responsible for data collection and quality assurance

MS responsible for quality assessment

No ranking between M, C and E

Best available information

Internationally approved methodologies

Importance of measurement for waste and water

Traceability

Data transformation according to different user needs ( PRTR data are very good for data aggregation)

European PRTR

For more information…

DG ENV industrial emissions website http://www.ec.europa.eu/environment/ippc/index.htm

EPER >E-PRTR website

www.eper.ec.europa.eu/

Thanks for your attention

Dania Cristofaro

DG Environment - Directorate C Climate Change&Air Unit 4 Industrial Emissions & Protection of the ozone layer

E-mail: [email protected]