SEMINAR ON REVITALIZATION OF RIVERS – 10-11-12 MAY 2010 1 Patrick WEINGERTNER Head of the Water Planning and WFD Department of the Rhine- Maas Water Agency (France) KEYS TO SUCCESS IN THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE RHINE RIVER : From an open sewer to a living river SEMINAR on REVITALIZATION OF RIVERS 10 – 11 – 12 MAY 2010 SEMINAR on REVITALIZATION OF RIVERS 10 – 11 – 12 MAY 2010
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SEMINAR ON REVITALIZATION OF RIVERS – 10-11-12 MAY 2010
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Patrick WEINGERTNERHead of the Water Planning and WFD Department
of the Rhine-Maas Water Agency (France)
KEYS TO SUCCESS IN THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE RHINE RIVER : From an open sewer to a living river
SEMINAR on REVITALIZATION OF RIVERS 10 – 11 – 12 MAY 2010 SEMINAR on REVITALIZATION OF RIVERS 10 – 11 – 12 MAY 2010
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Structure of the presentationStructure of the presentation
1 – Key points for success in river basin management2 – How are these principles implemented within the Rhine Commission ? 3 – Main results : pollution reduced, water quality improved and salmon reintroduced 4 – Action plan on floods 5 – Reflections
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1 – KeyKey points for points for success in river basin success in river basin
management management
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River basin management River basin management (1/2)(1/2)
A process that happens in stages :A process that happens in stages : Set objectives = what we want
Identify the problems to be resolved = what are the key questions to be dealt with
Elaborate strategies = action plan
Implement Assess the results (revise the plan to make it more effective)
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Defining objectives
Assessing main pressures and impacts
Identifying key water management issues
Identifying possible measures
Developing river basin plan
Implementing measures
Monitoring
Evaluation
Keys points for River bassin Keys points for River bassin managementmanagement (2/2)
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The Rhine, a European riverThe Rhine, a European river
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Catchment : Catchment : 200.000 km²
Main stream : Main stream : 1320 km Navigable length : Navigable length : 825 km
3rd biggest European river biggest European river 9 countries countries Inhabitants : Inhabitants : 58 million million
Drinking water supply : Drinking water supply : 30 million people
The RhineThe Rhine, , a European rivera European river
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The Rhine from Source to SeaThe Rhine from Source to Sea
Alp Rhine / Lake ConstanceAlp Rhine High Rhine
Upper Rhine Middle Rhine Lower Rhine Delta Rhine
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► The major hydraulic developments undertaken in the middle of the 19th century have rendered the River completely artificial
►The pollution reached its height in the 1970s
Hydroelectric Hydroelectric stationstation Nuclear stationNuclear station
LockLock
DamDam
Polder Polder
River HarbourRiver Harbour
Nautical centreNautical centre
The RHINE planning
The Rhine, a river with The Rhine, a river with many uses and conflicts many uses and conflicts
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Changes during the centuriesChanges during the centuries
1838
1872
1980
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The development The development of international cooperation of international cooperation
► 18151815 : : Creation of the Central Commission for the navigation on the Rhine
► 19631963 : : First international convention creating the International Commission for the Protection of The Rhine in order to reduce pollution
► 19871987 : : Ministers from the bordering countries of the Rhine decided on a plan of action after the fire in the Sandoz chemical plant in 1986
Central Commission for the Navigationon the Rhine
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The development The development of international cooperation of international cooperation
► 19981998 : : Action plan to prevent flooding
► 19991999 : : The Convention on the Rhine was
renewed in BERNE
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How does the ICPR How does the ICPR operate and act ?operate and act ?
► The ICPR is composed of delegations from the contractiong parties (states + European Union)
► A rotating presidency
► The commission takes its decisions unanimously
► A permanent secretariat ► An annual budget of 1.1 million euro funded by the
contracting parties
► A very active participation of NGOs
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The Sates implement the decisions The Sates implement the decisions taken within the ICPRtaken within the ICPR
► Regulatory transcription ► Monitoring and control ► Raising of the necessary funding
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The major stages in the The major stages in the action of rehabiliting the Rhineaction of rehabiliting the Rhine
► 1950 – 19701950 – 1970 : information exchanges, development of monitoring programmes, releases inventory
► 1976 – 19861976 – 1986 : : signature of international conventions in order to reduce chemical pollution, thermal pollution and chloride pollution
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► December 1986December 1986 : : a fire in the swiss chemical plant SANDOZ causes an important pollution and an important pressure from public opinion
► 1987 – 19991987 – 1999 : action takes an more political dimension : Ministers
held regular meetings and decided on a plan of action ► 20002000 : : The European Framework Directive imposes a good status objective for all water and the drawing up of a unique management plan
The major stages in the The major stages in the action of rehabiliting the Rhine Riveraction of rehabiliting the Rhine River
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3- Main resultsMain results : : pollution reduced, pollution reduced, water quality improved, water quality improved, salmon reintroduced salmon reintroduced
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• Duration:1987 – 2000
• The Salmon as symbol
• Reduction of discharges with 50-70% in the period till 1995
• Prevent accidents
• Water quality appropriate to produce drinking water
The Rhine Action Programme adopted The Rhine Action Programme adopted in 1987 to save the Rhine River in 1987 to save the Rhine River
Main elements and objectives
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Main resultsMain results
• ► Organic and nitrogenous pollution are under control
• ► Reduction from 80% to 50% of toxic pollution
• ► Rhine fauna has recovered
• ► Migratory fishes and especially the salmon are back
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Pollution reducedPollution reduced
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10
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t
1985 1992 1996 2000
Trichloromethaneindustrial u. communal
discharges
Expense of 40 Bill. € (20 Bill. communal, 20 Bill. industrial) in the river basin area for advanced waste water treatment between 1986 and 2000
The loads decreased
Cadmium (Cd)in suspended solids
1973-2006
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10
1973
1976
1979
1982
1985
1988
1991
1994
1997
2000
2003
2006
mg
/kgThe concentrations
decreased
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