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Seminar on Integrated Water Management in the Tisza River Basin
Final Report - IV
Country Presentations of Romania
11. Institutional cooperation in the Tisza River Basin (legal and institutional frame)
By Ms. Anemarie Ciurea
Water is a vulnerable resource and a fundamental element for life. The water management principles applied are: a) basin administration, b) quantity and quality integrated administration, c) basin solidarity, d) the polluter pays, and e) water generates an economic value.
Policies:
 Management: acknowledgement, use and rational taking into account water resources
Re-construction of water eco-systems, and re-construction and development of the infrastructure of the National System of Water Administration
Financial: implementation of economic mechanism
Institutional: re-structuring and re-organisation and authority increase joining the EU
Participation: the Basin Committees
Local human resources: de-centralisation of duties
"Romanian Waters" National Administrations:
The basic unit for river management in Romania is river basin
The 11 river basins are managed by the National Administration Romanian Waters through the Water Directorates
All 11 Romanian River basins are directly or indirectly sub-basins of the Danube River.
Activities under the National Administrations "Apele Romane" are: River basin management, Implementation of EU Directives related to water, water resources management, administration of national system hydraulics structures, water protection against pollution and over-use, flood control management, coordination of investments in water resources and international water agreements.
Legal framework for international cooperation in the field of water management:
Commission for appliance of the provisions of the Agreement between the Governments of Romania and Serbia-Montenegro concerning hydro-technical problems on the hydro-technical systems and watercourses located on the border or crossed by the border, Bucharest 1955
Commission for appliance of the provisions of the Convention between the Governments of Romania and Hungary for the regulation of the hydro-technical problems concerning the waters which form the border or crossed by the border, Bucharest 1986 (a new Convention is under discussion between the two countries)
In September 2003, a new agreement was signed with the main objective to harmonise the national contribution to the Danube River basin Management Plan as part of the implementation of WFD 60/2000/EEC
Commission for the appliance of the provisions of the Convention between the Governments of Romania and Ukraine concerning the cooperation in the field of water management - Galati (Romania) 1997 (former convention was the Convention between Romania and former USSR concerning the collaboration on the field of transboundary water management - Moscow 1996).
12. The stage of the WFD implementation in Romania
By Ms. Elena Tuchiu
The implications of implementing the WFD are: Legislative, organisational, scientific and technical. Regarding the legislative aspects, Romania is amending the water law 107/1996 complying with the WFD requirements, and other environmental decisions and standards, especially in the water field.
The organisational aspects:
Inter-ministerial Council of Waters within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Water and Environment with representatives of the National Administration "Apele Romana"
The National Administration "Apele Romane", which together with River Basin Authorities represents the competent authorities for the implementation of WFD in Romania
European Integration Department at level of National Administration "Apele Romane"
The scientific and technical aspects:
Involving of specialised research institutes in WFD implementation
Adjusting of national water monitoring system, GIS software and adequate hardware
Observation, measurements, sampling devices and lab equipment for performing analysis of biological, chemical and hydro-morphological elements required by the WFD.
Projects for implementation of the WFD:
Matra: Implementation of the WFD in Romania - Mures Pilot River Basin (2002-2003)
Matra: Implementation of the WFD and the integrated Coastal Zone Management in transitional and coastal waters in Romania (2003-2004)
Phare: Implementation of the WFD on two pilot river basins - Somes and Arges (2002-2003)
EU-CIS: RO-HU project on testing the GDs in the Somes/Szamos Pilot River Basin (2002-2003)
Implementation of the WFD in the Danube River Basin - the Danube River Basin Management Plan:
Part A: "roof" of the DRBMP (ICPDR level) - relevant multilateral or basin-wide information
Part B: national input to DRBMP (national plans) - information on national and bilateral level
The Danube River Protection Convention (DRPC) - overall instrument for cooperation and trans-boundary water management in the Danube River Basin
The International Commission for Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) - the platform for coordination for WFD implementation in the Danube River Basin.
Stage of implementation of the WFD in Romania
11 river sub-basins on which will be implemented the WFD, including the river basin tributaries to the Black Sea and the Romanian coastal waters within the Danube River Basin District
Delineation of shallow and deep trans-boundary aquifers in Romania and shallow and deep aquifers at the Danube District boundary
Elaboration of the national methodological guidelines for: a) defining surface waters typologies, b) delineating surface water bodies and identifying the heavily modified, c) setting up criteria in order to establish type specific reference conditions, d) developing integrated monitoring national system, e) analysing pressure and impacts, f) GIS elements implementation, g) economic analysis, and h) public participation in IRBM planning
First three methodologies have been put into practise in the 11 river sub-basins
The eco-regions: 10 Carpathians, 11 Hungarian lowlands, 12 Pontic Province & 16 Eastern Plains.
For the re-designing of existing national water monitoring system, the main principles applied are the ecosystem approach, biological approach, and classification depending on the deviation from the type-specific reference conditions. For the re-designing and development of monitoring programme, the main principles applied are: completion of monitoring elements (biological, chemical, and hydro-morphological), completion of monitoring areas (protected areas, artificial & heavily modified water bodies), and completion of investigation media (sediments and biota).
Conclusions on the implementation of WFD in Romania:
Continuous and very important activity, where the results are a step-by-step achievement
Involvement of significant human and financial resources
Coordination of all involved parts at international, national and river basin level.
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