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RECOMMENDATIONS
Analysis of statistical data during the project indicates that the existing state system of gathering information on water extraction, use, treatment and discharge (form 2 ТП water management) does not provide reliable data and requires special expert assessment of the gathered data. Therefore, the data gathering system needs to be revised and made more reliable. These data must be used as a basis for monitoring the present and potential water production processes and the impact of waste water discharge on water ecology in the Dnipro basin.
Prompt assessment of existing situation requires the creation in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine of a single Dnipro basin water extraction and discharge monitoring system that would ensure that immediate action can be taken in response to any deviation from balance in the Dnipro’s ecosystem.
A single information system for all the Dnipro basin countries, based on geoinformation systems (GISs), must be developed. This system must contain complete objective data on water extraction and discharge facilities, their modes of operation and quality of natural and waste water and meet the requirements of planning, design and operation.
Preparation of reasoned decisions on improving the operation and increasing the capacity of water intakes and treatment facilities to a level that would be sufficient to satisfy the needs of all consumers requires making more accurate registers of water users in each country in order to eliminate double reporting when one user buys his water from another.
Creating such a database requires a detailed inspection of technical condition and certification of the operating municipal and industrial waste water treatment facilities in order to assess their effectiveness and determine what can be done to intensify treatment and improve water treatment quality.
Special programs must be drafted in all the Dnipro basin countries focusing on the development of water supply and especially centralized sewerage systems in rural areas.
Coordinating the efforts of all the Dnipro basin countries requires the following:
- Eliminating the existing barriers between the different countries and agencies that impede the exchange of information on the condition of water extraction and treatment facilities between basin management bodies and national and oblast water use and protection departments of the Dnipro basin.
- Creating a Dnipro basin fund of interstate information resources. The fund must, using the statistics system, state monitoring system and other channels, gather all necessary information on the condition of waterworks and hydraulic structures, including extraction, sewage and water treatment facilities.
- Creating, on the basin level, an information, analysis and situation center. This center must provide, for each of the Dnipro basin countries, information necessary to make strategic and operative decisions on water resources management, flood prevention and minimizing damage in case of emergencies on the Dnipro basin’s water bodies.
- Monitoring stations and laboratories, approved by the three countries, must promptly send to the Dnipro basin information, analysis and situation center complete monitoring, hydremeteorological and other information approved by these countries.
The project’s results were examined and approved at the third meeting of international expert working groups on pollution prevention and control (February 3-4, 2003, Kiev).
On May 27-31, 2003, Yalta housed the 4th International Congress “Ecology, Technology, Economy, Water Supply, Canalization” (ETEWSC 2003). The congress attracted 518 participants from 18 countries, including representatives from the Parliament and Council of Ministers of Ukraine, government of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, central and local executive authorities, local governments, international organizations, NGOs and so on.
Materials that generated the most interest during work in
sections at the congress, reports of H.P.Scherbyna and A.D.Hurynovych
“Assessment of the Operating Capacity of Water Treatment Facilities, Water
Extraction and Discharge Methods and of Their Transboundary Environmental
Impact”. This interest was reflected in the resolution adopted by the congress
(Appendix IX). The reports briefly presented the results of this project.
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Appendix V
Appendix VI
Appendix VII
Appendix VIII
