1. WATROPEC project 1 Vlaams Kenniscentrum Water FITA premission seminar CROATIA Brussels, 25 November 2011

2. WATROPEC project 2 WATROPEC: before the start 26 – 28 March 2008: FITA (Flanders International Technical Agency) mission

3. WATROPEC project 3 WATROPEC: before the start 26 – 28 March 2008: FITA (Flanders International Technical Agency) mission

4. WATROPEC project 4 WATROPEC: Project framework Bi-lateral agreement Croatia – Flanders Co-operation program Flanders and Croatia (2008-2010)

5. WATROPEC project 5 WATROPEC: before the start May 2008: follow-up visit Croatian Water July – August 2008 local beneficiaries? January 2009 Belgian Embassy proposed new potential partners … EcoTech  local beneficiaries 5 March 2009 Project proposal introduced to the Flanders/Belgian government 26 June 2009 Minister Environment, Nature and Energy signed

6. WATROPEC project 6 WATROPEC: Project paperwork Total budget: 222 k EUR Financial support Flanders Flanders Government: 140 k EUR Promotors: 47 k EUR Financial support Partners Minimum 15% In kind  confirmation letters

7. WATROPEC project 7 WATROPEC: the project in general Financed by the Flanders region, Environment, Nature and Energy Department. Water Treatment Optimization with Ecological Criteria (WATROPEC). Started 16 July 2009, 18/24 months total budget is 221.679,- € 140.172,- € is contributed by the Flemish Government. In the middle of the EU pre accession (Urban Water Directive, Water Framework Directive...). Case studies and training … transfer of know-how, experiences Not what to do, not how to do...

8. WATROPEC project 8 Croatian partners for dissimination - CROATIAN WATER - CROATIAN WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SOCIETY (HDZV) - University of Split (Prof. Roko Andričević)

9. WATROPEC project 9 WATROPEC: issue description Water Framework Directive water management at the level of a river basin the surface waters should obtain a good ecological quality Wastewater treatment installations will reduce the pollution Efficiency - Evaluation

10. WATROPEC project 10 Schematic overview of the integral system under study Biodiversity Sensitivity Biological Assessment WATROPEC: issue description

11. WATROPEC project 11 WATROPEC: Project planning (original) = what has changed

12. WATROPEC project 12 WATROPEC: Project phases Phase 1: inception. Phase 2: data collection –Opaija (see comment) –Varazdin

13. WATROPEC project 13 Monitoring Campaign

14. WATROPEC project 14 Biological measurements: hand net samples

15. WATROPEC project 15 28 Sampling locations

16. WATROPEC project 16 Sorting macroinvertebrates

17. WATROPEC project 17 Biological assessment Identification and counting of macroinvertebrates

18. WATROPEC project 18 Field Protocols

19. WATROPEC project 19 Technical information sheets

20. WATROPEC project 20 Biological assessment Biological water quality map for the monitoring

21. WATROPEC project 21 Very good cooperation Model prediction improves the quality of the decisions. Studies without the integrated modelling approach can not give this information (results). This results can be directly used to achieve the goals of the European Water Framework Directive. … the basis for further cooperation and projects was laid down WATROPEC: project conclusions

22. WATROPEC project 22 … the basis for further cooperation and projects was laid down for … new projects Meeting needs of Tourism Industry ( Istria, Kvarner Bay/Opatija... And many other sites) Optimize costs of WWTP Energy use / electricity sludge production and quality (stabilization) related to better means of sludge management like biogas plants, production Futher cooperation Not what to do, not how to do...

23. WATROPEC project 23 Vlaams Kenniscentrum Water