Scaldit: Scaldis Integrated Testing Meeting Water Directors Dublin, June 22nd 2004 Scaldit: Scaldis Integrated Testing Scheldt Pilot River Basin: France, 3 Belgian regions, The Netherlands Veronique Van Den Langenbergh Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (Flanders) Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Scaldit: an international action programme for a cleaner and safer RBD of the Scheldt Duration of 3 years (2003-2005) Co-operation between F, B, NL within the framework of the International Scheldt Commission Financed by Interreg IIIB NWE Budget: 6,5 mio € 20 FTE from 3 countries/5 regions working on the project Objectives of the project: testing of the CIS guidance documents for the implementation of the WFD (one of 15 Pilot River Basins) transnational characterisation of the Scheldt river basin district: Scaldit report (end 2004) Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Scaldit: action plan 1. Characterisation RBD 2. Data and information management 3. Water management and spatial planning 4. Communication and raising awareness 5. Up to the IRBMP Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Scheldt International River Basin District Length of the river Scheldt: 350 km Surface river basin: 21.863 km² Surface river basin district: 36.416 km² Ecoregion river/lakes: Western plains Ecoregion trans/coastal: North Sea Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

International Scheldt Commission (ISC) Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Schematic overview reporting obligations France analysis art. 5 Wallonia Flanders Brussels The Netherlands Fed. state Belgium Thematic reports (reports with results: one per project group) Scaldit report Transnational analysis of the characterisation Interreg PRB Umbrella analysis WFD art. 5 EC (DG XI) SCALDIT Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Fresh surface water - results Comparison between partners of: typologies methods for designation water bodies current knowledge on identification of reference conditions existing monitoring networks for lakes and rivers in IRBD Scheldt Special attention given to transboundary water courses Description of current fresh water quality in IRBD Scheldt for main rivers Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Coastal and transitional waters - results Development of: common typology common approach for designation water bodies for coastal and transitional waters Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Groundwater - results Designation of groundwater bodies Development of a common database for initial characterisation of groundwater Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Heavily modified water bodies - results Development of common concept ( common method) for provisional designation HMWB Pilot test on river Scheldt: testing of common concept on entire river Scheldt Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

DPSIR approach Identification of main driving forces: households, industry and agriculture according to NACE; Other driving forces (fishery, tourism, transport, natural land use) less documented Common interpretation of division of DF suitable for further use in economic analysis Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Pressure and impact - results Inventory of pressures: point source pollution diffuse pollution water use and extraction artificial recharge hydromorphological pressures (in co-operation with project group HMWB) historical pollutions per driving force Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Driving force households: connection to UWWTP Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Driving force agriculture: agricultural surface and cattle density Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Economic analysis - results Socio-economic characteristics of IRBD Scheldt Economic analysis of water uses according to NACE-codes Assessment of cost recovery Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004

Risk factors and advantages related to transnational co-operation Language barrier (French-Dutch in case of Scheldt PRB) Data availability and comparability Consultation needed on 2 levels: internally between partners ISC constitutes political basis for decisions  complicates taking of decisions Risk factors: time-consuming, cost-raising, difficult to come to common approaches Advantages: agreements reached are solid basis for further work, complementarity between methods of partners Water Directors' meeting, Dublin, June 22nd 2004