1. Johannes Grath, Balazs Horvath
Progress Report on WG C
November 2008 – May 2009
Johannes Grath, Balazs Horvath
European Commission - DG Environment
Unit D.2: Water and Marine

2. STRATEGIC CO-ORDINATION GROUP Water scarcity Expert group
Working Group C
Progress Report
Programme
of Measures
STRATEGIC CO-ORDINATION GROUP
PLENARY WG C
CHAIR: AT
CO-CHAIR: COM
Water scarcity Expert group
‘Prevent & limit’ guidance
‘Protected areas’ guidance
Exchanges on point & diffuse sources
TV methodology
‘Status & trend’ guidance
Conceptual modelling
Risk Management
Quantitative status management
GIS, visualisation
Compliance
& Trends
Risk
Assessment
WFD & Agriculture
Expert group
Most recent milestones:
16th plenary meeting: Prague, 28 April 2009
First inventory on GW-Threshold values – summary presentation at WG C meeting in Prague
GW Brochure available in 20 languages on the web for download
Discussion of the WG C mandate for the period

3. Activities since the last SCG in March 2009
WG C meeting held in Prague on 28th April 2009
Main topics:
WG C-3 activity
Threshold values – inventory
Land use and Groundwater
WG C mandate 2010 – 2012
Science and policy oriented research: Climate Change, CIS – Science Policy Interface (SPI) and research areas; GENESIS, RISKBASE
WG C-3 activity meeting held on 27th April
Further progress with WG C-3 activity (conceptual model and risk assessment)

4. Activity WG C-3 Integrated Risk Assessment and Management
Principles
This guidance will not address questions during the current RBMP period…
but is intended to support the second cycle…
based on the lessons learned by the MS on implementing the WFD,…
as well as on recent scientific findings and concepts.

5. Activity WG C-3 Integrated Risk Assessment and Management
2 Topics
Conceptual Model of GW-bodies and Risk assessment
First draft for conceptual model development available
Outline for risk assessment presented and discussed
Goal: to elaborate final draft by the end of 2009
Risk management - shall be addressed and worked on by 2010.

6. Threshold values (TV) inventory
Methodology / Relationship of TVs to env. objectives
DW most important TVs based on DW standards (TV=DWS, TV=75%DWS (2))
In case of dependent ecosystems: Ecotox standards (EQS surface waters)
In case of saline intrusion: BL
Most stringent (EQS, DWS) was considered
But also mineral waters, cleanup values,…
Attenuation and dilution factors
applied / not applied
 Information provided by 22 MS, 2 will provide later, no reply from 3 MS
summary presentation of TVs at the WG C meeting in Prague (available on CIRCA)
Proposal by EC: upload of reported TV on restricted area of CIRCA – comments until 15th May 2009

7. Land use and groundwater:
presentation of the SSG WFD & agriculture (guidance on diffuse pressures from agriculture) in Prague
conclusion: under the next mandate a technical report should be elaborated based on best practice – considering the outcome of the SSG

8. WG C mandate 2010 - 2012 Draft mandate for 2010-2012:
Discussion at WG C meeting
Distribution of revised version together with minutes
consultation for developing final draft
to be ready for approval by SCG in the second semester of 2009
 Details under item 8 of the SCG agenda

9. GENESIS Lead: Björn Klöve FP 7 Research project
GENESIS - Groundwater and Dependent Ecosystems: New Scientific and Technical Basis for Assessing Climate Change and Land-use Impacts on Groundwater Systems
- Link to WG C - among others: to provide input into review of GWD in 2013
Lead: Björn Klöve
Bioforsk-Norway
University of Oulu-Finland

10. Outlook WG C Next WG C plenary meeting:
17th meeting: Sweden on October 15th 2009
Back to back with WG C-3 activity meeting on 14th October 2009