1. EUWMA practices and measures
Food for thought

2. European Union of Water managament Associations
Members: Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom
Workshop Padua 2006: Drought

3. EUWMA workshop Drought 2006
Priority of interests in all countries
Different organisational settings
Different mechanisms for demand management (pricing, quota, communication)
Technical improvements
Policy improvements: CAP

4. Example: priority ranking (NL)

5. Example: priority 1 (NL)

6. River discharge and water deficit
Stadium 1:
Normal
situation
pre -
warning DG
RWS
Minister
Nat.Crisis Comm.
yes ja
LCW
yesja
regional water deficits
river discharge
Maas: 50 m 3 /s
Stadium 4: (
possible)
crisis
due to water deficit/heat
Maas: 25 m
Rijn: 1000 –
1400m
Managementteam
Waterdeficit/heat
Departm. Crisis Comm.
IBT
Water deficit/heat
NCC
Maas
< 50 m
low Rhine discharge at hand
River discharge below
criterium or
water deficit
in one or more
regions
situation expected to go
beyond agreements
Water management
water deficit on national scale expected
for
priority
and 4
regional 1 2
water deficit on national scale
at hand
3 and
water deficit priority
1 en 2
Stadium 3:
water deficit/heat
Stadium 2:
Indication
One or
more
beyond
agreement
National
Organisational and governmental upscaling
Informational
upscaling
Organisational and governmental upscaling
Informational
upscaling
Stadium 1:
Normal
situation
pre -
warning DG
RWS
Minister
Nat.Crisis Comm.
yes ja
LCW
yesja
regional water deficits
river discharge
Maas: 50 m 3 /s
Stadium 4: (
possible)
crisis
due to water deficit/heat
Maas: 25 m
Rijn: 1000 –
1400m
Managementteam
Waterdeficit/heat
Departm. Crisis Comm.
IBT
Water deficit/heat
NCC
Maas
< 50 m
low Rhine discharge at hand
River discharge below
criterium or
water deficit
in one or more
regions
situation expected to go
beyond agreements
Water management
water deficit on national scale expected
for
priority
and 4
regional 1 2
water deficit on national scale
at hand
3 and
water deficit priority
1 en 2
Stadium 3:
water deficit/heat
Stadium 2:
Indication
One or
more
beyond
agreement
National

7. Waterinlets Nederlands

8. Water agreements = problem 2003 1500 60 95,2 13,4 1,2 10 18,6 35 23
15,7
15,6
16,5
4,9 7 8
2,5
1500 20 70
Water agreements
= problem 2003

10. Operational aspects: communicate

11. Water scarcity, drought and the WFD
Art 1 Purpose
water needs of terrestrial ecosystems (a)
Mitigating droughts (e)
Art 13 RBMP
Annex VII + any other issue (5)
Not addressed: heat of discharges (cooling)

12. The RBMP & the national planning scheme
National water management plan
Water management plan for state waters
Ems
Scheldt
Provincial water management plans
Rhine
Meuse
Water board Water management plans
National policy
River Basin Management plans
Municipal development plans

13. WFD (Sub) river basin level Specific guidance scarcity and drought?
Transnational issues (water agreements)
Monitoring (groundwater/surface water)

14. Water scarcity and external policies (WSD paper)
Prevent water scarcity:
Inventory and elaborate policy on
Link crop water consumption/subsidies
Infrastructure and Structural funds
Monitor water scarcity:
Groundwater table as marking point
International cooperation:
Examples/lessons South Africa, US,…

15. To conclude Water scarcity vs drought
(sub) river basin as playing field
WFD provides a sufficient basis
Additional value EU: CAP, research, €