Slovak Environment Agency Centre of Environmental Policy and Informatics Bansk Bystrica

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Slovak Environment AgencyCentre of Environmental
Policy and InformaticsBanská Bystrica
Institutional arrangement of the water
protection and water management in the Slovak
Republic Renáta GRÓFOVÁ 24-25. 5. 2005, Beograd
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Slovak RepublicArea 49 033 km2Population
(2003) 5 380 053 inhabitants, density 109.7
inh/km2
Surface 93.8 m a.s.l. - Bodrog river
2,654 m a.s.l. - peak
Gerlach Structure of land 49.70 - agricultural
land 40.87 - forest
area 4.58 - build-on
land 2.95 - other
land 1.90 - water
area River drainage to sea the Black Sea (96 of
the SR area) the
Baltic Sea (4 of the SR area) River network
49,775 km (1,015 m per km2) Rivers under water
manag. administr. 29,334 km (59) Basin 4 main
river basins (Danube, Vah, Hron, Bodrog and
Hornad) included 14 sub -
basins 6 river
basin districts (WFD)
(Danube, Vah, Hron, Bodrog, Hornad, Poprad and
Dunajec)
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Competencies of central state water
administration bodies

• since 1989 Ministry of Forest Management and
  Water
• Management of CSSR
• 1989 Federal Ministry of Environment
  of CSFR
• Ministry of Forest
  Management and Water
• Management of CSFR
• 1990 - Slovak Commission for
  Environment
• Ministry of Forest
  Management and Water
• Management of CSFR
• 1993 Ministry of the Environment of
  the SR
• Ministry of the
  Agriculture of the SR
• - Water Act No. 138/1973 Coll.
• - Water Act No. 184/2002 Coll.
• - Water Act No. 364/2004 Coll.

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Competencies of central state water
administration bodiesuntil 2003

• Ministry of the Agriculture
• Administrative structure
• Section of Agriculture Management
• Section of Forest Management
• Section of Water Management
• Competencies
• Central state administration body in water
• management and fishery.
• - water management, flood protection
• - drinking water supply, sewerage
• system, UWWTPs
• - fishery
• - fish stockings
• - hydrotechnical melioration

• Ministry of the Environment
• Administrative structure
• Section of the Protection of the
• Component of the Environment
• - Department of the water protection
• Competencies
• Central state administration body in water
• protection
• - performance of state water administr.
• (authorisation, inspection...)
• - surface water and groundwater
• protection and monitoring
• - water management, flood protection
• - drinking water supply, sewerage
• system, UWWTPs

and water management
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Competencies of central state water
administration bodiessince 2003

• Ministry of the Agriculture
• Administrative structure
• Section of Agriculture Management
• Section of Forest Management
• Competencies
• - fish stockings
• - hydrotechnical melioration
• Professional Institutions

• Ministry of the Environment
• Administrative structure
• Competencies
• Central state administration body in water
• protection
• - performance of state water administr.
• (authorisation, inspection...)
• - surface water and groundwater
• protection and monitoring
• - water management, flood protection
• - drinking water supply, sewerage
• system, UWWTPs
• - fishery

• Section of water

• District Environment Authorities
• Regional Environment Authorities

and water management

• water bodies indented for irrigation
• purposes (designation, water quality
• control),
• Codex of good agricultural practise
• Program of agricultural activities

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State water administration bodiesaccording to
Water Act 364/2004 Coll.

• The Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak
  Rep.
• Regional Environment Authorities
• District Environment Authorities
• Slovak Environment Inspectorate
• Municipalities

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The Ministry of the Environment

of the Slovak RepublicWater Division

• performance of state water administration
  according to the
• Water Law
• finding of water occurrence and assessment of
  state of the
• surface waters and groundwater, monitoring
  programmes
• development
• determination of environmental objectives,
  development of
• programmes of measures, programme of
  protection from
• erosions, programmes of elimination of
  dangerous
• substances pollution, development of river
  basin districts
• management plans, cooperation with ICPDR
• identification of bathing water, sensitive areas
  and
• vulnerable zones, watercourses register,
• conception and development programmes of
• water management, administration of
  watercourses and
• water buildings, issue of statements for
  investment
• activities affecting the water treatment ,
  performance of
• technical emergency supervision

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Professional institutions of the MoE

• Slovak Water Management Enterprise, s. e. Banska
  Stiavnica
• Water Engineering Construction, s.e, Bratislava
• Hydroconsult, s.e., Bratislava
• Water Research Institute, Bratislava
• Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Bratislava
• Slovak Environment Inspectorate, Bratislava
• Slovak Environment Agency, Banska Bystrica

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Slovak Watermanagement Enterprise, s.e.

• river basins, water courses (water courses
  important for
• the water management and another purposes) and
  water
• constructions administration,
• administration of transboundary water courses,
• ensuring of water protection and water
  constructions
• protection,
• provision of surface water supply from water
  courses and
• water reservoirs, including its utilisation
  for electric energy
• production
• operation and maintenance of waterways
• flood protection
• monitoring and water quality assessment
• monitoring of water abstraction and water
  disposal
• collection of payments according to particular
  legislation

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Water Research Institute

• leading workplace for water management
  development in
• the Slovak Republic
• research in the field of hydrology and
  hydraulics
• research in the field of water treatment
  technology
• standardisation in the field of water
  management,
• international and European standardisation,
  CEN and ISO
• administration of drinking water database,
  public water
• supply and public sewerage system database and
  others
• o conceptual activities in a water resources
  development
• (drinking water supply, sewer system,
  regulation of run of
• conditions, survey and water sources
  protection, irrigation,
• drainage, hydropower production)
• National Reference Laboratory for Water Sector

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Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

• assessment of quantitative and qualitative
  characteristics of
• hydrosphere
• maintenance and development of hydrology
  observation
• systems,
• systematic recording of information on surface
  water
• regime and groundwater volume
• assessment of surface water and groundwater
  quality,
• development of water balance
• administration of Water Register
• development of expertise for water management
  planning,
• water engineering construction etc.
• development of hydroecological plans, program on
• dangerous substances pollution control
• research and science work

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Slovak Environment Agency

• assessment of the state of the environment
  (annual
• reports, DPSIR, environmental indicators, EU
  reporting)
• administration and development of the
  information systems
• of the environment (IT, data warehouse, map
  server, GIS
• and modelling , national register of
  information on
• environment)
• environmental impact assessment
• operation of IPPC department
• landscape planning and sustainable development
• coordination of meeting of obligations resulting
  from the
• membership of the SR in EAA, administration of
  national
• network node of EIONET

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Reporting under Water Sector - SK

• Analyses of reporting obligations
• relevant legislation - Eurlex,
• ROD - EEA
• Reporting Obligations Guide
• (obligation according to articles,
  structure of report, reporting
• period, reporting deadline)
• Mechanism of meeting of reporting obligations
• resulting from the membership of the SR in EU
• - 3 kinds of information
• Identification of responsible organisation
• - identification of dataflows -- data gaps
• --
  duplications

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Reporting under Water Sector - SK
75/440/EEC 76/160/EEC 76/464/EEC 78/176/EEC
82/176/EEC 83/513/EEC 84/156/EEC
84/491/EEC 86/280/EEC 78/659/EEC 79/869/EEC 80
/68/EEC 77/795/EEC 88/347/EES 90/415/EES 91/271/E
ES 91/676/EEC 92/446EEC 93/481/EEC 95/337/EC 98/15
/EC 98/83/EC 2000/60/EC
European Commission 24 relevant
directives/decisions, including 3 -
only information on bringing into
force the administrative provisions
necessary to comply with directives
(88/347/EEC, 90/415/EEC, 98/15/EC)
4 - only decisions on formats
(92/446/EEC, 93/481/EEC, 95/337/EC)
17 - directives with particular
requirements European Environment
Agency Groundwater quality Lake quality River
quality Water quantity
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Reporting under Water Sector - SK

• Ministry of the Environment of the SR (MoE SR)
• Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMI)
• Slovak Water Management Enterprise (SWME)
• Water Research Institute (WRI)
• Public Health Institute (PHI)
• Ministry of the Agriculture of the SR (MoA SR)
• Slovak Environmental Inspectorate (SEI)
• District Environment Authorities (DEA)

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Reporting under Water Sector - SK
Water Framework Directive Working Groups 2.1.
Analysis of pressures and impact (WRI) 2.2.
Heavily modified water bodies (WRI) 2.3. Surface
water bodies classification and reference
conditions identification (SHMI) 2.5.
Intercalibration net designation (WRI) 2.6.
Economic analysis (SWME) 2.7. Monitoring of water
bodies (SHMI) 2.9. River basins management plans
(WRI) 2.8. Classification of groundwater
bodies(SHMI) 3.1. GIS (SHMI)
2A Ecological Status
2B Integrated River Basin Managem.
2C Groundwat.
2D Reporting
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Dataflow - Reporting under Water Sector
in the Slovak
Rep.
75/440/EEC 76/160/EEC 76/464/EEC 78/176/EEC
82/176/EEC 83/513/EEC 84/156/EEC
84/491/EEC 86/280/EEC 78/659/EEC 79/869/EEC 80
/68/EEC 77/795/EEC 88/347/EES 90/415/EES 91/271/E
ES 91/676/EEC 92/446EEC 93/481/EEC 95/337/EC 98/15
/EC 98/83/EC 2000/60/EC

MoA SR
PHI
91/676/EEC
MoE SR
SEA
76/160/EEC 98/83/EC
WRI
SHMI
SEI
SWME
75/440/EEC 76/464/EEC 78/659/EEC 79/869/EEC 80/68/
EEC 77/795/EEC 91/271/EEC 91/676/EEC 2000/60/EC
75/440/EEC 76/464/EEC 79/869/EEC 91/271/EEC 91/676
/EEC 98/83/EC 2000/60/EC
DEA
75/440/EEC 76/464/EEC 78/659/EEC 79/869/EEC 77/795
/EEC 91/271/EEC 91/676/EEC 2000/60/EC
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Steps which could improve co-operationamong the
institutions

• Management of institutions responsible for
  water
• issues provided by one Ministry, if it is
  possible
• legislative arrangement
• analysis of the tasks
• identification of the responsibilities
• sufficient financial budget

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