Compilation of responses to the SoE Water Quantity questionnaire provided by all

participant countries

Regional workshop of ETC/ICM with West Balkan countries

Skopje, 10.01.2013

Regional workshop on SoE water quantity reporting 10-11 January 2013, Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1

Currently active monitoring stations network

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  AL BA RS ME HR MK XK

Reported RBDs 7 4   2 2 4 4

Total reported number of currently active streamflow stations

217 92   25 561 9 11

Total reported number of currently active groundwater level measuring stations

54 21+ cca 30(51?)

  0 574 9 17

Total reported number of currently active precipitation stations

  62   40 153 10 61

Total reported number of currently active reservoirs

      4 58 28 5

Data availability

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Components of the Water Balance as spatially aggregated data on a specific reporting unit

AL BA RS ME HR MK XK

Areal Precipitation (P) No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) No No No No No No No

Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) No No No No Yes No No

Internal Flow (D = P - ETa) No No No No Yes No No

Total actual external inflow (Qi) No No No No No No No

Total actual outflow (Qo) No No No No No No No

Water Requirements (WR) No No No No No No No

Aquifer Recharge (Re) No No No No No No No

Snowpack No No No No No No No

Changes in Reservoir storage (ΔSWs) No No No No No No No

Changes in Groundwater storage (ΔGWs) No No No No No No No

Return flow (before/after use) No No No No No No No

Reused water (and leakages) No No No No No No No

Desalinated water No No No No No No No

Water imports No No No No No No No

Water exports No No No No No No No

Bottled water No No No Yes Yes No No

Artificial groundwater recharge No No No No No No No

Data availability

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Point data (individual measurements within the specific reporting unit)

AL BA RS ME HR MK XK

Streamflow (Q) at selected gauges No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Reservoir inflow/outflow No No No No Yes Yes No

Groundwater level (H) at selected wells

Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes

General info on rain gauge stations No No No No Yes Yes Yes

Data availability

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Water abstraction components AL BA RS ME HR MK XK

Total Volume of freshwater abstraction (from both SW + GW)

No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No

Total Volume of freshwater abstraction for public water supply systems(from both SW + GW)

No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Total Volume of freshwater abstraction (from both SW + GW) for self-supply and breakdown per sector (according to NACE classes)

No Yes Yes No   Yes No

Groundwater available for annual abstraction

Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No

Evaporation Losses (during transport and use)

No No No No Yes NA No

Non freshwater sources (marine and brackish water) and breakdown per sector (according to NACE classes)

No No No No Yes NA No

Data availability

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Water use components AL BA RS ME HR MK XK

Total Volume of freshwater used and breakdown by sector (according to NACE classes)

No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No

Total volume of freshwater used provided by public water supply systems and breakdown by sector (according to NACE classes)

No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Total volume of freshwater used provided by self-supply and breakdown by sector( according to NACE classes)

No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No

Volume of freshwater (from both SW + GW) used per large item (based on 3 classes categorisation for cities, industries and agricultural units)

No Yes No No Yes NA No

Recycled water No Yes No No Yes NA No

Frequency of WQ data process and analysis

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AL Irregularly

BA Annually

RS  Annually

ME More frequently than annually, Annually, In periods longer than one year, Irregularly

HR In periods longer than one year

MK More frequently than annually

XK Annually and more frequently than annually

IT Infrastructure

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  AL BA RS ME HR MK XK

System Water IS and monitoring

Windows, EDAMIS

Data base DOS, HYDRAS

Hydrological and Water information system

Windows

Extent National National, regional

National National National

Purpose Relevant and timely information on the state of the water flow

Water quantity reporting to Eurostat

Data Base water quantity reporting and data/information exchange

DEMASdp, MapInfo, HEC RAS

Technologies or software utilized

Automatic stations OTT, SEBA, software

Visual basic .NET, SQL Server 2008/R2

custom made software, Internet and Intranet explorer

 

Standards used

 

Number of users

2 multiple 1 (DEMASdp), 5 (MapInfo), 1 (HECRAS)

Current WQ dataflow – Format and Automisation

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AL

BA Mostly in electronic format

RS Data of 1999-2006 were performed on IBM OS/390 platform, while data from 2007 and further are on Windows platform. All input data are automated and reports are predefined by output requirements.

ME All WQ dataflow is in analogue format, 70% of which is also in electronic format. Optimization includes automation of existing hydrological stations and purchasing of equipment for discharge measurements, especially at high water levels.

HR All available WQ dataflow is in electronic format. About 20% of the current hydrological stations are equipped for automatic transfer of water level data. Another 10 % of the monitoring network is on process for automisation which will improve the conditions for better and more reliable measurements.

MK Modernization of the existing hydrological network began with the construction of a part of the hydrological stations operated by the HMA under the project called The River Monitoring System Project (RIMSYS) which is a collaborative project undertaken and supported by Switzerland and Macedonia. This project covered a total of 18 automatic hydrological stations. Due to lack of financial and human resources only one hydrological yearbook was published. Data on water level and water temperature are real–time available from all 18 river monitoring stations on the internet. Only a small percent of the water quantity data is available in electronic format.

XK All water level and flow data of Kosovo’s hydrometric stations for the period before the war in Kosovo are digitized in Excel format. All hydrometric stations are equipped with sensors that record water level. Plans for installation of several stations equipped with instruments for access in real-time, as well as 60 Automatic Rain Gauge throughout the territory of Kosovo.

How should the WQ dataflow process be improved ?

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ALBA Installing a database management system, organizing data dissemination, trainingRS Improving QA on data dissemination.ME Forming of monitoring network to the number of stations adopted by Master plan in Montenegro

(51 stations). Introduction of hydrological Yearbook on the basis of observed and measured data during the year.Staff training for the use of existing databases and development of WISKI base for the future period. Water information system is prescribed by law, but no funds allocated to establish it; data are obtained from the municipal structures mostly in analogue format and are often insufficient

HR Further development of inter institutional cooperation on data collection and exchange as well as development of additional products required for water management for the establishment of a database management system.

MK Increasing and improving human resources, modernization, expansion and maintenance of the existing monitoring network, web application for data dissemination

XK Repairing hydrometric stations and extending their reactivity with rainfall stations and supply instruments as: sensor for measuring water level and flow, and supply instruments for real-time access to the main rivers.Software purchase and training organization.

Publication of water quantity data

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AL

BA Undefined - There is no unique national policy. Different data providers have their own terms

RS Limited access to data

ME Limited access to data

HR Undefined - There is no unique national policy. Different data providers have their own terms

MK Access fully open to public under conditions such as permission or recording (password)

XK Fully open under conditions, Limited access, Economic terms

National policy regarding the publication of other WQ data

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AL

BA fully open under conditions, limited access, economic terms

RS Limited access to data

ME Limited access to data

HR Limited access to data

MK Access fully open to public under conditions

XK Fully open under conditions, limited access, economic terms

• Croatia commented that none of the institutions has sole authority for systematically monitoring quality control and reporting water quantity data. There is an initiative to nominate Hrvatske vode as National Topic Centre on Water, which should enable better data flow, data collection, data control, data analysis and development of new products including those from questionnaire. Harmonization process is ongoing.

• Serbia commented that their Statistical Office produces water statistics based on annual Surveys (collecting data from reporting units) for previous year. Collecting, production and dissemination data based on Law on Official Statistics (Official Gazette of RS No. 104/2009).

• Kosovo commented that currently they have numerous problems regarding technical maintenance, supply and calibration of instruments for hydrometric stations and lack of staff and stimulating work because of small salaries. They have also difficulties in daily level conversion and formation of flow curves of sustainable streams.

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