Kees Plug, Ministry of VROM 28 - 29 May Amsterdam

Diffuse Sources of Water Pollution

The Need to Share Experiences

28 – 29 May 2008, Amsterdam

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Reason

• Initial emission policy: focus on point sources

• Diffuse sources: main contribution to environmental pollution

• Needed: further emission policy on diffuse sources to reach

WFD environmental objectives

• NL programme to deal with diffuse sources

Key finding national programme: discussion at EU-level is

necessary. Apart from considerable national effort:

• Phasing out/cessation for certain PHS not feasible

• Emission controls at Community level: scale of sources,

level

playing field

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Case studies

Aim: investigate whether current European and national

legislation, and measures are adequate to reach the

environmental objectives

Substances:

• PAH’s and cadmium (priority hazardous substances), Cu

and

Zn (river basin based specific pollutants);

• non-compliance with environmental objectives

• Many sources and pathways

• Variety of generic and specific EU and national legislation

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Workshop on Diffuse Sources of Water Pollution

The need to share experience

• Point of view shared on Community level?

• Experiences of Member States

• What can be done at MS-level; what is needed on

Community level

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Wednesday, 28 May 2008

13.00 - 14.00 Registration (Mezzanine)

14.00 - 14.15  Welcome and introduction (Tulipzaal)

Chair, Kees Plug, Ministry of Housing Spatial planning and the Environment (Ministry of VROM)

14.15 - 15.15  NL: Three cases of substances - the (im)possibilities of reaching WFD targets in diffuse source policies

Gerard Lommers, Ministry of VROM

15.15 - 16.45 UK: Diffuse Pollution from listed substances- Experience in England and Wales

John Batty, Environmental Agency

15.45 - 16.15  Break (Tulipzaal)

16.15 - 16.45  ES: Spanish strategy to nitrate pollution control and determination of the reduction of diffuse emissions

of nitrate, to comply with the environmental objectives

Miguel Ángel Pérez Martín, University of Valencia

16.45 - 17.15    GE: Sources, regional input patterns and reduction measures regarding heavy metals and PAH's

Joachim Heidemeijer, Umweltbundesambt

17.15 - 17.45  Environmental organization: Diffuse sources: prevention first

Ben Hermans, The Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment

17.45 - 18.15  Industry: metals in surface waters.  The case of copper and zinc.

Katrien Delbeke, European Copper Institute and Frank Van Assche, International Zinc Association

- Europe

19.00 - 21.00    Reception (Mezzanine) and dinner (Caruso)

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Thursday, 29 May 2008

09.00 - 09.10  Welcome and introduction to the programme

of day 2 (Tulipzaal)

09.10 - 09.30   Summary/Findings day 1

09.30 - 10.30  Plenary discussion (findings and way

forward)

10.30 - 10.40    Break (Tulipzaal)

10.45 - 11.45  Plenary discussion (findings and way

forward)

11.45 - 12.00  Break (Tulipzaal)

12.00 - 12.30  Conclusions/Follow-up  (Chair) 

12.30 Lunch (Caruso)