Upgrading the water monitoring capacities for SW and GW bodies (Alexander Zinke)

1. REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
6TH MEETING OF THE NATIONAL POLICY
DIALOGUE ON WATER
European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership countries
(EUWI+)
Environment Agency Austria, Alexander Zinke, virtual, 19 November 2020

2. The EU-funded programme “European Union Water Initiative Plus for Eastern Partnership Countries (EUWI+ 4 EaP)” is implemented by the UNECE, OECD,
responsible for the implementation of Result 1 and an EU member state consortium of Austria and France responsible for the implementation of Result 2 and 3.
This document was produced by UNECE and/or OECD and/or the EU member state consortium with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views
expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union or the governments of the Eastern Partnership Countries. This
document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of, or sovereignty over, any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and
boundaries, and to the name of any territory, city or area.
RESULTS 2 COUNTRY SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS
SESSION 1
MODERNISING NATIONAL WATER POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
UPGRADING THE WATER MONITORING CAPACITIES FOR
SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER BODIES

3. MAIN TASKS OF EAA
Output 2.1: Adequate infrastructure and analytical tools for sound
monitoring of water
• Assess capacities and needs
• Purchase equipment to upgrade existing laboratories
• Support laboratories for accreditation
Output 2.2: Strengthened capacity on chemical, hydro-morphological,
ecological and biological monitoring of surface and groundwaters
• Provide trainings
• Prepare Monitoring Development Plans
Output 2.3: Pilot river basins management plans implemented
• Delineate surface water/groundwater bodies
• Carry out biological, ecological, chemicals surveys
• Support completion of RBMP monitoring chapters 3

4. 1. PROCUREMENT OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
COMPLETED PROCEDURES AS PER 16.11.2020
for SW Laboratory of Environmental Reference Laboratory of EAM in
Chisinau to fulfil its WFD monitoring obligations
• Microwave digestion system for sample preparation.
• Atomic absorption spectrometer for heavy metals such as Cadmium,
Lead, Mercury or Nickel.
• DOC/TOC device for assessing dissolved or total organic carbon in
waters.
• Water Purification System needed in laboratory for the above-
mentioned techniques.
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5. 1. PROCUREMENT OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
PENDING PROCEDURES PER 16.11.2020
for SW Laboratory of Environmental Reference Laboratory of EAM in
Chisinau to fulfil its WFD monitoring obligations
• Gas Chromatograph to measure priority substances such as pesticides,
industrial chemical or polycyclic aromatic carbon hydrogens.
• Bench freeze drier for sample preparation of biota and sediments.
• Small laboratory equipment: laboratory dishwasher, muffle furnace,
laboratory deep freezer, UV/VIS-spectrophotometer, solvent evaporator,
orbital shaker, multimeter (pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen), titrator
• Consumables (chemical reference materials, solvents, glassware, GC-
columns, etc.)
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6. 1. LAB PROCUREMENT OVERVIEW
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EQUIPMENT CONTRACT
AWARDED
STATUS
Gas Chromatograph
16.09.2019
Shimadzu
delivered (installation
and training pending)
Atomic absorption
spectrometer
03.10.2019
Analytik Jena
completed
Microwave digestion
20.08.2019
Milestone
completed
DOC/TOC device
25.08.2019
Analytik Jena
completed
Bench freeze dryer
22.11.2019
Martin Christ
delivered (installation
and training pending)
Water purification system
03.10.2019
Lokmera
completed
Small laboratory equipment
and consumables
Proposed: VWR offer received
Solvent evaporator Proposed: LabTech offer received
AAS
WPS
Photos © EAM

7. 2. PROGRESS IN LABORATORY ACCREDITATION
SW Laboratory of Environmental Reference Laboratory of EAM
• Successfull participation in proficiency tests for metals, trace
elements and nutrients (major ions) in 2020
• Support of a local QM expert (EUWI+ service agreement) for new
initial laboratory accreditation, i.e. preparation of needed quality
management documentation or adaptation of existing QM
documents, training of lab staff on new edition of standard EN
ISO/IEC 17025:2017, internal system audit in EAM lab
• application documents for new initial accreditation documents
were submitted to MOLDAC 23 September 2020
Outlook
• Remote audit with EAM and EUWI+ lab experts on 19 November
(virtual meeting)
• Accreditation audit by MOLDAC planned for January 2021 7

8. 3. SURFACE WATER MONITORING DEVELOPMENT
PROGRESS DURING EUWI+
• SW Survey (MZB+PHB)
• Diatom evaluation report
• Hydro-morphology Survey
• ICPDR-JDS4 support
• Procurement of biological equipment
and taxonomic keys
• ESCS training (+4 before Q3/2019)
• DPBSRB type-specific Ecological
Status Classification System (ESCS)
for MZB
• Investigative Monitoring: 10 sites at
Ialpug basin
New: 2 training videos on PHB (diatoms)
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OUTLOOK UNTIL END OF EUWI+
(FEB 2021)
o Guidance Delineation of SWB
o Guidance ESCS
• DPBSRB Management Plan (SW
monitoring)
• Report on MD monitoring results
• SW Monitoring Development Plan

9. SW MONITORING – FUTURE NEEDS
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• Increase monitoring capacities
(personnel + know-how)
• Continue trainings
• Biological monitoring in lakes
and reservoirs (HMWB/artific.)
• Expand HYMO surveys
• Develop ESCS for other BQEs
• When all ESCS available
 Intercalibration exercise for
biology, chemistry and HYMO
© Umweltnumdesamt/Maria Deweis
Steps MZB PHB PHP MAC FIS
1 Delineate SWB Completed during EUWI+
2 Define typology Completed during EUWI+
3 Risk assessment for
SWB
Completed during EUWI+
4 Establish a compliant
sampling method
Completed
during EUWI+
Started
during
EUWI+
Still needed
5 Establish a compliant
lab method
Completed
during EUWI+
Started
during
EUWI+
Still needed
6 Gather data on biology
in a consolidated
database
Completed
during EUWI+
Started
during
EUWI+
Still needed
7 Establish a pressure-
response-relationship
Completed
during EUWI+
Still needed
8 Define criteria for type-
specific reference
(benchmark)
conditions
Completed
during EUWI+
Still needed
9 Set class boundaries
(EQR)
Completed
during EUWI+
Still needed
10 Compile all methods to
a binding guidance
document (as a basis
for the monitoring)
Still needed
More information: SW Monitoring Development Plan MD
Photo © Zornig

10. 4. GROUNDWATER MONITORING
Achivements since autumn 2019
• Groundwater chemical survey 2019 (pesticides): 18 sites, 2
laboratories (EHGeoM, Institute of Chemistry)
• Study (2020) on proposed improvement of GW monitoring
network in the DPBSRB RBMP, including survey.
 include 15 existing springs, drill 3 new wells.
• Summer 2020: Comprehensive preparatory work for the drilling
of 3 new wells including all administrative certificates.
• Oct 2020: Start of drilling the 3 wells by EHGeoM.
• Monitoring chapter for DPBSRB Management Plan.
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11. GROUNDWATER MONITORING
Outlook until End of EUWI+ (Feb 2021)
• Finalisation of drilling the 3 wells
• GW Monitoring Development Plan
• Guidance document on GWB delineation
Future needs
• Raise and secure monitoring budgets (long-term)
• Clarify responsibility for laboratory analyses of GW (organic pollutants
etc.)
• Secure monitoring capacities (personnel + know-how)
• Frequent repetition of trainings
• Purchase more sampling and field measurement equipment
• Develop MD methodology for GW status assessment (quantity, quality).
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Petrunea
village
New
monitoring well
Petrunea village
Chișinău

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Site Hincesti (MDDBSGWQ220)
Site Aluatu (MDDBSGWQ220)
Site Costuleni (GWB MDPRTGWQ230)
Site Frasinesti (GWB MDPRTGWQ230)
Site Viisoara (GWB MDPRTGWQ230).
Site Bursuc (GWB MDPRTGWQ510).
Site Svetlii (MDDBSGWQ220)

13. CONTACT
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Alexander Zinke, TL of EU MS Consortium
Contact information
alexander.zinke@umweltbundesamt.at