Austrian Water Quality Monitoring System Johannes Grath http

Austrian Water Quality Monitoring System Johannes Grath http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003

legal background: • • Water Act Hydrography Act Ordinance on Monitoring Water Quality Ordinance on Groundwater Threshold Values http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003

Monitoring Network Surface Water: 245 sites Groundwater: 2018 sites 250 in karst and crevice groundwater rest in groundwater in porous media http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003

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http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003

sampling frequency • • • river waters - monthly sediments - annually saprobiological index - annually specific rivers - every two weeks special programs - monthly groundwater – four times a year http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003

Partners involved • Federal authorities • Provincial authorities • Private sector http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003

awarding of contracts for sampling & analysis • • • EU-wide call for tender constitutes a detailed part of stringent provisions fixed by criteria of the BMLFUW contract is awarded according to price and quality financed to 2/3 by the Federal Republic, 1/3 by the Federal States • period 1990 -2000: approx. 27. 8 mio € overall costs – average costs per sample: http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien • groundwater 293 € (70 - 104 parameter) • running water 356 € basic programme; 1060 € extended programme Vienna, 16 th July 2003

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publication • • annual reports state of the environment report water protection report Internet http: //www. ubavie. gv. at: – full version of annual report – on-line queries – there are many detailed requests by email or telephone (~100/year) http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003

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T F A DR http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003

Waterbodies - R D groundwater T F A http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Lände 5 1090 Wien Vienna, 16 th July 2003