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LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS IN
WATER MANAGEMENT OF ARMENIA
Khachik Hakobyan
Deputy Minister of Nature Protection of the
Republic of Armenia
EUWI EECCA Working Group 19th
Meeting
May 12, 2016
Paris, France
Outline
• First generation
reforms
• Current state of
reforms
• Achievements
• Follow-up steps
First generation reforms
• Legal reforms
– Water Code (2002), National Water Policy (2005),
National Water Program (2006)
– Over 200 legal acts to support implementation of
the Water Code, including new Surface Water
Quality Norms (2011), Outline of the Model RBMP
(2011, supported by the NPD)
– WFD compliant legislation in water sector,
including application of the river basin planning
principle
First generation reforms
• Institutional reforms
Management and
protection of water
resources
Regulation of
tariffs
Management of
water systems
Authorized
agency
Water Resources
Management Agency and
its 6 BMOs
Public Services
Regulatory
Commission
State Committee
on Water Systems
Main
functions
Monitoring and allocation
of water resources;
Strategic management and
protection of water
resources
Regulation of
tariff for non-
competitive
water supply and
discharges
Management of
water systems
under the state
ownership;
Support to WUAs
Enforcement
tools
Water use permits Water system
use permit
Management
contract
Current state of reforms
• Second generation reforms to further support
decentralized management of water resources
– Development of river basin management plans
– Strengthening the role and capacities of BMOs
• Strengthening surface and groundwater quantity and
quality monitoring, and compliance assurance
• Technical refurbishment of the State Water Cadaster
Information System
• Further harmonization with the EU WFD principles
and adoption of EU WFD methodologies
Current state of reforms
• Further development
of legal, regulatory and
institutional
frameworks to address
priority issues in water
sector
– e.g. protection and
efficient use of
groundwater resources
in Ararat Valley;
reduction of water
losses, and etc.
Achievements
• Further amendments in the Water Code, National Water
Program, adoption of 20 legal acts in the last two years
• Development of BMPs:
- BMP for Ararat RBD formally adopted
(Government Resolution No 338-N, March 31, 2016)
- Southern BMP - submitted to the Government;
- Akhuryan BMP – circulated among the stakeholders;
- Northern BMP draft
• Revision of the law “On Nature Protection and Nature Utilization
Payments”, supported by NPD
– Increase in the water abstraction fees for fish farms from 5%
to 50% of overall abstracted volumes in the Ararat valley
Achievements
• Water use amount reductions and or regime
limitations have been introduced in the
existing water use permits and new quotas
have been determined, thus saving annually
618.8 mln. m3
of water
• Liquidation, conservation and valve
regulation of illegal, abandoned and
emergency well, thus saving annually
701.5 mln m3
of water
• In total 1320.3 mln m3
per/year of water
savings were possible in Ararat valley due
to implementation of the above mentioned
measures
Achievements
• Concrete steps towards formal introduction of WFD
compliant monitoring in the country
– Expansion of the groundater mointoring network of Armenia from 70
monitoring wells and springs to 128 (Government of Armenia Protocol
Session Resolution No 43 of October 16, 2014)
– Increase of the groundwater mointoring budget by 2.5 times
• Development of preliminary ecological status classification
scheme in Debed pilot river basin, based on the
macroinvertabres (supported by EPIRB project)
• Draft environmental flow methodology with differentiated
seasonal minimum environmntal flows and taking into
consnideration the need for aquatic species (supported by
USIAD CEW Program)
Follow-up Steps
 Protection and efficient use of groundwater resources in Ararat Valley:
 Introduction of automatic centralized system
 Further development and adoption of RBMPs, implementation of the
program of measures
 Reduction of water losses:
 Introduction of modern technologies (closed or semi-closed) at fish
farms,
 Introduction of drip irrigation systems,
 Further strengthening of water quality and quantity monitoring system,
introduction of biological monitoring
 Technical refurbishment of the State Water Cadaster Information
System (software, hardware)
 Strengthening of the WRMA and the BMOs, capacity
building and technical refurbishment
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Legal and Institutional reforms in Water Management of Armenia

  • 1. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS IN WATER MANAGEMENT OF ARMENIA Khachik Hakobyan Deputy Minister of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia EUWI EECCA Working Group 19th Meeting May 12, 2016 Paris, France
  • 2. Outline • First generation reforms • Current state of reforms • Achievements • Follow-up steps
  • 3. First generation reforms • Legal reforms – Water Code (2002), National Water Policy (2005), National Water Program (2006) – Over 200 legal acts to support implementation of the Water Code, including new Surface Water Quality Norms (2011), Outline of the Model RBMP (2011, supported by the NPD) – WFD compliant legislation in water sector, including application of the river basin planning principle
  • 4. First generation reforms • Institutional reforms Management and protection of water resources Regulation of tariffs Management of water systems Authorized agency Water Resources Management Agency and its 6 BMOs Public Services Regulatory Commission State Committee on Water Systems Main functions Monitoring and allocation of water resources; Strategic management and protection of water resources Regulation of tariff for non- competitive water supply and discharges Management of water systems under the state ownership; Support to WUAs Enforcement tools Water use permits Water system use permit Management contract
  • 5. Current state of reforms • Second generation reforms to further support decentralized management of water resources – Development of river basin management plans – Strengthening the role and capacities of BMOs • Strengthening surface and groundwater quantity and quality monitoring, and compliance assurance • Technical refurbishment of the State Water Cadaster Information System • Further harmonization with the EU WFD principles and adoption of EU WFD methodologies
  • 6. Current state of reforms • Further development of legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks to address priority issues in water sector – e.g. protection and efficient use of groundwater resources in Ararat Valley; reduction of water losses, and etc.
  • 7. Achievements • Further amendments in the Water Code, National Water Program, adoption of 20 legal acts in the last two years • Development of BMPs: - BMP for Ararat RBD formally adopted (Government Resolution No 338-N, March 31, 2016) - Southern BMP - submitted to the Government; - Akhuryan BMP – circulated among the stakeholders; - Northern BMP draft • Revision of the law “On Nature Protection and Nature Utilization Payments”, supported by NPD – Increase in the water abstraction fees for fish farms from 5% to 50% of overall abstracted volumes in the Ararat valley
  • 8. Achievements • Water use amount reductions and or regime limitations have been introduced in the existing water use permits and new quotas have been determined, thus saving annually 618.8 mln. m3 of water • Liquidation, conservation and valve regulation of illegal, abandoned and emergency well, thus saving annually 701.5 mln m3 of water • In total 1320.3 mln m3 per/year of water savings were possible in Ararat valley due to implementation of the above mentioned measures
  • 9. Achievements • Concrete steps towards formal introduction of WFD compliant monitoring in the country – Expansion of the groundater mointoring network of Armenia from 70 monitoring wells and springs to 128 (Government of Armenia Protocol Session Resolution No 43 of October 16, 2014) – Increase of the groundwater mointoring budget by 2.5 times • Development of preliminary ecological status classification scheme in Debed pilot river basin, based on the macroinvertabres (supported by EPIRB project) • Draft environmental flow methodology with differentiated seasonal minimum environmntal flows and taking into consnideration the need for aquatic species (supported by USIAD CEW Program)
  • 10. Follow-up Steps  Protection and efficient use of groundwater resources in Ararat Valley:  Introduction of automatic centralized system  Further development and adoption of RBMPs, implementation of the program of measures  Reduction of water losses:  Introduction of modern technologies (closed or semi-closed) at fish farms,  Introduction of drip irrigation systems,  Further strengthening of water quality and quantity monitoring system, introduction of biological monitoring  Technical refurbishment of the State Water Cadaster Information System (software, hardware)  Strengthening of the WRMA and the BMOs, capacity building and technical refurbishment
  • 11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! http://www.mnp.am