United Nations
Envionment
Programme

UNEP/NOWPAP/POMRAC/

WG2 1/4/2
15 March 2004

Original: ENGLISH

Northwest Pacific Action Plan
Pollution Monitoring
Regional Activity Center

The First Meeting of NOWPAP POMRAC Working Group 2 (River and Direct Inputs)
Vladivostok, Russian Federation, 24-25 May 2004

Draft 2

Structure of the National Reports on
River and Direct Inputs of Contaminants

Introduction (goals of the report, authors …)

1. The existing system of monitoring (departments executing the river and coastal water quality monitoring) including

1.1. State departments (State level)
1.2. Regional departments (Regional level)
1.3. Special departments (Industrial level)

2. Goals facing different level departments in the field of the river and coastal water quality monitoring

2.1. State (State level)
2.2. Regional (Regional level)
2.3. Special (Industrial level)
2.4. Monitoring program of the national governmental level, which includes integration of monitoring results of the river water quality obtained by the departments of different levels

3. Physical-geographical characteristic of the area included in NOWPAP (marine environment and costal zones from about 121°E to 143°E longitude, and from approximately 52°N to 33°N latitude). (The coastal zone comprises the areas of river basins running into the Japan and Yellow seas. The marine zone includes …)

3.1. Relief
3.2. Climate (including such meteorological characteristics as humidity, monthly and annual amount of precipitation, temperature, speed and direction of winds)
3.3. Vegetation
3.4. Protected natural areas
3.5. Rivers and lakes (including the length of the main course, main tributaries, the river basin area, hydrograph, main hydrological characteristics).

4. Social situation in the area included in NOWPAP (marine environment and costal zones from about 121°E to 143°E longitude and from approximately 52°N to 33°N latitude). (The coastal zone comprises the areas of the river basins running into the Japan and Yellow seas. The marine zone includes …)

4.1. Population (total number of population and distribution in the area)
4.2. Basic settlements

5. Economic situation in the area included in NOWPAP (marine environment and coastal zones from about 121°E to 143°E longitude, and from approximately 52°N to 33°N latitude) (The coastal zone comprises the areas of the river basins running into the Japan and Yellow seas. The marine zone includes…)

5.1. An impact of various branches of economy on the river and coastal water quality (including wastewater volumes, the degree of their treatment, annual amount of prior contaminants such as chlororganic pesticides, heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni), petroleum hydrocarbons, PO₄, NO₂, NO₃, suspended solids)
        5.1.1. Industry
        5.1.2. Agriculture
        5.1.3. Transport
        5.1.4. Energetics
        5.1.5. Public utilities
5.2. Shower run-off coming from urbanized areas into the sea (volume, prior contaminants)
5.3. Planned economic and social development of the area related to possible influence on the river and coastal water quality

6. Monitoring system for assessment of the river and coastal water quality (including institutional framework, regular or irregular activities/projects, number and location of stations, existing monitoring parameters [chemical, physical and biological] and frequency)

General text should be supplemented by

- map (scale…?) of location of monitoring stations (JPG format);

- table

7 . Monitoring methods

7.1. Methodologies/procedures (including equipment used, detection limits)
7.2. Methods of monitoring quality control (including QA/QC procedures) in departments of different levels
7.2.1. State (State level)
7.2.2. Regional (Regional level)
7.2.3. Special (Industrial level)

8. Actual problems in networks providing assessment of the river and coastal water quality monitoring

9. Planned changes in monitoring system (planned use of new methods)

10. Preparation and improvement of professional qualification of the personnel

10.1. Constant training and retraining centers preparing the personnel (What institution do they belong to? What professions are they trained? Is it possible to train foreign experts?)

11. Proposals of the country on the directions of cooperation in the field of the river and coastal water quality monitoring in NOWPAP region

11.1 . Intercollibration of monitoring methods
11.2. Organization of international training courses
11.3. Cooperation and creation of intergovernmental monitoring system for assessment of the river and coastal water quality in NOWPAP region

12. Legislation regulating gathering, processing and transfer of information on the river and coastal water quality

13. The river and coastal water quality in 2001-2003 (concentrations chlororganic pesticides, heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni ), petroleum hydrocarbons, PO₄^3-, NO₂^- , NO₃^- , suspended solids, O₂ , BOD₅ ) and tendencies of the river and coastal water quality changes for 10 years. Maximum aloudel concentrations of contaminants.

14. List of publications and databases on the river and coastal water quality for 10 years (the language of publication should be indicated in brackets)