United Nations
Envionment
Programme

UNEP/NOWPAP/POMRAC/

WG2 1/5

05 May2004

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

Introduction (goals of the overview, authors) - 2 pages

1. Physical-geographical and social - economic characteristics of the NOWPAP region (5 pages)

1.1. Basic physical-geographical characteristics determining        features of a hydrological regime of the area
1.2. Social and economic characteristics
       1.2.1. Population (a total number and distribution)
       1.2.2. Basic settlements
       1.2.3. Influence of various branches of economy on the
                 river  and coastal-marine waters (including
                 volumes of  sewage, a degree of their treatment,
                 prior pollutants)
                  1.2.3.1. Industry
                  1.2.3.2. Agriculture
                  1.2.3.3. Transport
                  1.2.3.4. Energy
       1.2.4. Storm runoff from the urbanized areas into the seas                  (volumes, prior pollutants)
       1.2.5. Basic directions of economic and social
                 development planned in the NOWPAP
                 countries which will affect  on river and
                 direct inputs of contaminants into the
                 marine environment.

2. Monitoring systems of river and direct inputs of contaminants in the NOWPAP countries, their goals and tasks and used methods (15-20 pages).

2.1. Japan
2.2. China
2.3. Republic Korea
2.4. Russia

*Note: For each of the countries materials should be represented both on the state and/or provincial networks and programs included in the NOWPAP region and should contain information on the following issues:

- Monitoring system for assessment of river and direct inputs of contaminants (including institutional framework, regular or irregular activities/projects, number and location of stations, existing monitoring parameters [chemical, physical and biological] and frequency)

- Methodologies/procedures (including equipment used, detection limits)

- Methods of control for monitoring quality (including QA/QC procedures) in departments of a different level

- Quality criteria

- Actual problems in networks of monitoring of river and direct inputs of contaminants

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

3. Distinctions of existing monitoring systems for assessment of river and direct inputs of contaminants in the NOWPAP countries (5 pages)

4. Recommendations on improvement of existing systems of monitoring in the NOWPAP region (4-5 pages)

- Recommendations on the use of monitoring methods;

- Recommendations on the list of analyzed parameters;

- Recommendations on inter-calibration of monitoring methods in the NOWPAP countries

- Recommendations on cooperation of monitoring systems for assessment of river and direct inputs in the NOWPAP region…..

5. Programs for preparation and improvement of professional skill of the personnel aimed at monitoring for assessment of river and direct inputs of contaminants (6-8 pages)

5.1. National programs (national centers, training and retraining courses for the personal, subjects of training) and international programs (GOOS, WESTPAC, etc.)

5.2. Recommendations on the use of national and the international programs of improvement of professional skill of the personnel aimed at the NOWPAP program

6. Recommendations on the development of the program informing population of the countries in the NOWPAP region about river and direct inputs of contaminants in the various countries and in the region as a whole (5-7 pages)

7. Information on river and direct inputs of contaminants in 2001-2003 and the tendencies of change for 10 years in the NOWPAP region (15-20 pages)

Appendix 1

The list of the laws regulating monitoring of river and direct inputs of contaminants in the NOWPAP countries

- Japan
- China
- Republic of Korea
- Russia

Appendix 2

The list of the basic publications and databases on river and direct inputs of contaminants for 10 years (the language of publication should be indicated); [no more than 20 publications from each country]

- Japan
- China
- Republic of Korea
- Russia