The Water Resources Management Plans of the 14 River Basin Districts (RBDs) of Greece are prepared according to the provisions of the 2000/60/EC Directive and are revised every six years. The 2nd revision of the Water Resources Management Plans in the RBDs of Western, Northern and Eastern Peloponnese (RBD01, RBD02 and RBD03) concerns a total area of about 23,100km2. It examines both surface water bodies and groundwater bodies and includes the following activities:
1) Modification, completion and bringing up to date previous actions on implementing Articles 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 13 of the WFD in the two RBDs.
2) Preparing the necessary reports and GIS files, as well as databases of information regarding the condition of water bod-ies; manmade pressures on water bodies (in terms of water demand, ecology, biology and pollution); water availability and abstractions; ecological and biological indicators etc.
3) Review and update of the working Water Management Tools of the Ministry of Environment, including the hydrological analysis of rainfalls, the calculation of water yields for all surface water and groundwater bodies and the preparation of water balance models for all surface water bodies basins, taking into account the existing and estimated future water de-mands. All analyses were elaborated using the MIKE software.
4) Preparing a Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment for the actions and measures proposed in the RBD Management Plan.
5) Organizing and participating in the public consultation process with the RBD stakeholders as prescribed in the WFD, prior to the publication of the final management plan.
6) Completing the national database systems with the updated information.
7) Preparing the necessary files for reporting the results to the European Commission (WISE).
8) Publishing the River Basin District Management Plans on internet and disseminating it findings to the public using various sources of information (internet, press releases, national and international workshops etc.)
9) Creating an internet site for the dissemination of the study, including a discussion forum.
10) Publishing documentations on climate change and other environmental issues.
The services cover the fields of:
– Collection of all relevant environmental, ecological, biological, hydrological and hydro geological information.
– Collection of all available information regarding water demand and water pollution from various sources.
-Analysis of projects already developed or under development, and estimation of the current and future water uses (for the 6yrs timeframe of the project).
-Development of updated hydrological and water management tools regarding the rainfall patterns, the yields of the catchments and the water balance models of all surface and groundwater bodies in the study area.
-Development and evaluation of an Economic Model regarding water uses, cost of water and environmental costs.
– Provision of a series of preventive and protective measures for water resources.
– Preparation of databases, update of information platforms, development of website.
– Workshops, training courses, internet site, documentation and manuals.