The document summarizes a meeting of the CEEP Water Committee in Brussels on April 16, 2012. It discusses priority substances under the Water Framework Directive, including their classification, emission controls, environmental quality standards, and monitoring. It provides a history of relevant directives and decisions. It outlines the current activities around implementing quality standards by 2021 and revising the list of priority substances. Key points of discussion included potential conflicts between drinking water and waste water services, controlling emissions from various sources, and dealing with ubiquitous and unclassified but hazardous pollutants.

1. CEEP Water Committee meeting
Brussels, 16 April 2012
WFD PRIORITY SUBSTANCES
The current state of progress
Frédéric de Hemptinne
Sustainable Synergies
www.sustainable-synergies.eu
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2. What is a priority substances?
Key characteristics of danger:
• toxic,
• persistent,
• liable to bio-accumulation
Discharges to be phased out or to be reduced
These are not the only substances dangerous for
the aquatic environment. Others must be
addressed at national or basin level.
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3. KEY ISSUES
• Classification
• Emissions control
– Diffuse sources (chemical policy, BEP)
– Punctual sources (BAT)
• Environmental quality standards
• Monitoring
• Measurement
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4. HISTORY
• Directive 76/464/EEC and daughter directives
• Directive 2000/60/EC “WFD”
• DECISION No 2455/2001/EC (annex X)
• Directive 2008/105/EC (EQS, mixing zones,
inventory of emissions, Review of annex X)
• Commission Directive 2009/90/EC “QA /QC”
• COM(2011) 875 (review of annex X, creation
of a watch list)
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5. WHAT IS GOING ON
EQS are to be met by 2021 (end of 2nd cycle)
Current activities in CIS 2011-12
• Implementation of the QA/QC directive
• Revision of annex X
• EQS derivation /compliance assessment
• mixing zones
• Inventory of PS emissions at basin level
• Potential measures for emission control
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6. WHAT IS COMING NEXT
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7. POINTS FOR DISCUSSION
• Is there a conflict between drinking water and
waste water services? What’s about sludge?
• How to control emissions (REACH, IED)?
• How to deal with ubiquitous pollutants ?
• How to deal with hazardous substances which
are not classified?
• Risks assessment and mitigation (i.e. nanos,
pharmaceutical)
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