Annex C (II)
Format project proposal
Matra Pre-accession Projects Programme (MPAP)
Programme objectives:
o to support the governments of Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Turkey with accession
related issues;
o to foster bilateral relations and government to government co-operation.
MPAP provides support through technical assistance in the following sectors and subjects:
o education and culture; environmental issues (only non-technical); legal and home affairs
(third pillar); health care; public housing; reform of public service; social affairs and
employment issues
Project title:
Management of Bathing Waters in Turkey
Submitter of the
project:
T.R. Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Project beneficiary:
General Directorate of Environmental Management, Department of
Marine and Coast Management, T.R. Ministry of Environment and
Forestry
Contact details:
Name of Director: Musa DEMİRBAŞ
Name of contact person: Afire SEVER
Position: Acting Division Manager
Address: Söğütözü Caddesi No: 14/E Beştepe/Ankara
Telephone: +90 312 207 66 40
Fax: +90 312 207 66 95
E-mail: afiresever@yahoo.com
Project counterpart: General Directorate of Environmental Management, Department of
Marine and Coast Management, T.R. Ministry of Environment and
Forestry
Contact details:
Name of Director: Musa DEMİRBAŞ
Name of contact person: Afire SEVER
Position: Acting Division Manager
Address: Söğütözü Caddesi No: 14/E Beştepe/Ankara
Telephone: +90 312 207 66 40
Fax: +90 312 207 66 95
E-mail: afiresever@yahoo.com
Project purpose:
Establishing an effective and sustainable management system for
bathing waters in Turkey in accordance with the new EU Bathing
Water Directive.
EU (accession)
relevance:
The new EU Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) serves as the basis
for the project. In the EU Integrated Environmental Strategy prepared
in line with the National Programme of Turkey for the Adoption of
the Acquis the investment priority is given to the Bathing Water
Directive. According to this, waters used for bathing and recreational
purposes will be protected from the pollution by all kinds of
pollutants especially by microbiologic pollutants. Furthermore they
will be monitored, inspected and reported. For these purposes the
national laboratory capacity will be developed and appropriate waste
water treatment plants, waste water discharge and disinfection
systems will be established by the year 2015.
Summary of
institutional setting
in your country:
Regulation on Bathing Water Quality had been taken into force on 9
january 2006 by being published in the official gazette no.26048 in
order to adapt the “Bathing Water Directive” no.76/160/EC. Aim of
the regulation is, in order to protect human health and environment,
to determine the quality of the waters used as bathing or recreational
purposes and to prevent these waters from pollution sourced from any
pollutant, especially the microbiologicals. With this regulation; the
duties of Ministry of Health and Ministry of Environment and
Forestry are defined clearly; sampling periods are fixed; and technical
comissions chaired by governors are assigned to determine the
sampling locations. Furthermore; by this regulation, additional
microbiological parameter analysis (salmonella and enterovirus) are
required beside the standart values of bathing and recreational waters
given in the Table 3 of “Water Pollution Control Regulation”. The
sampling methodology is also determined. The results of the
monitoring which are under the responsibility of Ministry of Health,
are required to be reported to Ministry of Environment and Forestry
annually by this regulation.
Description of the
problem:
The aim of both old and new directives is to protect human health
and environment, to determine the quality of waters as bathing
or recreational purposes, to monitor and report these waters and
to prevent them from pollution sourced from any pollutant
especially the microbiologicals. Old directive includes biological
parameters’ monitoring. On the other hand monitoring of
physical and chemical parameters should be held by WDF.
According to “Bathing Water Quality Directive”, which was
prepared according to 70/160/EC directive, was came into force
with official journal dated 09/01/2006 numbered 26048 and will
be remained in force for a long time, biological parameters are
monitored by Ministry of Health and reported to Ministry of
Environment and Forestry. Ministry of Environment and
Forestry is obliged to take/be taken necessary cautions when the
parameter values of bathing water are exceeded. According to
“Bathing Water Quality Directive”, the general coordination
belongs to Ministry of Environment of Environment and
Forestry. In case of providing the quality criterias of bathing
water Ministry of Ministry of Environment and Forestry has an
important role with cautions which will take/be taken. On the
other hand in order to manifest technical, administrative and
legal differencies between old and new directives TAEX specialist
has been invited and this gap will be filled by MATRA project.
Problems encountered in the management of bathing waters in
Turkey have been arising from the current situation and gaps between
this situation and harmonization and implementation requirements of
the new EU Bathing Water Directive. To cope with these problems,
the necessary changes are listed as:
1. The breakdown in the quality of the coastal waters used as
bathing or recrational purposes should be determined.
2. Emergency response methodologies and management models in
case of instantaneous pollution should be established.
3. Institutional capacity building regarding these methodologies and
management models should be achieved.
4. Action plans and programs in order to minimize the pollution,
especially in a chosen pilot area where a heavy microbiological
pollution observed should be prepared.
5. The situation of Cyanobacteria which is accepted as
microbiological pollution indicator should be determined and
action plans and programmes should be prepared to minimize it in
case of existance.
Project results (maximum of 4 results):
1. Determination of the quality of the coastal
waters used as bathing and recreational
purposes and development of bathing and
recreatioal areas management model.
2. Determination of pollution sources,
establishment of emergency response
methodology in case of an instantaneous
pollution and preparation of management
model.
3. Preparation of pollution reduction plans
and programmes in the pilot area
4. Determination of the situation of
Cyanobacteria in Turkish coastal waters and
conditions of population growth and
measures.
5. Institutional and technical capacity building
in this scope.
6. Implementation of the project in a pilot
area which will be choosen in a tourism area
where the bathing waters are intensively used.
Result 1: Determination of the quality of the
Activities:
 Data collection and analyses;
 Management models and methodologies
 Plans and programmes
 Training
 A study visit to relevant institutions in
The Netherlands.
Activities:
coastal waters used as bathing and
recreational purposes and development of
bathing and recreatioal areas management
model.
Result 2: Determination of pollution sources,
establishment of emergency response
methodology in case of an instantaneous
pollution and preparation of management
model.
Result 3: Preparation of pollution reduction
plans and programmes in the pilot area
Result 4: Determination of the situation of
Cyanobacteria in Turkish coastal waters and
conditions of population growth and
measures.
Result 5: Institutional and technical capacity
building in this scope.
Related projects:
Miscellaneous:
1.1 Collecting relevant existing national data
to determine the quality of the coastal waters.
used as bathing and recreational purposes.
1.2 Developing a management model for
bathing and recreatioal areas.
2.1 Analysing pollution sources.
2.2 Establishing an emergency response
methodology in case of an instantaneous
pollution.
2.3 Preparing a management model.
2.1 Preparing pollution reduction plans and
programmes in the pilot area.
2.1 Collecting relevant existing national data
to determine the situation of Cyanobacteria in
Turkish coastal waters and conditions of
population growth and measures.
2.1 A study visit to relevant institutions in
The Netherlands.
2.2. Training
Technical studies are carried out under the “Institution Building &
Access to Environmental Information” Project (TR0203-03.4/1) of
the “Capacity Building in the Field of Environment for Turkey”
Project (TR0203.03) financed under 2002 EU Pre-Accession
Financial Assistance and the “Strengthening the Ministry of Health to
Harmonize and Implement Legislation in the field of Water for Public
Health Protection” Project (twinning TR/2004/IB/EN/04) financed
under 2004 EU Pre-Accession Financial Assistance.