Romania EU Accession process WATER SUPPLY AND ... - INBO

R O M A N I A
M I N I S T R Y OF E N V I R O N M E N T
AND W A T E R M A N A G E M E N T
Romania EU Accession process
WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE
SYSTEMS
- NEEDS AND COSTS -
Anemarie CIUREA
Office Head

2007 - accession in EU
22 million inhabitants
54% - Population served by
water supply systems and
waste water treatment plants
16% - Population served only
by drinking water supply
systems
30% - Population without
public service
Romania key figures :
Hole territory (238.391 km2)
of Romania sensitive area in
the Danube catchments area

Position Document Chapter 22 - Environment
Negotiations opening chapter
22 - 21 March 2002
Informal consultation - July y 2002 - March 2003
First technical consultations – 20 - 21 January 2004
Finalization of the complementary position document – 1 st part
and official submitting to start the negotiations – June 2004
Closing of the 1 st part of chapter 22 – Environment – with the
approval of 5 proposed transition periods - 23 September 2004
Closing of the 2 nd part of the chapter 22 – Environment – with
the approval of 6 proposed transition periods – 26 November
2004

Implementation costs of the environmental acquis communautaire
- spread of financial sources on each environment sector -
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Horizontal
leg.
Air Waste Water IPPC Nature Chemicals Noise Civil
protection
Sectors
Nuclear
safety
State budget EC Funds Economic agents Other sources
Total value: 29.3 billions Euro

Distribution of implementation costs
Implementation costs for the most expensive
environment sectors (MEuro)
4644
1044 3107
18279
Air
Waste
Water
IPPC

Wastewater treatment:
The Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive implementation requires
investments of
Euro necessary to:
investments of 9.5 billions Euro
Implementation of measures:
- Construction of new urban waste water treatment plants;
- Up-grading of the existing urban waste water treatment plants;
- Up-grading of the existing waste water treatment plants in the agro-
food industry;
- Rehabilitation of the existing urban sewerage collecting systems;
s;
- Construction and/or extension of urban sewerage collecting
systems.

Costs for Drinking Water Directive implementation:
•Purpose
County-wide monitoring of drinking water
quality – new analytical equipment for 5
regional and 42 territorial laboratories of
the MH
Investment in equipment for control
monitoring performed by the producers
Improvement of technologies and
extension of the water treatment
Rehabilitation and extension of the water
supply networks
Replacement of the domestic distribution
systems
TOTAL
Amount
EUR 2.5 million
EUR 5.6 million
EUR 2,000
million
EUR 3, 600
million
Not estimated
yet
EUR 5,608.1
million
Time / period
2004 - 2005
2004 - until the
rehabilitation of the
water treatment plants
2004 – 2015
2004 - 2015
2004 - 2015
2004-31.12.2015

LONG TERM OBJECTIVES
%
100
75
50
25
0
YEAR
91.8
33.5
94.1
50
2000 2010 2020
99
85
Urban area
Rural area
Sewerage and WW treatment
Population access to the water supply
100
100
%biodegradabile total mass
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
80.2
61.9
60.8
50.5 60.6 76.6
100
0
Sewerage
2010
2013
2015
2018
Treatment

MEDIUM TERM OBJECTIVES
Gradual fulfillment of the EU requirements
EU Directives
Drinking Water
98/83
Waste Water
91/271
Transition
Period
2015
2018
Associated costs
(billions EURO)
5.6
9.5

INVESTMENTS FINANCING STRUCTURE
TARGETED SOURCES BETWEEN 2005 – 2006
(million Euro/Year)
Loans
Private
Grant - EU
Local
State Budget
20
40
115
150
300
0 50 100 150 200 250 300

EU FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
EU GRANTS
PREACCESSION PERIOD
PHARE ( MUDP, SAMTID)
ISPA
POSTACCESSION
SAPARD – Measure 2.1
COHESION FUND – FOLLOWING ISPA
STRUCTURAL FUNDS

MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
• 15 towns≥150 000 inhabitants
Public Private Partnership
• on-going concession contracts : BUCURESTI, PLOIESTI
• under development : ARAD, CRAIOVA, CONSTANTA, TIMISOARA
• Total investment Value : about 200 mil. Euro
Arad
Orad
ea
Cluj
Napoca
Bistrita
Tg.Mur
eş
Botoş
ani
Bacău
Ias
i
Timisoa
ra
Braşo
v
Targovi
şte
Focş
ani
Buzău
Br
ăil
a
Craiov
a
Const
anţa

Small and Medium Towns Infrastructure Development
( SAMTID )
14 Association of Municipalities ( aprox. . 80 towns)
- total investments value : 140 mil.Euro
- pilot phase: - started in 2004
- counties : Alba, Calarasi, Botosani, Cluj-Salaj
Salaj, Hunedoara
- investment costs : 40 mil. Euro
Consolidation phase :
- started in 2005
- investments costs : aprox. . 100 mil.euro

ISPA & Cohesion Funds
• ISPA
Period : 2000-2004
• 30 investment
projects
• Value– aprox. 1
billion Euro
Period : 2005 – 2006
• under development
other
• 5 projects
Cohesion Funds
• 3 times larger than ISPA
• under development
Arad
Timisoa
ra
Satu
Mare
Baia Mare
Maramures*
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Paşca
ani
ni
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Tur
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da
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ea
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Va
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Cod
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i
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v
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cu
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Drobeta
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Const
Craiov
Alexandria
Tr.
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Cala
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Severin
a
rasi
*
Giurgiu
Teleorm
*
an
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
( RDP )
• Financed by
World Bank
• Total investment
value : 100 mil.
US $
• Starting date :
2005
• Pilot phase: 5
counties

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