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5th Mission Report _KE3_March-April 2013IntroductionFollowing the previous training missions in Eastern Europe, it was decided to progress the issues that hadbeen raised in the previous mission: to provide support and training for the laboratories in each country.This encompassed Activity 1.5 “Support the analytical quality control assurance procedure” and Activity1.6 “Assess the needs regarding laboratory infrastructure, equipment and training” by developing theinternal quality controls and the analysis of organo chlorine pesticides (OCPs) of each of the water qualitylaboratories. In addition the mission included the KE3’s input for the delineation of water bodies, activity2.2. The mission starting on 20th March and completed on 14th April according to the operational plan isshown in Annex 7.The tasks included visiting the three beneficiary countries to submit the following:1) Intensive training on the application of internal quality controls.2) Investigate the current methods and provide training for organochlorine pesticides (OCPs).3) Further discuss the water laboratories’ capabilities of sampling, analyzing benthicmacroinvertebrates and their training needs.4) Assist each laboratory with their own analytical problems that could affect their analysis for theProject.5) Submit extra local training workshops in each country tailored for their individual requirements.6) In addition to the laboratory inputs the KE3 worked with KE2, KE4 &KE5 on the delineation of waterbodies (WB) in the three countries for Activity 2.2.1. BELARUS (31ST MARCH – 6TH APRIL 2013)National Monitoring Laboratories’ TrainingTwo main authorities are involved in monitoring of surface water quality on the River Dnieper:1) Republican Centre of Analytical Control in the Field of Environmental Protection (RCACFEP))-2) Republican Centre for Radiation Control and Environmental Monitoring (RCRCEMThe following training and discussions were undertaken:The Republican Centre of Analytical Control in the Field of Environmental Protection (RCACFEP))- Ministryof Natural Resources & Environmental Protection (5 th December 2012)Present1) Vladimir Antskevich, (Director of Centre)2) Svetlana Utochkina ,(Deputy Director of Centre)3) Victoriya Zmitrovich, (Head of Laboratory)4) Alexandr Stankevich, (CMWE)5) Veronika Selitskay, (Data Processing Engineer)Laboratory AccreditationThe HQ in Minsk and the regional laboratories all apply internal quality control standards for the mainparameters. The Department is nationally accredited and the national accrediting agency is soon to beaccepted as an international accrediting agency. Therefore this current accreditation would then beupgraded to the ISO 17025 standard.Page 2 of 23
5th Mission Report _KE3_March-April 2013The method validation software submitted at the workshop initially functioned well but recently couldnot be operated. This is currently being investigated by KE3.Svetlana Utochkina was keen to visit Hydromet in Moldova and other international laboratories astraining study tours to obtain further training in accreditation, which was supported by KE3.OCP AnalysisThe Department analyses OCPs in river water on a regular basis using the ISO 6468 standard method.However, their current calibration standards from LGC are limited and they particularly require thestandard for pp DDT, which is an important analyte required by the WFD.Furthermore the Department has experience in analyzing OCPs in river sediments and has recentlycompleted a survey of the pesticides at transboundary of River Bug. However, they are not sure if theircurrent sampling sediment procedures comply with the WFD. Training will be submitted at the JFS.2) Republican Centre for Radiation Control and Environmental Monitoring (RCRCEMPresentGennady Tischikov, (Head of Hydrobiology)Natalia Kalitskay, (Head of Hydrobiology Laboratory)Nina Misukaviz, (Hydrobiologist)Tatiana Milochevskaya, (Hydrobiologist)Olga Kovalenko, (Hydrobiologist)Soja Yozelicheva, ( Hydrobiologist)Veronika Selitskay, (Data Processing Engineer)Igor Tischikov, Principal Engineer Chemist Dept for Surface Water MonitoringHydrobiological AnalysisThe Hydrobiological Department was established in 1974 and has about 6 staff. It was proposed thatduring the JFS the Senior NKE will assist and train on the hydrobiological sampling, and the KE3 will trainon the Chemical/ Physical sampling to recommended ISO standard. The KE3 and Junior NKE BMI will visitthe labs in September/October to assist in the analysis and processing of results. The JFS will only bescheduled to sample from about 30 locations, therefore the selection will be very important especially forthe WBs at risk e.g. Tiskova.Study tours were discussed and the Department recommended that the Institute of Water at Slovakia(Bratislava) would be an ideal training centre for hydrobiology and also for hydrochemistry. (Contacts: DrJarmila Makovinska & Dr Liva Tothova who worked with the Department on the Transboundary study ofthe River Bug 2002, 2009 & 2012. (EU WW/SCRE1/No))There are 88 sampling points in the Upper Dnieper for hydrochemical and biological with about 30rivers/tributaries and 11 lakes/reservoirs. The Department can analyse all hydrobiological elements, apartfrom macrophytes and fish and are also developing the method for Chlorophyll A.The overall classification of the rivers has already been done according to the 5 new categoriesestablished in Belarus, which has similarities to the WFD. This information is still being prepared and is notofficially released yet. According to the Belarus system some WBs can have different classificationsaccording to either the chemical or hydrobiological systems. This is contrary to the WFD that can onlyhave one unified classification which would grade to the lowest category.WBs DelineationPage 3 of 23
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