Do Water Management and Climate-Adapted Management of Wetlands Interfere in Practice? Lessons from the Biebrza Valley, Poland - Wetlands and Water Framework Directive: Protection, Management and Climate Change - page 58

4.4 Actions of the National Water-Environment
Programme for the Catchment of Biebrza

National Water-Environment Programme (NWEP; in Polish: Program Wodno- ro-

dowiskowy Kraju) in the scale of both the whole country of Poland and of the Biebrza
Catchment (NWEP 2010 ), along with the Catchment-scale Water Management Plans
remains one of the principal planning documents in water management. It directly
re

Ś

ects the implementation of WFD in terms of necessity of preparation and appli-
cation of measures oriented at achievement of the environmental goals required by
this regulation (Table 4.1 ). This document de

fl

nes and describes basic and additional
measures required for the enhancement or conservation of the good status of waters in
particular water regions of Poland. By de

nition, theWater-Environment Programme
anticipates quantitative, qualitative, social and economic measures oriented at the
assurance of appropriate implementation of WFD s environmental goals. Compre-

hensive approach of the National Water-Environment Programme is geared towards

'

Table 4.1 Actions implemented by the responsible authorities reflecting the requirements
National Water-Environment Plan in the region of the catchment of Biebrza in order to assure the
good status of aquatic and wetland ecosystems (NWEP 2010 )
Group of actions Particular actions

Sewage management Sewage system extension and modi cation

Construction of small sewage treatment plants
Collection of leakages from industrial areas
Construction of new sewage treatment plants
Control of the sewage collection agendas and plans
Inventory of septic tanks and individual sewage
containers

Waste management Liquidation of illegal waste disposals

Modernization of waste disposals and land lls

Agriculture Popularization of modern agricultural practices

Capacity building agro-environmental schemes

Popularization of sustainable agriculture

—

Water management Preparation of the Regional Regulations of use of

Waters
Construction of a fish-pass

Spatial planning Preparation of the local spatial planning regulations

Environmental conservation — Natura Preparation of the Natura 2000 protection plans

2000

Forestry Implementation of the regional afforestation

programs
Afforestation of abandoned agricultural lands

Environmental conservation Enhancement of the capacity of environmental

conservation
Day-to-day environmental conservation