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    Global water quality assessment

    UN Environment GEMS/Water

    Philipp Saile Hartwig Kremer


    UN Environment GEMS/Water Data Centre UN Environment GEMS/Water Global
    International Centre for Water Resources Programme Coordination Unit and Climate
    and Global Change Technology Centre and Network
    Federal Institute of Hydrology
    UN Environment GEMS/Water

    Assessments

    Water Quality

    Capacity
    Data
    Development

    Monitoring

    Global Monitoring Network


    National and Collaborating Focal Points
    Water Quality and Development in the Agenda 2030

    Water quality
    problems

    Other SDGs

    Source:
    Towards a Worldwide Assessment
    of Freshwater Quality
    A UN-Water Analytical Brief
    SDG Indicator 6.3.2: A global indicator of national water quality

    Not Good Good


    Step 8 Report Indicator

    Step 7 Indicator calculation

    Step 6 Classify water quality

    Step 5 Collect data for indicator calculation

    Step 3
    Step 4 Collect/Collate data for target setting

    Select monitoring locations


    80%
    Step 2 Identify and delineate waterbodies
    𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆
    Step 1 Assess existing monitoring capacity in the country = 𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 ∗ 𝟏𝟎𝟎
    WWQA: Key findings on water quality

    • Water pollution has worsened since the


    1990s in almost all rivers in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
    • Severe pathogen pollution already affects around one-third of all river stretches in Latin America, Africa and
    Asia.
    • The number of people at risk to health by coming into contact with polluted surface waters may range into
    the tens of millions on these continents (842 000 deaths from diarrheal disease in 2012).
    • Severe organic pollution already affects around one-seventh of all river stretches in Latin America, Africa
    and Asia.
    • Severe & moderate salinity pollution  one tenth of all river kms
    • The food security from inland fisheries is threatened in a number of countries in Africa and Asia
    • Emerging and persistent water quality problems in industrialized countries – e.g. pharmaceutical
    residues, eutrophication
    • Majority of rivers in developing countries still in good condition  Great opportunities for short-cutting
    further pollution and restoring the rivers that are polluted.  Mix of management & technical options
    supported by good governance
    WWQA: Key findings on information and data

    • There is a substantial data and


    information gap
    • Very low density of monitoring
    stations in the only global
    database (GEMStat)

    • Significant inconsistencies
    between global assessment and
    regional knowledge/information
    needs
    • Efforts and priorities on data-
    deficient rivers/catchment needed
    => crucial for management
    Conclusion: Developmental Phase & Water Quality
    Pollution Level control measures control measures
    are insufficient to sufficient to slow rate of In the absence
    avoid irreversible pollution but not to
    damage reverse it of reliable
    severe water quality
    relevant authorities
    damage initiate control monitoring
    measures
    data, countries
    don’t know
    Control measures are
    where they fall
    increasing Increasing pollution sufficient and on this line!
    level associated
    impact with development
    maximum pollution
    level is reached

    pristine pre-
    minor development water a tolerable pollution level is
    quality reached following
    change public concern implementation of control
    starts measures

    I II III IV
    Developmental Phase
    WWQA: Full global assessment under development

    Main theme?
    Water quality in the context of the SDGs (health, food,
    ecosystems …)
    What?
    1. Assess the baseline
    2. Anticipate trends - scenario analysis
    3. Evaluate mitigation options
    4. Identify governance options
    How?
    Science-based, strong policy context – interaction with stakeholders
    Build on methods and findings of Snapshot report
    Why?
    Help achieve the SDGs, raise awareness, understand options
    Knowledge to act on the global water quality challenge
    Thank you for listening

    Philipp Saile Hartwig Kremer


    GEMS/Water Data Center GEMS/Water Coordination Unit
    saile@bafg.de Hartwig.kremer@unep.org

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