Programme of measures in the Júcar Hydrological District: case of Mancha 

Oriental groundwater bodyJavier Ferrer Polo

Júcar River Basin Authority

GALICIA

PRINCIPADO DEASTURIAS

CANTABRIA

PAISVASCO

NAVARRA

ARAGON

CATALUÑA

VALENCIACASTILLA-LA MANCHA

MADRID

EXTREMADURA

ANDALUCIA

MURCIA

BALEARES

CANARIAS

LA RIOJA

CEUTA

MELILLA

CASTILLA-LEON

Júcar

1. Júcar River Basin

2. Programme of Measures of WFD

3. The case of Mancha Oriental groundwater body

• current situation

• cost - effectiveness analysis (cea)

• objectives and time exemptions. technical viability

INDEX

JÚCAR RIVER BASIN

GALICIA

PRINCIPADO DEASTURIAS

CANTABRIA

PAISVASCO

NAVARRA

ARAGON

CATALUÑA

VALENCIACASTILLA-LA MANCHA

MADRID

EXTREMADURA

ANDALUCIA

MURCIA

BALEARES

LA RIOJA

CEUTA

CASTILLA-LEON

Júcar

Surface (km2) 43.000

Permanent Population (2005)

4.792.528

Equivalent total population (2005)

5.153.288

Irrigation surface 2005 (ha) 352.489

Water demand 2005 (hm3/year)

3.290

Total demand per use

77%

17%

6%

0%0% Agricultura

Urban

Industrial

Livestock

ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVESENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES

WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE 

WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE 

ACHIEVE THE GOOD STATUS OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATERS IN 2015

ACHIEVE THE GOOD STATUS OF SURFACE ACHIEVE THE GOOD STATUS OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATERS IN 2015AND GROUNDWATERS IN 2015

ELABORATION OF A PROGRAMME OF MEASURES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RIVER BASIN MANAGMENT PLANS

ELABORATION OF A PROGRAMME OF MEASURES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RIVER BASIN MANAGMENT PLANS

ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES (art.4)(art. 4.1.)

IMPROVEMENTS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IN PHASES EXCEEDING THE TIMESCALE, FOR REASONS OF TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY

IMPROVEMENTS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED IN PHASES EXCEEDING THE TIMESCALE, FOR REASONS OF TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY

THE DEADLINES MAY BE EXTENDED

(TIME EXEMPTIONS)

THE DEADLINES MAY BE EXTENDED

(TIME EXEMPTIONS)

NATURAL CONDITIONS DO NOT ALLOW TIMELY IMPROVEMENT IN THE STATUS OF THE BODY OF WATER

NATURAL CONDITIONS DO NOT ALLOW TIMELY IMPROVEMENT IN THE STATUS OF THE BODY OF WATER

IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE TIMESCALE WOULD BE DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPENSIVE

IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE TIMESCALE WOULD BE DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPENSIVE

(art. 4.4.)

PROGRAMME of MEASURES WFD

CLASSIFICATION OF MEASURES:

Basic Measures others directives:

Basic Measures Water Framework Directive:WFD (Directive 2000/60/EC):•Irrigation modernisation (art.47 RPH)

Supplementary Measures:•Resources increase (art.60 RPH)

Programme of Measures

Cost‐effective combination of 

measures

PROGRAMME of MEASURES WFD

Description of the current draft of the PoM

Type of Measure Investment Mill.€

Nºmeasure

s

Demands (DEM) 2.773 304

Quality (QUAL) 2.957 451

Extreme Phenomena(E.Phe)

1.171 40

Governance (G) 20 15

TOTAL 6.921 810

PROGRAMME of MEASURES WFD

Groundwater Body 080.129 Mancha Oriental

Surface: 7.286 km2

CURRENT SITUATION

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-76

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-00

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-08

Nive

l (m

snm

)

08.29.036 (T.M. Albacete)

Piezometric levels evolution

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

Important relationshipriver-aquifer

-100-50

050

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año

hm3

Aforado Restituido Detracción

-20

-15

-10

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(hm

3/m

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aH 04-05 aH 05-06 aH 06-07 aH 07-08

Picazo – Los Frailes Los Frailes – El Molinar

CURRENT SITUATION

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

Need to limit extractions and ensure sustainability to the aquifer and its exploitation

MINIMUMHm3/year

MAX.Hm3/year

RENEWABLE RES. 286 330

AVAILABLE RES. 236 300

RESOURCES AND DEMAND ESTIMATION:Hm3/year

AGRICULTURAL DEM. 392

URBAN DEMAND 20TOTAL WATER DEMAND 412

OBJECTIVE: EXPLOITATION INDEX ≤ 1(EXTRACTIONS ≤AVAILABLE RESOURCE)

CURRENT SITUATION

Need to reduce the range of incertidumbre

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

GAP Hm3/year

MiN MAX

RENEWABLE 82 126

AVAILABLE 112 176

GAP ESTIMATION:

MEASURES CHARACTERISATION

* Prices update 2008

Measure Gap reduction (hm³/year)

Cost inv. * (Mill. €)

Cost O&M* (Mill. €/año)

Ongoing measures

Supply Pumping Substitution PHASE I Finalised 31,4 2,2

Irrigation modernisation and consolidation 7 28,8 2

Irrigation Pumping SubstitutionPHASE I 33 8,9 0,1

TOTAL ONGOING MEASURES 40 69,1 4,3

Foreseen measures

Supply Pumping Substitution PHASE II 9 82,9 1,1

Irrigation Pumping SubstitutionPHASE II 47 103,6

2,21M€/(hm3/year)1,2

Works on piezometry and hydrometry measures Indirect effect 1,1

TOTAL FORESEEN MEASURES 56 187,6 2,4

TOTAL ONGOING AND FORESEEN MEAS. 96 256,7 6,7

CURRENT SITUATION

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

GAP tendency scenario WITH measures: 16-80 hm3/year

PROPOSED MEASURES

MEASURES ON DEMAND: WATER RIGHT ACQUISITION (WRA)

Cost WRA (2008): 0,25 €/m3

MEASURES ON OFFER: IRRIGATION PUMPING SUBSTITUTION PHASE III (PS III)Cost PS: 2,21 million € / (hm3/year)

CROP TYPEHERBACEOUS WOODY

SOCIAL COST WRA TEMPORARY PERMANENT

SURFACE WRA 2007 - HIGHVOLUME WRA 2008 - LOW

CURRENT SITUATION

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

0 3 6 9 12 15 km

0 3 6 9 12 15 km

Image 14 August 2005

Image 22 August 2008

Effect of Water Rights Acquisition in 2008 for summer crops

Better relationship river-aquifer-80-70-60-50-40-30-20-10

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oct

nov

dic

ene

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mar ab

rm

ay jun jul

ago

sep

Gan

anci

as-P

érdi

das

(hm

3)

aH 04-05 aH 05-06 aH 06-07 aH 07-08

Picazo – Los Frailes(Monthly Accumulated)

CURRENT SITUATION

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

Budget: 12.7 million €Volume: 50.6 hm3

COST -EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS (CEA)

• NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV) AND DISCOUNT RATE (r)A lifespan of 50 years has been considered for PS III works

WRA

For discount rates lower than 13%, the measure on offer is the optimal according to NPV

The measure of pumping substitution Phase III is adopted as optimal from the Cost – Effectiveness point of view

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

OBJECTIVES AND TIME EXEMPTIONS. TECHNICAL VIABILITY

Discount rate of 4%Cost per m3 is evaluated depending on resource availability, assuming a design capacity for pumping substitution of 20, 40 y 80 hm3/year respectively

AvailableHm3/year

5 10 15 20 30 40 60 80GAPHm3/year

20 WRA WRA/PS IIIa

PS IIIa PS IIIa

40 WRA WRAWRA WRA/PS

IIIb PS IIIb PS IIIb

80 WRA ADC WRA WRA WRA WRA/PS IIIc

PS IIIc PS IIIc

RESULTS MATRIXWater resources availability

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

From the technical point of view the following are considered viable:

•All ongoing and foreseen measures, the start date of which is before 2015

•Water rights acquisition measures

Nevertheless, the development and start-up of the phase III pumping substitution works will be conditioned to surface hydrological resources availability.

Surface hydrological resources availability depends, in time, of the implementation degree of measures of:

- New infrastructures management- Reservoir system management improvement- Irrigation modernisation

OBJECTIVES AND TIME EXEMPTIONS. TECHNICAL VIABILITY

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

OBJECTIVES :2015: Extractions <= renewable resource (Avoid additional deterioration of water body)

2021 (at least): Extractions <= available resource, (Piezometric levels recuperation)New measures: PSIII

OBJECTIVES AND TIME EXEMPTIONS. TECHNICAL VIABILITY

MANCHA ORIENTAL GROUNDWATER BODY

GAP Hm3/year

MIN MAX

RENEWABLE -14 30

AVAILABLE 16 80

GAP ESTIMATION FOR 2015With ongoing and foreseen measures:

• Mancha Oriental GWB is in bad quantitative status

• Measures currently ongoing by administrations will allow piezometric balance in 2015, adapting extractions to renewable resources

• Reaching environmental objectives requires additional measures: CEA selects offer management measures (PS) and regarding demand (WRA)

• The start-up of PS III obligates, due to technical viability, to postpone objectives compliance, at least, until 2021

• The decision of postponing the objectives compliance to 2021 or 2027 requires an additional analysis of Administrations budgetary capacity.

CONCLUSIONS

Thank you for your attention