Life Goodwater Implementation Tender

Duration 01-JAN-2020 to 31-DEC -2027Total budget 14568050.00 EU contribution 8677830.00 Project descriptionBackgroundThe enhanced delivery of all four River Basin Management Plans RBMPs in Latvia is necessary to achieve the EU environmental objectives of the Water Framework Directive 200060EC which requires achievement of good ecological and chemical status or good ecological potential of all surface waters and achievement of good quantitative and chemical status of groundwater. The European Commission has thrice evaluated Latvian RBMPs in 2012 2015 and 2018. A comparison of these assessments leads to the conclusion that Latvian river basin management efforts could be improved and that more precise or detailed assessments and evaluations could better implement the measures laid down therein.ObjectivesThe overall aim of LIFE GoodWater IP is to improve the status of water bodies at risk in Latvia by means of the full implementation of the measures laid down in the Daugava Gauja Lielupe and Venta River Basin Management Plans RBMPs.The specific objectives of LIFE GoodWater IP are to 1reduce the pollution of water bodies at risk caused by urban wastewater and to diminish the loads of nutrients brought in by wastewater discharges and accumulated in water bodies at risk 2reduce the runoff of nutrients and other pollutants from agricultural and forestry lands especially in the winter period in order to reduce eutrophication and diffuse pollution of water bodies at risk with a special focus on reduction of phosphorus inputs 3reduce or mitigate the effects of hydrological and morphological alterations of water bodies at risk including those caused by renovation and reconstruction of land drainage systems 4improve river basin management planning and its implementation mechanisms by strategically planned capacity building actions and addressing the gaps in monitoring system of water bodies at risk to ensure a more efficient implementation of RBMPs in further planning cycles 5increase the awareness of various stakeholders and to promote their involvement in the implementation of the RBMPs and 6provide support to respective authorities for improvements of respective legislative and regulatory documents and policies.In addition to the IP budget itself the project will facilitate the coordinated use of 100 000 000 EUR of complementary funding from EAFRD CF ERDF Norwegian Financial mechanism and other public and private funds.ResultsExpected results LIFE GoodWater IP will address 164 water bodies at risk in Latvia 89 rivers and 75 lakes. The project expects to achieve good status for 9 5 of the surface water bodies currently at risk. In the long term up to 50 water bodies 30 affected by similar pressures and other common characteristics are expected to reach good status as an indirect result of the project. Other expected results include complete calibrated and vali