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Appendix D

Determinands measured, number of sites and starting euar per monitoring progarmme for different water types and matrices

TABLE D.1 Quality of surface freshwaters: determinands measured per monitoring programme in matrix water, number of sites and start of analysis.

TABLE D.2 Quality of marine and coastal waters: determinands measured per monitoring programme in water, number of sites and start of analysis.

TABLE D.3 Quality of marine and coastal waters: determinands measured per monitoring programme in matrix biota, number of sites and start of analysis.

TABLE D.4 List of determinands required in groundwater by lrtap/icp-im and gems/water.

Table D.1 Quality of surface freshwaters: Determinands measured per monitoring programme in water,

number of sites and start of analysis

The figures in brackets indicate the number of sites where the determinand has been measured. The figure following the number of sites indicate the year of starting of the analysis. Detailed information on determinands can be found in Table C.1.

Determinand

MP01

MP05

MP06

MP07^b

MP08^c

MP10^d

MP11

MP12^g

MP14^h

MP16

MP20

MP21

MP29ⁱ

MP30

MP31^l

Aesthetic determinands:

Colour

X (17172)

X (14)92

Float. mat.

X (17172)

Surfactants

X (11)88

X (17172)

Biological determinands:

Benthic fauna

X (11)88

X (14)93

X (14)

Plank. flora

X (11)88

X (16)93

Species list

X (11)88

Chemical determinands:

Acidity

X (35)70

X (127)70

Calcium

X (11)91

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

X (14)

Chlorides

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (442)

X (16)89

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (14)

Cyanide

Fluorides

Hyd.sulphide

Mercury

X (3 to 9)

Sulphates

X (11)88

X (16)89

X (3 to 9)

X (14)

Metals:

Aluminium

Arsenic

X (11)91

X (16)93

X (3 to 9)

X (6)85

X (2)

X (39)75

Barium

Boron

Cadmium

X (137)70

X (16)92

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (10)80

X (2)

X (115)75

X (45)

Chromium

X (11)91

X (137)70

X (16)93

X (3 to 9)

X (8)80

X (2)

X (56)75

X (42)

Copper

X (11)91

X (137)70

X (192)

X (16)89

X (3 to 9)

X (11)83

X (2)

X (59)70

X (42)

Iron

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

X (2)

Lead

X (11)91

X (137)70

X (16)93

X (3 to 9)

X (10))85

X (2)

X (59)75

X (45)

Lithium

Magnesium

X (11)91

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

X (14)

Manganese

X (11)91

X (137)70

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

X (2)

Table D.1 continued

Determinand

MP01

MP05

MP06

MP07^b

MP08^c

MP10^d

MP11

MP12^g

MP14^h

MP16

MP20

MP21

MP29ⁱ

MP30

MP31^l

Mercury

X (11)91

X (16)90

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (9)80

X (2)

X (126)75

Nickel

X (11)91

X (137)70

X (16)93

X (3 to 9)

X (4)80

X (2)

X (39)75

Potassium

X (11)91

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

Selenium

Sodium

X (11)91

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

Zinc

X (11)91

X (137)70

X (176)

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

X (10)85

X (2)

X (49)75

Microbiological determinands:

Coliforms

X (11)91

X(17172)^a

X (17172)

X (14)93

X (125)

X (14)

F. coliforms

X (11)91

X (17172)

X (13)93

X (125)

X (14)

F. streptococci.

X (17172)

X (125)

X (14)

Salmonella

X (17172)

X (125)

X (14)

X (3)89

Streptococci

X (3)89

Total bacteria

X (11)91

Nutrients:

Ammonia

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (580)

X (16)89

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (30)70

X (14)

X (140)70

X (56)

Nitrogen

X (11)88

X (137)70

X ⁽¹⁾

X (16)89

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X ⁽⁴⁾ 70

X (14)

X^{(5) j}

X ⁽⁸⁾

Organo P

Phosphorous

X (11)88

X (137)70

X⁽²⁾

X (16)^e

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (32)70

X (14)

X (117)^k

X ⁽⁹⁾

Silicon

X (3 to 9)

Organic Pollution:

BOD

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (645)

X (16)93

X (125)

X (8)80

X (14)

X (13)70

X (55)

COD

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (470)

X (16)89

X (125)

X (10)70

X (14)

X⁽⁶⁾80

Diss. oxygen

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (620)

X (16)89

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (19)70

X (14)

X⁽⁷⁾70

X (55)

Org. carbon

X (15)92

X (3 to 9)

X (14)

Physical determinands (flow and level) and physicochemical determinands:

Flow

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (16)89

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (14)

X(109)70^k

Level

Alkalinity

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (274)

X (14)92

X (14)

Bicarbonate

X (11)91

Conductivity

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (16)89

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (14)

Diss. solids

X (8)75

X (14)80

Hardness

X (11)88

X (14)

X (11)88

X (137)70

X (17172)

X (717)

X (16)89

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (14)

Susp. solids

X (11)88

X (16)89

X (3 to 9)

X (10)70

X (14)

X (60)70

Table D.1 continued

Determinand

MP01

MP05

MP06

MP07^b

MP08^c

MP10^d

MP11

MP12^g

MP14^h

MP16

MP20

MP21

MP29ⁱ

MP30

MP31^l

Temperature

X (11)88

X (16)89

X (125)

X (3 to 9)

X (19)70

X (14)

X (136)70

Transparency

X (17172)

X (4)75

Radioactive elements:

Alpha

X (11)93

X (3 to 9)

X (4)

Beta

X (11)88

X (3 to 9)

X (4)

Caesium

X (11)91

X (3 to 9)

Radionuclide

Strontium

X (11)93

X (3 to 9)

Tritium

X (11)93

X (3 to 9)

X (2)

Synthetic organics:

Aldrin

AOX

X (11)95

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

X (3)

Azinphos-ethyl

X (3 to 9)

Azinphos-methyl

X (3 to 9)

Bentazone

X (3 to 9)

Benzene

X (16)93

X (3 to 9)

BHC

Bfluoranthene¹

X (3 to 9)

Benzoperylene

X (3 to 9)

Benzopyrene

X (3 to 9)

C dmethylanil²

X (3 to 9)

Cnitrobenzene³

X (3 to 9)

Chloridazone

X (3 to 9)

Chloroaniline

X (3 to 9)

Chlorobenzene

X (10)93

Chlorotoluene

X (3 to 9)

Chlortoluron

X (3 to 9)

COT

X (3 to 9)

DDD

X (3 to 9)

DDE

X (3 to 9)

DDT

X (11)91

X (3 to 9)

Desethylatrazine

X (3 to 9)

Dichlorethane

X (14)93

X (3 to 9)

Dichloroaniline

X (3 to 9)

Table D.1 continued

Determinand

MP01

MP05

MP06

MP07^b

MP08^c

MP10^d

MP11

MP12^g

MP14^h

MP16

MP20

MP21

MP29ⁱ

MP30

MP31^l

Dichlorobenzene

X (8)93

Dichlorvos

X (3 to 9)

Dieldrin

Dimethoat

X (14)93

Dimethylaniline

X (3 to 9)

Diuron

X (3 to 9)

EDTA

X (3 to 9)

Endosulfan

X (3 to 9)

Endrin

Fenthion

X (3 to 9)

Fluoranthene

X (3 to 9)

HCB

X (15)92

X (3 to 9)

HCbutadiene

X (3 to 9)

HCH

X (11)91

X (15)92

X (3 to 9)

Hydrocarbons

X (11)88

Indeno pyrene

X (3 to 9)

Isoproturon

X (3 to 9)

Metazachlor

X (3 to 9)

Nitrobenzene

X (3 to 9)

Nitrotoluene

X (3 to 9)

NTA

X (3 to 9)

Organochlorides

PAH

Parathion

X (14)93

X (3 to 9)

PCB

X ^{(3) f}

X (3 to 9)

Pentachlorophenol

X (14)92

X (3 to 9)

Phenols

X (11)88

X (17172)

Tensio active subs

X (125)

X (4)85

Tetrachloroethane

X (3)

Tetrachloroethene

X (16)93

X (3 to 9)

Tetrachlormethane

X (16)92

X (3)

Toluen

X (16)93

Triazine

X (11)91

X (3 to 9)

Table D.1 continued

Determinand

MP01

MP05

MP06

MP07^b

MP08^c

MP10^d

MP11

MP12^g

MP14^h

MP16

MP20

MP21

MP29ⁱ

MP30

MP31^l

Trichlorobenzene

X (14)93

X (3 to 9)

Trichloroetane

X (3 to 9)

Trichloroethane

X (3)

Trichloroethene

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

Trichloromethane

X (16)92

X (3 to 9)

X (3)

Trifluraline

X (3 to 9)

Xylen

X (16)93

1 Benzofluoranthene ² Chlordimethylaniline ³ Chlornitrobenzene BHC: Benzene hexachloride

Codes and monitoring programmes

Code	Monitoring Programme Name	Code	Monitoring Programme Name	Code	Monitoring Programme Name
MP01	AMAP/Freshwater	MP10	EEA -TF (Dobrí)	MP20	Lakes/EUROSTAT
MP05	Bucharest/85	MP11	Elbe/89	MP21	LRTAP/ICP-Water
MP06	CORINE/WATER	MP12	EU Exchange	MP29	Regensburg/87
MP07	EC Bathing Water	MP14	GEMS/WATER	MP30	Rivers/EUROSTAT
MP08	EC Freshwater Fish	MP16	HYDABA/ICPR	MP31	SIREN-IW/OECD

Notes for the number of sites:

(1) NO3 at 654 sites; Tot-N at 329 sites. ⁽⁵⁾ NO3 at 131 sites; N at 9 sites ⁽⁹⁾ Tot-P at 32 sites

(2) Dissolved P at 412 sites; Tot-P at 546 sites ⁽⁶⁾ COD at 119 sites; COD-Mn at 3 sites P at 61 sites

(3) PCBs nos 101, 138, 28, 52 at 11 sites; PCB180 at 16 sites; Tot-PCB at 5 sites. ⁽⁷⁾ Dissolved Oxygen at 141 sites; Ox. saturation at 51.

(4) NO3 at 23 sites; N at 13 sites ⁽⁸⁾ Tot-N at 32 sites; NO3 at 58 sites.

Notes for the start of analysis:

a Since 1988 ^g Since 77

b Since 88 ^h Since 79 (Phase II)

c Since 84 ⁱ Since 91

d Since 88 ^jCOD-Mn since 86

e Tot-P since 92; Orthophosphate since 89 ^k Oxygen saturation since 85

f Tot-PCB since 92: PCBs since 93 ^l Since 70

Table D.2 Quality of marine and coastal waters: Determinands measured per monitoring programme in water, number of sites and start of analysis

The figures in brackets indicate the number of sites where the determinand has been measured. Detailed information on determinands can be found in Table C.1.

Determinand	MP02	MP04	MP09	MP19⁽⁴⁾	MP23⁽⁵⁽	MP22	MP24	MP25	MP26	MP27	MP28
Colour			X
Biological determinands:
Planktonic flora		X ⁽¹⁾				X
Ecotox test						X
Primary production		X (112)
Tar Ball Collections					X
Chemicals:
Calcium										X (7)
Fluorides					X
Hydrochloric acid										X (8)
Hydrogen sulphide		X (81)
Sulphates										X (13)
Sulphides									X (85)
Metals:
Aluminium										X (11)
Antimony					X
Arsenic	X		X		X					X (4)
Beryllium					X
Cadmium	X		X	X	X	X				X (13)	X
Chromium	X		X		X	X				X (12)	X
Cobalt					X					X (1)
Copper	X		X	X	X	X				X (13)	X
Iron					X					X ⁽⁷⁾
Lead	X		X	X	X	X				X (12)	X
Magnesium										X (8)
Manganese					X					X (12)
Mercury	X		X	X	X	X	X (41)			X (13)	X
Molybdenum					X
Nickel	X		X		X	X				X (8)	X
Organic Mercury					X
Rubidium					X
Selenium					X
Silver			X		X
Sodium										X (6)
Tin					X
Titanium										X (13)
Vanadium					X					X (12)
Zinc	X		X	X	X	X				X (13)	X
Zirconium										X (3)
Microbiological determinands:
Coliforms					X
Enteroviruses					X
Faecal coliforms			X		X
Faecal streptococci					X
Pseudom. aeruginosa*					X
Salmonella					X
Staphylococcus aureus					X

Table D.2 continued

Determinand	MP02	MP04	MP09	MP19⁽⁴⁾	MP23⁽⁵⁽	MP22	MP24	MP25	MP26	MP27	MP28
Nutrients:
Ammonia		X (389)			X	X					X
Nitrogen		X ⁽²⁾		X	X	X					X
Organic Nitrogen					X
Organophosphorus					X
Phosphorous		X ⁽³⁾		X	X	X					X
Silicon		X (396)			X	X
Organic pollution:
BOD					X				X (85)		X
COD					X				X (85)		X
Dissolved oxygen		X (600)	X		X	X
Organic carbon					X				X (85)		X
Physicochemical determinands:
Alkalinity		X (163)
Conductivity					X
pH		X (275)	X
Salinity		X (645)	X	X		X
Suspended solids			X	X	X	X					X
Temperature		X (668)	X			X
Turbidity						X
Radioactive elements:
Alpha								X (14)
Alpha and beta								X (1)
Beta								X (7)
Beta and gamma								X (3)
Caesium	X				X
Other radionuclides								X (78)
Plutonium	X
Strontium	X
Tritium								X (79)
Synthetic organics:
Aldrin					X	X
Aliphatics					X
AOX											X
Aromatics					X
Chlordane	X
DDD					X
DDE					X
DDT	X		X		X
Detergents					X
Dieldrin	X		X		X
Endrin					X	X
Heptachlor					X
Heptachloroepoxyde					X
Hexachlorobenzene	X				X
HCH	X		X	X	X	X
Hydrocarbons			X		X				X ⁽⁶⁾
Organo-tin						X
Organochlorides					X
PAH	X				X
Parathion			X
PCB	X
PCC	X

Table D.2 continued

Determinand	MP02	MP04	MP09	MP19⁽⁴⁾	MP23⁽⁵⁽	MP22	MP24	MP25	MP26	MP27	MP28
PCDD	X
PCDF	X
Phenols					X				X (85)
Polychlorin. Biphenyl**					X
Triazine						X

* Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. ** Polychlorinated. Biphenyl

Codes and monitoring programmes

Code	Monitoring Programme Name	Code	Monitoring Programme Name
MP02	AMAP/Marine	MP24	PARCOM/Hg
MP04	BMP	MP25	PARCOM/Radioactive
MP09	EC Shellfish Waters	MP26	PARCOM/Refineries
MP19	JMP	MP27	PARCOM/TiO2
MP22	MMP	MP28	PLCs/HELCOM
MP23	MED-POL

Notes for number of sites:

(1) Chlorophyll-alpha at 201 sites; phaeopigment at 139 sites.

(2) Nitrate at 471 sites; Nitrite at 480 sites; Tot-N at 264 sites.

(3) Dissolved inorganic phosphorous at 491 sites; Tot-P at 388 sites.

(4) Determinands measured in some of the 59 PARCOM areas depending on the years.

(5) Heavy metals in suspended matter at 131 sites; Halogenated hydrocarbons in suspended matter at 2 sites; Micro-organisms in sea water at 902 sites.

(6) Oil from refineries at 85 sites; Hydrocarbons at 85 sites.

(7) Iron(II)chloride at 13 sites; Iron(II)sulphate at 13 sites; Tot-Fe at 8 sites.

Notes for start of analysis:

BMP (MP04) since 79

EC Shellfish Waters (MP09) since 86

JMP (MP19): Cd, Salinity, Suspended Solids and Hg since 80; CU, PB, V and HCH since 87; Nitrogen and Phosphorous since 90.

MED-POL (MP23) since 75

PARCOM/Hg (MP24) since 82

PARCOM/Radioactive (MP25) since 86

PARCOM/Refineries (MP26) since 81

PARCOM/TiO2 (MP27) since 79

Table D.3 Quality of marine and coastal waters: Determinands measured per monitoring programme in biota.

The figures in brackets indicate the number of sites where the determinand has been measured. Detailed information on determinands can be found in Table C.1.

Determinand	AMAP/Marine	BMP	JMP⁽⁴⁾	MED-POL⁽⁵⁾	MMP
Biological determinands:
Benthic fauna		X ⁽¹⁾
EROD					X
Fish disease					X
Planktonic fauna		X (116)
Planktonic flora		X ⁽²⁾
Metals:
Antimony				X
Arsenic	X			X	X
Beryllium				X
Cadmium	X	X (47)	X	X	X
Chromium	X			X
Cobalt				X
Copper	X	X (47)		X	X
Iron				X
Lead	X	X (47)		X	X
Manganese				X
Mercury	X	X (46)	X	X	X
Molybdenum				X
Nickel	X			X
Organic Mercury				X
Rubidium				X
Selenium	X			X
Silver				X
Sodium				X
Tin				X
Vanadium				X
Zinc	X	X (47)		X	X
Microbiological determinands:
Coliforms				X
Enteroviruses				X
Escherischia coli				X
Faecal coliforms				X
Faecal streptococci				X
Pseudomonas aeruginosa				X
Salmonella				X
Staphylococcus aureus				X
Radioactivity:
Caesium	X
Plutonium	X
Strontium	X
Synthetic organics:
Aldrin				X
Aromatics				X
Chlordane	X				X
DDD				X
DDE		X (38)		X
DDT	X	X (46)		X	X

Table D.3 continued

Determinand	AMAP/Marine	BMP	JMP⁽⁴⁾	MED-POL⁽⁵⁾	MMP
Dieldrin	X			X	X
Dioxins					X
Endrin				X
Halogenated hydrocarbons				X
Heptachlor				X
Heptachloroepoxyde				X
Hexachlorobenzene	X			X
Hexachlorocyclohexane	X	X (20)		X	X
Hydrocarbons	X
Lipid	X
Organo-tin					X
Organochlorides				X
PAH	X			X	X
PBB					X
PBDE					X
PCB	X	X (48)	X		X
PCC	X				X
PCDD	X
PCDF	X
Polychlorinated Biphenyl				X

Notes for number of sites:

(1) Zoobenthos biomass at 128 sites; Zoobenthos species list at 135 sites; Zooplankton biomass at 80 sites

(2) Phytoplankton-biomass at 188 sites; Phytoplankton-species list at 188 sites

(3) Heavy metals in plankton at 58 sites; Halogenated hydrocarbons in plankton at 83 sites.

(4) Determinands measured in some of the 59 PARCOM areas depending on the years.

Notes for the start of analysis:

BMP since 79 (DDE, DDT and PCBs since 78)

JMP since 80

MED-POL since 74

Table D.4 List of determinands required in groundwater by LRTAP/ICP-IM and GEMS/WATER

Monitoring Programme Name	Determinands in groundwater
GEMS/WATER: According to the revised list of variables for Phase II of the Programme agreed in Leningrad in 1990 (*)	Basic variables to be monitored (***): Water flow/level, Temperature, pH, Electrical conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen; Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Fluoride, Sulphate, Alkalinity; Nitrate+nitrite, Ammonia, Total-P particulate.
LRTAP/ICP-IM: According to the list of variables included in the GW (groundwater chemistry) subprogramme for Phase 1993-96(**)	Sulphur sulphate dissolved, Nitrogen nitrate dissolved, Nitrogen ammonium dissolved, Calcium dissolved, Sodium dissolved, Potassium dissolved, Magnesium dissolved, Chloride dissolved, Tot-P dissolved; Dissolved organic carbon, Aluminium total, Aluminium labile, Manganese dissolved, Iron dissolved, Silica dissolved, pH, specific conductivity, Alkalinity, Groundwater flow, Groundwater level.

Notes:

(*) GEMS/WATER Operational Guide.

(**) Manual for Integrated Monitoring. Programme Phase 1993-1996 (International Co-operative Programme on Integrated Monitoring on Air Pollution Effects).

(***) These are the basic variables to be monitored in all GEMS/WATER stations, including groundwater stations.

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