Technical Reports Parts C,D - ICPDR

1. Summary
National Targets and Instruments for Water Pollution Reduction
The integration in the European Union identified as an objective of international policy of Ukraine
implies the sustainable natural resources use, improvement of environmental health and ecosystems
restoration. Heavy environmental problems inherited from the former Soviet Union with its
extensive style of resources use and mismanagement are on the top of national priority list for
actions. Additional burden of Chernobyl accident and its long term impact on population and the
environment along with scarcity of resources for improvement of deteriorated environment are very
difficult to deal with and distract a good deal of the resources from other priority environmental
problems. The national targets in the environmental policy of Ukraine are listed as follows:
the ecological safety of nuclear installations and protection of population and the
environment against radiation hazard;
improvement of quality of the environment and drinking water in the Dnipro River basin
improvement of the quality of the environment in urban and industrial regions, in
particular the Donetsk-Prydniprovye region;
pollution reduction from municipal sources;
pollution prevention and recovery of ecosystems of the Azov and Black Seas;
transition to sustainable use of natural resources and minimization of human impact on
the environment;
conservation of biological and landscape diversity, expansion of the network of national
parks and reserves.
To ensure the implementation of national environmental targets Ukraine continues to develop and
refine legislative and regulatory tools, promote economic incentives for sustainable natural
resources use, expand and conserve unique natural ecosystem through creation of national park and
reserves, encourage ecologically sound technologies and industries, carry out fundamental
environmental studies and educate general public. The serious attention is paid to upgrade waste
treatment technologies, energy saving and development of alternative energy sources. Considering
heavy economic conditions Ukraine is actively seeking technical, technological and financial
assistance to deal with its environmental problems.
1.1. Measures to Reduction of Water Pollution.
State water quality monitoring,
Environmental impact assessment survey,
State water accounting,
State accounting of water use and water pollution,
Conducting of the State Water cadaster,
Public control of water resources use, protection, and restoration,
State accounting of surface waters and state accounting of ground waters,
Organizational-economic measures which provide water resources rational use,
protection, and restoration envisage:
1. issuing permits for special water use;
2. establishment of norms and amounts of payments for water extraction and polluting
substances discharge;