Technical Reports Parts C,D - ICPDR

4. Updating and Validation of Water Quality Data
Selection of monitoring sites of the ambient water quality was closely related with hot spots. For
the major pollution sources the monitoring sampling is performed upstream and downstream from
pollution sources.
Water quantity data are usually well linked with water quantity data when sampling is performed
by the State Committee of Hydrometeorology. Quality data produced by other agencies are not
well connected with water quantity data.
The analytical techniques and measured variables for years 1990-1995 are presented in Annexes.
These data were compiled for the Inventory of the Current Practices in Monitoring and Assessment
of Transboundary Rivers under the activity of the UN/ECE Task Force on Monitoring and
Assessment of Transboundary Waters (1996).
4.1. Index of Water Quality Monitoring Records
See Annex, Table 6.7.
4.2. Data Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Data Quality Control and Quality Assurance are the responsibilities of Central Analytical
Laboratories of each institution involved in monitoring activities within their monitoring networks.
All of them are located in Kiev.
The most common procedures for quality control are distribution to regional laboratories spiked
samples or “control samples”. Each analytical laboratory works by analytical techniques and by
protocol approved by relevant agency. If on the whole the control system is rather efficient, many
laboratories do not have modern equipment to perform a complete set of sophisticated analyses.
For example, in Zakarpattia State Ecological Inspection a gas chromatograph was manufactured in
1984 in the Former Soviet Union.
The quality assurance of the analytical works is implemented through the relevant analytical
protocols, established procedures of operation, and reporting system.
4.3. Data Consistency, Compatibility and Transparency
Institutions involved in monitoring are listed as follows:
- Regional State Ecological Inspections - RSEI
- State Committee of Hydrometeorology - SCHM
- State Committee on Water Management -SCWM
- Ministry of Health Care -MHC
Regional State Ecological Inspections, regional divisions of the State Committee of
Hydrometeorology, State Committee on Water Management and Ministry of Health collect,
analysis and produce raw analytical data. Similar analytical data in all above-mentioned agencies
are performed by the standard analytical techniques approved by State Standard Service. Those
data are compiled processed and reported to the relevant headquarters.
State Committee of Hydrometeorology performs the background monitoring and pollution
monitoring of the water bodies and watercourses. Regional State Ecological Inspections monitor
the compliance with norms and permits of discharges. The State Committee on Water
Management is responsible for performing the effluent monitoring. The Ministry of Health is