Environmental assessment national development plan of river basins from Romania

Abstract

Environmental assessment is an integral part of the procedure for the adaptation of plans and programs. In the field of water management the Directory Scheme of River Basins Management and Development is a planning instrument in the water field on river basin. It has two components: the River Basin Development Plan and the River Basin Management Plan. The current development plans, including the national plan, were elaborated on the basis of substantiation studies, elaborated by numerous institutions in the field, studies to which NIHWM participated not only as developer, but also as coordinator. In the environmental assessment of NDPRB, the plan objectives contribute to achieving environmental objectives relevant to consider the potential significant environmental effects if the plan was implemented or not. Strategic environmental assessment involve the analysis plan objectives from the perspective of potential conflicts that may arise in achieving them. From the perspective of the strategic environmental assessment of NDPRB there is identified mainly the opportunity of promoted measures according to the magnitude and reversibility of environmental effects, with emphasis on consideration of national security perspective to ensure water demand and general aspect of the geographic location for the establishments.