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Swiss Water Partnership SWP General Assembly 2019, June 12th 2019, WV Zrich HOW SVGW SUPPORTS THE DRINKING WATER SECTOR ANDR OLSCHEWSKI, SWISS ASSOCIATION OF WATER UTILITIES SVGW, HEAD OF WATER, ZRICH Agenda Who is the SVGW ?

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ANDRÉ OLSCHEWSKI, SWISS ASSOCIATION OF WATER UTILITIES SVGW, HEAD OF WATER, ZÜRICH

HOW SVGW SUPPORTS THE DRINKING WATER SECTOR

Swiss Water Partnership SWP General Assembly 2019, June 12th 2019, WV Zürich

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Agenda

  • Who is the SVGW ? Roles, services….
  • Swiss drinking water sector
  • Current challenges for the drinking water

sector in Switzerland

  • International context
Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (SVGW) 2
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Swiss Association of Gas- and Water Industry SVGW - representing also 530 drinking water utilities

Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (SVGW) 3

70% der Einwohner

SVGW services in water:

  • safe guard of drinking
water quality
  • Knowledge platform
  • Vocational training
  • Setting of technical
rules and standards
  • Audits and certification
  • Information
  • One voice for drinking
water Representing

70% of

population served
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Key characteristics:

  • > 140 years old
  • Gas-/Energy Supply and Water Supply
  • Association / Self help group
  • Formalized member network
  • Water
  • Drinking water: → legal basis: “Foodstuff”
  • Water resources: → legal basis: “Environment”

Organisation and Governance:

  • Board
  • Technical steering committee
  • Technical working groups (voluntary)
  • Secretariat & working groups: around 50 pers.

How are we organized - how do we work?

Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (SVGW) 4
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Members:

  • Water supply utilities, association of water supply utilities,

communities

  • Industry incl. Engineers and service providers
  • Authorities at national and cantonal level
  • Individuals

Funding sources:

  • ±45% member fees
  • ± 50% income through services, mainly vocational training

and conferences

  • ± 5% other income
  • No core funding by government

Who are members? How are we funded?

Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (SVGW) 5
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Drinking water provision: Legal basis, roles and responsibilities

6 F A T S V System responsibility Law national → cantonal Related topic all GSchG environment natural resources DW supply system consumer Commune / utility LMG/TBDV foodstuff House owner LMG/TBDV foodstuff km_AnforderungWV_0301_02

Constitution Bundesverfassung BV BV Art 5 / 43a: Delegation of duties (Subsidiarity principle): → National level to Cantons → Cantons can delegate duty e.g. for water supply to communes BV Art 76: → cantons are owner of water bodies

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Structure of drinking water utilities 2015

Basiswissen Wasserversorgung 7 139 191 144 142 86 215 1'647 604 223 114 36 10 200 400 600 800 1'000 1'200 1'400 1'600 1'800 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 < 2000 2'000 - 4'999 5'000 - 9'999 10'000 - 19'999 20'000 - 49'999 > 50'000 Anzahl Wasserversorgungen Wasserabgabe im eigenen Versorgungsgebiet [Mio. m3] Grösse der Wasserversorgung (versorgte Einwohner)

Wasserversorgungen und Wasserabgabe 2013 (hochgerechnet)

(Annahme: Gesamtanzahl der Wasserversorgungen rund 10% höher als Anzahl Gemeinden)

Few big and many small utilities

No of utilities (SVGW members) Share of total water provided

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Some key figures (2015)

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People served: 8.3 Mio. Water provided: 933 Mio. m3 Coverage DW: 98% (2% by «Self Supply») Average daily consumption

  • incl. industrial sector:

300 l / cap* day Average daily consumption per cap in household 142 L / cap Average costs for DW: 1m3 → 2.00 CHF Costs per cap in household for DW: 0.30 CHF /day Eco footprint: Tap water : mineral water → 1: >500

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SLIDE 9 Basiswissen Wasserversorgung 9

Water Production

springs pumped groundwater Surface water (treated) About 70% of water distributed without major treatment

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Usage of drinking water

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«Replacement Value» of drinking water infrastructure

12 Basiswissen Wasserversorgung

Replacement value CHF

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Key technical and processes

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SVGW-Standards / Best practices Technical key components:

  • Catchment area and wells/springs
  • Water treatment
  • Reservoir
  • Mains / distribution network

Key processes:

  • Operation and maintenance
  • Water safety plan and quality control (HACCP)
  • Strategic planning and financing
  • Sales and accounting
  • PR and marketing
  • Conflict management / resolution
  • …

Capture zone/ well Treatment plant reservoir mains/distribution network

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Outlook: challenges for the Swiss water supply sector

  • Adaptation to climate change
  • Regional planning and cooperation, water

security

  • Protection of water supply resources

from pollution

  • Professionalisation of water sector,

structural and organisational changes

  • Sustainable financing and governance of

water supply by communities

  • Digitalisation
Basiswissen Wasserversorgung 14
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«Added Value» for members

  • Standards and best practice

(“anerkannte Regeln der Technik”)

  • Vocational training
  • News, exchange and

networking

  • Awards
  • Audits, Control,
  • Certification of products
  • Networking between

practitioners, consultants, industry and state government of different levels

  • Lobbying
  • Public consultation
  • PR und media
  • insurances
  • Occupational health and

safety training www.svgw.ch/mehrwert

Basiswissen Wasserversorgung 15
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Regional pattern of pesticides in groundwater e.g. Chloridazon (BAFU → NAQUA)

Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches (SVGW) 16

Chloridazon: regional concentration pattern for main substance and metabolites

Sugar beet /fodder beet:

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Pesticides in drinking water in Switzerland

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70%

  • f groundwater sampling sites with main land

use farmland show concentration of pesticides

  • r metabolites > 0.1 µg/L

Atrazine detected in many water samples > 0.1 µg/L (was banned 2007 in CH) New substances detected, e.g. Chlorothalonil Unknown impact of cocktail of pesticides in ground- and drinking water Consumer and water utilities don’t want pesticides to be in drinking water!

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Currently two relevant political initiatives for drinking water

«Drinking water initiative (TWI)» «Initiative for pesticide ban»

Basiswissen Wasserversorgung 18

Public Consultation on Agriculture policy AP22+ Vote on TWI and Pesticide ban initiative Agriculture policy AP22+ defined

March 2019 20.6.2019 end 2020 2018

  • prob. May 2020

Parliament: counter project for initiatives: yes or no?

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SVGW & international context

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Public consultation: e.g. ChemRRV Virtual Water

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André Olschewski, SVGW a.olschewski@svgw.ch

Trinkwasserverband SVGW Grütlistrasse 44 Postfach 2110 8027 Zürich Tel:+41 44 288 33 33

KEEP GROUND WATER CLEAN FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER IN FUTURE