The seminar was the final stage within B-solution project “Lithuanian Geological Survey and Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre institutional cooperation on cross-border groundwater management”.

During the first day of the seminar on 29th October project partners – Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre and Lithuanian Geology Survey – actively discussed about common requirements for management of groundwater resources in both countries, as well as elaborated recommendations that will serve as background (strategy) for further cooperation.

Recommendations include:

emphasizing karst processes as a risk factor within transboundary groundwater monitoring (elaboration of common indicators);

improvement of monitoring network in transboundary area (identified priority areas for new monitoring points);

optimization of spring monitoring performance (measurements of spring debits)

laboratory intercalibration;

European Commission groundwater survey monitoring (first inspection);

European Union funding attraction for new projects (agreement on elaboration of a new project).

On 30th and 31st October the informative public seminar was held. Project results and achievements in cooperation between the project partners were evaluated by participating stakeholders from Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Republic of Latvia and Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania.

Latvian and Lithuanian groundwater monitoring and management principles were presented during the seminar, as well as specifics of karst process monitoring in Lithuania, and latest results from Estonian - Latvian joint Interreg project.

During the third day of the seminar all participants travelled to Skaistkalne (in Latvia) and Pasvale (in Lithuania) regions to visit groundwater monitoring stations and karst areas, and to discuss the significance of karst processes within sustainable groundwater management.

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