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ENWAMA - Environmental Water management
GWP - Global Water Partnership
SPI-Water - Science-Policy Interfacing in support of the WFD implementation
Policies (177)
Danube River Protection Convention
European Flood Directive
WFD - European Water Framework Directive
WFD Articles
WFD Article 1 - Purpose
WFD Article 2 - Definitions
WFD Article 3 - Coordination of administrative arrangements within river basin districts
WFD Article 3 - 1. Identify individual river basins
WFD Article 3 - 2. Identify competent RBD authorities
WFD Article 3 - 3. Assign river basins to most appropriate river basin district
WFD Article 3 - 4. Coordination in implementing the Directive for river basins Districts
WFD Article 3 - 5. Coordination in implementing the Directive for river basins Districts, including non-Member States
WFD Article 3 - 6. Identify an existing national or international body as competent RBD authority
WFD Article 3 - 7. Identify the competent RBD authority by the date mentioned in Article 24
WFD Article 3 - 8. Provide list of competent RBD authorities to the Commission
WFD Article 3 - 9. Report changes in RBD authorities to the Commission
WFD Article 4 - Environmental objectives
WFD Article 4 - 1. Environmental objectives for surface water, groundwater and protected area
WFD Article 4 - 2. Apply the most stringent objectives
WFD Article 4 - 3. Designate AWB and HMWB
WFD Artcile 4 - 3a. Identify restoration measures necessary to achieve GES and check whether these measures have significant adverse effects on the wider environment or the "specified uses"
WFD Artcile 4 - 3b. Check wether the beneficial objectives served by the AWB or the modifications of the HMWB can be achieved by other means which are a significantly better environment option, technicall
WFD Article 4 - 4. Decide on deadline extensions
WFD Article 4 - 5. Application of less stringent objectives
WFD Article 4 - 6. Achieving objectives under exceptional circumstances
WFD Article 4 - 7. Member States, not in breach of WFD, failing the objectives
WFD Article 4 - 8. Achieving objectives in accordance with other legislation
WFD Article 4 - 9. New provisions in achieving objectives
WFD Article 5 - Characteristic of the river basin district, review if the environmental impact of human activity and economic analysis of water use
WFD Article 5.1 - Characteristion of the river basin district, review if the environmental impact of human activity and economic analysis of water use
WFD Article 5.2 - Update on the characteristion of the river basin district, the environmental impact analysis and economic analysis of water use
WFD Article 6 - Register of protected areas
WFD Article 7 - Water used for the abstraction of drinking water
WFD Article 8 - Monitoring of surface water status, groundwater status and protected areas
WFD Article 9 - Recovery of costs for water services
WFD Article 10 - The combined approach for point and diffuse sources
WFD Article 11 - Programme of measures
WFD Article 11 - 1. Establish programme of measures
WFD Article 11 - 2. Basic measures and supplementary measures in the programme of measures
WFD Article 11 - 3. Identify basic measures
WFD Article 11 - 4. Identify supplementary measures
WFD Article 11 - 5. Select additional measures, if water bodies likely to fail the objectives
WFD Article 11 - 6. Implementing the programme of measures
WFD Article 11 - 7. Make the programme of measures operational by 2012
WFD Article 11 - 8. Revision of the programme of measures
WFD Article 12 - Issues which can not dealt with at Member State level
WFD Article 13 - River basin management plans
WFD Article 14 - Public information and consultation
WFD Article 15 - Reporting
WFD Article 15 - 1. Report river basin management plan to the Commission
WFD Article 15 - 2. Reporting River basin district analyses and monitoring programme
WFD Article 15 - 3. Interim report on the implemenation of the programmes of measures
WFD Article 16 - Strategies against pollution of water
WFD Article 16 - 1. Strategies against specific pollutants
WFD Article 16 - 2. Identify priority substances
WFD Article 16 - 3. Identify priority hazardous substances
WFD Article 16 - 4. Revision priority substances
WFD Article 16 - 5. Recommendations on the identification of priorty substances
WFD Article 16 - 6. Emission limit values
WFD Article 16 - 7. Environmental quality standards
WFD Article 16 - 8. Submission emission limit values and environmental quality standards
WFD Article 16 - 9. Strategies against other pollutants
WFD Article 16 - 10. Revision emission limit values and environmental quality standards
WFD Article 16 - 11. Priority substances
WFD Article 17 - Strategies to prevent and control pollution of groundwater
WFD Article 18 - Commission report
WFD Article 19 - Plans for future Community measures
WFD Article 20 - Technical adaptations to the Directive
WFD Article 21 - Regulatory committee
WFD Article 22 - Repeals and transitional provisions
WFD Article 23 - Penalties
WFD Article 24 - Implementation
WFD Article 25 - Entry into force
WFD Annex I - Information required for the list of competent authorities
WFD Annex II - Characterisation of surface water and groundwater body types
WFD Annex II - 1. Surface water
WFD Annex II - 1.1. Characterisation of surface water body types
WFD Annex II - 1.2. Ecoregions and surface water body types
WFD Annex II - 1.3. Establishment of type-specific reference conditions for surface water body types
WFD Annex II - 1.4. Identification of pressures
WFD Annex II - 1.5. Assessment of impact
WFD Annex II - 2. Groundwater
WFD Annex II - 2.1. Initial characterisation
WFD Annex II - 2.2. Furhter characterisation
WFD Annex II - 2.3. Review of the impact of human activity on gorundwaters
WFD Annex II - 2.4. Review of the impacts of changes in groundwater levels
WFD Annex II - 2.5. Review of the impact of pollution on groundwater quality
WFD Annex III - Economic analysis
WFD Annex IV - Protected areas
WFD Annex V - Classification of surface - and groundwater status
WFD Annex V - 1.Surface water status
WFD Annex V - 1.1. Quality elements for the classification of ecological status
WFD Annex V - 1.2. Normative definitions of ecological status classifications
WFD Annex V - 1.2.1. Definition for high, good and moderate ecological status in rivers
WFD Annex V - 1.2.2. Definition for high, good and moderate ecological status in lakes
WFD Annex V - 1.2.3. Definition for high, good and moderate ecological status in transitional waters
WFD Annex V - 1.2.4. Definition for high, good and moderate ecological status in coastal waters
WFD Annex V - 1.2.5. Definition for high, good and moderate ecological potential for heavily modified or artifical water bodies
WFD Annex V - 1.2.6. Procedure for the setting of chemical quality standards by Member States
WFD Annex V - 1.3. Monitoring of ecological status and chemical status for surface waters
WFD Annex V - 1.3.1. Design of surveillance monitoring
WFD Annex V - 1.3.2. Design of operational monitoring
WFD Annex V - 1.3.3. Design of investigative monitoring
WFD Annex V - 1.3.4. Frequency of monitoring
WFD Annex V - 1.3.5. Additional monitoring requirements for protected areas
WFD Annex V - 1.3.6. Standards for monitoring of quality elements
WFD Annex V - 1.4. Classification and presentation of ecological status
WFD Annex V - 1.4.1. Comparability of biological monitoring results
WFD Annex V - 1.4.2. Presentation of monitoring results and classification of ecological status and ecological potential
WFD Annex V - 1.4.3. Presentation of monitoring results and classification of chemical status
WFD Annex V - 2. Groundwater
WFD Annex V - 2.1. Groundwater quantitative status
WFD Annex V - 2.1.1. Parameter for the classification of quantitative status
WFD Annex V - 2.1.2. Defintion of quantitative status
WFD Annex V - 2.2. Monitoring of groundwater quantitative status
WFD Annex V - 2.2.1. Groundwater level monitoring network
WFD Annex V - 2.2.2. Density of monitoring sites
WFD Annex V - 2.2.3. Monitoring frequency
WFD Annex V - 2.2.4. Interpretation and presentation of groundwater quantitative status
WFD Annex V - 2.3. Groundwater chemical status
WFD Annex V - 2.3.1. Parameters for the determination of groundwater chemical status
WFD Annex V - 2.3.2. Definition of good groundwater chemical status
WFD Annex V - 2.4. Monitoring of groundwater chemical status
WFD Annex V - 2.4.1. Groundwater monitoring network
WFD Annex V - 2.4.2. Surveillance monitoring
WFD Annex V - 2.4.3. Operational monitoring
WFD Annex V - 2.4.4. Identification of trends in pollutants
WFD Annex V - 2.4.5. Interpretation and presentation of groundwater chemical status
WFD Annex V - 2.5. Presentation of groundwater status
WFD Annex VI - List of measures to be included within the programmes of measures
WFD Annex VII - River basin management plan
WFD Annex VIII - Indicative list of the main pollutants
WFD Annex IX - Emission limit values and environmental quality standards
WFD Annex X - Priority substances
National Directives
Water Code of the Russian Federation
Flemish Directive
Decreet betreffende het integraal waterbeleid
Hoofdstuk I - Inleidende bepalingen
Hoofdstuk II - Voorwerp, doelstellingen en beginselen
Hoofdstuk III - Algemene instrumenten van het integraal waterbeleid
Afdeling I - de watertoets
Afdeling II - Oeverzones
Afdeling III - Verwerving van onroerende goederen, aankoopplicht en vergoedingsplicht
Hoofdstuk IV - Geografische indeling van watersystemen
Afdeling I - De stroomgebieden en de stroomgebiedsdistricten
Afdeling II - De bekkens
Afdeling III - De deelbekkens
Hoofdstuk V - De organisatie van het integraal waterbeleid
Afdeling I - Het stroomgebiedsdistrict
Afdeling II - Het Vlaamse Gewest
Afdeling III - Het bekkenniveau
Afdeling IV - Het deelbekkenniveau
Hoofdstuk VI - Voorbereiding en opvolging van het integraal waterbeleid
Afdeling I - De waterbeleidsnota
Afdeling II - Stroomgebiedsbeheerplannen
Afdeling III - De bekkenbeheerplannen, deelbekkenbeheerplannen en bekkenvoortgangsrapporten
Onderafdeling I - De bekkenbeheerplannen en de deelbekkenbeheerplannen
Onderafdeling II - Het bekkenvoortgangsrapport
Hoofdstuk VII - Bijzondere verplichtingen met betrekking tot de stroomgebiedsdistricten
Afdeling I - Milieuwdoelstellingen
Onderafdeling I Vastellen en bereiken van mileudoelstellingen
Onderafdeling II - Aanduiding van kunstmatige of sterk veranderde oppervlaktewaterlichamen
Onderafdeling III - Omstandigheden waarin van het bereiken van milieudoelstellingen kan worden afgeweken
Onderafdeling IV - Kostenterugwinning van waterdiensten
Afdeling II - Analyses en beoordelingen
Afdeling III - De maatregelenprogramma's
Afdeling IV - Programma's voor de monitoring
Afdeling V - Register van beschermde gebieden
Hoofdstuk VIII - Slotbepalingen
Afdeling I - Overgangsbepaling
Afdeling II - Wijzigingsbepalingen
Bijlage I - Inhoud van de stroomgebiedbeheerplannen
Bijlage II - Inhoud van de maatregelenprogramma's
Bijlage III - Inhoud van de bekkenbeheerplannen
Bijlage IV - Inhoud van de deelbekkenbeheerplannen
WFD-RU Water Framework Directive
Policy implementation projects (28)
English WFD Implementation
Monitoring in the UK
Scottish WFD Implementation
Monitoring in Scotland
WFD implementation in Ireland
WFD implementation in North-Ireland
NS SHARE North South Shared Aquatic Resources
WFD implementation in the Cecina river basin, Italy
WFD implementation in the Eems Noord catchment, the Netherlands
WFD implementation in the Guadiana river basin
WFD implementation in the Jucar river basin, Spain
WFD implementation in the Marne river basin, France
WFD implementation in the Moselle-Sarre river basin
WFD implementation in the Neisse river basin
WFD implementation in the Odense river basin, Denmark
WFD implementation in the Pinios River basin, Greece
WFD implementation in the Ribble river basin, UK
WFD implementation in the Shannon river basin, Ireland
WFD implementation in the Somes river basin
WFD implementation in the Sudalsvassdraget river basin, Norway
WFD implementation in the Tevere river basin, Italy
CAP and WFD - WFD meets CAP - Opportunities for the future
ENMar - European Network of Municipalities and Rivers - implementing the WFD at the local level in the European regions
ERMITE - Environmental regulation of mine waters in the european union
HARBASINS - Harmonised River Basins Strategies North Sea
Neptun - New partnership for transnational understanding and co-operation in water management
NOLIMP - North Sea Regional and Local Implementation of the WFD
Scaldit - Scheldt Integrated Testing
Policy implementation guidances (827)
WFD CIS Guidance Documents
Gd 1 - wateco
Introduction - a guidance document: what for?
To whom is the guidance document addressed?
What can you find in this guidance document?
and where?
Section 1 - implementing the directive: setting the scene
December 2000: a milestone for water policy
New challenges in eu water policy
What is being done to support implementation?
Section 2 - which role for economics in the directive?
Which role for economics in water policy?
The economic elements of the water framework directive
Which economic analysis for supporting implementation?
How can this guidance document help you?
Section 3 - roadmap to implementing the directives economic analysis
Overall approach
Step 1 - characterising river basins
Step 2 - identifying significant water management issues
Step 3 - identifying measures and economic impact
Selected issues for concluding section 3
Section 4 - 2004: the first milestone for the economic analysis
Undertaking the economic analyses of water uses
Investigating the dynamics in the river basin - Development of the baseline scenario
Assessing current levels of cost-recovery of water services
Preparing for the cost-effectiveness analysis
Proposing activities for enhancing the information and knowledge base
Doing and reporting the economic analysis for 2004 - a summary
Section 5 - making the economic analysis operational and ensuring coherency with the overall implementation process
Issues to focus on include
Who needs to get involved in carrying out and using the economic analysis?
How should the economic analysis be integrated with analyses from other disciplines and expertise?
Which information is available today, and what should be done to upgrade it to requirements?
Which financial and human resources are required and available for undertaking the economic analysis?
Which output and indicators should be produced by the economic analysis for taking decisions and reporting?
Section 6 - conclusion: what lies ahead?
A critical path analysis to determine key landmarks
Key issues remain to be explored
and before you jump, remember: you are not alone!
Annex a - implementation of the water framework directive
Annex a2 lists and contacts of the wateco members
Annex b - definitions
Annex b1 economic elements of the water framework directive: legal text
Annex b2 glossary
Annex b3 water uses and water services
Annex c - support to implementation
Annex c1 illustrative terms of reference for a virtual scoping study on cost-effectiveness analysis
Annex c2 stakeholder analysis: methodology and key issues
Annex c3 possible reporting tables
Annex d - methodological tools for undertaking the economic analysis
Annex d1 information sheets
Annex d2 analysis of derogation for new modifications/activities (article 4.7) and for designating heavily modified water bodies (article 4.3)
Annex d2a economic assessment of new modifications/activities entailing a deterioration in water status
Annex d2b consideration of the possible appraisal techniques involved in the designation process for heavily modified water bodies
Annex d3 list of references
Annex e - results of scoping and testing in pilot river basins
Gd 2 - waterbodies
1 introduction
1.1 background to guidance
1.2 purpose of guidance
1.3 structure of guidance
2 background
2.1 purpose of identifying 'water bodies'
2.2 timetable and refinement for the identification of water bodies
3 specific guidance on surface water bodies
3.1 definition of body of surface water
3.2 technical interpretation of discrete and significant element
3.2.1 discrete element
3.2.2 surface water categories
3.2.3 typology
3.2.4 physical characteristics delineating discrete and significant elements
3.2.5 heavily modified and artificial water bodies
3.2.6 summary
3.3 other criteria for delineating surface water bodies
3.3.1 status criteria
3.3.2 protected areas
3.4 suggested process for the practical application of the term surface water body
3.5 small elements of surface water
3.6 components of a 'surface water body' and wetlands
4 specific guidance on bodies of groundwater
4.1 definitions
4.2 aquifers
4.2.1 significant flow
4.2.2 abstraction of significant quantities of groundwater
4.3 delineation of bodies of groundwater
4.3.1 geological boundaries
4.3.2 other hydraulic boundaries
4.3.3 taking account of differences in status
4.4 upper and lower boundaries to bodies of groundwater
4.5 assignment to river basin districts
4.6 targeting measures within bodies of groundwater
4.7 suggested process for the practical application of the term body of groundwater
5 aggregation of water bodies
Annex i references
Annex ii list of drafting members
Gd 3 - impress
Overview / executive summary
1. implementing the directive: setting the scene
1.1 december 2000: a milestone for water policy. 3
1.2 the water framework directive: new challenges in eu water policy
1.3 what is being done to support implementation?
2. analysis of pressures and impacts in the water framework directive - common understanding
2.1 recall of wfd requirements
2.1.1 requirements in relation to pressure and impact analysis
2.1.2 links to other relevant requirements and related timescale
2.2 key terms
2.3 relevant considerations
2.3.1 water body definition
2.3.2 scaling issues
2.3.3 different starting points
2.3.4 grouping water bodies
2.3.5 taking account of uncertainty
2.3.6 understanding the objectives
2.3.7 wetlands
2.4 summary of the process and actions required
3. general approach for the analysis of pressures and impacts
3.1 introduction
3.1.1 who needs to get involved in carrying out and using the pressures and impacts analysis
3.2 identifying driving forces and pressures
3.3 identifying significant pressures
3.3.1 introduction
3.3.2 methods
3.3.3 variations in pressures and impacts
3.4 assessing the impacts
3.5 selecting relevant pollutants on river basin level
3.5.1 introduction
3.5.2 generic approach
3.6 evaluating the risk of failing the objectives
3.7 conceptual model approach
3.8 use of analogous water bodies
3.9 specific considerations for the characterisation of groundwater bodies
3.10 recommendations on reporting on the pressure and impact analysis
3.11 review for surface water
3.12 review for groundwater
4. tools to assist the analysis of pressures and impacts
4.1 introduction and overview
4.2 pressure checklist
4.3 screening approach within the general approach
4.4 basic considerations about use of numerical models
4.5 identification of tools: comparison of need with existence and examples
4.5.1 tools for rivers
4.5.2 tools for lakes and ponds
4.5.3 tools for groundwater
4.5.4 tools for transitional waters
4.5 summary conclusion
5. information needs and data sources
5.1 general information
5.1.1 descriptive information relevant to waterbodies
5.1.2 key stakeholders that could be involved in the impress analysis
5.2 information on pressures
5.2.1 information on point sources of pollution
5.2.2 information on diffuse sources of pollution
5.2.3 information on water abstraction
5.2.4 information on water flow regulation
5.2.5 information on morphological pressures
5.2.6 information on pressures from land use patterns
5.2.7 information on other pressures
5.3 information on impacts
5.3.1 information on susceptibility / vulnerability of water bodies
5.3.2 environmental data
6. examples of current practice relevant to the wfd pressures and impacts analysis
7. concluding remarks
8. references
Annex i common implementation strategy and its working groups
Annex ii glossary
Annex iii participants in the impress working group and other useful contacts
Annex iv presentation of examples for tools (annex to chapter 4)
Annex v case studies
Gd 4 - hmwb
1 structure of the document
2 implementing the directive: setting the scene
2.1 december 2000: a milestone for water policy
2.2 the water framework directive: new challenges in eu water policy
2.3 what has been done to support implementation?
2.4 introduction - a guidance document: what for?
3 hmwb and awb in the water framework directive.
3.1 importance of awb and hmwb in the implementation of the wfd
3.2 links to other working groups of the common implementation strategy
4 stepwise approach for designation of hmwb and awb
5 steps leading to the provisional identification of hmwb
5.1 introduction
5.2 water body identification (step 1)
5.3 is the water body artificial (step 2)?
5.4 screening (step 3)
5.5 significant changes in hydromorphology (step 4)
5.6 likelihood of failing good ecological status (step 5)
5.7 is the water body substantially changed in character due to physical alterations by human activity (step 6)? provisional identification of hmwb
6 tests leading to the designation of hmwb (steps 7 - 9)
6.1 timing for designation tests
6.2 designation is optional and iterative
6.3 the designation tests
6.4 designation test 4(3)(a) (step 7)
6.5 designation test according to article 4(3)(b) (step 8)
6.6 designation of hmwb in 2008 (step 9)
6.7 guidance on methods for applying the designation tests 4(3)(a) & (b) (for steps 7 and 8)
6.8 designation of artificial water bodies (step 9)..
7 reference conditions and environmental objectives for hmwb & awb (steps 10 & 11)
7.1 introduction
7.2 establishing the maximum ecological potential - mep (step 10)
7.3 establishing the good ecological potential - gep (step 11)
7.4 reporting and mapping for hmwb and awb
8 cross-cutting issues and outlook
8.1 overview of measures and their costs in the hmwb and awb process
8.2 timing in the first river basin planning cycle
8.3 hmwb & awb in future rbmp cycles
8.4 conclusion and outlook
9 list of references
Annex i - glossary
Annex ii - hmwb and river basin management plans (first cycle)
Annex iii - elements of hmwb in the wfd (original text)
Annex iv - list of working group members
Annex v - list of case studies and contacts
Annex vi - case study reports
Gd 5 - coast
Introduction - a guidance document: what for?
To whom is this guidance document addressed?
What can you find in this guidance document?
Section 1 - introduction - implementing the directive
1.1. december 2000: a milestone for water policy
1.2. the water framework directive: new challenges in eu water policy
1.3. what are the key actions that member states need to take?
1.4. changing the management process - information, consultation and participation
1.5. integration: a key concept underlying the water framework directive
1.6. what is being done to support implementation?
1.7. the coast working group (cis wg 2.4)
Section 2 - the common understanding of terms related to transitional and coastal waters
2.1. definitions of transitional and coastal waters
2.2. defining surface water bodies within transitional and coastal waters
2.3. defining transitional waters
2.4. assigning coastal waters within the river basin district
2.5. territorial waters
2.6. marine lagoons
2.7. wetlands
Section 3 - guidance for typology in transitional and coastal waters
3.1. introduction to typology
3.2. the process of typing
3.3. the development of typology guidance
3.4. common framework for the use of factors for system b
3.5. how could the factors be used?
Section 4 - guidance on the development of biological reference conditions for coastal and transitional waters
4.1. introduction
4.2. reference conditions and the range of natural variation
4.3. the relationship between reference conditions, high status and the ecological quality ratio
4.4. biological quality elements requiring reference conditions
4.5. methods for determining reference conditions
4.6. the selection of a reference network of high status sites
4.7. exclusion of quality elements with high natural variability.
4.8. reference conditions and other significant anthropogenic impacts
4.9. updating reference conditions
4.10. reference conditions / high status studies
Section 5 - general guidance on the classification of ecological status within transitional and coastal waters
5.1. introduction to classification
5.2. ecological status classes and the ecological quality ratio
5.3. basic principles underpinning classification
5.4. quality assurance and expert judgement
5.5. classification of the biological quality elements
5.6. classification of the hydromorphological and physico-chemical supporting elements
5.7. the relationship between chemical and ecological status
Section 6 - toolbox
6.1. introduction
6.2. phytoplankton
6.3. other aquatic flora
6.4. benthic invertebrate fauna
6.5. fish
6.6. classification schemes for biological quality elements
6.7. supporting elements (hydromorphological and physico-chemical)
Section 7 - summary and conclusions
7.1. typology
7.2. reference conditions
7.3. classification
7.4. the promotion of communication
References.
Annex a - key activities and the working groups of the common implementation strategy
Annex b - members of the coast working group
Annex c - list of reference conditions studies
Annex d - glossary
Gd 6 - intercalibration
Introduction - a guidance document: what for?
To whom is this guidance document addressed?
What can you find in this guidance document?
Section 1 - implementing the directive: setting the scene
Section 2 - common understanding of the text and terms related to intercalibration requirements
Section 3 - synthesis of the intercalibration process: problems and possible solution
3.1. formal requirements and the timetable of intercalibration
3.2. obstacles in the timetable of the intercalibration process
3.3. problem of typology incompatibility
3.4. problem of data availability
3.5. problems of 'limited' intercalibration
3.6. long-term strategy to overcome the problems of intercalibration
Section 4 - guidance for the establishment of the intercalibration network
4.1. procedure for the establishment of the intercalibration network
4.1.1 how to carry out the site selection process for the intercalibration network in practice
4.2. criteria for the selection of water body types for the intercalibration network
4.3. artificial and heavily modified water bodies
4.4. pressures
4.5. geographical intercalibration groups
4.6. selection of intercalibration sites
4.7. number of intercalibration sites needed
4.8. metadatabase for establishment of the intercalibration network
Section 5 - preliminary technical protocol for the intercalibration exercise
5.1. stepwise description of the intercalibration exercise and the tasks of the participants
5.2. geographical scope/ applicability of different national assessment systems
5.3. criteria for selection of biological quality elements
5.4. guidance for additional sampling in the intercalibration sites
5.5. execution of (voluntary) intercalibration field campaigns
5.6. reporting of the final classification results
5.7. expected outcome of the intercalibration exercise
Annex a: key activities and the working groups of the common implementation strategy
Annex b: members of the working group 2.5
Annex c: legal texts related to committee procedure
Gd 7 - monitoring
1 introduction
A guidance document: what for?
1.1 purpose of this guidance document
1.2 to whom is this guidance document addressed?
1.3 what you can find in this guidance document?
1.3.1 common understanding of concepts and terms
1.3.2 guidance on the selection of quality elements
1.3.3 best practices and tool box
1.3.4 best practice examples of current national monitoring
1.4 guidance on monitoring - a framework approach
1.5 december 2000: a milestone for water policy
1.5.1 a long negotiation process
1.6 the water framework directive: new challenges in eu water policy
1.6.1 what is the purpose of the directive?
1.6.2 and what is the key objective?
1.7 what are the key actions that member states need to take?
1.8 changing the management process - information, consultation and participation
1.9 what is being done to support implementation?
Implementing the directive: setting the scene
Annex i glossary
Annex ii references
Annex iii summary of factsheets on current monitoring undertaken by member states
Annex iv working group contacts
2 common understanding of the monitoring requirements of the water framework directive
2.1 monitoring requirements for the directive
2.1.1 reporting
2.2 what water bodies should be monitored
2.3 clarification of the term 'supporting'
2.4 horizontal guidance on the application of the term 'water body'
2.5 risk, precision and confidence
2.6 inclusion of wetlands within the monitoring requirements of the directive
2.7 surveillance monitoring of surface waters
2.7.1 objectives and timing
2.7.2 selection of monitoring points
2.7.3 selection of quality elements
2.8 operational monitoring of surface waters
2.8.1 objectives
2.8.2 selection of monitoring sites
2.8.3 selection of quality elements
2.9 investigative monitoring
2.10 frequency of monitoring for surface waters
2.10.1 general aspects
2.10.2 surveillance monitoring
2.10.3 operational monitoring
2.10.4 summary
2.11 monitoring for protected areas
2.12 other requirements for surface water monitoring
2.12.1 reference conditions
2.12.2 intercalibration
2.12.3 heavily modified and artificial water bodies
2.12.4 standards for monitoring of surface water quality elements
2.13 monitoring of groundwater
3 what quality elements should be monitored for surface waters?
3.1 selection of quality elements for rivers
3.2 selection of quality elements for lakes
3.3 selection of quality elements for transitional waters
3.4 selection of quality elements for coastal waters
4 design of groundwater monitoring programmes
4.1 introduction
4.2 principles for the design and operation of groundwater monitoring programmes
4.2.1 identify the purposes for which monitoring information is required
4.2.2 monitoring should be designed on the basis of an understanding of the groundwater system
4.2.3 ensuring the cost-effective development of groundwater monitoring networks
4.2.4 quality assurance of monitoring design and data analysis
4.3 characterisation of groundwater bodies
4.4 monitoring of quantitative status
4.4.1 purpose of monitoring
4.4.2 water level monitoring network design
4.5 monitoring of chemical status and pollutant trends
4.5.1 purpose of monitoring
4.5.2 surveillance monitoring
4.5.3 operational monitoring
4.5.4 where to monitor
4.5.5 what to monitor
4.5.6 when to monitor
4.6 monitoring of protected areas
4.7 reporting requirements
4.7.1 chemical and quantitative status assessment
4.8 schedule of monitoring
5 best practices and tool box
5.1 general guidance for optimisation of monitoring programmes
5.1.1 issues for consideration
5.1.2 development of a conceptual understanding
5.1.3 quality assurance/quality control
5.2 best practice and tool box for monitoring surface waters
5.2.1 objectives of monitoring
5.2.2 holistic assessment of ecological quality
5.2.3 incorporation of natural and artificial habitat variation
5.2.4 locations of water bodies to be monitored
5.2.5 risk, precision and confidence in the assessment of surface water and groundwater status
5.2.6 surveillance monitoring of surface waters
5.2.7 operational monitoring of surface waters
5.3 best practice and tool box for groundwater
5.3.1 introduction
5.3.2 description of conceptual model/understanding approach
5.3.3 chemical status monitoring
5.3.4 sampling protocols
5.3.5 quantitative status monitoring
5.3.6 where to get further information
5.3.7 application of cis 2.8 guidance in trend analysis
5.3.8 drinking water protected area monitoring
6 best practice examples for using the guidance
6.1 contributions from member states on monitoring methods -fact sheets
7 summary and conclusions
Annex v key considerations for monitoring quality elements
Gd 8 - public participation
Foreword
Executive summary
Introduction - a guidance document: what for?
Section 1 - implementing the directive: setting the scene
Section 2 - introduction to public participation in river basin management
2.1 the public participation provisions of the directive
2.2 what is public participation?
2.3 why public participation?
2.4 who should we involve?
2.5 when should we involve them?
2.6 the scope and timing of public participation
2.7 the scale issue
2.8 how do we involve them?
Section 3 - active involvement of all interested parties in the planning process of the directive
3.1 introduction to active involvement
3.2 active involvement in the program cycle of the directive
Section 4 - consultation
4.1 introduction to consultation
4.2 management of comments
4.3 how to organise consultation
4.4 consultation on the timetable and work program (art 14 (1) a)
4.5 consultation on 'significant water management issues'
4.6 consultation on river basin management plans
4.7 timing of consultation and international co-ordination
Section 5 - access to information and background documents
5.1 sufficient 'information supply' in the different implementation steps
5.2 access to background documents and information according to article 14 (1)
Section 6 - evaluation, reporting results of active involvement, public information and consultation measures
6.1 reporting
6.2 evaluation
Section 7 - developing a learning approach to public participation, a key to success
7.1 context factors
7.2 process factors
7.3 content factors
7.4 conclusion
Annex i - public participation techniques
1. stakeholder-analysis
2. problem and cause analysis
3. communication planning
4. interaction and communication tools
5. interviews
6. active listening
7. preparation of workshops
8. creative sessions
9. citizens jury
10. interactive geographic information systems (web gis)
11. public hearings (see also tool 9. citizens jury)
12. monitoring and participatory evaluations
13. computer tools for processing public comments
Annex ii - examples of public participation in water management projects
Introduction
1. river sub basin management plans in flanders, belgium
2. regional planning system, denmark
3. tubaek stream, denmark
4. reducing water consumption in the graphics corporate sector, denmark
5. westcountry rivers trust, england
6. defra stakeholder sounding board, england
7. the wise use of floodplains project in somerset, england
8. the fens floodplain project - east of england
9. nõo rural district development of a municipal water supply and sewage system plan, estonia
10. lake pyhäjärvi: local water management, finland
11. national water committee, "comité national de l'eau", france
12. river basin management plans (s.d.a.g.e., schémas directeurs d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux, france
13. the local water management plans (s.a.g.e., "schémas d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux"), france
14. the drôme river management plan, france
15. national commission for public debate (cndp), france
16. information letters with regard to the implementation of the water framework directive germany (thuringia)
17. river basin management plan maas/sub-basin niers, germany (north rhine-westphalia)
18. erne sustainable wetlands cross border ireland and northern ireland
19. integrated reconnaissance of the river rhine, waal and ijssel (so-called rvr and ivb projects), the netherlands
20. iivr project, integrated planning of the veluwe lakes, the netherlands
21. waterplan for the municipality of hilversum, the netherlands
22. participation, consultation and capacity building in wfd transposition processes, scottish environment protection agency and scottish executive, scotland
23. ettrick floodplain restoration project by borders forest trust in the scottish borders, scotland
24. consultation on technical annexes ii and v of the wfd, scotland, england and wales
25. global flood defense plan in river júcar, spain
26. alcobendas - city of water for the 21st century, spain
27. the water forum in the balearic islands, helcom, spain
28. co-operation on the catchment level in the emån river basin, sweden.
29 the municipality of rebro's water management plan, sweden
30. the fyrisån river water association, sweden
31. helcom mlw, baltic sea region
32. danube river commission / danube environment forum
33. lower danube green corridor, bulgaria, romania, ukraine, moldova
Annex iii - drafting group and other contributors
Gd 9 - gis
Foreword
Introduction - a guidance document: what for?
To whom is this guidance document addressed?
What can you find in this guidance document?
1 implementing the water framework directive
1.1 december 2000: a milestone for water policy
1.2 the water framework directive: new challenges in eu water policy
1.3 what is being done to support the implementation?
2 gis in the wfd: developing a common understanding
2.1 terminology
2.2 gis requirements under the wfd and scope of the working group
2.3 reporting under the water framework directive
3 technical specifications of the gis
3.1 timetable for the preparation and delivery of maps and gis layers
3.2 overview on the gis layers, their scale and positional accuracy
3.2.1 basic information.
3.2.2 monitoring network
3.2.3 surface water bodies, groundwater bodies and protected areas (status).
3.2.4 scale and positional accuracy
3.2.5 river basin management plans and summary reports
3.3 data model
3.3.1 purpose of the data model
3.3.2 the unified modelling language
3.3.3 data model overview..
3.3.4 feature classes.
3.3.4.1 general..
3.3.4.2 surface water
3.3.4.3 groundwater
3.3.4.4 monitoring network
3.3.4.5 status
3.3.4.6 salinewater ecological status
3.3.4.7 management / administration
3.3.4.8 protectedareas
3.4 european gis feature coding
3.4.1 introduction
3.4.2 unique european codes
3.4.3 managing codes within member states and rbds
3.4.3.1 unique identification of coding authorities
3.4.3.2 unique identification coding at operational levels
3.4.3.3 using the river network for unique code assignments
3.4.3.4 monitoring stations
3.4.4 structured hydrological unique river identifiers
3.4.4.1 coding approach
3.4.4.2 the (interim) modified pfafstetter system
3.4.5 structured hydrological coding for other water bodies
3.4.6 protected areas
3.4.7 segmentation
3.4.8 conclusion.
3.4.9 tables of example codes
3.4.9.1 water bodies
3.4.9.2 water body monitoring points
3.4.9.3 water usage monitoring points
3.4.9.4 point pressures - discharges
3.4.9.5 point impacts
3.5 data validation
3.5.1 data quality overview
3.5.2 data quality elements
3.5.2.1 completeness
3.5.2.2 logical consistency
3.5.3 accuracy
3.5.4 descriptors of the data quality sub-elements
3.5.5 reporting of quality information
3.6 reference system
3.7 metadata
3.7.1 scope of iso 19115
3.7.2 core and mandatory elements of iso 19115
3.7.3 metadata profile
3.8 standards for data exchange and access
3.8.1 short-term data exchange and minimum long-term requirements
3.8.2 long-term (data access)
3.8.3 file naming conventions.
4 harmonisation, co-ordination and organisational issues
4.1 harmonisation
4.1.1 geometric harmonisation of data
4.1.2 harmonised european database
4.2 co-ordination
4.2.1 1st phase of co-ordination (before the end of 2004)
4.2.2 2nd phase of co-ordination (2005 - 2006)
5 practical experiences from the prototype exercise
5.1 introduction
5.2 emerging data exchange standards of iso and opengis
5.3 testing of parts of the common data model
5.4 testing the pfafstetter coding mechanism
5.5 recommendations resulting from the prototype activity
6 conclusions and recommendations
7 appendices
Appendix i: the elements of the wfd relevant to gis (original wfd text)
Appendix ii: table of gis datasets and layers requested by the wfd
Appendix iii: data dictionary
Appendix iv: unique identification coding systems
Appendix v: detailed specifications for data validation
Appendix vi: reference system
Appendix vii: detailed specifications for metadata
Appendix viii: detailed description of the gml specification
Appendix ix: glossary of terms
Appendix x: references
Appendix xi: members of the gis working group
Gd 10 - refcond
Introduction - a guidance document: what for?
To whom is this guidance document addressed?
What can you find in this guidance document?
Adaptation to regional and national circumstances
What you will not find in this guidance document
Section 1. introduction - implementing the directive
1.1 december 2000: a milestone for water policy
1.2 purposes and timing
1.3 what are the key actions that member states need to take?
1.4 changing the management process - information, consultation and participation
1.5 integration: a key concept underlying the wfd
1.6 working group 2.3 - refcond
Section 2. common understanding of concepts and terms
2.1 reference conditions and high ecological status
2.2 good and moderate ecological status
2.3 surface water bodies
2.4 wetlands
2.5 water body types
2.6 classification of ecological status
Section 3. general guidance on principles and methods for establishing reference conditions and ecological status class boundaries
3.1 overview - a stepwise approach
3.2 need for infrastructure
3.3 differentiation of water body types
3.4 use of pressure criteria and ecological criteria
3.4.1 Setting a benchmark for very minor alterations
3.4.2 Pressure criteria as a screening tool
3.4.3. Use of ecological criteria
3.5 methods for establishing reference conditions
3.5.1 Spatially based reference conditions
3.5.2 Reference conditions based on predictive modelling
3.5.3 Temporally based reference conditions
3.5.4 Establishing reference conditions using expert judgement
3.5.5 Concluding remarks
3.6 validation of reference conditions and ecological class boundaries
3.6.1 Minimise risk of circularity
3.6.2 Secure documentation
3.6.3 Validation of methods
3.7 assessing variability in reference conditions
3.7.1 Sources of errors
3.7.2 Choice of quality element indicators
3.7.3 Exclusion of indicators and quality elements
3.8 setting eqr-based class boundaries
3.8.1. Options for setting class boundaries
3.8.2 Errors associated with classification schemes
Section 4. the toolbox
Tool 1. proposed pressure screening criteria for selecting potential reference condition sites or values
Tool 2. interpretations of normative definitions for the biological quality elements
Tool 3. numerical examples on setting class boundaries according to alternative a, b and c in section 3.8
Section 5. examples on good practice
Example 1. development of a risk based prioritisation protocol for standing waters in great britain, based on a georeferenced inventory, as an aid to defining reference conditions.
Example 2. the use of palaeolimnology and species turnover measures to select potential reference lakes
Example 3. the establishment and validation of reference conditions for lakes and large rivers in german parts of the central european lowland, ecoregion 14, using paleolimnology
References
Annex a. overall structure of the common implementation strategy
Annex b. list on refcond partners and other contacts
Annex c. normative definitions in wfd of ecological status classifications for rivers and lakes
Annex d. glossary
Annex e. list of relevant eu-funded research projects
Annex f. (eco)region specific typology
Annex g. who needs to get involved in carrying out and using the reference condition analysis?
Gd 11 - planning process
Section 1. introduction - a guidance document: what for?
Section 2. implementing the directive: setting the scene
Section 3. principles relevant for the water planning and needs for the decision making process.
3.1 introduction
3.2 general scope, functions and types of planning processes
3.3 planning of water management and links with other planning processes
Section 4. some considerations for a sound planning process
4.1 long-term vision for the rbd
4.2 knowledge and information management. the need of building capacity
4.3 integration at the operational level. links with other planning policies
4.4 the right timing
4.5 the appropriate toolbox
Section 5. specific requirements in the water framework directive with regards to the planning process
5.1 general considerations
5.2 first component: assessment of current status and preliminary gap analysis
5.3 third component: establishment of monitoring programmes
5.4 fourth component: gap analysis
5.5 fifth component: setting up of the programme of measures
5.6 sixth component: development of the river basin management plans
5.7 seventh and eighth components: implementation of the programmes of measures and evaluation
5.8 ninth component: information and consultation of the public, active involvement of interested parties
Section 6. general overview and overall flowchart on the planning process
6.1 introduction: why and how to use flowcharts in the planning process?
6.2 the legally binding timetable of the water framework directive
6.3 the planning cycle
6.4 overall flowchart for the planning process
6.5 bottlenecks in the planning process
Annex 1 - list of abbreviations
Annex 2 - preambles and articles of the water framework directive relevant to this guidance
Annex 3 - members of the drafting group of this guidance and list of the experts of working group 2.9
Gd 12 - wetlands
1 introduction
1.1 backgournd
1.2 purpose of the guidance
1.3 structure of the guidance
2 identifying wetlands under the water framework directive
2.1 what is a wetland?
2.2 wetlands within the operational strucuture of the water framework directive
2.3 surface water bodies (river, lake, transitional and coastal waters)
2.4 terrestrial ecosystems directly depending on groundwater bodies
2.5 small elements of surface water connected to water bodies but not identified as water bodies
2.6 ecosystem significantly influencing the quality and quantity of water reaching surface water bodies, or surface waters connected to surface water bodies
3 wfd environmental objectives and wetlands
3.1 summary of the main requirements
3.2 surface waters objectives and wetlands
3.2.1 biological quality elements for surface water bodies
3.2.2 physico-chemical quality elements for surface water bodies
3.2.3 hydro-morphological quality elements for surface water bodies
3.2.4 categories of environmental quality
3.3 wetlands and groundwater
3.3.1 what is significant damage and how should it be measured?
3.4 wetlands in relation to transitional and coastal water
4 the relationship between wetland systems and heavily modified water bodies
4.1 heavily modified water bodies and wetlands
4.1.1 steps in hmwb designation process, and their possible relevance to wetlands
4.1.2 the establishment of good ecological potential
4.2 artificial water bodies and wetlands
5 protected areas and the water framework directive
5.1 ecological criteria for water dependency
5.2 identifying relevant standards and objectives
5.3 using gis to assist with developing the protected areas register
6 wetlands and the impacts and pressures analysis
6.1 relevant objectives in the impacts and pressures analysis
6.2 understanding relevant pressure-impact relationships
6.3 understanding the impact of future pressures
6.4 pressure screening and treshold values
7 the programme of measures and wetlands
7.1 basic and supplementary measures
7.1.1 wetlands and basic measures
7.1.2 wetlands and supplementary measures
7.2 wetlands and the concept of cost effectiveness
7.3 using wetlands in the programmes of measures
7.3.1 measures required to implement community legislation
7.3.2 the role of wetlands in cost recovery
7.3.3 managing hydro-morphological impacts
7.3.4 wetlands and pollution control
7.3.5 using wetlands to enhance groundwater recharge
8 monitoring and wetlands
8.1 monitoring groundwater bodies and dependent ecosystems
9 conclusions
10 references
annex i
annex ii
annex iii
Gd 13 - classification of ecological status
Foreword
1 introduction
2 the ecological status and ecological potential in the water framework directive
3 how to derive the ecological status and potential
4 the role of the general physico-chemical quality elements in the ecological classification of good and moderate status/potential
5 stepwise approach for the ecological classification
5.1 step 1: high ecological status (hes) and maximum ecological potential (mep)
5.2 step 2: good ecological status (ges) and good ecological potential (gep)
5.3 step 3: moderate ecological status and moderate ecological potential
5.4 step 4: poor ecological stats (pes) and poor ecological potential (pep)
5.5 step 5: bad ecological status (bes) and bas ecological potential (bep)
6 presentation of monitoring results and mapping of the ecological status and ecological potential
7 conclusions
8 references
annex i: technical approach on achieving and reporting adequate confidence and precision in classification
1 introduction
2 background
3 sources of error and their management
4 the use of estimates of confidence in class
5 summary of possible approaches to managing the risk of misclassification
6 managing errors in monitoring data for individual elements
7 managing the effect of combining results for individual elements
8 deciding on the level of confidence that can be considered adequate
9 options for reporting confidence and precision in monitoring results
10 conclusion
11 appendix 1: confidence and precision in the surveillance monitoring
annex ii cis 2a: list of participants of the working group on ecological status (ecostat)
Gd 14 - intercalibration process
1 key principles of the intercalibration process
2 process options for intercalibration
3 contents of the final intercalibration report
4 organisation of the work and timetables
annex i: framework for deriving class boundary values consistent with the wfd normative definitions
annex ii: list of geographical intercalibration groups (gigs)
annex iii: example of a hybrid intercalibration option
Gd 15 - groundwater monitoring
1 purpose and scope of the guidance
2 background
3 general principles
3.1 conceptual models as basis for monitoring
3.2 aquifer types
3.3 grouping of groundwater bodies
3.4 integrated monitoring
3.5 network review and update
4 chemical status and trend monitoring
4.1 design of the surveillance monitoring programme
4.1.1 selection of representative surveillance monitoring determinands
4.1.2 selection of representative surveillance monitoring sites
4.1.3 monitoring time step
4.2 design of the operational monitoring programme
4.2.1 selection of operational monitoring determinands
4.2.2 selection of representative operational monitoring sites
4.2.3 monitoring frequency
5 quantity monitoring
5.1.1 monitoring parameters
5.1.2 selection of monitoring density
5.1.3 monitoring frequency
6 protected area monitoring
6.1 drinking water protected area monitoring
7 prevent and limit monitoring
8 ensuring quality of monitoring data
8.1 quality requirements
8.2 quality control
9 methods for sampling and analysis
10 reporting
glossary
annex 1 - aquifer types
annex 2 - information requirements for monitoring points
annex 3 - advantage and disadvantages using available wells
annex 4 - initial guidance on the selection of determinand suites
case study - netherlands
case study - austria
case study - finland, sweden, norway
case study - malta
case study - northwest and central europe
case study - arhus county (denmark)
case study - tevere, colli albani (italy)
case study - emilia-romagna region (italy)
CAP AND WFD - Incentive water pricing and cost recovery in the WFD Elements for linking EU Agricultural and Water Policies
ENMaR - Handbook on the implemention of the WFD at the local level in the European regions
Policy implementation cases and reports (709)
Analysis of the Tisza River Basin - Art. 5 report
1. Overview on the Tisza River Basin -
1.1. States in the Tisza River Basin
1.2. The Tisza River Basin and its international coordination arrangements
1.3. Public participation in the Tisza River Basin
2. General characterisation of the Tisza River Basin
2.1. Geographic characterisation in the Tisza River Basin
2.2. Climate and precipitation in the Tisza River Basin
2.3 Surface geology in the Tisza River Basin
2.4. The main water bodies in the Tisza River Basin
2.4.1. The Tisza River and its main tributaries
2.4.2. Natural lakes larger than 10 km in the Tisza River Basin
2.4.3. Artificial water bodies and reservoirs in the Tisza River Basin
2.5. Main National parks, protected areas and Ramsar sites in the Tisza River Basin
2.6. Socio-economic aspects in the Tisza River Basin
3. Characterisation of surface water bodies in the Tisza River Basin
3.1. Identification of surface water categories in the Tisza River Basin
3.2. Surface water types and reference conditions in the Tisza River Basin
3.2.1. Ecoregions in the Tisza River Basin
3.2.2. Rivers in the Tisza River Basin
3.2.2.1. Typology of the Tisza River, the rivers in the Tisza River Basin and relevant tributaries in the Tisza River Basin
3.2.2.3. Reference conditions of rivers in the Tisza River Basin
3.2.3. Lake typology in the Tisza River Basin
3.3. Identification of surface water bodies in the Tisza River Basin
3.3.1. Water bodies in rivers in the Tisza River Basin
3.3.2. Water bodies in lakes in the Tisza River Basin
3.4. Identification of driving forces and pressures in the Tisza River Basin
3.4.1. Point and diffuse source pollution in the Tisza River Basin
3.4.1.1. Significant point sources of pollution in the Tisza River Basin
3.4.1.2. Significant sources of nutrients in the Tisza River Basin
3.4.2. Other significant anthropogenic pressures in the Tisza River Basin
3.4.2.1. Analysis of Accidental Risk Spots in the Tisza basin
3.4.2.2. Mining activities in the Tisza River Basin
3.5. Overview of significant hydromorphological alterations in the Tisza River Basin
3.6. Artificial and heavily modified water bodies in the Tisza River Basin
3.6.1. Artificial water bodies in the Tisza River Basin
3.6.2 Provisional heavily modified surface waters in the Tisza River Basin
3.6.3. Approach for the provisional identification of heavily modified waters in the Tisza River Basin
3.6.4. Provisional identification of heavily modified waters on rivers in the Tisza River Basin
3.7. Monitoring in the Tisza River Basin
3.7.1. Water quality monitoring of surface waters in the Tisza River Basin
3.7.2. Water quantity monitoring of surface waters in the Tisza River Basin
3.7.3. Groundwater monitoring in the Tisza River Basin
3.8. Assessment of impacts in the Tisza River Basin
3.8.1. Organic substances in the Tisza River Basin
3.8.2. Nutrients in the Tisza River Basin
3.8.3. Heavy metals in the Tisza River Basin
3.8.4. Organic toxic substances in the Tisza River Basin
3.9. Risk of failure to reach environmental objectives in the Tisza River Basin
3.9.1. Risk of failure to reach the environmental objectives methodology
3.9.2. Risk of failure analysis on rivers in the Tisza River Basin
3.10. Gaps and uncertainties on data in the Tisza River Basin
3.10.1. Data gaps and uncertainties related to HMWB/AWBs in the Tisza River Basin
3.10.2. Identification of data gaps and uncertainties related to risk assessment in the Tisza River Basin
4. Characterisation of groundwater quality in the Tisza River Basin
4.1. Location, boundaries and characterisation of groundwater bodies in the Tisza River Basin
4.2. Risk of failure to reach the environmental objectives in the Tisza River Basin
4.2.1. Approaches for groundwater risk assessment in the Tisza River Basin
4.2.2. Results of the risk assessment on groundwater in the Tisza River Basin
4.3. Identification of data gaps and uncertainties in the Tisza River Basin
5. Water resources and uses in the Tisza River Basin
5.1. Water resources in the Tisza River Basin
5.2. Water uses in the Tisza River Basin
5.3. Scenario for 2015 water demand in the Tisza River Basin
6. Floods in the Tisza River Basin
6.1. Floods in the Tisza River Basin
6.2. Flood protection and drainage systems in the Tisza countries
6.2.1. Flood protection systems and the status of flood protection structures in the Tisza River Basin
6.2.2. Drainage systems in the Tisza River Basin
6.2.3. National long-term flood plans in the Tisza River Basin
6.2.4. Potential damage to the economy from flooding in the Tisza River Basin
6.2.5. Assessment of risks - flood risk mapping in the Tisza River Basin
7. Drought in the Tisza River Basin
8. Water pricing in Tisza River Basin countries
Description of the Litani basin (Lebanon) following the WFD Article 5
1. Decision Makers in the water sector and legislation in Lebanon and more particularly in the Litani Region.
2. The Litani river system, Lebanon
3. Data collection in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
4. The main characteristics of the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
4.1 Climate and climatic change in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
4.2 Socio-econimic characteristics of the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
4.3 Geology of the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
4.4 Hydrology of the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
4.5 Gauging system of the Litani River, Lebanon
4.6 Hydrogeology of the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
4.7 Land use of the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
4.8 Protected areas in the Litani River basin, Lebanon
5. Identification of water body types in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
5.1 Surface waters in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
5.2 Groundwater in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6. Pressures on surface and groundwater in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.1 Point source pollution in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.1.1 Solid waste in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.1.2 Wastewater effluents in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.1.3 Wastewater treatment plan of the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.1.4 Industrial wastewater in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.2 Flow regulation in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.2.1 Flooding in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.2.2 Artificial dams for irrigation in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.3 Hydro-morphological modification in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.4 The water demand in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.4.1 Domestic and industrial use of water in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.4.2 Irrigation water demands in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.5 The use of waste water for irrigation in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.6 Pressures from quarries in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
6.7 Overview of pressures and impacts in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7. State of the aquatic system in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.1 Current state of the surface water in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.1.1 Heavy metals in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.1.2 Chemical substances in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.1.3 Concentration of Organic Matter as COD in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.2 Groundwater quality in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.3 Groundwater vulnerability in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.4 Groundwater level fall in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.5 Impact of water pollution on public health in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.6 Desertification in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.7 Fish quality in Qaroun Lake, Lebanon
7.8 Flood events in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
7.9 Water monitoring in the Litani River Basin, Lebanon
Description of the Sebou basin (Morocco) following the WFD Article 5
1. Overview of Information providers for the study of the Sebou basin, Morocco
2. The water body characteristics of the Sebou River Basin, Morocco
2.1 Lithology of the Sebou basin, Morocco
2.2 Population in the Sebou basin, Morocco
2.3 Economic activity in the Sebou basin, Morocco
2.4 The hydrologic cycle in the Sebou basin, Morocco
3. The mapping of the monitoring network in the Sebou region, Morocco
4. Water resources in the Sebou basin, Morocco
5. Water use in the Sebou river basin, Morocco
5.1 The drinking water use in the Sebou basin, Morocco
5.2 Irrigation in the Sebou basin, Morocco
5.3 The hydro electric production in the Sebou basin, Morocco
6. Protected areas in the Sebou basin, Morocco
7. Water bodies in the Sebou Basin, Morocco
7.1 Inventory, coding and delineation of water bodies in the Sebou basin, Morocco
7.2 Artificial water bodies in the Sebou basin, Morocco
7.3 Coastal and transitional waters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
7.4 Groundwaters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
9. Water body status in the Sebou basin, Morocco
9.1 Water body status of the surface waters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
9.1.1 Physico-chemical status of the surface waters in the Sebou Basin, Morocco
9.1.2 Quantitative status of the surface waters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
9.1.3 Ecological status of the surface waters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
9.2 Water body status of the groundwaters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
9.2.1 Qualitative status of groundwater in the Sebou basin, Morocco
9.2.2 Quantitative status of groundwater in the Sebou basin, Morocco
10. Environmental objectives set in the Sebou basin, Morocco
10.1 Water quality objectives for the surface waters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
10.2 Water quality objectives for groundwater in the Sebou basin, Morocco
10.3 Surface Water quantity objectives for the Sebou basin, Morocco
10.4 Groundwater quantity objectives for the Sebou basin, Morocco
10.5 Ecological objectives for the Sebou basin, Morocco
11. Preliminary gap analysis in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8. Driving forces and pressures in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1 Driving forces on surface waters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1.1 Domestic waste water in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1.2 Industrial waste water in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1.3 Landfilling in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1.4 Agriculture waste load in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1.5 Water abstraction in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1.6 Flow regulation of the wadis in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1.7 Water demand - Irrigation in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.1.8 Drinking water and Industrial water in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.2 Driving forces on groundwaters in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.2.1 Domestic contribution in the Sebou basin, Morocco
8.2.2 Diffused agriculture pollution in the Sebou basin, Morocco
Eems Noord - Art. 5 report
1 Inleiding
1.1 De Kaderrichtlijn Water
1.2 Organisatie van de implementatie van de Kaderrichtlijn Water
1.3 Opbouw rapportage
2 Beschrijving van het deelstroomgebied
2.1 Beschrijving van het deelstroomgebied
2.2 Klimaat, geologie en landschap
2.2.1 Klimaat
2.2.2 Geologie en bodemopbouw
2.2.3 Landschap en reliëf
2.3 Ruimtegebruik
2.4 Overheden verantwoordelijk voor waterbeheer
3 Waterlichamen
3.1 Oppervlaktewaterlichamen
3.1.1 Methodiek voor begrenzing en typologie
3.1.2 Algemene methodologie
3.1.3 Referentiepunten
3.1.4 Beschrijving van de huidige toestand van de waterlichamen
3.2 Grondwaterlichamen
3.2.1 Methodiek begrenzing en karakterisering grondwaterlichamen
3.2.2 Algemene beschrijving grondwaterlichamen
3.2.3 Grensoverschrijdende grondwaterlichamen
3.2.4 grondwaterlichamen met afhankelijke ecosystemen
3.2.5 Beschrijving van de huidige toestand van de grondwaterlichamen
4 Menselijke activiteiten en belasting
4.1 Belasting van het oppervlaktewater
4.1.1 Lozingen vanuit communale zuiveringsinstallaties
4.1.2 Industriële lozingen
4.1.3 Diffuse belasting
4.1.4 Onttrekking van oppervlaktewater
4.1.5 Hydromorfologische belasting en afvoerregulering
4.1.6 Afvoerregulering en peilbeheer
4.1.7 Overige vormen van belasting
4.2 Belasting van het grondwater
4.2.1 Puntbronnen voor het grondwater
4.2.2 Diffuse belasting van het grondwater
4.2.3 Grondwaterontrekking en kunstmatige grondwateraanvulling
5 Effecten van menselijke activiteiten en ontwikkelingstrends
5.1 Sterk veranderde waterlichamen
5.1.1 Methodiek aanwijzing sterk veranderde waterlichamen
5.1.2 Beschrijving sterk veranderde waterlichamen
5.2 Oppervlaktewaterlichamen met risico niet bereiken goede toestand in 2015
5.2.1 Methodiek bepalen risico's niet bereiken goede toestand
5.2.2 Oppervlaktewaterlichamen met risico niet bereiken goede toestand in 2015
5.3 Grondwaterlichamen met risico niet bereiken goede toestand in 2015
5.3.1 Methodiek bepalen risico's niet bereiken goede toestand
5.3.2 Beschrijving risico's niet bereiken goede toestand
6 Economische analyse
6.1 Inleiding
6.2 Actuele en toekomstige sociaal-economische ontwikkelingen
6.2.1 Demografische karakteristieken en ruimtegebruik
6.2.2 Landbouw
6.2.3 Visserij
6.2.4 Delfstoffenwinning
6.2.5 Industrie
6.2.6 Dienstverlening
6.3 Watergebruik en emissies
6.3.1 Watergebruik
6.3.2 Emissies
6.4 Kostenterugwinning
6.4.1 Inleiding
6.4.2 Waterprijsbeleid in Nederland
7 Beschermde gebieden
7.1 Waterlichamen met onttrekking voor menselijke consumptie
7.2 Beschermde gebieden voor schelpdierkweek en visvangst
7.3 Zwemwater en overige recreatie
7.4 Nutrientgevoelige gebieden (bedreigde zones en kwetsbare gebieden)
7.5 Beschermde gebieden voor soorten en habitats
7.6 Gebieden met een risico dat de gebruiksfuncties niet worden in acht genomen
8 Leemten in kennis en gegevens
8.1 Technische gegevens
8.2 Economische gegevens
Monitoringsprogramma's en meetnetten
9 Publieke participatie
Jucar - Art. 5 report
1 Jucar pilot river basin district
1.1 Administrative framework
1.2 Physical framework
1.3 Climatic conditions
1.4 Biotic framework
1.5 Water resources
1.6 Environmental flows
1.7 Water demands
1.8 Extreme events: floods and droughts
1.9 Monitoring networks
2 Characterisation of Jucar pilot river basin
2.1 Characterisation of surface water bodies
2.1.1 Surface water body types
2.1.1.1 Rivers
2.1.1.2 Lakes
2.1.1.3 Wetlands
2.1.1.4 Coastal waters
2.1.1.5 Transitional waters
2.1.1.6 Artificial and heavily modified water bodies
2.1.1.7 Surface water bodies
2.1.2 Establishment of type-specific reference conditions for surface water bodies
2.1.2.1 Rivers
2.1.2.2 Lakes
2.1.2.3 Coastal and transitional waters
2.2 Characterisation of groundwater
2.2.1 Initial characterisation
2.2.2 Further characterisation
3 Register of protected areas
3.1 Areas designated for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption
3.2 Areas for the protection of economically significant aquatic species
3.3 Areas for recreational waters
3.4 Nutrient sensitive areas
3.5 Areas for protection of habitat or species
4 Impact of human activity on the status of waters
4.1 Identification of significant pressures
4.1.1 Introduction
4.1.2 Driving forces and main significant type of pressures
4.1.3 Effects of water abstractions on flow regimes
4.1.4 Flow regulation
4.1.5 Morphological alterations of water bodies
4.1.6 Pollution pressures from diffuse and point sources
4.1.6.1 Introduction
4.1.6.2 Pollution from point sources
4.1.6.3 Diffuse pollution
4.1.6.4 Pressure indicator from point source and diffuse pollution
4.2 Impact on surface water bodies
4.2.1 Assessment of impact
4.2.2 Water bodies at risk of not achieving a good status
4.2.3 Detailed analysis for water bodies at risk of not achieving a good status
4.3 Impact on groundwater
4.3.1 Assessment of impact
4.3.1.1 Quantitative analysis
4.3.1.2 Chemical impact
4.3.2 Water bodies at risk of not achieving good status
4.4 Pressures and impacts for coastal and transitional waters
5 Economic analysis of water use
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Spanish institutional map of water services
5.3 Cost recovery analysis for surface waters
5.3.1 Services of abstractions and conveyance of surface waters
5.3.2 Water distribution. wastewater collection and treatment services to urban users
5.3.3 Water distribution services for irrigation farmers
5.3.4 Detailed cost recovery studies
5.4 Financial cost for groundwater use
5.5 Tools for estimating environmental and resource costs
5.5.1 Environmental costs
5.5.2 Resource costs
5.6 Economic characterisation of water use and trend analysis
5.6.1 General analysis
5.6.2 Sector analysis
5.6.2.1 Agriculture
5.6.2.2 Urban areas
5.6.2.3 Tourism
5.6.2.4 Industry
5.6.2.5 Energy sector
Odense - Art. 5 report
1 Characterization of surface waters, wetlands and groundwater
1.1 River basin
1.1.1 landscape and soil types
1.1.2 Land use. population and wastewater
1.1.3 Agricultural conditions
1.2 Climatic conditions
1.3 The water cycle
1.4 Watercourses
1.4.1 Watercourses: location. size and density
1.4.2 Watercourses: typology
1.4.3 Watercourses: delineation of watercourse regions
1.4.4 Watercourses: physical modification
1.4.5 Watercourses: reference conditions
1.4.6 Watercourses: provisional establishment of objectives
1.5 Lakes
1.5.1 lakes: location of the lakes
1.5.2 lakes: physical modification
1.5.3 lakes: typology
1.5.4 lakes: reference conditions
1.5.5 lakes: provisional establishment of objectives
1.6 Wetlands
1.6.1 wetlands: location
1.6.2 wetlands: typology
1.6.3 wetlands: physical modification
1.6.4 wetlands: reference conditions
1.6.5 wetlands: provisional establishment of objectives
1.7 Groundwater
1.7.1 groundwater: initial characterization
1.7.2 groundwater: further characterization
1.7.3 groundwater: provisional establishment of objectives
1.8 Transitional and coastal waters
1.8.1 transitional and coastal waters: Odense Fjord
1.8.2 transitional and coastal waters: typology
1.8.3 transitional and coastal waters:delineation of water bodies
1.8.4 transitional and coastal waters: physical modification
1.8.5 transitional and coastal waters: reference conditions
1.8.6 transitional and coastal waters: provisional establishment of objectives
2 Register of protected areas
3 Pollutant loading
3.1 Households and industry
3.1.1 Waterborne pollution
3.1.2 Airborne pollution
3.2 Agriculture
3.3 Background loading
3.4 Loading estimates for selected areas
3.4.1 Groundwater
3.4.2 Watercourses
3.4.3 Lakes and fjords
3.5 Nutrient budgets
3.6 Hazardous substances and heavy metals
3.6.1 Airborne pollution
3.6.2 Waterborne pollution
4 Impact of human activities on water status
4.1 Groundwater
4.1.1 Abstraction of groundwater
4.1.2 Groundwater chemical status
4.1.3 Objective compliance and risk of future lack of compliance
4.2 Watercourses
4.2.1 Physical pressure
4.2.2 Impact of pollutant loading
4.2.3 Objective compliance and risk of future lack of compliance
4.3 Lakes
4.3.1 Physical pressure
4.3.2 Impact of pollutant loading
4.3.3 Objective compliance and risk of future lack of compliance
4.4 Wetlands
4.4.1 Physical pressure
4.4.2 Impact of pollutant loading
4.5 Coastal waters
4.5.1 Physical pressure
4.5.2 Impact of pollutant loading
4.5.3 Objective compliance and risk of future lack of compliance
5 Economic analysis
5.1 Aim of the economic part of the Article 5 characterization and analysis
5.2 Assessment of the economic significance of water use
5.2.1 Trend in water demand
5.2.2 Economic significance of the commercial sectors
5.2.3 Households
5.2.4 Industry/services
5.2.5 Agriculture/market gardens
5.2.6 The public sector
5.2.7 Cost effectiveness
5.3 Trends in water use
5.3.1 Trend in water consumption
5.3.2 Trend for households
5.3.3 Trend for industry/services
5.3.4 Trend for agriculture/market gardens
5.3.5 Other trends
5.4 Cost recovery
5.4.1 Assessment of the degree of cost-recovery
5.4.2 Incentive structure in the price-setting mechanism of the current tariffs
5.5 Environmental-related subsidies
Report of the characterisation and impact analyses required by Article 5 in Northern Ireland
Scaldit - Art. 5 report
I General characteristics of the international Scheldt river basin district
I-1 Presentation of the international Scheldt river basin district
I-1.1 Relief
I-1.2 Soil type and agricultural areas
I-1.3 Land use
I 1.4 Climate and rainfall
I-1.5 Geology
I-1.6 The Scheldt a stream with many aspects
I-1.7 Description of the socio-economic characteristics of the Scheldt river basin district and its regions
I-2 Driving forces as starting point for the article 5 analyses
I-2.1 Households
I-2.2 Industry
I-2.3 Agriculture and horticulture
I-2.4 Fisheries and aquaculture
I-2.5 Tourism and leisure
I-2.6 Transport
I-2.7 Natural land use and forestry
I-3 Register of protected areas
II Surface water characterization
II-1 Introduction
II-1.1 Typology
II-1.2 Water bodies
II-1.3 Reference conditions
II-1.4 Environmental objectives
II-2 Rivers
II-2.1 Rivers-Typology
II-2.2 Rivers- Water bodies
II-2.3 Rivers - Reference conditions
II-2.4 Rivers - Current quality
II-3 Lakes
II-3.1 Lakes - Typology
II-3.2 Lakes - Water bodies
II-3.3 Lakes - Reference conditions
II-3.4 Lakes- Current quality
II-4 Transitional water
II-4.1 Transitional waters - Typology
II-4.2 Transitional waters - Water bodies
II-4.3 Transitional waters - Reference conditions
II-4.4 Transitional waters - Current quality
II-5 Coastal water
II-5.1 Coastal waters - Typology
II-5.2 Coastal waters - Water bodies
II-5.3 Coastal waters - Reference conditions
II-5.4 Coastal waters - Current quality
II-6 Heavily modified water bodies
II-6.1 Introduction
II-6.2 General context
II-6.3 The procedure for the provisional designation of HMWB and the results of coordination for the international Scheldt river basin district
II-6.4 The results at international Scheldt river basin district level
II-6.5 General Conclusion
III Groundwater characterization
III-1 Introduction
III-2 Differentiation and general characteristics of the groundwater bodies
III-2.1 Map of the groundwater bodies
III-2.2 Differentiation methods of groundwater bodies
III-2.3 Harmonisation of the differentiation
III-2.4 General characteristics of the groundwater bodies
III-3 Characterization of the catchment areas and vulnerability of the groundwater bodies
III-4 Identification of groundwater bodies with dependent surface water ecosystems or groundwater dependent terrestrial ecosystems
III-5 Specific pressures on groundwater
III-6 Description of the current monitoring network
IV Description driving forces and Analysis of pressure and impact
IV-1 Introduction
IV-1.1 The conceptual DPSIR model
IV-1.2 The concept significant pressure
IV-1.3 Which driving forces and pressures are to be investigated?
IV-1.4 Methodological framework for the study of driving forces Households and Industry and the resulting pressures
IV-1.5 On which scale is the work carried out
IV-2 Description driving forces
IV-2.1 Households
IV-2.2 Industry
IV-2.3 Agricultural and horticulture
IV-2.4 Transport
IV-2.5 Land use
IV-3 Analysis of the pressures
IV-3.1 Domestic Pressure
IV-3.2 Industrial Pressure
IV-3.3 Agricultural and horticulture
IV-3.4 Other pressures
IV-3.5 Horizontal analysis of the pressures
IV-4 Assessment of the impact
IV-4.1 Definition of the concept impact according to IMPRESS
IV-4.2 The first methodological results
IV-4.3 Main conclusion for surface water
V Economic analysis
V-1 The role of the economic analysis in the implementation of the WFD: an instrument for analysis and action
V-2 Economic analysis of the water use
V-2.1 Description of the method for the classification of the economic sectors
V-2.2 Economic analysis - households
V-2.3 Economic analysis - industry and agriculture
V-2.4 Economic analysis - tourism and leisure
V-3 Estimate of the degree of cost recovery of the water services
V-4 Conclusions
V-4.1 Institutional framework and available data
V-4.2 Comparability of the economic information and data on pressure and impact
V-4.3 Water services - cost apportionment
V-4.4 Use of the WATECO guideline
VI Baseline scenario and Risk assement
VI-1 Introduction
VI-2.Evolution of the driving forces by the year 2015
VI-2.1 Baseline scenario and risk analysis - evolution of the driving forces by the year 2015 - population
VI-2.2 Baseline scenario and risk analysis - evolution of the driving forces by the year 2015 - industry
VI-2.3 Baseline scenario and risk analysis - evolution of the driving forces by the year 2015 - agriculture
VI-2.4 Baseline scenario and risk analysis - evolution of the driving forces by the year 2015 - conclusion
VI-3 Risk assessment
VI-3.1 Transboundary surface waters
VI-3.2 Identification of groundwater bodies at risk
VII Conclusion
VII-1 Contents
VII-1.1 Conclusion - surface water characterization (rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters)
VII-1.2 Conclusion - ground water characterization
VII-1.3 Conclusion - analysis of driving forces and pressures
VII-1.4 Conclusion - economic analysis
VII-1.5 Conclusion - scenario and risk assessment
VII-1.6 Conclusion - Horizontal subjects
VII-2 Process and project
VII-3 Testing the guidance documents
The Characterisation and Analysis of Ireland's River Basin Districts
1. Introduction
1.2 Overview of the Water Framework Directive
1.3 Transposition of the Water Framework Directive Into Irish Legislation and implementation
1.4 River Basin Districts within Ireland
1.5 International River Basin Districts
1.6 The Characterisation Report
1.7 Reporting Format and Schedule
2. Analysis of river basin district characteristics
2.1 groundwaters
2.1.1 Physical characterisation
2.1.2 Location and boundaries of the groundwater bodies
2.1.3 Description of groundwater bodies
2.1.4 General character of the overlying strata
2.1.5 Groundwater bodies for which there are directly dependent surface water ecosystems or terrestrial ecosystems
2.2 Surface water (rivers. lakes. transitional and coastal waters)
2.2.1 Characterisation of surface water body types
2.2.2 Type-specific reference conditions and maximum ecological potential
2.2.3 Reference network for water body types with high ecological status
2.2.4 Identification of water bodies
2.2.5 Identification of Artificial and Heavily Modified Water Bodies
2.3 Register of protected areas
2.3.1 Areas designated for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption
2.3.2 Areas designated for the protection of economically significant aquatic species (fish. shellfish)
2.3.3 Areas designated as recreational and bathing waters
2.3.4 Nutrient-sensitive areas
2.3.5 Areas designation for the protection of habitats (including birds)
3. Identification of Human Activities
3.1 Review of The environmental Impacts of human activity
3.1.1 Overview
3.1.2 Step 1 - Identification of Human Pressures
3.1.3 Step 2 - Risk Assessment of Human Pressures
3.1.4 Significant pollution pressures on surface waters
3.2 Groundwater Risk Assessments
3.2.1 Overview of Groundwater Risk Assessments
3.2.2 Groundwater Risk Assessments Results
3.2.3 Identification of groundwater bodies for which lower objectives are to be specified
3.3 River Risk Assessments
3.3.1 Overview of River Risk Assessments
3.3.2 River Risk Assessment Results
3.4 Lake Risk Assessments
3.4.1 Overview of Lake Risk Assessments
3.4.2 Lake Risk Assessment Results
3.5 Transitional & coastal Risk Assessments
3.5.1 Overview of Transitional and Coastal Risk Assessments
3.5.2 Transitional and Coastal Risk Assessment Results
3.6 uncertainties & data gaps
3.6.1 Key Data Gaps
3.6.2 Monitoring Proposals
4. Artificial & Heavily Modified Water Bodies
4.1 Identification of AWBs & HMWBs
4.2 Establishment of GEP for AWBs & HMWBs
5. Economic analysis of water use
5.2 Overview of socio-economic importance of water use
5.2.1 Economic Impacts of Water Users
5.2.2 Values of water resources
5.3 Assessment of costs and costs recovery of water services
5.3.1 Financial Costs and Costs Recovery for Water Services
5.3.2 Environmental/Resource Costs
5.4 Projections of demand, supply capacity and costs of water services
5.4.1 Projected Water Demand
5.4.2 Future Supply Capacity of Water Services
5.4.3 Projected Costs of Water Services
5.5 Summary of work completed to establish baseline scenario
5.7 Information to support future analysis
6. Water bodies
6.1 Overview of identification of water bodies at risk
6.1.1 Groundwater bodies for which lower objectives are to be specified
6.1.2 Waterbodies at risk from hydromorphological pressures and their further consideration as AWBs or HMWBs
6.2 Findings of the Economic Analysis of Water use
6.3 Uncertainties. data gaps and next steps
The Danube River Basin Basin District - Art. 5 report
1. The Danube River Basin District and its international coordination arrangements
1.1 Delineation and states of the Danube River Basin District
1.2 International coordination of WFD implementation in the Danube River Basin District
2. General characteristics of the Danube River Basin District
2.1 Geographic characterisation in the Danube River Basin District
2.2 Climate and Hydrology in the Danube River Basin District
2.3 The Danube River and its main attributes
2.4 Important lakes in the Danube River Basin District
2.5 Major wetlands in the Danube River Basin District
2.6 Important canals for navigation in the Danube River Basin District
2.7 Groundwater in the Danube River Basin District
3. Characterisation of surface waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.1. Identification of surface water categories in the Danube River Basin District
3.2. Surface water types and reference conditions in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.1. Ecoregions in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.2. Rivers in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.2.1. Typology of the Danube river
3.2.2.2. Typology of the tributaries in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.2.3. Reference conditions in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.3. Lakes in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.3.1. Lake types in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.3.2. Reference conditions of lakes in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.4. Transitional waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.2.5. Coastal waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.3. Delineation of surface water bodies in the Danube River Basin District
3.3.1. Water bodies in rivers in the Danube River Basin District
3.3.2. Water bodies in lakes in the Danube River Basin District
3.3.3. Water bodies in transitional and coastal waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.3.4. Heavily modified water bodies (provisional identification) in the Danube River Basin District
3.3.5. Artificial water bodies in the Danube River Basin District
3.4. Identification of driving forces and pressures in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.1. Significant point source pollution in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.1.1. Data availability in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.1.2. Contribution of sub-basins to the total point source pollution of the Danube
3.4.2. Significant diffuse sources pollution in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.2.1. Present state of the nutrient point discharges in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.2.2. Nutrient loss by land use patterns and agriculture in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.2.3. Diffuse nutrient pollution in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.2.4. Historical development of the diffuse source nutrient pollution into the Danube River system
3.4.3. Other significant diffuse source pollution in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.3.1. Analysis of priority pesticides used in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.4. Significant hydromorphological alterations in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.4.1. Hydropower generation in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.4.2. Flood defence measures in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.4.3. Navigation in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.4.4. Water transfer and diversion in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.4.5. Future infrastructure projects in the Danube River Basin District
3.4.5. Other significant anthropogenic pressures in the Danube River Basin District
3.5. Assessment of impacts in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.1. Impacts on rivers in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.1.1. Impacts from organic pollution in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.1.2. Contamination with hazardous substances in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.1.3. Impacts from nutrient loads in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.1.4. Impacts caused by hydromorphological alterations in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.1.5. Impacts from over-fishing in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.2. Impacts on lakes and lagoons in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.3. Impacts on the Danube Delta in the Danube River Basin District
3.5.4. Impacts on coastal waters and the wider marine environment of the Black Sea
3.5.5. Impacts on artificial water bodies in the Danube River Basin District
3.6. Heavily modified surface waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.6.1. Provisionally identified heavily modified waters on rivers in the Danube River Basin District
3.6.1.1. Approach for selecting heavily modified water bodies in the Danube River Basin District
3.6.1.2. Provisional identification of heavily modified waters on rivers based on the agreed criteria in the Danube River Basin District
3.6.2. Provisional HMWBs on lakes in the Danube River Basin District
3.6.3. Provisional HMWBs on transitional and coastal waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.7. Risk of failure to reach the environmental objectives in the Danube River Basin District
3.7.1. Approach for the risk assessment on surface waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.7.2. Risk of failure analysis on rivers in the Danube River Basin District
3.7.3. Risk of failure analysis on lakes in the Danube River Basin District
3.7.4. Risk of failure analysis on transitional and coastal waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.7.5. Risk of failure analysis on heavily modified water bodies in the Danube River Basin District
3.7.6. Risk of failure analysis on artificial water bodies in the Danube River Basin District
3.8. Gaps and uncertainties on surface water data in the Danube River Basin District
3.9. Characteristics of surface waters in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.1. Surface water types and reference conditions in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.10. Invasive species in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.11. Risk of failure analysis in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.2. Significant point and diffuse sources of pollution in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.3. Impacts from organic pollution in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.4. Contamination with hazardous substances in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.5. Impacts from nutrients in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.6. Impacts on the Danube Delta in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.7. Pressure impact on coastal waters and the wider marine environment of the Black Sea
3.9.8. Hydromorphological alterations in the Danube River Basin District
3.9.9. Important heavily modified surface waters in the Danube River Basin District
4. Characterisation of groundwaters in the Danube River Basin District
4.1. Location, boundaries and characterisation of groundwater bodies in the Danube River Basin District
4.2. Risk of failure to reach the environmental objectives on groudnwaters in the Danube River Basin District
4.2.1. Approach for the risk of failure analysis on groundwater in the Danube River Basin District
4.2.2. Results of the risk analysis on groundwater in the Danube River Basin District
4.3. Gaps and uncertainties on groundwater data in the Danube River Basin District
5. Protected areas in the Danube River Basin District
5.1. Inventory of protected areas for species and habitat protection in the Danube River Basin District
5.2. Gaps and uncertainties on data of protected areas in the Danube River Basin District
6. Ecomic analysis in the Danube River Basin District
6.1. Economic analysis of water uses in the Danube River Basin District
6.1.1. Assessing the economic importance of water uses in the Danube River Basin District
6.1.2. Projecting trends in key economic indicators and drivers up to 2015 in the Danube River Basin District
6.1.3. Assessing current levels of recovery of the costs of water services in the Danube River Basin District
6.1.4. Preparing for the cost-effectiveness analysis in the Danube River Basin District
6.2. Data gaps and uncertainties on economic analysis in the Danube River Basin District
7. Public information and consultation in the Danube River Basin District
7.1. Strategy for public participation in river basin management in the Danube River Basin District
7.2. ICPDR Operational Plan in the Danube River Basin District
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