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The use of benthic indicators in Europe: From the Water Framework Directive to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) are the European umbrella regulations for water systems. It is a challenge for the scientific community to translate the principles of these directives into realistic and accurate approaches. The aim of this paper, conducted by the Benthos Ecology Working Group of ICES, is to describe how the principles have been translated, which were the challenges and best ...
Typology of the Flandrian transitional waters for the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Evaluating the usefulness of dynamic pollutant fate models for implementing the EU Water Framework Directive Ghent University
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) aims at achieving a good ecological and chemical status of surface waters in river basins by 2015. The chemical status is considered good if the Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) are met for all substances listed on the priority list and eight additional specific emerging substances. To check compliance with these standards, the WFD requires the establishment of monitoring programmes. The minimum ...
The wicked problem the water framework directive cannot solve. The governance approach in dealing with pollution of nutrients in surface water in the Netherlands, Flanders, Lower Saxony, Denmark and Ireland University of Antwerp
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is typically a framework directive that tries to encourage integration of policies for water quality and agriculture. Nutrients (nitrates, phosphates) from agricultural sources remain a ‘wicked problem’ in realizing the aims of the WFD, partly because the directive has to rely on other, neighboring policies to tackle to problem pressure of nutrients; it seems to lack instruments and measures to directly ...
The Water Framework Directive Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Deals with new EC legislation – the Water Framework Directive; the main driver within Europe for groundwater monitoring which addresses integrated water resource management across 27 different countries
Provides comprehensive approach and guidance on the theoretical and practical aspects for implementing the directive
Edited by EC representatives involved in the setting up of the framework, along with colleagues in various water ...
Provides comprehensive approach and guidance on the theoretical and practical aspects for implementing the directive
Edited by EC representatives involved in the setting up of the framework, along with colleagues in various water ...
The influence of supply and sewerage area characteristics on water and sewerage companies responses to the Water Framework Directive University of Antwerp
Using the example of raw water quality this paper examines the relationship between different spatial characteristics (geographical and physical properties) of Water and Sewerage Companies (WaSCs) supply and sewage areas and response to the Water Framework Directive. Results were obtained from thematic analysis and content analysis of 14 interviews with WaSCs representatives. Principal component analysis and cluster analysis of 51 WaSCs business ...
The Water Framework Directive Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Proceedings of a conference on "Integrated River Basin Management under the Water Framework Directive", held at Le Nouveau SiÞcle, Lille, France on 26th-28th April 2010. The book reviews technical challenges faced by EU Member States, stakeholder organisations and scientists while developing the first River Basin Management Plan under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). It focusses on aspects of multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary integration ...
Adaptation of EU water framework directive principles for integrated management of Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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