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Josefsson, Henrik. "The Environmental Liability Directive, the Water Framework Directive and the Definition of ‘Water Damage’." Environmental Law Review 20, no. 3 (2018): 151–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461452918789814.

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The Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) focuses on remediating environmental damage. To assess environmental damage it uses existing assessment systems, and the constructs that are at the centre of these systems. One of these is ‘ecological status’ in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The ELD refers to the WFD with respect to what ‘water damage’ concerns, without specifying what it means and it offers no threshold for when deterioration is significant enough to count as ‘water damage’. A definition of ‘water damage’ is developed, based on the European Court of Justice’s latest rulings, which clarify when the deterioration of a body of water is so significant that it passes from ‘deterioration’ under the WFD, to ‘water damage’ under the ELD.
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Sturm, Jürgen. "European Water Framework Directive and Its Impact on Water Transport in the European Union." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1909, no. 1 (2005): 74–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105190900111.

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As a result of the July 1999 European Summit held in Gothenburg, Sweden, all European Union policy areas are subject to the guiding principle of sustainable development. Within this context, the European Commission published a white paper on transport policy to 2010, focusing on the need to foster more environmentally and socially sustainable means of transport to achieve a modal shift away from road transport. The white paper mentions inland navigation as a mode with great potential to contribute to a shift toward more sustainable modes than roads and recognizes that among other measures, infrastructural improvements must be realized on the European waterways. However, European environmental legislation, namely, the Water Framework Directive (WFD), is likely to challenge the strategy of necessary improvements on European waterways. The target conflict arising from environmental legislation that is capable of contradicting efforts to ensure sustainability in the transport sector is examined. Within this context, several aspects of WFD are described: development; the current implementation status in the national law of European Union member states and the potential consequences for waterway infrastructure, dredging, and navigability; and the general role of inland navigation in a competitive transport market. Possible instruments foreseen in the WFD to balance the interests of environmental concerns and those of the navigation sector are also addressed.
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Dolan, T., P. Howsam, D. J. Parsons, and M. J. Whelan. "Impact of European Water Framework Directive Article 7 on Drinking Water Directive compliance for pesticides: challenges of a prevention-led approach." Water Policy 16, no. 2 (2013): 280–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2013.166.

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Article 7 of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) promotes a prevention-led approach to European Drinking Water Directive (DWD) compliance for those parameters that derive from anthropogenic influences on raw water quality. However, the efficacy of pollution prevention interventions is currently uncertain and likely to be variable, which makes absolute compliance with the drinking water standard a significant challenge. Member State governments, the WFD competent authority, the DWD competent authority, water suppliers and agriculture are all affected by and have a different perspective on the nature of this challenge. This paper presents a discussion of these perspectives applicable to stakeholders in all European Member States; the analysis is supported with examples from England and Wales. Improved understanding of the challenges faced by each group is needed if these groups are to achieve the shared goals of WFD Article 7 compliance and DWD compliance without a disproportionately negative impact on agricultural productivity. In addition, the European Commission needs to be aware of and address a potential incompatibility between WFD Article 7 and the DWD. With this in mind, targeted recommendations for action are presented for each stakeholder group.
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Josefsson, Henrik. "The Water Framework Directive and Transnational Situations: a Call to Rethink Transboundary Water Management?" Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 22, no. 1-2 (2025): 168–86. https://doi.org/10.1163/18760104-22010209.

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Abstract This article examines the transnational dimensions of the European Union’s Water Framework Directive (wfd). Given that 60% of the waters covered by the wfd are transboundary, effective management requires transcending traditional legal frameworks of the nation-state. Accordingly, regulations for surface water and groundwater challenge the conventional binary division between national and transnational law. As water moves across borders, decision-making in one nation incorporates external elements into the policy processes of other nations sharing the water. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the transnational elements within the wfd and to present two cases where external factors transcend national borders.
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Earle, J. R., S. Blacklocke, M. Bruen, G. Almeida, and D. Keating. "Integrating the implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive in Ireland." Water Science and Technology 64, no. 10 (2011): 2044–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2011.669.

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Water Framework Directive (WFD) statutory authorities and stakeholders in Ireland are now challenged with the issue of how the proposed programmes of measures in the newly required River Basin Management Plans – designed to protect and restore good ecology by reverting as closely as possible back to natural conditions – are to be implemented in a way that concurrently complies with other existing and emerging intersecting European Union legislation, such as the Floods Directive (FD). The WFD is driven largely by ecological considerations, whereas the FD and other legislation are more geared towards protecting physical property and mitigating public safety risks. Thus many of the same waterbodies, especially heavily modified waterbodies, arguably have somewhat competing policy objectives put upon them. This paper explores the means by which Ireland might best achieve the highest degrees of cost effectiveness, economic efficiency and institutional durability in pursuing the common and overarching objective of the WFD and FD – to ensure Irish waterways are put to their highest valued uses.
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Theuvsen, Ludwig, and Henning Battermann. "Irrigation of farm land under the EU Water Framework Directive." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego 11, no. 3 (2011): 137–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/prs.2011.11.3.52.

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With the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the European Union has established a legal framework for the protection of all aquatic ecological systems, including groundwater. This directive may have advantages for the water regime in ecologically sensitive areas but may also bring some economic disadvantages for farmers. The economic implications of the WFD for irrigated agriculture with regard to various scenarios and the implementation of alternative water policy measures are analysed. The results show that demand for irrigation water, farmers’ reactions with regard to operational and strategic decisions and income effects strongly depend on the water policy measures implemented.
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Farmaki, Polytimi. "Water Framework Directive (An “Open up” Tool for Public Participation in Water Policy)." Academic Journal of Research and Scientific Publishing 3, no. 30 (2021): 06–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.52132/ajrsp.e.2021.301.

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The new EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60 prescribes an adaptive water governance system and has been the European Union's most comprehensive tool for the management and protection of water resources. This article analyses how WFD encourages the active involvement of “all interested parties” and represents how public participation has a key role in successful implementation. The aim of this paper is to understand the functioning and effectiveness of the new model introduced to address the lack of implementation of EU environmental rules, as WFD since its introduction in 2000, requires member states to design and implement river basin management plans via participatory processes. Moreover, we have identified that Common Implementation Strategy of WFD was designed as a tool for public participation and stakeholder involvement to river basin management planning and how participatory approaches are implemented as the new "governance" within the EU in the field of environmental policy.
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Flindt Jørgensen, Lisbeth, Jens Christian Refsgaard, and Anker Lajer Højberg. "From science to practice in implementing the European Union’s Water Framework Directive." Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Bulletin 15 (July 10, 2008): 81–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v15.5050.

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The Water Framework Directive (WFD) of the European Union aims to achieve a ‘good’ status for all inland and coastal waters by the year 2015 (EC 2000). The directive defines how this should be achieved through the establishment of environmental objectives and ecological targets. Successful implementation of the WFD requires integration into already existing national legislation and a sound combination of issues on technical feasibility, scientific knowledge and socio-economic aspects requiring intensive stakeholder involvement. This calls for appropriate tools such as models to support management of technical and social aspects of different phases of the implementation (Rekolainen et al. 2003; Quevauviller et al. 2005). It is therefore necessary to provide an overview of already existing methods and tools and develop new ones. Research programmes funded by the European Commission (EC) often address issues of current interest for practitioners, such as the Fifth Framework Programme, where a number of research projects to support the practical implementation of the WFD were initiated under the theme ‘Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development’. The funding part (the Directorate-General for Research, DG Research) and the responsible authority for the WFD at European level (Directorate-General of Environ ment) saw the need to cluster these research projects and related activities, and initiated the Harmoni-CA project, a socalled ‘Concerted Action’ (i.e. Harmonised Modelling Tools for Integrated River Basin Management). The objectives of this paper are (a) to briefly describe the overall purpose of the Harmoni-CA project and some of its overarching outputs, and (b) to further illustrate how the implementation of the WFD can be enhanced by combining monitoring and modelling disciplines and by bringing practitioners and researchers together.
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Mirra, Laura, Guido D'Urso, Giacomo Giannoccaro, Gianni Cicia, and Teresa Del Giudice. "Water Pricing in Agriculture following the Water Framework Directive: A Systematic Review of the Literature." International Journal on Food System Dynamics 12, no. 4 (2021): 327–40. https://doi.org/10.18461/ijfsd.v12i4.94.

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In October 2000, the Water Framework Directive (WFD) established a common framework for water management in Europe, thereby substantially reforming European water legislation. The Directive encourages the use of economic instruments, including water pricing, to ensure water resource management and conservation. The aim of this systematic review was to establish the state of academic research on water pricing in connection with the WFD within the agriculture sector. It emerges that the issue of water pricing is very broad, site-specific and mostly, it faces multidisciplinary issues. Researchers should cross their conventional boundaries of investigation, trying to cut edges. While the Directive advocate for a larger implementation of economic instruments such as pricing, it seems that the large contribution from the economists is yet to come.
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Vaes, G., P. Willems, P. Swartenbroekx, K. Kramer, W. de Lange, and K. Kober. "Science-policy interfacing in support of the Water Framework Directive implementation." Water Science and Technology 60, no. 1 (2009): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2009.285.

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Many current water-related RTD projects have established operational links with practitioners, which allow the needs of policy makers to be taken into account. However, RTD results are not easily available to water policy implementers and research scientists may lack insight in the needs of policy makers and implementers (i.e. the European Commission and water managers). The SPI-Water project worked out a number of concrete actions to bridge these gaps in communication by developing and implementing a ‘science-policy interface’, enhancing the use of RTD results in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation. This project is part of a wider EC perspective aiming to bridge the gap between science and polity, specifically with respect to the WFD implementation. As a first action, existing science-policy links are investigated. RTD and LIFE projects that are of direct relevance for the implementation of the WFD are identified and analysed. Secondly, an information system (Harmoni-CA's WISE RTD Web Portal) has been further developed to cater for an efficient and easy to use tool for dissemination as well as retrieval of RTD results. As third action, this science-policy interfacing of WFD related topics are extended to non-EU countries taking into account their specific needs.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "European Water Framework Directive (WFD)"

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Edstam, AnnaKarin. "Collaboration at a catchment level, a prerequisite for the implementation of the European Community Water Framework Directive?" Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2509.

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<p>The thesis studies one method, focus group discussions, for public participation in the starting of implementing the European Community Water Framework Directive at a catchment level. Focus group discussions can be used as a method for bringing relevant stakeholder-groups into the discussion and evaluation of different possible solutions to problems of managing local waters in order to lower nutrient emissions and stop eutrophication. Of special interest in the study is the participants’ development of collaboration and collaborative learning in the focus groups. Also of interest is their change in attitudes during the focus group process and their will to participate in similar settings. The thesis assesses the results of three questionnaires responded by focus group participants in a study carried out by the Swedish Water Management Research Programme, VASTRA. The participants represent stakeholders in Rönne å catchment in Skåne, and also the results from ten focus group discussions with the same participants.</p>
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Sumer, Vakur. "The European Union Water Framework Directive And Turkey." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613818/index.pdf.

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KIES, FATIMA. "Contribution to the study of the ecological status of the West Algerian coastal waters within the Water Framework Directive (WFD)." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/207337.

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Le aree costiere sono sottoposte a pressioni antropogeniche e ai cambiamenti climatici. Negli ultimi venti anni, il concetto di gestione integrata della zona costiera ben presente nelle diverse azioni politiche, manca degli strumenti a supporto degli sforzi di pianificazione e gestione, specialmente nelle aree di estuario dove gli effetti dei bacini fluviali sulle zone costiere sono poco evidenziati nella maggior parte delle implementazioni. Gli ambienti costieri costituiscono un ambiente dinamico influenzato da input continentali sia naturali che antropogenici e controllato da fattori idrodinamici e climatici. Alcune zone costiere sono, con la loro geografia e geomorfologia, un recettore in cui sono presenti corpi idrici carichi di minerali esogeni e / o di materia organica derivanti dall'attività antropica. Il tempo di permanenza di questi corpi idrici è legato all'intensità delle correnti marine che controlla la distribuzione e la diluizione delle sostanze disciolte che possono influenzare l'ecosistema. Al fine di valutare lo stato trofico delle acque marine costiere del Mediterraneo, la Direttiva Quadro sulle Acque (DQA) richiedeva il monitoraggio della concentrazione di Clorofilla-a (Simboura et al., 2005) e l'indice trofico TRIX proposto da Vollenweider et al. (1998), che tiene conto delle sostanze nutritive complessive, della clorofilla e dell'ossigeno disciolto nell'ambiente. I nostri risultati hanno fornito la classificazione dello stato di qualità ecologica (EQS) dei tre siti Sonactere, Cheliff e Sokhra rispettivamente come stato Scadente, in base alla concentrazione di clorofilla, e come Cattivo, secondo l'indice trofico (TRIX). Le acque costiere di Mostaganem nell'Algeria occidentale mostrano una situazione di grave eutrofizzazione. Tuttavia, per capire meglio lo stato dell'ecosistema, è essenziale esplorare l'intera area costiera di Mostaganem per un lungo periodo. Gli indici Chl-a e TRIX sono stati sviluppati per le regioni del Mediterraneo, ma dovrebbero essere adattati alle condizioni locali in modo che siano pertinenti e più affidabili e rappresentativi, dato l'aspetto eterogeneo delle zone costiere del Mediterraneo.<br>Coastal areas are under anthropogenic and climate change pressures. During the last twenty years, the concept of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, as provides the overall policy frames, but tools supporting the planning and management efforts are almost lacking, especially in the estuary areas where the effects of river basins on coastal zones are nearly absent in most implementations. Coastal environments constitute a dynamic environment influenced by both natural and anthropogenic continental inputs and controlled by hydrodynamic and climatic factors. Some coastal zones are, by their geography and geomorphology, a receptor where are trapped water bodies loaded with exogenous mineral and /or organic matter resulting from the anthropic activity. The residence time of these water bodies is related to the sea currents intensity which controls the distribution and dilution of dissolved substances that can unbalance the ecosystem. In order to assess the trophic status of coastal Mediterranean marine waters, the Water Framework Directive (WFD) required the monitoring of the Chlorophyll-a concentration (Simboura et al., 2005) and the trophic index TRIX proposed by Vollenweider et al. (1998), which takes into account the overall nutrients, chlorophyll-a, and dissolved oxygen in the environment. Our results highlighted the ranking of the ecological quality status (EQS) of the three sites Sonactere, Cheliff, and Sokhra as bad according to the Chlorophyll concentration and as Poor status according to trophic index (TRIX). The coastal waters of Mostaganem in western Algeria have proved to be in a situation of severe eutrophication. However, to better understand the state of the ecosystem, it is essential to explore the entire coastal area of Mostaganem over a long period. The Chl-a and TRIX index were developed for Mediterranean regions but it should be adapted to local conditions so that it is relevant and more reliable and representative, given the heterogeneous aspect of the Mediterranean coastal zones.
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BALASSO, Emanuela. "BIODIVERSITA’ E STATO ECOLOGICO DI SEI LAGUNE NEL DELTA DEL PO (VENETO, ITALIA), NEL CONTESTO DELLA WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (WFD 2000/60/EC)." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Ferrara, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2389351.

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The European Water Framework Directive (WFD 2000/60/EC) establishes a framework for the protection of all water (inland surface waters, transitional (Estuarine) waters, coastal waters and groundwater) which: a) prevents further deterioration, protects and enhances the status of water resources; b) promotes sustainable water use; c) aims at enhancing protection and improvement of the aquatic environment through specific measures for the progressive reduction of discharges; d) ensures the progressive reduction of pollution groundwater and prevents its further pollution; e) contributes to mitigating effect of floods and droughts. The ecological quality status of 20 stations from six Adriatic coastal lagoons was assessed using a suite of biotic indices: S (number of taxa), N (total number of individuals per sample), d (Margalef’s Index), J’ (Pielou’s Index), H’ (Shannon-Weaver diversity), AMBI, M-AMBI, BENTIX, BOPA, BITS. The analysis indicated the difficulties in deriving and using the existing indices from benthic communities in highly variable environmental conditions in coastal lagoons. Different metrics rendered different results: AMBI classified the majority of the stations as “Good/Moderate”, M-AMBI as “Good/Moderate/Poor”, BENTIX as “Poor/Bad”, BOPA as “High/Good” and BITS as “High/Good/Moderate”. Sediments are predominantly silt and clay, only in some sea mouths stations there is sand dominance. This sediment’s typology favour TOC accumulation. TOC values are comprise between 7,7 mg/g in station 2 Sacca del Canarin and 30,9 mg/g in station 4 Sacca di Scardovari. In Magni et al. (2009) were report that normal TOC values in coastal lagoons are between 10 and 28 mg/g (in Cabras, Orbetello and Venice lagoon). This is an index that show a good ecological status in Delta Po river lagoons. If we consider that AMBI and M-AMBI are indices developed for estuarine and coastal environmental, that BENTIX is developed for Mediterranean ecosystem, that BOPA not consider oligochaeta (very abundant in our lagoons) and that BITS is an index developed specifically for coastal lagoon, it possible deduce that Delta del Po lagoons are in EcoQ “Moderate-Good”, supported also by TOC data.
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Dolan, Tom. "Water Framework Directive Article 7, The Drinking Water Directive and European Pesticide Regulation : impacts on diffuse pesticide pollution, potable water decision making and catchment management strategy." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2013. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8401.

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The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) promotes increased awareness of catchment processes and challenges the established dependence on a ‘treatment-led approach’ for the supply of European Drinking Water Directive (DWD) compliant potable water. In particular, WFD Article 7 promotes a ‘prevention-led approach’ to DWD compliance, based on pollution prevention at source to reduce investment in new treatment. In this context the challenge of preventing diffuse pesticide pollution from agricultural sources is significant because metaldehyde (a molluscide) and to a lesser extent the herbicide clopyralid are, despite current treatment, causing DWD non compliance for drinking water in a number of English catchments. Analysis presented here identifies that a successful transition from a ‘treatment-led’ to a ‘prevention-led’ approach will require collective action from, and shared mutual understanding between, a number of stakeholder groups. However, each of these groups has a unique perspective on WFD Article 7 and other elements of the currently uncoordinated legal and voluntary framework for diffuse pesticide pollution prevention. A toolbox of intervention options and a set of criteria to evaluate current catchment management actions are proposed to help the WFD competent authority facilitate WFD Article 7 compliance. Water suppliers need to improve their understanding of the reasons for pesticide use. Through consultation with pesticide agronomists, important drivers of pesticide use, a hierarchy of adaptation options available if a particular pesticide is restricted and key messages for catchment managers and regulators were identified. Based on this foundation a classification system to inform and prioritise water sector decision making for investment in catchment management was developed. Additionally, analysis presented here demonstrates that the DWD standard for pesticides, which determines the level of catchment management required for WFD Article 7 compliance, is not itself consistent with European environmental policy principles, particularly the precautionary principle, and needs to be reviewed.
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Pellegrini, Emilia. "Adapting water governance to European Water Framework Directive: implications for river basin planning, public participation and irrigation management." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3423309.

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Greater protection and more sustainable use of water resources are priorities of public policies at international and European level. The Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC, WFD), indeed, establishes a common framework for European water policies based on a substantial transformation in the governance of water resources. In particular, the Directive requires Member States to divide their national territories into River Basin Districts for which specific plans, called River Basin Management Plans, must be developed and implemented. Furthermore, the Directive requires civil society to be actively involved in the elaboration of River Basin Management Plans. Almost twenty years after its entry into force, however, the implementation of river basin planning and public participation is limited, and institutional and territorial fragmentation are still key challenges for water governance systems throughout Europe. Moreover, scientific literature is sparse on how implementation of WFD is conducted for the whole River Basin District. This thesis, therefore, aims is to contribute to the understanding of how national governance systems are evolving to meet the requirements of river basin planning and public participation in order to identify what elements are more significant for promoting coordinated and inclusive planning at river basin. In doing so, a specific focus is on how implementation is conducted in Italy. More in detail, this thesis aims to fulfil three specific objectives. The first aims to identify, analyse and compare the different approaches adopted in European countries to comply with the WFD requirements of river basin planning and participation through a qualitative meta-analysis of scientific literature. The analysis focuses on seven Member States representing different approaches to WFD’s implementation: Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Sweden. The second objective concerns the analysis of the entire process of implementation, from planning to on-the-ground implementation, using the River Basin District as scale of analysis. This second objective was achieved through a case study carried out in the Italian Eastern Alps River Basin District where the overall implementation process, from planning to implementation of measures to increase irrigation efficiency, was analysed. Finally, the third objective aims at providing policy recommendations for the future implementation cycle of WFD in Italy and more specifically in the Eastern Alps River Basin District. The results show that the implementation of WFD has indeed promoted greater coordination and participation in decision-making processes in many Member States, but that this has mainly occurred at sub-River Basin District scale. For instance, advisory boards have been set up at sub-district level (e.g. at river basin or local level) to promote greater coordination and participation in decision-making processes. In the Eastern Alps RBD, it was found that while cross-administrative coordination can be effectively achieved for the whole RBD through specific coordination mechanisms established by the River Basin District authority, stakeholders’ engagement in the elaboration of plans was limited. It is at regional level where, indeed, public participation should find more appropriate spaces and greater integration between water protection and irrigation management should be achieved. The thesis has therefore highlighted the need for the process of adaptation of water governance systems to take place on different government levels that should act synergistically to produce significant results. At national level, where obstacles that prevent a better coordination should be overcome, at River Basin District, where inter-regional coordination should be strengthened, and at regional level, where greater integration between water protection and management and greater public participation should be promoted.<br>Una maggiore tutela e un uso più sostenibile delle risorse idriche sono una priorità inderogabile dell’agenda pubblica a livello internazionale ed europeo. La Direttiva Quadro sulle Acque (2000/60/CE, DQA), infatti, stabilisce un quadro comune di azione per le politiche idriche europee, fondato su una sostanziale trasformazione della governance delle risorse idriche. In particolare, la Direttiva richiede agli stati membri di suddividere i territori nazionali in distretti idrografici e, per ciascuno di essi, di sviluppare e attuare specifici piani, chiamati Piani di Gestione. Inoltre, la Direttiva richiede che la società civile in generale, e in maggior misura i portatori di interesse, vengano attivamente coinvolti nell’elaborazione dei Piani di Gestione. A quasi venti anni dall’entrata in vigore della DQA, tuttavia, l’attuazione di tali requisiti sembra essere ancora limitata. Allo stesso tempo, il governo delle acque sembra ancora risentire di una profonda frammentazione istituzionale e territoriale. Inoltre, la letteratura scientifica risulta tuttora carente per quanto riguarda l’analisi dei meccanismi di pianificazione e partecipazione pubblica all’interno dei distretti idrografici. Questa tesi si propone di contribuire allo studio dell'evoluzione dei sistemi nazionali di governance per rispondere agli obblighi di pianificazione su scala di bacino idrografico e di partecipazione pubblica posti dall’Europa, al fine di individuare quali sono gli elementi più significativi per promuovere una pianificazione coordinata e inclusiva dei bacini idrografici. Nel fare ciò, un'attenzione specifica è rivolta a come viene condotta l'attuazione in Italia. Nel dettaglio, la presente tesi si pone tre obiettivi specifici. Il primo consiste nell’identificare, analizzare e confrontare i diversi approcci adottati nei paesi europei per l’attuazione dei requisiti di pianificazione di bacino e partecipazione. Tale obiettivo è stato realizzato attraverso una meta-analisi qualitativa della letteratura scientifica. In particolare, l’analisi si è soffermata su sette stati membri rappresentativi di diversi approcci per l’attuazione della Direttiva: Danimarca, Inghilterra, Germania, Italia, Francia, Spagna e Svezia. Il secondo obiettivo riguarda l’analisi dell’intera attuazione della DQA su scala di distretto idrografico. Il presente scopo è stato perseguito attraverso un caso studio condotto in Italia, nel distretto idrografico Alpi Orientali, dove l'intero processo di attuazione è stato analizzato, dalla pianificazione all'implementazione delle misure per aumentare l'efficienza irrigua. Infine, il terzo obiettivo mira a fornire delle raccomandazioni politiche per l’attuazione della Direttiva in Italia e, più nello specifico, nel distretto idrografico Alpi Orientali. I risultati mostrano che l’attuazione della DQA ha effettivamente promosso un maggior coordinamento e una crescente partecipazione nei processi decisionali in molti stati membri. Ma evidenziano anche che ciò ha raramente riguardato l’intero territorio del distretto idrografico. In molti dei paesi analizzati, infatti, sono stati creati comitati consultivi a livello sotto-distrettuale (ad es. a livello di bacino idrografico o locale), per promuovere un maggiore coordinamento e coinvolgimento degli attori nei processi decisionali. Nello studio condotto nel distretto idrografico Alpi Orientali, è stato rilevato che, mentre il coordinamento amministrativo può essere realizzato efficacemente attraverso specifici meccanismi di coordinamento stabiliti dall'autorità distrettuale, la partecipazione pubblica ha una maggiore risonanza se condotta a livello regionale. La tesi ha quindi evidenziato la necessità che il processo di adeguamento della governance delle risorse idriche avvenga su più livelli che devono agire sinergicamente per produrre risultati significativi. A livello nazionale, dove gli ostacoli che impediscono un migliore coordinamento su scala distrettuale devono essere superati, a livello di distretto idrografico, dove il coordinamento inter-regionale deve essere rafforzato, e a livello regionale, dove una maggiore integrazione tra tutela e gestione delle risorse idriche e una maggiore partecipazione pubblica devono essere promosse.
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Nilsson, Susanna. "Managing water according to river basins : Information management, institutional arrangements and strategic policy support - with focus on the EU Water Framework Directive." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Engineering, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4183.

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Hedelin, Beatrice. "Planning for Sustainable Use of Water." Doctoral thesis, Karlstad : Faculty of Technology and Science, Environmental and Energy Systems, Karlstads universitet, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-2715.

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Xerri, Francesca. "The capacity of organizations to deliver effective water management through the provisions of the Water Framework Directive : the case of Malta." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2016. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11824.

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Effective implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) is dependent on Member States’ national water institutions and organizations, often designated as ‘competent authorities’. Although substantial research relating to the Directive itself has been carried out, less is known about the extent to which competent authorities have the organizational capacity to deliver it. The literature notes that conceptual understanding of capacity has been hampered by lack of definitional clarity making both its management and assessment challenging. In this contribution, several conceptualizations of organizational capacity found in the literature are used to construct a set of core qualitative organizational components that encourage analysts to consider the ways in which legal authority, information and knowledge, skills, resources and leadership shape a competent authority’s ability to deliver the WFD. Malta, the smallest European Member State, is the case study used to test the application of these components. Qualitative empirical data collected from policy documents, face-to-face semi-structured interviews and online news media articles, provided the evidence to thematically explore and evaluate the Maltese competent authorities’ organizational capacity across the implementation of three main WFD provisions that are in focus: Article 8, 9 and 14. As a result, the core components of organizational capacity are expanded and refined to produce an organizational capacity thematic map. The results show that competent authorities experience influences across the institutional frameworks they work in as well as external factors (primarily political). The results also support the idea of the organizational capacity components being highly interlinked and the presence (or lack thereof) of one component having knock-on effects on others within an organization. The combination of these two factors highly affect management options and outcomes in the implementation of the WFD. In the small state context of Malta these highlight the need to channel support in a coordinated manner from European counterparts to the Maltese water network. In turn, the water network can have positive knock-on effects on the organizational capacity of the Maltese competent authorities, which currently struggle to perform and seize available opportunities due to low possession of human resources and time availability. The approach and findings presented in this research provide a mechanism and evidence base that can facilitate bilateral discussions between Member States as well as with the European Commission, and help inform the WFD review process planned by end of 2019.
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Stithou, Mavra. "The economic value of improvements in the ecology of Irish rivers due to the water framework directive." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/12552.

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Following the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) integrated catchment management plans must be prepared for all river basins, in order to achieve 'good ecological status' (GES) in all EU waters. This concept is a broader measure of water quality than the chemical and biological measures, which were previously dominant in EU water policy. The Directive also calls for a consideration of the economic costs and benefits of improvements to ecological status in catchment management plans, along with the introduction of full social cost pricing for water use. In this thesis, the primary focus is on the use of the Choice Experiment (CE) method. The CE method is reviewed and then used to estimate the value of improvements in a number of components of ecological status on two Irish waterways (the Boyne and the Suir). Apart from CE method another stated preference approach to environmental valuation is also considered; the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). This thesis determines what value the targeted population of the two catchments place on the nonmarket economic benefits of moves towards GES by employing both approaches and various model specifications, while the applicability of Benefit Transfer (BT) method is also assessed under different tests. In addition, the design of the questionnaire used in the survey stage of the research, offered the possibility of investigating issues related to the effect of cognitive ability and psychometric factors on choice. Respondents with discontinuous preferences are identified and analysis is conducted to investigate the implications of not accounting for these preferences. Finally, due to experiencing protesting behaviour by a proportion of the sampling population an attempt is made to investigate the parameters that contributed to this inclination.
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Books on the topic "European Water Framework Directive (WFD)"

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International, Conference on the Water Framework Directive (2nd 2010 Lille France). The Water Framework Directive: Action programmes and adaptation to climate change. RSC Publishing, 2011.

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Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Environmental Policy Division. First consultation paper on the implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive in Northern Ireland. DOE, 2002.

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Czech Republic. Ministerstvo životního prostředí. Implementace rámcové směrnice EU pro vodní politiku v České republice: Implementation of the EU water framework directive in the Czech Republic. Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 2004.

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Crawford, Jenny E. Planning with rivers: Regional spatial planning and the implementation of the European Union's water framework directive. Oxford Brookes University, 2003.

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Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Environmental Policy Division. Third consultation paper on the implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive in Northern Ireland: Proposals for legislation. DOE, 2003.

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Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000: Establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy : adopted 22 December 2000. DOE, 2000.

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Milieurecht, Belgische Vereniging voor, ed. La directive 2000/60/CE du 23 octobre 2000 établissant un cadre pour une politique communautaire dans le domaine de l'eau: Droit européen, droit interne, droit comparé = De richtlijn 2000/60/EG van 23 oktober 2000 tot vaststelling van een kader voor communautaire maatregelen betreffende het waterbeleid : Europees recht, intern recht, vergelijkend recht = Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for community action in the field of water policy : European law, Belgian law, comparative law. Bruylant, 2005.

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Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation. Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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John, Lawson. River Basin Management: Progress Towards Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

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John, Lawson. River Basin Management: Progress Towards Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

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Bellissimo, Giancarlo, Benedetto Sirchia, and Vincenzo Ruvolo. "Assessment of the ecological status of Sicilian coastal waters according to a macroalgae based index (CARLIT)." In Proceedings e report. Firenze University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.52.

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In the frame of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC), a macroalgae based index (CARLIT) was applied along the Sicilian coastal water bodies (WBs) in order to assess for the first time their ecological status and collect accurate information on the distribution and abundance of shallow-water communities, especially of those most sensitive. The ecological quality ratio values, sensu WFD, showed “high”/“good” levels in all WBs with lushy forests of Cystoseira amentacea except two with “moderate” level due to the presence of stress-tolerant species related to local factors.
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McInnes, Robert J. "European Union Water Framework Directive and Wetlands." In The Wetland Book. Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_129-1.

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McInnes, Robert J. "European Union Water Framework Directive and Wetlands." In The Wetland Book. Springer Netherlands, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9659-3_129.

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Frisk, Tom, and Glen George. "Climate Change and the Water Framework Directive." In The Impact of Climate Change on European Lakes. Springer Netherlands, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2945-4_23.

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de Bruin, Erwin F. L. M., Frank G. W. Jaspers, and Joyeeta Gupta. "The EU Water Framework Directive: Challenges for institutional implementation." In Managing European Coasts. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27150-3_8.

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Bellissimo, Giancarlo, Benedetto Sirchia, and Vincenzo Ruvolo. "Monitoring of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Sicilian coasts under the Water Framework Directive (WFD)." In Proceedings e report. Firenze University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.51.

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The present paper aims to assess for the first time the ecological status of the Sicilian water bodies using the PREI (Posidonia oceanica Rapid Easy Index) method according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC) requirements. The PREI is based on five metrics: shoot density, shoot leaf surface area, E/L ratio, depth of lower limit, and type of this lower limit. Monitoring of the 29 P. oceanica meadows allowed to classify the 20 WBs of Sicilian coasts in the first two levels of status: 10 as “high” and 10 as “good” with the PREI values ranged between 0,551 and 1.
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Loy, Georg, and Walter Reckendorfer. "Creation and Use of “Compensation” Habitats—An Integrated Approach." In Novel Developments for Sustainable Hydropower. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99138-8_14.

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AbstractThe implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a major challenge on large rivers. The current focus in applied fisheries science and in the implementation of the WFD is on fish passage and especially on hydraulic design parameters of fishways. This shifts attention from other important issues that must be addressed to reach the goals of the WFD. We believe that the requirements formulated in the WFD cannot be achieved by measures to improve fish passage alone. To achieve the objectives the improvement of habitat conditions, especially key habitat types such as permanently connected side arms, which provide spawning grounds and nurseries for rheophilic fish is required. We present an integrated approach which goes beyond upstream connectivity and prioritizes the creation and connection of habitats before the implementation of pure fish passage. The approach is based on a concept to compensate for the lack in gravel transportation and its function for the lithophilous fish community. The main ecological functions of gravel for fish such as providing spawning grounds and nurseries can be provided in connected and restructured tributaries, at shores with removed bank protection and in newly created bypass rivers.
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Birol, Ekin, Phoebe Koundouri, and Kyriaki Remoundou. "The Implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive in Cyprus." In Water Resources Allocation. Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9825-2_4.

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Albiac, José, and Juan Ramó Murua. "The European Water Framework Directive: Potential for Change and Implications Beyond 2020." In Water Resources Development and Management. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89346-2_8.

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Bellissimo, Giancarlo, Francesca Galfo, Paolo Balistreri, and Benedetto Sirchia. "Monitoring and assessment of the environmental quality of transitional waters in Sicily (Italy)." In Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques. Firenze University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.04.

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Transitional waters represent high valuable wetlands characterized by extremely dynamic processes and irregular temporal trends. These coastal areas are vulnerable interface systems sensitive to natural and human pressures that cause a continuous environmental degradation and a consequential unbalance of the natural ecosystem. Monitoring plays a key role in the management of these ecosystems in order to prevent further deterioration and enhance the status of environmental quality. This paper aims to evaluate the ecological and chemical status of five Sicilian transitional waters systems (Oliveri-Tindari, Cape Peloro, Vendicari, Longarini-Cuba and Marsala) over a 3-year monitoring cycle according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC). The water quality exhibited negative evidences since no water body monitored achieved the overall good environmental status assessed by different biological and chemical elements.
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Cabillic, Julie, Sebastian Hein, Petra Lehnik-Habrink, et al. "Joint Research Project env08 “Traceable measurements for monitoring critical pollutants under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC”." In 16th International Congress of Metrology. EDP Sciences, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/metrology/201310001.

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Werner, P. "Assessment of the ecological status of eight lakes from northern Germany according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD) using benthic diatoms: problems and achievements of the newest German WFD guideline." In 1st Central European Diatom Meeting. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3372/cediatom.136.

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Khilchevskyi, V. K. "MODERN HYDROGRAPHIC AND WATER MANAGEMENT ZONING OF UKRAINE’S TERRITORY – IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFD-2000/60/EC." In XXVII Conference of the Danubian Countries on Hydrological Forecasting and Hydrological Bases of Water Management. Nika-Tsentr, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/uhmi.conference.01.23.

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In contrast to the hydrological and hydrochemical zoning, hydrographic and water management zoning of Ukraine (2016) was created on a basin basis, taking into account the boundaries of river basins, and not physiographic zoning. The main function of hydrographic and water management zoning is water management. Primary is hydrographic zoning, and water management - based on it. The description of modern hydrographic zoning of the territory of Ukraine, approved in 2016 by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and included in the Water Code of Ukraine is given. Hydrographic zoning is carried out for the development and implementation of river basin management plans. On the territory of Ukraine nine areas of river basins are allocated: Dnipro; Dnister; Danube; Southern Bug; Don; Vistula; rivers of the Crimea; rivers of the Black Sea coast; rivers of the Azov Sea coast 13 sub-basins are allocated in four river basins district. The water management zoning is described - the division of hydrographic units into water management areas, which is carried out for the development of water management balances. In the regions of the river basins in the territory of Ukraine allocated 132 water management areas, 59 of which are located in the Dnipro basin. About 9,000 bodies of surface water allocated for monitoring in Ukraine. Approved zoning is the implementation of the provisions of the EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60 / EC in the management of water resources in Ukraine. Modern hydrographic and water management zoning of the territory of Ukraine approximates the management of water resources of the state to European requirements.
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Keci, Erjola. "OVERVIEW OF SURFACE WATER QUALITY MONITORING STATUS IN THE FRAME OF EU WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE REQUIREMENT IN SOME ALBANIAN RIVERS." In 4th International Scientific Conference – EMAN 2020 – Economics and Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/eman.2020.303.

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This paper first reviews the principal monitoring requirements of the WFD and discusses the monitoring network for diffuse pollution in Albania in the context of implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Considerations on water quality of surface waters from main Albanian rivers based on ecological and chemicals indicators are reported. Quality measurement are essential to demonstrate the comparability of obtained data and they form the basis for correct decisions related to management of water resources. The existing surface water quality monitoring network provides only restricted information to select between different management options when implementing river basin management plans (RBMP) under the WFD. We then clearly define and exemplify the roles, the functions and the need for a new set of monitoring tools support of implementing the WFD, using the case studies based on datasets that we obtained during recurrent monitoring campaigns in the Rivers Ishmi, Erzeni, Shkumbini and Mati.
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Andrei, M., and D. Ristoiu. "European water framework directive reflected by the Romanian legislation." In PROCESSES IN ISOTOPES AND MOLECULES (PIM 2013). AIP, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4833744.

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Lengricht, J. W. "The European Water Framework Directive — Boon or Bane for Hydraulic Engineering?" In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40976(316)638.

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Repecaud, Michel, Yves Degres, Nathalie Bernard, et al. "New instruments to monitor coastal sea water masses according to European Water Framework Directive, Trophimatique project." In OCEANS 2009-EUROPE (OCEANS). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/oceanse.2009.5278128.

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Ilcheva, Irena, Anna Yordanova, Lubenova Lubenova, Gergana Drumeva, and Vesela Rainova. "APPROACH AND INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR ASSESSMENT THE IMPACTS OF RESERVOIRS AND PROLONGED DROUGHT IDENTIFICATION IN BULGARIA FOR WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE." In 22nd SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 2022. STEF92 Technology, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2022/3.1/s12.07.

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Drought indicator systems help decision-makers to understand how and where the drought occurred and to take measures from the Drought Management Plans. The main goal in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) is the achievement �good ecological status�, but the Article 4.6 allows temporary deterioration of the status, occurred as a result of so called �prolonged drought�. Reduction of natural water resources such as rivers, lakes, aquifers, is associated with the reduction in available water resources for water supply, environment, etc. (so called �socio � economic� drought). The severity of the �prolonged drought� is related to its duration, specificities of the river basin, reservoir management and impacts. The research is related to the system of drought indicators developed in NIMH (http://hydro.bg: Standardized Runoff Index, SRI; Standardized Precipitation Index, SPI; Soil Moisture Index, SMI) and its improvement at River Basin level. A new approach for integrated analysis of the indices of the NIMH system, the indicators used by the Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) - inflow and levels of reservoirs, groundwater, etc., has been developed. Thus, from the first months, the so-called hot spots and critical areas are identified - reservoirs, watersheds and river basins for which drought indicators identify drought and/or whose regulatory capabilities have declining potential and are at risk in the event of prolonged drought. Emphasis is placed on those hot spots where the precipitation deficit takes place in the reservoir watersheds. A system of criteria and drought indicators to identify �prolonged droughts� have been experimentally applied. A joint analysis of the SRI, SPI, SMI maps (http://hydro.bg), the developed maps for inflow and volume of complex and significant reservoirs from Annex 1 of the Water Act, etc., was performed. For assessment of the indicators for the reservoir inflow a scale of inflow used by the MoEW is proposed. For the indicator available volume, experiments with the Percent from reservoir capacity, Standardized Status Index, etc., were conducted. Drought periods in Bulgaria are analyzed, especially prolonged drought 2019 � 2020. The approach supports the operational application of the NIMH drought indicator system in the practice of the MoEW and the Drought Management Plans realization.
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Farmaki, Polytimi, and Apostolos Tranoulidis. "Greek Hydropower production and the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive: potentially conflicting interests and sustainable governance of river basins ." In 5th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences. MDPI, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ecws-5-08446.

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Ilcheva, Irena, Anna Yordanova, Plamen Ninov, Krassimira Ljubenova, and Kamelia Krumova. "SPECIFICS IN DETERMINATION AND PROVISION OF ECOLOGICAL FLOW IN THE RIVERBEDS AFTER COMPLEX AND SIGNIFICANT DAMS IN BULGARIA." In 23rd SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 2023. STEF92 Technology, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2023/3.1/s12.19.

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Water resource of a given river basin is the main component of the ecosystem and water resources management system as well. Ecological flows are considered within the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) as �a hydrological regime consistent with the achievement of the environmental objectives of the WFD in natural surface water bodies as mentioned in Article 4(1). The so-called Heavily Modified Water Bodies (HMWB) or �regulated rivers� have modified flow, which is influenced by reservoir compensation releases and management. National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) has responsibility and contributed to the implementation of the Eflow concept in Bulgaria. For the needs of the Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW), a hydrological regionalization and a calculation scheme for the minimum acceptable flow in the rivers on the territory of Bulgaria are developed. In this report are represented the following researches: up-to-date assessment of the minimum acceptable flow (MAF) in the riverbeds after the complex dams, according to the Water Law (WL), a comparative analysis with the current state and definition of recommendations in support of the MoEW and the Basin Directorates (BD). The specificity of each reservoir in determining the MAF, the change during drought, etc. are highlighted. In the regulated rivers, the MAF is for the purpose of water ecosystems, groundwater and drinking water supply, wetlands, etc. The NIMH approach is applied and an up-to-date assessment of the MAF from the 52 complex and significant dams from Appendix 1 of the WL is carried out. The assessment is based on the results of hydrological development for the evaluation of the annual average flow and minimum monthly flows with 95% probability of exceedance of the own water catchment of dams. A comparative analysis was carried out between up-to-data assessed minimum acceptable flow (determined by NIMH) and current released MAF (by MoEW). The risks for ensuring the ecological flow are identified. Recommendations are given regarding the determination of ecological flow, definition of a minimum lower threshold, the specifics of reservoirs along the Black Sea or those for drinking water supply, etc. The research supports the MoEW and BD in determining the ecological flow in the riverbeds after the complex reservois, implementation of the Program of measures and the Eflow concept in Bulgaria.
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Pielen, Britta, and R. Andreas Kraemer. Economic Instruments in Water Management: Global Experience and Relevance for Latin American and Caribbean Countries. Inter-American Development Bank, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0006745.

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This presentation was commissioned by the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the 2nd Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on February 25th and 26th, 2003. This presentation discusses functions and typology of economic instruments in water management. This presentation also discusses the new European Water Framework Directive, as well as European Union (EU) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) experience, as it pertains to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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