Groundwaters Water Framework Directive

WISE (2008b) Water notes on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Water Note 3 - Groundwater at risk managing the water under us. http //ec.europa.eu/environment/ water/water-framework/pdf/water note3 groundwateratrisk.pdf... 

Soil-sediment-groundwater-related issues, as experienced in River Basin practise, including those related to implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Groundwater Daughter Directive (GWDD)... 

This Act was amended in 2001 respecting the requirements of the EU water framework directive. It regulates the use and protection of surface water, coastal water and groundwater, but not waterways. Water is considered as a... 

Technical Guidance Document and Water Framework Directive approaches EU member state, North American, and other international approaches) and the way in which they are implemented (e.g., mandatory pass or fail probabilistic, e.g., 95th percentiles or tiered risk assessment frameworks). Soil and water standards were considered, as were values for the protection of human health and the natural environment. The focus was on European regulatory frameworks, although expert input was sought from other jurisdictions internationally. Chemical standards for aquatic (water and sediment) and terrestrial (soil and groundwater) systems were the main focus for the meeting. This workshop built on, and included some participants from, a 1998 SETAC workshop Re-evaluation of the State of the Science for Water-Quality Criteria Development (Reiley et al. 2003). 

Water Framework Directive (2000/ 60/EC) One of the largest and most significant pieces of EU water policy to be developed for at least 20 years. It uses a new and integrated approach to the protection, improvement and sustainable use of river basins for the benefit of people and biodiversity. The provisions of the Directive take over the framework for the control of pollution by dangerous substances under Directive 76/ 464/EEC and will be supplemented by a new groundwater daughter directive. 

Working Group C (2007) Guidance on groundwater monitoring. Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC, Guidance Document No. 15. 

Developed under Article 17 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the new European Groundwater Directive (GWD) sets out criteria for assessing the chemical status of groundwater bodies. In accordance with an analysis of pressures and... 

The European Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD) wants to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional water and groundwater and aims at achieving good ecological potential... 

Groundwater monitoring is increasing in importance as part of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). In 2001, over 600 groundwater sites were monitored. Figure 4 shows some pesticides between the most frequendy detected in groundwater at concentrations greater than 0.1 pg/1. ... 

The new Water Framework Direaive (WFD, Directive 2000/60/EQ marks a change in Community water policy towards a coherent and integrated framework for assessment, monitoring, and management of all surface waters and groundwater based on their ecological and chemical stams. The taigets and principles set out in Directive 91/414/EEC for pesticides were translated into objectives for all waters and will be implemented on a rivet basin scale. With the adoption of the WFD, Community water policy is based firmly on the precautionary principle and the sustainable use of water. 

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