River basin management

Another significant point raised in Fig. 3 is that the number of references related to the development of DSS to carry out an integrated water resources management is very scarce before 2000s, that is, when the WFD, which emphasizes integrated management as one of the key concerns in river basin management, was launched. 

Day JW Jr, Maltby E, Ibanez C (2006) River basin management and delta sustainability a commentary on the Ebro Delta and the Spanish National Hydrological Plan (Editorial). Ecol Eng 26 85-99... 

Keywords Ecosystem services, European river basins, Risk assessment, Risk management, River basin management plans, Water framework directive... 

River basin management is a matter of public concern, usually under the responsibility of public authorities. In such a context, the rules of the game are those stated in the current legislation. Therefore, legislation/regulations provide the basis for management practices. In turn, legislation is constructed from different inputs (scientific, social, economical, etc.). 

It was a common view that issues related to sediment balance are of major importance for river basin management, in general, and for the Danube, in particular. 

In general, the first generation of RBMPs only seems to contain measures of which the river basin managers have the long-time practical experience that they will work. Hence, it seems that no innovative, not yet fully proven, measures are implemented yet. 

Risk based river basin management has to take into account the interaction between aquatic systems and land systems. This system interaction, covering natural and anthropogenic drivers, is not fully established. Changes in land use due to new incentives (e.g. industrial biomass use) highlight the close dependency between both sectors of management. 

Blum WEH (2007) Role of soils in river basin management. In 1st Riskbase Thematic Workshop, Monitoring and Assessment of River Pollutants a step towards the implementation of risk based management plans. Oral presentation, Lisbon, May 17-18... 

Cunha MA, Brito S, Moura I et al (2007) Ecotoxicological assessment of wastewaters in the framework of ECORIVER project contribution to River Basin Management. In Proceedings of the RISKBASE 1st Thematic Workshop, Lisbon, pp 87-91... 

Finally, the book is in the line with the aim of the Basin sub-project of connecting the scientific research to practical research cases and demands of River Basin Managers and associated stakeholders. 

European eco-labeling of paper products, and in the existing European eco-labeling for cleaners under Regulation 1980/2000/EC. In addition, the EU Commission made further recommendations on risk reduction measures for EDTA. First, it asked EU Member States to establish Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for EDTA, and the national pollution reduction measures to achieve those EQS in 2015 should be included in the river basin management plans in line with the provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC. Second, EU Member States should specify in IPPC permits measures on EDTA to operate to BAT by October 2007, taking into account local circumstances. Further, as BAT is developed, this should be incorporated into the permits. 

Spain is divided into 15 river basin districts. Each river basin district has a river basin management plan which will have to be adapted to the Water Framework Directive. There are 3116 water bodies in rivers in Spain. The Ministry of Environment has taken into account three criteria for the identification of the water bodies in rivers, two hydrological criteria (average flow is greater than 100 L/s, and more than 75 % of the months have a flow not equal to zero) and a geographical criterion (the catchment area is greater than lOkrn ). 

Related to the sampling frequency, the Water Framework Directive requires that surveillance monitoring shall be carried out at each monitoring site during one year in the period covered by the river basin management plan. 

However, the Ministry of Environment of Spain proposes a higher frequency than required by the Water Framework Directive for the first river basin management plan in order to satisfy information needs. In this way, surveillance monitoring shall be... 

Integrated River Basin Management Harmonised Modelling Tools and Decision-making Process... 

Since the Directive regulates management of water resources within each river basin district, the concept of integrated water resources management is implemented at the catchment scale (integrated river basin management). 

In order to fulfil the objectives of the Directive, it is necessary to manage water, land and related resources in an integrated manner. The need for integrated river basin management has arisen because managing processes independently (without integration)... 

Design - setup of programmes of measures and river basin management plans (until... 

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