WFD Monitoring and Metrological Implications

As a final consideration, one should keep in mind that achieving traceability of water, sediment and biota chemical monitoring measurements in the context of the WFD will have direct implications for the way in which programmes of measures will be designed and made operational to achieve the good status objectives by 2015. This places a strong emphasis on the importance of metrology since any erroneous data could have tremendous (social and economic) consequences. 

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