Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

Carvalho, Laurence; Mackay, Eleanor B.; Cardoso, Ana Cristina; Baattrup‐Pedersen, Annette; Birk, Sebastian; Blackstock, Kirsty; Borics, Gábor; Borja, Ángel; Feld, Christian K.; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Globevnik, Lidija; Grizzetti, Bruna; Hendry, Sarah; Hering, Daniel; Kelly, Martyn; Langaas, Sindre; Meissner, Kristian; Panagopoulos, Yiannis; Penning, Ellis; Rouillard, Josselin; Sabater, Sergi; Schmedtje, Ursula; Spears, Bryan M.; Venohr, Markus; Bund, Wouter van de; Solheim, Anne Lyche

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.255

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“…Therefore, within the study river water samples were collected from 13 samples points located both above and below the discharge points (Nos. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Until ecotoxicological analyses, water samples were stored at 4±2ºC.…”

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“…The WFD consists of different steps and monitoring procedures, which shall ensure that the "good ecological" and "good chemical" status of all European water bodies will be met in 2027. The constant access to "good quality of water" is especially important due to the fact that water is either an essential element necessary for life as well as an "organism of the economy" ensuring the functioning of many industries [2]. The water quality issue is especially important to Poland, which compared with other European countries has comparatively poor water resources [3].…”

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Impact of Industrial Discharge on Aquatic Ecosystems of the Kłodnica River with Reference to Water Framework Directive Objectives

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Bondaruk

Dudziak

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Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Protecting and improving the environment is an important part of achieving sustainable development and is vital in the long-term period. One of the most important documents in the field of water resources management and by means of water protection is the European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) [1]. This directive is a milestone in a history of water policy in Europe. The WFD establishes a common framework for a sustainable and integrated management in relation to a different types of water. The main purpose of the directive was to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters and groundwater. It will ensure that all inland and coastal waters, including Pol. AbstractCommercial surface water classification is preliminarily based on physicochemical analyses. The ecotoxicological analyses performed during the research confirm that bioassays can support traditional monitoring as a useful tool for preliminary assess and predicting environmental damage. The problem of contaminant migration into the aquatic environment is particularly important in highly industrialized and urbanized areas, wherein rivers are constantly exposed to pollution due to anthropogenic action and for which, in accordance with the Water Framework Directive (WFD) recommendations, it is necessary to achieve good status and potential of the waters. Taking into account the above provisions, the ecotoxicological potential of surface water samples from the Kłodnica River has been assessed. During the research we used a biotest battery composed of organisms which represent three trophic levels of aquatic ecosystems: Vibri fischeri, Daphnia magna, and Lemna minor. Also, we performed physicochemical on-site analyses. Estimated values of selected physical and chemical indicators confirm the poor state of the Kłodnica. However, high toxic effect was obtained only in a few analysed samples. Moreover, is worth noting that within the study we found a relationship between the high salinity of river water samples and the response of exposed bioindicators.

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Impact of Industrial Discharge on Aquatic Ecosystems of the Kłodnica River with Reference to Water Framework Directive Objectives

Zgórska

Bondaruk

Dudziak

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Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…Institutional fragmentation across vertical administrative levels and horizontal policy domains represent a huge challenge to this ambition [2]. The WFD's success is highly dependent on the integration, or mainstreaming, of the WFD's aims into various policy sectors [3]. There is a prevailing need for such water-mainstreaming into the agricultural sector policy.…”

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Integrated Water Quality Governance and Sectoral Responsibility: The EU Water Framework Directive’s Impact on Agricultural Sector Policies in Norway

Hovik¹

2019

Water

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In accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), Norway has made the river basin the basis for coordination of sectoral policies. New units of River Basin Districts and Sub-Districts have been introduced. In each district, the joint water management plan and program of measures is formulated by cross-sector and multi-level networks. This network structure is added to and clearly subordinated to the primary structure following the sectoral principle and hierarchical steering. Therefore, the WFD objectives of good environmental status of all waters must be integrated into the goal structure and policy priorities of different sector authorities and levels of government. This paper examines whether and, if so, how the activities within the secondary structure of water governance influence the policies and practices of the agricultural sector regarding diffuse water pollution mitigation. The analyses of sector policy documents and water management plans reveal that even though the WFD's aim of good ecological status of water is integrated into the objectives of the agricultural environmental program, only minor changes have been made in instrument targets and settings. Economic incentives and voluntary measures still dominate. This leads to the conclusion that the corporatist governance mode of the agriculture sector dominates the sector's choice of policy objectives and instruments.

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“…Furthermore, the most important issue in the WFD implementation among EU Northern and Southern countries was the water quality problems in contrast to water quantity problems that the latter usually face. Another striking difference in the WFD implementation among MSs concerns the effectiveness in the utilization of water resources management tools, as certain MSs have greater experience than others [8][9][10].At the national level, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters (IMBRIW) of Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) has been assigned by the Special Water Secretariat, which belongs to the Greek Ministry of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Change to implement the WFD in Greek rivers. Reference conditions were defined for each Intercalibration Type (ICT) of rivers according to the available information for the Biological Quality Elements (BQEs), the physicochemical and hydromorphological conditions.…”

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Water Quality and Hydromorphological Variability in Greek Rivers: A Nationwide Assessment with Implications for Management

Stefanidis

Papaioannou

Markogianni

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Water

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European rivers are under ecological threat by a variety of stressors. Nutrient pollution, soil erosion, and alteration in hydrology are considered the most common problems that riverine ecosystems are facing today. Not surprisingly, river monitoring activities in Europe have been intensified during the last few years to fulfil the Water Framework Directive (WFD) requirements. With this article, we present a nationwide assessment of the water quality and hydromorphological variability in Greek Rivers based on the results of the national monitoring program under the WFD. Water quality and hydromorphological data from 352 sites belonging to 221 rivers were explored with principal component analysis (PCA) to identify main environmental gradients and the variables that contribute the most to the total variance. Nitrate, phosphate, ammonium and electrical conductivity were identified as the most important water chemistry parameters, and typical vector-based spatial data analysis was applied to map their spatial distribution at sub-basin scale. In addition, we conducted simple linear models between the aforementioned parameters and the share of land uses within the basin of each sampling site in order to identify significant relationships. Agriculture was the most important land use affecting the nitrate and electrical conductivity, while artificial surfaces were the best predictor for phosphate and ammonium. Concerning the hydromorphological variability, fine types of substrate and discharge were the variables with the highest contribution to the total variance. Overall, the results of this article can be used for the preliminary assessment of susceptible areas/rivers to high levels of nutrient pollution that can aid water managers to formulate recommendations for improvement of further monitoring activities. Furthermore, our findings implicate the need for enhancement of agri-environmental measures and reduction of point-source pollution in disturbed areas to avert the risk of further environmental degradation under the anticipated global change.The implementation of the WFD relies on the measures proposed by the River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) and the Programmes of Measures (PoMs) of river reconstruction, rehabilitation or restoration [4]. Quality elements for assessment are divided into biological, hydromorphological, and physicochemical, and for each one, a descriptive definition of high, good, moderate, poor, and bad status is given. Each National authority should set standards for those elements most relevant to the pressures faced by the water body under its responsibility and classify waters accordingly [2]. Across EU Member States discussions are on-going as to how to integrate climate change into the process of RBMPs for the next management cycles (2015-2027) of the WFD [1]. A key challenge in this context is the adaptation to climate change impacts through the design and implementation of PoMs at the river basin scale [5][6][7].Since the second WFD implementation cycle had ended in 2015 [8,9], several ...

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Protecting and restoring Europe's waters: An analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive

Cited by 356 publications

References 80 publications

Impact of Industrial Discharge on Aquatic Ecosystems of the Kłodnica River with Reference to Water Framework Directive Objectives

Impact of Industrial Discharge on Aquatic Ecosystems of the Kłodnica River with Reference to Water Framework Directive Objectives

Integrated Water Quality Governance and Sectoral Responsibility: The EU Water Framework Directive’s Impact on Agricultural Sector Policies in Norway

Water Quality and Hydromorphological Variability in Greek Rivers: A Nationwide Assessment with Implications for Management

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