River Basin Management: Progress Towards Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

by Lawson; John

• ISBN13: 9780415392006
• ISBN10: 0415392004
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-03
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Exploring a wide range of topics, this book covers pilot studies for the development of river basin management plans in several countries, public participation in the planning process, water quality monitoring, modeling and analysis, identifying and addressing pollution and meeting environmental objectives. The book presents an array of experience from eighteen European countries in the implementation of the EU's most far reaching environmental legislation. It is an invaluable source of information and ideas for the widespread preparation of river basin management plans now starting throughout Europe.

Table of Contents

Organising Committee	p. IX
International Technical Committee	p. XI
River basin management planning
Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive in national legislation of the Czech Republic (progress to date)	p. 3
The implementation of the WFD in Austria - first results and future field of actions	p. 7
Shannon River Basin District Project	p. 15
Managing water resources in a European semi-arid environment: drinking water production in the Barcelona's metropolitan area	p. 27
The next step: integrating economics into Water Framework Directive programmes of measures	p. 37
Pilot studies
Implementation of the Water Framework Directive for Matsalu Sub-River Basin District, Estonia	p. 49
River basin management planning in the Czech Republic (the upper and middle Elbe River Basin district illustration)	p. 61
Catchment management within the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia	p. 65
Integrated lake/catchment approach as a basis for the implementation of the WFD in Lake Pusiano watershed	p. 77
Ribble Pilot - lessons learned from the UK	p. 87
Monitoring, modelling and analysis
Impact monitoring at the Danube using in-line sensors	p. 95
The assessment of groundwater chemical status and modelling of agriculture pressures	p. 107
Tools for groundwater and surface water analysis during implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Lithuania	p. 119
Application of a distributed watershed model to water quality computation in the Nummenjoki catchment	p. 131
Paper integrated modelling of rivers and washlands to meet conservation objectives - a case study	p. 139
Sustainable river basin management: a dynamic model	p. 151
Comparative assessment of nutrient fluxes in five medium size European river catchments	p. 163
Development of links with monitoring organisations from upper Riparian states in the former Soviet Union: experiences from the Joint River Management Programme	p. 177
Zagyva-Tarna: early results from the Hungarian WFD pilot	p. 189
Identifying and addressing pollution
Integrated model for nitrate loads to coastal waters applied in catchment scale water management	p. 199
Towards the implementation of the Dangerous Substances Directive in Hungary: a case study on the Ataler river	p. 207
Future development of nutrient emissions and river loads in the Danube Basin	p. 219
Integrated water management in former coal mining regions (INWATCO)	p. 231
Approaches to quantification of pollution load and response in the Kapos catchnnent (AQUAPOL)	p. 243
Water Framework Directive - managing urban run-off at source	p. 255
Environmental objectives
Relationships between ecological status of surface waters and both chemical and hydromorphological pressures	p. 269
Environmental factors affecting benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in small and mid-sized calcareous lowland streams in Greece	p. 281
A novel approach of river water quality characterization	p. 291
International aspects of WFD implementation in the Danube River Basin	p. 301
Posters
Using research knowledge to implement the Water Framework Directive	p. 315
First delineation of surface water bodies in Slovenia	p. 323
Integrated testing of Water Framework Directive GIS Guidance Document on the Szamos/Somes River Basin	p. 335
Creating a portal for stakeholder engagement in the Water Framework Directive	p. 345
ECOSURV: a WFD ecological survey of surface waters in Hungary	p. 349
Assessment of river water quality through method of bioindication (as Araks river example)	p. 363
Integrating one- and two-dimensional hydrodynamic models for flood	p. 369
Author index	p. 381
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