Matrix Certified Reference Materials for environmental monitoring under the EU Water Framework Directive: An update

Water Regulation and Irrigated Agriculture Under the EU Water Framework Directive

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Undermining European Environmental Policy Goals? The EU Water Framework Directive and the Politics of Exemptions

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is the core legislative instrument in the European Union for the protection of water resources. Adopted in 2000, its objectives were to achieve “good status” for water bodies by 2015 and prevent any further deterioration. However, the European Commission and some stakeholders are rather dissatisfied with the implementation of the Directive so far, in particul...

Public Participation under the EU Water Framework Directive – processes and possible outcomes

Combined sewer overflow quality and EU Water Framework Directive

The Community strategy against pollution of surface water control policy was set out by the European Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC which lays down new procedures for the identification of substances and development of control measures. After the decision n° 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2001 setting out the first list of 33 substances or groups...

Toward Post-Sovereign Environmental Governance? Politics, Scale, and EU Water Framework Directive

The EU Water Framework Directive (EUWFD) of 2000 requires that all EU member states "protect, enhance and restore" rivers to attain good surface water quality by 2015. To achieve this mandate, member states divide themselves into watershed basins (River Basin Districts) for the purposes of monitoring and remediation, even if those districts cross international borders. This paper examines three...