The European technical report on aquatic effect-based monitoring tools under the water framework directive

Technical Report on Aquatic Effect-based Monitoring Tools

Sediment monitoring and the European Water Framework Directive.

Sediment is an essential, integral and dynamic part of our river basins. A healthy river needs sediment as a source of life. Unfortunately, sediment also acts as a potential sink for many hazardous chemicals. Above a certain level of contamination this will result in negative impacts such a loss of biodiversity. This is deemed intolerable by society and hence the European Water Framework Direct...

Nanomaterials and the European Water Framework Directive

Besides the European Union (EU) Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of CHemicals (REACH), the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) is probably the single most important piece of environmental legislation in Europe when it comes to dealing with nanomaterials in the future given their widespread and dispersive use. Despite of the importance of the WFD, the WFD has ...

Water Quality Monitoring to Support the European Commission's Water Framework Directive Reporting Requirements

Classifying ecological status under the European Water Framework Directive: the need for monitoring to account for natural variability

By now, all European freshwater and coastal marine ecologists should be familiar with the European Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, which is commonly referred to as the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The purpose of the directive is to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal ...