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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"European Water Framework Directive"”.
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The proposed European Water Framework Directive, its main features and possible impacts on the regulation of water in England, Wales and Germany
In the first part the European Union's proposed Water Framework Directive and its recent amendments will be examined. Its main features and possible impacts will be highlighted. In the second part, the English & Welsh and German systems will be analysed and examined, detailed data, facts and …
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The Implications of Wicked Problems for the Legitimacy of European Environmental Policy Development. The case of Environmental Risks from the Pharmaceutical Endocrine Disrupter, 17α-Ethinyl Oestradiol under the European Water Framework Directive
… to a risk appraisal process conducted under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) between 2006 and 2012, the European Commission recommended the imposition of an environmental quality standard for EE2. In 2013, this recommendation was rejected by politicians. The outcome was both contested and …
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Najas genties augalų genetinės įvairovės tyrimas taikant SCoT žymenis /
… are used as bioindicators for the quality of water bodies according to the European Water Framework Directive, but they indicate different ecological states of the bodies. For this reason, the genetic diversity of 6 Lithuanian populations of N. marina and N. major was investigated using SCoT …
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Ein regelbasiertes Entscheidungsunterstützungssystem für Maßnahmen zur Gewässerstrukturverbesserung
… the river basins in 2004 in the context of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) identified intense morphological deficits of the German watercourses. The WFD asks for a good ecological status of all surface waters. Fair morphological structures are a precondition for the good ecological …
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Using Hplc and Pcr-Dgge for the Assessment of Phytoplankton and Bacterioplankton Communities in Scottish Freshwater Lakes
The implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (Directive, 2000) prescribes the use of phytoplankton as a biological quality element for the determination of ecological status in surface waters. This study aimed to evaluate high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and a …
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Elimination organischer Spurenstoffe aus kommunalem Abwasser
Municipal wastewater contains, along with suspended solids, oxygen consuming compounds and nutrients, a great number of organic trace pollutants. These are industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, natural and synthetic hormones, as well as ingredients of personal care products. Even in …
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Modeling and model-based control of membrane bioreactors
Water is a global resource indispensable for life on earth. Its responsible and sustainable use and reuse is a major challenge of the 21st century. The increasing world population and industrialization lead to a rising demand for potable and process water, and in many areas existing supplies are …
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A water quality model for shallow river-lake systems and its application in river basin management
… basin management. TRAM aims at describing the water quality of individual water bodies, using problem- and scale-adequate approaches for representing their hydrological and ecological characteristics. The need for such flexible water quality analysis and prediction tools is expected to further …
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Multimetric assessment of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities in Flanders, Belgium
One of the objectives of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD; EU, 2000) is to attain a good status for all surface waters in the European Union by the end of 2015. To this end, the ecological status of natural surface waters should be assessed, based on a number of biological quality …
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Time-related alterations and other confounding factors in direct sediment contact tests
… and corresponding regulations. In case of the European Water Framework Directive (EWFD), for instance, sediments were addressed by means of an amendment published in 2008. In order to adequately response to sediment contamination within the context of this legal obligation, however, there is …