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Pesticides can cause damage to the environment. A project coordinated by the German Environment Agency for the European Environment Agency provides the first overview of pesticides in rivers. lakes and groundwater reported by EU Member States. The report confirms that additional measures are necessary to ensure compliance with environmental quality standards in waters. read more

In 2021 only around 8 % of German streams and rivers were in at least a good ecological status or had at least a good ecological potential.According to the European Water Framework Directive, by 2015 with a time extension to 2027 all rivers must have achieved at least a good ecological status or potential.The time up to 2027 must be used to reach these demanding targets.The measures taken to d... read more

The Water Framework Directive sets the ambitious goal of achieving “good status” for rivers, lakes, coastal waters, and groundwater by 2015. The management plans and programmes of measures for Germany’s ten river basins were issued in December 2009. In December 2012, a report on the implementation status of the programmes of measures was submitted to the European Commission. read more

The aim of the Water Framework Directive is to promote good water quality in all European water bodies by managing water bodies, i.e. lakes, rivers, groundwater bodies, transitional waters and coastal waters. Water body management poses a major challenge indensely populated countries such as Germany. Stewardship of water resources is of paramount importance through out Europe and for all EU en... read more

Gute Gewässerqualität für alle europäischen Gewässer - das ist das Ziel der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie. Die Bewirtschaftung der Gewässer, das sind die Flüsse und Seen, das Grundwasser, die Übergangsgewässer und die Küstengewässer, dient diesem Ziel. Sie ist in einem dicht besiedelten Land wie Deutschland eine große Herausforderung für alle Beteiligten. Der Schutz der lebenswichtigen Ressource W... read more

Das Umweltbundesamt führte vom 14.02. bis 15.02.08 einen Workshop zum Thema „Ökologische Effektivität von hydromorphologischen Verbesserungen an Fließgewässern“ durch, an dem 90 Vertreter des wasserwirtschaftlichen Vollzugs, der Behörden der Bundesländer, der Wissenschaft und der nachgeordneten Oberbehörden des Bundes (BMU, BMVBS) teilnahmen. Der Workshop diente der fachlichen Diskussion der a... read more

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) calls for the protection of surface and groundwater. For this purpose, the ten river basin communities in Germany draw up management plans and programmes of measures every six years. The German Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection have evaluated these reports and present ... read more