… As an elementary basis of life, water is initially open to all types of use and no one should be excluded from access to the medium of water through ownership … benefits associated with ecosystem services can be captured and described using the concept of "Total Economic Value". The Marine Water Accounts Approach starts from …

… Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment In Germany there are EU-wide environmental …

… last update on 24.06.2015 Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of …

… Monitoring and assessment The federal and state governments regularly collect data on the North … hazardous substances are monitored and assessed on the basis of environmental quality standards (EQS). The assessment of compliance with the EQS for the river …

… Water body structure last update on 16.04.2012 Classification of quality of the water body structure A classification of quality of the water body … of deviation from its potential natural state (reference condition). Maps of water landscapes served to define reference conditions. On small to medium-sized … were used to draw up the map of water body structure. The “overview method” uses and assesses parameters calculated on the basis of aerial pictures, existing maps …