… 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 … Advocate General at the ECJ, which was even clearer than the ECJ judgment. Guidance Documents on the WFD Fundamental coordinating activities on European and national …

… Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment In Germany there are EU-wide environmental quality standards and … Umweltbundeesamt Downloads: download Excel file (229.30 kB) Associated content Documents Environmental quality standards to chemical status (138.48 kB) Amendments …

… 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 installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of …

… Monitoring and assessment The federal and state governments regularly collect data on the North … routine data collection, the state of the marine environment can be comprehensively documented in order to counteract negative developments. Monitoring methods Ships … agreed monitoring sites are categorised into concentration classes with the aim of documenting the success of measures to reduce nitrate inputs into water bodies …

… EC Water Framework Directive show it needs forceful measures in the whole catchment and at the rivers to meet the good status. last update on 20.07.2020 Hydrography (facts and figures) Rivers are subdivided into six river systems as well as the coastal areas of the North and Baltic Seas. The rivers are the  Rhine, Ems, Weser and Elbe, which flow into the …