Water information notes

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Water notes are about integrated water management, EU water legislation and the Water Framework Directive. These "Water information notes" give an introduction and overview of key aspects of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive:

Waternote 1 : Joining forces for Europe's shared waters - Coordination in international river basin districts
Waternote 2 : Cleaning up Europe's waters - Identifying and assessing surface water bodies at risk
Waternote 3 : Groundwater at Risk - Managing the water under us
Waternote 4 : Reservoirs, Canals and Ports - Managing artificial and heavily modified water bodies
Waternote 5 : Economics in Water Policy - The value of Europe's waters
Waternote 6 : Monitoring programmes - taking the pulse on Europe's waters
Waternote 7 : Intercalibration - a common scale for Europe's waters
Waternote 8 : Pollution - Reducing dangerous chemicals in Europe's waters
Waternote 9 : Integrating water policy - linking all EU Water legislation within a singel framework
Waternote 10 : Climate change - Addressing floods, droughts and changing aquatic ecosystems
Waternote 11 : From rivers to the sea - Linking with the new Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Waternote 12 : A Common Task - Public Participation in River Basin Management Planning

Reference information

Websites:

ec.europa.eu/environment/water/participation/notes_en.htm

Source:

European Commission

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of publication:

2008

Keywords:

flood risks, water management, water scarcity and droughts

Climate impacts:

Flooding, Droughts

Adaptation Approaches:

Sector Policies

Sectors:

Water management

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

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