EU Water Framework Directive versus Real Needs of Groundwater Management

Author: Rejman, Wojciech

Source: Water Resources Management, Volume 21, Number 8, August 2007 , pp. 1363-1372(10)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Considerable financial, human and administrative reserves of the European Community are currently concentrated on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). This implementation is hoped to positively change the approach to groundwater management in many countries; however, it probably does not have any significant impact on the issue of groundwater management optimization at the operational level. Taking into account the WFD requirements concerning the optimization of groundwater management, a methodology of groundwater resources reporting and balancing in catchment systems is proposed here. The entire discussion presented in this paper focuses on quantitative aspects of groundwater management.

Keywords: Water Framework Directive; methodology of groundwater budget; legislation; groundwater management

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-006-9088-1

Affiliations: 1: Email: wojciech.rejman@mkoo.pl

Publication date: 2007-08-01