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River Basin Management Plans are a requirement of the Water Framework Directive [1] and a means of achieving the protection, improvement and sustainable use of the water environment across Europe. This includes surface freshwaters (including lakes, streams and rivers), groundwater, ecosystems such as some wetlands that depend on groundwater ...
Even with higher government (i.e. European Parliament and Council) adopting the 2000 Water framework Directive, a collection of targets and principles that further protect all European river districts bringing them to a good status, the CPR and commission already fit into this (ICPR 2018, European Water Framework Directive, para. 1).
The Ebro River Transfer, a project from the Spanish National Hydrological Plan of 2001 was highly criticised as being contrary to the principles of the EU Water Framework Directive, and later put on hold. The project planned to transfer huge amounts of water from the Ebro River to the south-east of Spain with the construction of 120 dams.
For each river basin district member, the states had to develop, implement and monitor measures to reach its prescribed goals. [3] As a tool to accomplish this goal, so-called river basin management plans were required. [3] The implementation is an individual matter for the member states and must be reported regularly. [3]
In addition, member states have to analyse the characteristics of each river basin and have to carry out an economic analysis of water use. Nine years after the entry into force of the directive, a management plan must be produced for each river basin district. The measures provided for in the river basin management plan seek to:
Dec. 5—CASHMERE — The Columbia Basin Project is making gradual progress toward completion with significant accomplishments for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program and other milestones ...
Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin.It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.
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