The EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC is probably the most significant legislative instrument in the water field that has been introduced on an international basis for many years. It moves towards integrated environmental management with key objectives to prevent any further deteriorating of water bodies, and protect and enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems and associated wetlands. It aims to promote sustainable water consumption and will contribute to mitigating the effects of floods and droughts. This book presents an overview of the legal and technical provisions, implementation and results of assessing water quality within the framework of this EU Water Framework Directive. It is written by experts from different sectors, disciplines and interests within water status monitoring and provides an in-depth analysis of various monitoring features within the Water Framework Directive. Within this comprehensive text the following sections are included and discussed: * general monitoring aspects, including case studies concerning different aquatic environments * analytical tools in support of WFD monitoring (including modelling). * aspects of groundwater and sediment monitoring * risk assessments linked to monitoring as well as data quality and reporting requirements * The book concludes with discussions about the need for an operational science-policy mechanism and about current activities and perspectives in the context of EU RTD programmes The Water Framework Directive - Ecological and Chemical Status Monitoring will prove useful to students, researches and professionals involved with environmental and health sciences, analytical chemistry (and related environment monitoring), as well as those working in water companies and water producing industries. In addition, it will be relevant to those in related research institutes, pollution control and environmental monitoring laboratories. Water Quality Measurements Series This series provides a comprehensive coverage of the analytical techniques used for the measurement of substances in water, from sampling through to laboratory analysis. The scope of the series encompasses topic issues including quality assurance, standard procedures, and the best practices in measuring water quality, from surface and drinking water to coastal and wastewater. The techniques are discussed in relating to current legislation and guidelines. The series aims to offer workable answers to specific issues related to measurements of the water cycle quality using a comprehensive and scientifically sound approach.

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Series Preface. Preface. List of Contributors. SECTION 1 GENERAL WFD MONITORING FEATURES. 1.1 Water Status Monitoring under the WFD (Philippe Quevauviller). 1.2 Chemical Monitoring of Surface Waters (Peter Lepom and Georg Hanke). 1.3 The Monitoring of Ecological Status of European Freshwaters (Angelo Solimini, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Jacob Carstensen, Gary Free, Anna-Stiina Heiskanen, Niels Jepsen, Peeter Noges, Sandra Poikane and Wouter van de Bund). Section 2:CASE STUDIES ON MONITORING DIFFERENT AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS UNDER THE WFD. 2.1 Lake monitoring in Sweden (Hakan Marklund). 2.2 River monitoring (Elena Perez Gallego). 2.3 Groundwater monitoring: Implementation in two Member States (Rob Ward, Johannes Grath and Andreas Scheidleder). 2.4 Coastal and marine monitoring (Patrick Roose). SECTION 3: ANALYTICAL TOOLS IN SUPPORT OF WFD MONITORING. 3.1 Emerging methods for water monitoring in the context of the WFD (Richard Greenwood, Graham A. Mills and Ian J. Allan). 3.2 Diagnostic water quality instruments for use in European Water Framework Directive (J.L. Maas, C.A. Schipper, R.A.E. Knoben, M.J. van den Heuvel-Grever, P.J. den Besten and G-J.de Maagd). SECTION 4: MODELLING TOOLS IN SUPPORT OF WFD MONITORING. 4.1 Joint modelling and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems (Jens Christian Refsgaard, Lisbeth Flindt Jorgensen, Anker Lajer Hojberg, C. Demetriou, G. Onorati and Gyrite Brandt). 4.2 Harmonised modelling tools and decision-making process (Zbyszek W. Kundzerwicz and Fred F. Hatterman). SECTION 5: HYDROGEOLOGICAL COMPONENTS AND GROUNDWATER STATUS. 5.1 Scientifically-based monitoring - Overriding influence of hydrogeological typology (Didier Pennequin and Stephen Forster). 5.2 Contribution of hydrogeological mapping to water monitoring programmes (Wilhem F. Struckmeier). 5.3 Establishing environmental groundwater quality objectives (Dietmar Müller). SECTION 6: SEDIMENT MONITORING. 6.1 Sediment dynamics and influence on the design of monitoring programmes (Sue White). 6.2 Monitoring sediment quality using toxicity tests as primary tool for any risk assessment (Wolfgang Ahlf, Susanne Heise, Peter Heininger and Ute Feiler). SECTION 7: RISK ASSESSMENT LINKED TO MONITORING. 7.1 Risk Assessment linked to Monitoring and Management (Jos Brils, Damia Barcelo, Winfried E.H. Blum, Werner Brack, Bob Harris, Dietmar Mller, Philippe N,grel, Vala Ragnarsdottir, Wim Salomons, Thomas Track and Joop Vegter). 7.2 Emerging contaminants at water-sediment system: Case study of pharmaceuticals and brominated flame retardants in the Ebro river basin (Mira Petrovic, Ethel Eljarrat, Meritxell Gros, Agustina de la Cal and Damia Barcelo) 7.3 Assessment of metal bioavailability and natural background levels - WFD monitoring from the perspective of metals industry (Patrick Van Sprang, Katrien Delbeke, Lidia Regoli, Hugo Waeterschoot, Frank Van Assche, William Adams, Delpine Haesaerts, Claire Mattelet, Andy Bush, Lynette Chung and Violaine Verougstraete). 7.4 Freshwater ecosystem responses to climate change: the Euro-limpacs project (Rick Battarbee, Martin Kernan, David M. Livingstone, Uli Nickus, Piet Verdonschot, Daniel Hering, Brian Moss, Dick Wright, Chris Evans, Joan Grimalt, Richard Johnson, Ed Maltby, Conor Linstead and Richard Skeffington). SECTION 8: ENSURING DATA QUALITY. 8.1 NORMAN - Network of Reference Laboratories for Monitoring of Emerging Substances (Jaroslav Slobodnik and Valeria Dulio). 8.2 Data quality assurance of sediment monitoring (Ulrich Förstner, Susanne Heise, Wolfgang Ahlf and Bernard Westrich). SECTION 9: REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 9. Reporting requirements for priority substances (Valeria Dulio and Anne Morin). Section 10: CONCLUSIONS. 10.1 Needs for an operational science-p ...