The final goal of the EUROWET project is to integrate the substantial multidisciplinary European research in wetlands to help attain the sustainable management of the water cycle. This will be achieved by the translation of state-of-the art science developed at both national and European levels, into practical guidance for end-users. This will be achieved by a comprehensive review, expert assessment and a focussed dissemination strategy. There is considerable scientific knowledge and technical experience gained in diverse aspects of wetland science and management including hydrology, biogeochemistry, ecology restoration, socio-economic and policy analysis. However the results of research and management experience are still too fragmentary and not sufficiently orientated to problem-solving or simply inadequately framed to be effectively transferred to, or used by, stakeholders and policy-makers. Simultaneously the general outcome of the scientific research has been increased awareness of the significance of wetlands in delivering goods and services important for human welfare including quality of life, biodiversity conservation and maintenance or enhancement of environment quality. Despite this wetlands continue to be degraded and lost throughout Europe without adequate consideration of the wider benefits to be achieved from this management. The new Water Framework Directive (WFD) promotes a unique opportunity to redress this problem by means of the holistic, integrated approach to water management. There is currently in preparation horizontal guidance on Wetlands as part of the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) process. There is however work still to be done on providing more specific scientific and technical guidance on the effective implementation of the Directive with respect to wetlands. This is particularly the case in relation to Integrated River Management, the CIS cluster within which wetlands are being considered in the WFD.
Das Monitoring hat u.a. folgende grundsätzliche Zielstellungen: Kontrolle der Einhaltung der Umweltziele der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie Ermittlung und Quantifizierung der Ursachen für das Nichterreichen des guten Zustandes als Grundlage für Bewirtschaftungspläne und Maßnahmeprogramme Erfolgskontrolle nach der Durchführung von Maßnahmen Überwachung von Schutzgebieten. Beobachtung der Wasserbeschaffenheit als Grundlage für Entscheidungen der zuständigen Wasserbehörden Beobachtung der Entwicklung natürlicher Gegebenheiten Datenerhebung zur Erfüllung von Berichtspflichten und anderer Verpflichtungen auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene wie z.B.: Verwaltungsvereinbarung über den Datenaustausch im Umweltbereich zwischen Bund und Ländern (Datenbereitstellung für die Europäische Umweltagentur) Berichtspflichten aufgrund verschiedener EG-Richtlinien (z.B. Nitratrichtlinie, Fischgewässerrichtlinie) Datenbereitstellung für die Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser (LAWA), die Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Reinhaltung der Elbe (ARGE Elbe) sowie die Internationale Kommission zum Schutz der Elbe (IKSE). Das Monitoring umfaßt die Ermittlung der physikalisch-chemischen Beschaffenheit der Gewässer, die Erfassung biologisch-ökologischer Parameter sowie verschiedene Sondermessprogramme (z.B. Arzneimittelwirkstoffe, Pflanzenschutzmittel). Die zu untersuchenden Gewässer (Messnetz) und der erforderliche Untersuchungsumfang (Parameter und Untersuchungshäufigkeit) werden jährlich im „Gewässerüberwachungsprogramm Sachsen-Anhalt“ (GÜSA) festgelegt. In drei „Automatischen Messstationen – Beschaffenheit“ (AMB) werden an der Elbe (Wittenberg), Saale (Groß Rosenburg) und der Mulde (Dessau) neben der kontinuierlichen Messung einiger Parameter auch Wochenmischproben des Wassers und Monatsmischproben der schwebstoffbürtigen Sedimente gewonnen. Darüber hinaus werden Seesedimente sowie mittels einer mobilen Zentrifuge Schwebstoffe aus Fließgewässern untersucht. Die Daten der online-Parameter der beiden Messstationen sind auf der Informationsplattform Undine der Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde veröffentlicht und unter den nachfolgenden links abrufbar: online-Parameter Elbe, Wittenberg online-Parameter Saale, Groß Rosenburg online-Parameter Mulde, Dessau
Problemstellung und Ziel: Mit Einführung der überarbeiteten ZTV-W, LB 210 im Jahr 2006 wurden gleichzeitig die Richtlinie zur Prüfung mineralischer Weichdichtungen im Verkehrswasserbau (RPW) zur Prüfung der Eignung von Erdstoffen zur Verwendung als Dichtungsbaustoff verankert. Zum Nachweis der Erosionsstabilität sind in dieser Richtlinie der Zerfallsversuch nach Endell und der Pin-Hole-Test aufgeführt. Für beide Verfahren gelten bisher keine wissenschaftlich abgesicherten Ausschlusskriterien. Eindeutige und reproduzierbare Kriterien sind jedoch besonders im Hinblick auf lnderübergreifende Ausschreibungsverfahren unerlässlich, im bei der Vergabe entsprechender Baumaßnahmen nachvollziehbare und gerichtlich nicht angreifbare Kriterien zur Verfügung zu stellen. Bedeutung für die WSV: Neben der Notwendigkeit eindeutiger Materialparameter für eine konfliktfreie Vergabepraxis ist die Frage nach der Erosionsstabilität von Dichtungsbaustoffen auch vor den Hintergrund immer enger werdender Haushaltsmittel beim Bau neuer bzw. bei der Unterhaltung vorhandener Wasserstraßen zu betrachten. Zukünftig kann es erforderlich werden, vorhandene Kanalstrecken mit höheren Schiffsgrößen bzw. Abladetiefen als ursprünglich geplant zu beanspruchen. Es ist zu befürchten, dass die dabei auftretenden höheren Strömungsbelastungen in bisher ungedichteten Kanalstrecken abhängig von der Erosionsneigung des ungeschützten Sohlmaterials zu Schaden führen. Um dieses Schadenspotenzial besser verifizieren zu können, sind entsprechende Kenntnisse und Untersuchungen zur Erosionsneigung der im Sohlbereich anstehenden Böden unerlässlich. Untersuchungsmethoden: Zur Verifizierung und zur Feststellung der Reproduzierbarkeit der bisher verwendeten Versuche ist vorgesehen, im geotechnische Labor der BAW Karlsruhe mehrere unterschiedlich plastische Böden, vordergründig Dichtungstone, hinsichtlich Zerfall und Erosionsstabilität nach den bisherigen Testverfahren der RPW zu untersuchen. Hierzu sind Reihenuntersuchungen zur Optimierung der Versuchsparameter wie z.B. Einwirkdauer, Strömungsgeschwindigkeit, Probengröße etc. erforderlich. Sollte sich keine oder eine nicht ausreichende Reproduzierbarkeit der Versuchsergebnisse abzeichnen, so werden die Untersuchungen auf die Ermittlung des Einflusses weitere möglicher Parameter (Mineralbestand etc.) ausgedehnt. Werden nach einer eventuellen Modifikation, d. h. Verbesserung der Untersuchungsweise auch weiterhin keine zufriedenstellenden Ergebnisse erzielt, folgt eine Erweiterung der Arbeiten auf die Entwicklung neuer Testverfahren.
- Darstellung der als Fischgewässer ausgewiesenen Fließgewässerabschnitte Baden-Württembergs gemäß EU-RL 78/659/EWG- Darstellung der dazugehörigen Messstellen des chem.-phys. Fließgewässermessnetzes Baden-WürttembergGemäß dem natürlichen Temperaturregime der Gewässer wird zwischen den sogenannten Salmoniden- und Cyprinidengewässer unterschieden.Gesetzliche Grundlage:- Anlage 1 der Verordnung des Ministeriums für Umwelt und Verkehr über die Qualität von Fischgewässern (Fischgewässerverordnung, Baden-Württemberg)
Es wird untersucht, in welcher Weise Kindern (zwischen 6 und 12 Jahren) im städtischen Raum Möglichkeiten des Naturkontaktes geboten werden. Von April bis Oktober 2003 wurden in den Städten Freiburg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe und Nürtingen Kinder, die in 'Naturerfahrungsräumen' (natürliche, weitgehend ungestaltete Flächen wie Hügel, Bachufer etc.) und auch Kinder, die auf konventionellen Spielplätzen spielten, beobachtet und befragt (standardisierte Interviews). Der Fokus liegt dabei auf dem Spielverhalten der Kinder, bzw. der Frage, welche Unterschiede sich im Spielverhalten auf unterschiedlich ausgestatteten Flächen ausmachen lassen. Daran angeschlossen erfolgte eine postalische Befragung von Eltern von Kindern in der entsprechenden Altersklasse, die einerseits die oben genannten Fragestellungen weiter vertiefte und andererseits zusätzliche Informationen über den außerhäuslichen Aktionsradius der Kinder, ihr Zeitmanagement etc. lieferte. Mit der Untersuchung sollen unter anderem bessere Grundlagen für die Planung von Spielangeboten für Kinder im Freien erarbeitet werden.
The project aims at supporting the implementation of the proposed Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from the extractive industries 2003/0107. The Directive was prepared following several major accidents with a serious impact on the environment, and it has the purpose of ensuring a safer management of the mining waste facilities, so that such accidents will not occur in the future. This project addresses particularly Article 9, which provides for the classification of waste facilities with respect to the possible consequences of an accident, and respectively the Annex II: Characterisation of mining waste and Annex III: Criteria for the classification of waste facilities. The activities of the project are divided into four major work packages as follows: - Preparation of a Methodology for the Characterisation of Mining Waste - Elaboration of a Risk Assessment Methodology for the Classification of Mining Waste Facilities, including Old/Abandoned Mining Waste Facilities - Review of Techniques for the Prevention and Abatement of Pollution Generated by Mining Wastes - Development of a Decision Support Tool for Minimising the Impact of the Mining Industry on the Environment. The Consortium co-ordinated by BIUTEC, Austria, includes universities, research institutes, NGOs and implementing authorities from 8 European countries, both Members of the EU and accession countries. The experts team is highly qualified and has many years of experience and research in this area, so that the best outputs can be obtained. The project will build on the results of other projects carried out in this field, and will relate closely to on-going projects, so that there is no overlap in our activities. In order to provide an effective tool for the potential beneficiaries, the project team will consult with representatives of the stakeholders before the final versions of the outputs are publicly made available on the project web-site.
The working documents on revision of the Sewage Sludge Directive (86/278/EEC) on Biowaste and the Soil Protection Communication call for standards on sampling and analysis of sludge, treated biowastes and soils. The European Directives are intended to prevent unacceptable release of contaminants, impairment of soil function, or exposure to pathogens, and to protect crops, human and animal health, the quality of water and the wider environment when sludges and treated biowastes are used on land. The EU animal by-product regulations are fixing microbiological threshold values, for which microbiological methods of analysis are needed. The European Commission wishes to cite European (CEN) standards in order that there is harmonised application of the directives and that reports from Member States (MS) can be compared. This project to develop standards for hygienic parameters in sludge, soil and biowaste, presented under the name 'HORIZONTAL-HYG', will be carried out under the umbrella of the main project HORIZONTAL 'Development of horizontal standards for soil, sludge and biowaste'. This ensures full integration in the CEN system through BT Task Force 151 specially set up in support of this project as well as direct supervision by DG ENV and MS, which form the Steering Committee of HORIZONTAL. Preparation of HORIZONTAL-HYG was taken in a full agreement with the DG ENV, DG JRC and the MS already contributing to HORIZONTAL. HORIZONTAL-HYG's objective is to produce standardised methods for sampling and hygienic microbiological parameters, as Salmonella spp, Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens, Ascaris ova in sludges, treated biowastes and soils written in CEN format. Validation of the methods is an essential part of the development as it quantifies performance in terms of repeatability and reproducibility. The consortium is well connected in CEN and ISO and thus provides an excellent basis for implementation of the deliverables. Prime Contractor: Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland; Petten, Netherlands.
Article 16 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD, Directive 2000/60/EC) lays down the Community Strategy for the establishment of harmonised quality standards and emission controls for the priority substances and other substances posing a significant risk to, or via, the aquatic environment. In order to achieve the protection objectives of the WFD, the Commission shall (i) submit proposals for quality standards applicable to the concentrations of the priority substances in surface water, sediment or biota, and (ii) identify the appropriate cost-effective and proportionate level and combination of product and process controls for both point and diffuse sources. Proposals for environmental quality standards and emission controls for point sources shall be submitted within 2 years of the inclusion of the substance concerned on the list of priority substances (European Parliament and Council Decision No. 2455/2001/EC), i.e. in December 2003. This study is part of the preparatory work of the Commission and its overall objectives are: - The development and description of a concept which enables the European Commission to submit proposals for quality standards applicable to the concentrations of the priority substances of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and those substances not on the priority list but regulated in the 'daughter directives' of Directive 76/464/EEC (on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community) in water, sediment and biota, as required by Articles 16(7) and 16(10) of the Water Framework Directive. - Elaboration of proposals for quality standards for the priority substances of the Water Framework Directive and recommended values for other substances of concern (see footnote 1) with regard to surface water, sediment, biota, and human health as objectives of protection. Conclusions: The elaboration of quality standards with the developed methodological framework clearly showed that the proposed approach is applicable for the derivation of specific quality standards addressing the particular objectives of protection as well as for the identification of the overall quality standard that finally may be imposed to safeguard the entire set of objectives of protection. Also, with regard to the effort required to work with the concept, it can be considered as economic. This is attributable to the fact that despite the comprehensive consideration of all relevant routes of exposure and objectives of protection the different quality standards for the specific objectives are normally only derived if certain pre-defined trigger values are exceeded. This avoids the assessment of irrelevant exposure routes and the calculation of unnecessary standards. Problems encountered during the elaboration of the standards were in general not attributable to the suggested methodological framework but mostly to the limited availability of data or to the limitations of the available data.
Many current water-related RTD projects have already established operational links with practitioners, in several catchments / river basins, which allow the needs of policymakers to be taken into account. However, experience has shown that this interrelationship is not as efficient as it could / should be. Often, RTD results are not easily available to policy oriented implementer (policymakers) and, vice versa, research scientists may lack insight in the needs of policymakers. This project proposes a number of concrete actions to bridge these gaps in communication by developing and implementing a science-policy interface, focusing on setting up a mechanism to enhance the use of RTD results in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation. As a first action, existing science-policy links will be investigated. RTD and LIFE projects that are of direct relevance for the implementation of the WFD will be identified and analysed. The results of these projects will be extracted, translated and synthesised in a way that can efficiently feed the WFD implementation. Secondly, an information system (WISE-RTD Web Portal) will be further developed to cater for an efficient and easy to use tool for dissemination as well as retrieval of RTD results. The Web Portal will be tested in 4 selected river basins to better tune the product to the needs of WFD stakeholders, policymakers and scientists. In parallel, the Web Portal will be disseminated to WFD stakeholders. This dissemination will focus on how to better access and use the RTD results and practical experiences. As third action, this science-policy interfacing of WFD related topics will be extended to non-EU countries taking into account their specific needs. An assessment of recent practices and needs of non-EU countries, together with an in-depth analysis of the operational needs in two Mediterranean pilot river basins, will allow to prepare recommendations for an efficient transfer of knowledge. Prime Contactor; Hydroscan NV; Leuven; Belgium.
FOOTPRINT aims at developing a suite of three pesticide risk prediction and management tools, for use by three different end-user communities: farmers and extension advisors at the farm scale, water managers at the catchment scale and policy makers/registration authorities at the national/EU scale. The tools will be based on state-of-the-art knowledge of processes, factors and landscape attributes influencing pesticide fate in the environment and will integrate innovative components which will allow users to: i) identify the dominant contamination pathways and sources of pesticide contamination in the landscape; ii) estimate pesticide concentrations in local groundwater resources and surface water abstraction sources; iii) make scientifically-based assessments of how the implementation of mitigation strategies will reduce pesticide contamination of adjacent water resources. The three tools will share the same overall philosophy and underlying science and will therefore provide a coherent and integrated solution to pesticide risk assessment and risk reduction from the scale of the farm to the EU scale. The predictive reliability and usability of the tools will be assessed through a substantial programme of piloting and evaluation tests at the field, farm, catchment and national scales. The tools developed within FOOTPRINT will allow stakeholders to make consistent and robust assessments of the risk of contamination to water bodies at a range of scales relevant to management, mitigation and regulation (farm, catchment and national/EU). They will in particular i) allow pesticide users to assess whether their pesticide practices ensure the protection of local water bodies and, ii) provide site-specific mitigation recommendations. The FOOTPRINT tools are expected to make a direct contribution to the revision of the Directive 91/414/EC, the implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the future Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides. Prime Contractor: Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières; Paris; France.
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