The Manual: Chapter 5 - Water and marine

This publication forms a section of the Manual of European Environmental Policy, published by IEEP in 2012. In this chapter the development of EU water pollution policy is explored. There are now numerous directives, regulations and decisions that are employed to secure, protect, and manage freshwater and marine environments and control water pollution. For example this chapter includes the Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive and other directives and policies covering flooding; water scarcity; and dangerous substances in water.

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• 5.1_Overview_of_EU_policy_-_water_and_marine_-_final.pdf 286.14 KB
• 5.2_Water_Framework_Directive_-_final.pdf 436.92 KB
• 5.3_Marine_Strategy_Framework_Directive_-_final.pdf 420.61 KB
• 5.4_Groundwater_-_final.pdf 371.56 KB
• 5.5_Quality_standards_for_water_-_final.pdf 279.1 KB
• 5.6_Urban_waste_water_treatment_-_final.pdf 442.29 KB
• 5.7_Nitrates_from_agricultural_sources_-_final.pdf 413.49 KB
• 5.8_Detergents_-_final.pdf 309.86 KB
• 5.9_Bathing_water_-_final.pdf 315.42 KB
• 5.10_Drinking_water_-_final.pdf 382.54 KB
• 5.11_Floods_-_final.pdf 404.64 KB
• 5.12_Water_Scarcity_and_Droughts_-_final.pdf 288.56 KB
• 5.13_Oil_pollution_at_sea_-_final.pdf 159.21 KB
• 5.14_Dangerous_substances_in_water_-_final.pdf 346.38 KB
• 5.15_Shellfish_waters_-_final.pdf 371.15 KB
• 5.16_The_freshwater_fish_fishlife_Directive_-_final.pdf 225 KB
• 5.17_The_European_Union_Water_Initiative_-_final.pdf 279.76 KB
• 5.18_Related_legislation_water_and_marine_-_final.pdf 192.38 KB
• 5.19_International_conventions_and_cooperation_water_-_final.pdf 297.04 KB
• 5.20_International_conventions_and_cooperation_marine_-_final.pdf 365.64 KB
• 5.21_Historical_legislation_-_surface_water_for_drinking_-_final.pdf 148.08 KB
• 5.22_Historical_legislation_water_-_exchange_of_information_-_final.pdf 128.6 KB