Every summer, millions of Europeans use water for swimming, recreation and relaxation. They may spend their weekends at the local beach, or go on holiday by the water. The start of the bathing season in spring is, therefore, an appropriate time to draw attention to the quality of bathing waters....
1. Elevated concentrations of inorganic nutrients are a major factor contributing to the failure of many water bodies to achieve good ecological status, and Member States need to determine levels appropriate to their own territories. 2. This guide describes statistical methods for determining ap...
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires the national classifications of good ecological status to be harmonised through an intercalibration exercise. In this exercise, significant differences in status classification among Member States are harmonized by comparing and, if necessary...
Following a request from the Commission, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) reviewed the Guidance Document No. 27: ‘Technical Guidance for Deriving Environmental Quality Standards’ prepared by a collaborative framework (the Common Implementation Strateg...
