European water policies and human health — Combining reported environmental information

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F45249130%3A_____%2F16%3AN0000006" target="_blank" >RIV/45249130:_____/16:N0000006 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/public-health-and-environmental-protection/at_download/file" target="_blank" >http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/public-health-and-environmental-protection/at_download/file</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2800/821091" target="_blank" >10.2800/821091</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

European water policies and human health — Combining reported environmental information

Original language description

The report considers three pieces of EU water legislation targeted at particular sectors: the Bathing Water Directive (BWD), the Drinking Water Directive (DWD) and the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD), together termed as the water industry directives. Their objectives regarding specific issues are considered in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The report looks at areas in common between the water industry directives, and notes where integration under the WFD can identify synergies and allow improved decision-making. This report builds upon previous reports required by the sectoral legislation, summaries of which are provided in the annex. Common features regarding public health, environmental protection and informing the public are identified and considered in the context of the WFD, which, as a framework directive conceived after much of the sectoral legislation was adopted, brings together many objectives of the water industry directives. Looking at the water industry directives in general, rates of implementation of the BWD and DWD are high in all countries. Implementation of the UWWTD tends to be high among the Member States before 2004 (EU-15). The picture is more mixed among the newer Member States (EU‑13), where implementation is advanced or increasing. Integrating the approaches of water-related directives may help us deal better with current and future challenges, e.g. using the WFD river basin management planning process to identify those stakeholders with relevant interests and to implement effective decision-making that takes into account the differing issues, costs and benefits. Integration may require a more detailed understanding of interrelated issues than is needed to meet more linear obligations under sectoral legislation, such as infrastructure improvement. Authorities and water managers need to identify related pressures and impacts to help identify root causes and thereby facilitate more effective implementation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

B - Specialist book

CEP classification

DJ - Pollution and water control

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

ISBN

978-92-9213-834-9

Number of pages

63

Publisher name

European Environment Agency

Place of publication

Luxembourg

UT code for WoS book

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