Freshwater Blog
December 14, 2016
Assessing and managing chemical pollution: towards the 2019 review of the European Water Framework Directive
Our knowledge on water quality in European rivers and lakes has strongly improved over the last decade. This has a lot to do with extensive monitoring activities under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), which was implemented in 2000 in the European Union, and serves as an example for good water management practices beyond Europe.