Translation of "surface water management " (English → French) :

The revised EQS for those seven existing priority substances must be taken into account for the first time in Member States' river basin management plans from 22 December 2015 with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to those substances by 22 December 2021.

As described by the Commission, the failure fully to comply with the judgment of the Court in Case C-440/06 leads to the eutrophication of surface waters which could put at risk, inter alia, good ecological and chemical status and the conservation of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Consequently, the Commission considers that the failure fully to comply with the judgment is likely to affect the implementation of other European Union directives, including Directive 2000/60/ΕC (2) of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 Οctober 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the f ...[+++]ield of water policy, Directive 2006/7/EC (3) concerning the management of bathing water quality and Council Directive 92/43/ΕC (4) of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.

However, as regards point (f) investments affecting bodies of ground- or surface water whose status has been identified as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan for reasons related to water quantity as well as investments resulting in a net increase of the irrigated area affecting a given body of ground- or surface water shall not be eligible for aid under this Article.

an investment in an improvement to an existing irrigation installation or element of irrigation infrastructure is eligible only if it is assessed ex-ante as offering potential water savings of a minimum of between 5 % and 25 % according to the technical parameters of the existing installations or infrastructure; if the investment affects bodies of ground-or-surface water whose status has been identified as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan for reasons related to water quantity:

Research will focus on: impact of climate change on the components of the hydrological cycle - land/ocean/atmosphere interactions, groundwater/surface water distribution, freshwater and wetland ecosystems, soil functioning and water quality; assessment of vulnerability of water/soil systems to global change; management strategies, their impacts and mitigation technologies; scenarios of water demand and avail ...[+++]ability.

The new Water Framework Directive (WFD) [35] marks a change in Community water policy towards a coherent and integrated framework for assessment, monitoring, and management of all surface waters and groundwater based on their ecological and chemical status.