Measures and costs of integrated river basin management - the Wupper example

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Kolisch ◽  
J. Londong ◽  
J. Renner
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Cost Estimate ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
European Water ◽  
Integrated River Basin Management ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
Time Required

The implementation of the European Water Framework Directive entails additional costs in the areas of management, monitoring and water quality. As a first estimate, an attempt is made to assess the effects of implementation on the development of costs in a sub-basin, taking the Wupperverband as an example. The work and measures required are presented and the costs are assessed. On this basis, a cost estimate for the maximum time required for the implementation of the WFD is made. This takes into account all the relevant tasks in the area of the association with respect to rivers.

scholarly journals Integrated River Basin Management: incorporating the use of abandoned mining pool and implication on water quality status

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (60) ◽  
pp. 29126-29136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faradiella Mohd Kusin ◽  
Siti Nurjaliah Muhammad ◽  
Mohd Syakirin Md Zahar ◽  
Zafira Madzin
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Integrated River Basin Management ◽  
Water Quality Status ◽  
Quality Status

scholarly journals An integrated approach to water protection and management: the European Union model

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Adshead
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Member States ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Integrated River Basin Management

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive. It seeks first to determine whether its provisions align with modern thinking on integrated river basin management and second to assess the degree to which it has the potential to achieve legislative and inter‐agency integration throughout the Union.Design/methodology/approachThis is a desktop study. The paper draws upon theories and definitions of integrated river basin management and internal integration in existing literature and then proceeds to examine the provisions of the Water Framework Directive in the light of the models identified.FindingsThe framework for river basin management in the Water Framework Directive does not fully match the modern approach to integrated river basin management. The directive is limited by its primary focus upon the single medium of water, and its consequent failure to fully address wider land use planning issues. It, therefore, also fails to achieve integration between all relevant legislative instruments. It provides a framework for stakeholder involvement that could potentially serve the goal of inter‐agency integration. However, due to the high level of discretion in the hands of member states, there is likely to be a substantial divergence of practice across the EU.Originality/valueIn assessing the Water Framework Directive against modern notions of river basin management and the directive's stated integrative aspirations, the paper informs implementation and practice in member states.

scholarly journals Transforming European Water Governance? Participation and River Basin Management under the EU Water Framework Directive in 13 Member States

Water ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Jager ◽  
Edward Challies ◽  
Elisa Kochskämper ◽  
Jens Newig ◽  
David Benson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Eu Water Framework Directive ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Member States ◽  
European Water ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Integrated water system simulation by considering hydrological and biogeochemical processes: model development, parameter sensitivity and autocalibration

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 4997-5053
Author(s):  
Y. Y. Zhang ◽  
Q. X. Shao ◽  
A. Z. Ye ◽  
H. T. Xing ◽  
J. Xia
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water System ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Nonpoint Source ◽  
Parameter Sensitivity ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Runoff Series ◽  
Integrated River Basin Management

Abstract. Integrated water system modeling is a reasonable approach to provide scientific understanding of severe water crisis faced all over the world and to promote the implementation of integrated river basin management. Time Variant Gain Model (TVGM), which is a classic hydrological model, is based on the complex Volterra nonlinear formulation and has gotten good performance of runoff simulation in numerous basins. However, TVGM is disadvantageous to predict other water-related components. In this study, TVGM was extended to an integrated water system model by coupling multiple water-related processes in hydrology, biogeochemistry, water quality and ecology, and considering the interference of human activities. The parameter sensitivity and autocalibration modules were also developed to improve the simulation efficiency. The Shaying River Catchment, which is the largest, highly regulated and heavily polluted tributary in the Huai River Basin of China, was selected as the study area. The key water related components (e.g., runoff, water quality, nonpoint source pollutant load and crop yield) were simulated. The results showed that the extended model produced good simulation performance of most components. The simulated daily runoff series at most regulated and less-regulated stations matched well with the observations. The average values of correlation coefficient and coefficient of efficiency between the simulated and observed runoffs were 0.85 and 0.70, respectively. The simulations of both low and high flow events were improved when the dam regulation was considered except the low flow simulation at Zhoukou and Huaidian stations. The daily ammonia-nitrogen (NH4-N) concentration, as a key index to assess water quality in China, was well captured with the average correlation coefficient of 0.67. Furthermore, the nonpoint source NH4-N load and corn yield were simulated for each administrative region and the results were reasonable in comparison with the data from the official report and the statistical yearbooks, respectively. This study is expected to provide a scientific support for the implementation of such a modeling practice for integrated river basin management.

Habitat Elements in River Basin Management and Planning

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin E. Herricks ◽  
Maria I. Braga
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
River Basin ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Physical Habitat ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Habitat Analysis ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Habitat Simulation ◽  
Flow Quantity

Comprehensive river basin management mast move beyond narrowly focused programs dealing with water quantity or water quality. A more comprehensive approach to river basin management recognizes that both flow quantity and water quality can be summarized as habitat measures. A number of well developed physical habitat analysis and prediction procedures are presently available. Several computerized systems available from the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service (Habitat Suitability Index - HSI and PHysical HABitat SIMulation - PHABSIM) provide macrohabitat definition. We have developed a water quality based habitat component which operates effectively for general analysis. With an emphasis on site specific management in the United States, the macrohabitat definition procedures may not meet all river basin management and planning requirements. This paper reviews the results of research which characterizes microhabitat in streams and rivers and provides a valuable extension to basin management procedures.

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