This study aims to present an overview of incorporating the Water Framework Directive into Italian law through Law 152/06. Subsequently, it will focus on a case study involving 34 rivers in the Salerno Province, utilizing data obtained from ARPA Campania. This work analyses the macro pollution indicators of the observed rivers using two aggregated indexes,… Continue reading A comparative analysis of ecological status assessment in river water quality under the European Water Framework Directive
More than ten years ago, European Union defined guidelines for surface water quality with the 2000/60/EC Directive, or Water Framework Directive (WFD); this is one of the most important water legislation acts for both Member States and candidate countries, which aims to identify strategies in order to safeguard the EU environment. Main subjects of WFD… Continue reading River water quality assessment: Implementation of non-parametric tests for sampling frequency optimization
The assessment of aquatic ecosystem health has been totally revised in European countries, driven mainly by the European water framework directive (WFD), which requires member states to assess the quality of rivers. Watercourses quality is strongly influenced by both meteorological conditions and human activities; aim of the present work is to investigate potential links between… Continue reading Ecological status of rivers in preserved areas: Effects of meteorological parameters
The EU directive 2000/60/EC, also known as the Water Framework Directive (WFD), identifies processes for developing and safeguarding the territory through surface water quality characterisation. This implies controlling pollution loads as well as defining which constraints that are connected to territorial planning. It will be therefore necessary to know in detail the surface water quality… Continue reading Optimization of sampling frequency for river water quality assessment according to Italian implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
