Europe’s water ambitions face reality check

A lack of uniformity in the presentation of river basin management plans could hamper efforts to realise the goals of the Water Framework Directive. Nadia Weekes reports from Brussels.

This year will be a tough year for the water sector in Europe. Ongoing efforts towards the goal of reaching “good ecological status” for European freshwater environments by 2015 – as enshrined in the 10-year-old Water Framework Directive (WFD) – will have to step up a notch.

By 22 March, all 27 EU member countries should, at least in theory, have submitted ...

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