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European legislations regarding eutrophication
One of the major pollution problems facing European waters is eutrophication. European policy has consistently identified eutrophication as a priority issue for water protection. Substantial progress has been made in combating eutrophication but there remain several issues where co-ordination is necessary to achieve a harmonised result for different policy areas. Thus an activity was initiated under the Common Implementation Strategy of the Water Framework Directive and the European Marine Strategy to provide guidance on:
- the harmonisation of assessment methodologies and criteria for agreed eutrophication elements/parameters/indicators for lakes, rivers, transitional, coastal and marine waters
- the use of type-specific objectives for biological and general physico-chemical elements
- the co-ordination of monitoring and reporting
Monitoring
- In situ
- Remote Sensing
- Modelling