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
European Union defined strategies for surface water quality with the 2000/60/EC, or Water Framework Directive (WFD), in order to safeguard Union’s water environment; therefore policies have been implemented and became part of Member States legislations. WFD sets guidelines regarding control of river water quality as well as land use planning. However, there is a real… Continue reading River water quality assessment: A comparison of binary- and fuzzy logic-based approaches
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
