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
Food industry is one of the most important and fastest growing sectors of economy in Poland. This sector is also characterized by high demand for the resources, particularly for water. Polish food industrial plants consumed 793 hm 3 of water in 2014. Dairy branch had a combined 35% share of the above consumption. As shown by… Continue reading Water quality and resource management in the dairy industry
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
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
Water is essential for life and contains minerals which play an important role in human nutrition. The market of mineral water has been growing steadily over the last few years. Italy is the country with the highest production and consumption in the world. Current international drinking water regulations are not very clear, as well as… Continue reading A comparative approach to the variation of natural elements in Italian bottled waters according to the national and international standard limits
