This report highlights the commonalities and disagreements between the reporting by Member States (MS) to the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) on the standards for Biological Quality elements in coastal waters, and the methodological standards...

Water conservation is crucial for human sustainable development, particularly in the face of increasing global challenges such as freshwater scarcity, rapid urbanization, and climate change. This study employs structural equation modeling (SEM) to investigate water conservation behaviors among...

Based on randomized information treatments that were embedded in a large online survey among more than 6,000 single-home owners from Germany, we investigate the malleability of attitudes towards water conservation and a variety of conservation policies. While the empirical results indicate that,...

The dossier on Environmental Quality Standards for "Dicofol" is reviewed by the SCHEER according to the general mandate on EQS dossiers. The current review of the dicofol dossier was carried out after comments of the SCHER in 2011 that indicated a need to reassess the QSbiota value in the light...

The dossier on Environmental Quality Standards for "tributyltin" is reviewed by the SCHEER according to the general mandate on EQS dossiers. For TBT, the request to the SCHEER was limited to scrutinizing the QS for benthic organisms. The SCHEER does not endorse the suggested value of 0.3 μg TBT...

The SCHEER was requested, according to the Mandate from DG Environment, to provide opinions on a series of draft EQS dossiers for newly proposed priority substances and on those EQS dossiers for existing priority substances that were recently updated. The SCHEER welcomes the opportunity to...

The dossier on Environmental Quality Standards for "Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs)" is reviewed by the SCHEER according to the general mandate on EQS dossiers.

The dossier on Environmental Quality Standards for "PBDEs" is evaluated by the SCHEER according to the general mandate on EQS dossiers. The current EQS Dossier is a revision of the PBDE dossier published in 2011 (EC, 2011). The revision deals with two sections, viz., the biota and the drinking...

The dossier on Environmental Quality Standards for "PAHs" is reviewed by the SCHEER according to the general mandate on EQS dossiers. The proposed dossier is a revision of a previous EQS dossier (2018) based on recent data and the procedure proposed in the new EQS Technical Guidance (2018)....

The dossier on Environmental Quality Standards for "HBCDD" is evaluated by the SCHEER according to the general mandate on EQS dossiers. However, in the case of HBCDD, the SCHEER was asked specifically to evaluate only the revision of the QSs that relate to secondary poisoning of top predators...

From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, most of Europe's bathing waters are of excellent quality for swimming when assessed against the two specific health relevant parameters (Escherichia coli or E. coli and intestinal enterococci) as required under the Bathing Water Directive (EU, 2006). This...

From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, most of Europe's bathing waters are of excellent quality for swimming when assessed against the two specific health relevant parameters (Escherichia coli or E. coli and intestinal enterococci) as required under the Bathing Water Directive (EU, 2006). This...

The increasing demand for potable water resources worldwide due to population growth, drought, and unpredictable weather patterns resulting from climate change has led to a significant water crisis. To address this issue, it is essential to analyze domestic water consumption patterns and...

Water justice can be a delicate balancing act. Conservation regulations ensure urban areas’ water demands are met, but these may conflict with the water rights of local people living in catchment areas. No metropolis wants to face water shortages, yet prioritising municipalities’ rights over...

Seasonal variation in intensive agricultural land use patterns and its spatial scale effects on water nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations in watersheds have always been major concerns. However, the relationships and contributions of the important land use metrics to the pond water N...

This study conducted an in-depth assessment of municipal water quality management in the Zamboanga Peninsula Region of the Philippines. It aims to identify the key challenges and opportunities in ensuring safe and sustainable water resources for local communities. Through a comprehensive...

Castanhão is a multipurpose reservoir located in the semiarid region of Brazil. From 2012 to 2019, a severe drought occurred in the area, leading to a significant degradation of the water quality in the reservoir, spanning from oligotrophic to eutrophic/hypereutrophic state. In addition, this...

Changes in river water quality often follow typical trajectories characterized by sequential phases of degradation and recovery induced by different management interventions, typically achieved with combinations of legislative and technological interventions. However, the key question about the...

To accurately simulate the Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and evaluate the impact of drought on GPP at a regional scale in Taihang Mountains, we calibrated three parameters of maximum light use efficiency, optimum temperature, and maximum temperature in the Vegetation Photosynthesis Model...

Drinking water quality is integral to the Sustainable Development Goals framework. At the present, China's drinking water conservation faces a number of challenges that are partially brought on by strict conservation measures that don't fully take into account human-land conflict and inclusive...

Drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce around the globe due to climate change and increased use. Studies on the determinants of drinking water conservation behaviour have typically concluded that behavioural change is often short-lived. To safeguard water supplies in the future,...

In China, large lakes and reservoirs usually span several administrative areas; therefore, they are co-managed by many government agencies. Such segmented governance generates a ``Tragedy of the Commons'' type problem, under which water bodies with more administrative areas involved tend to be...

This study investigates the impact of freshwater ecosystem services (ESS) on water allocation within a comprehensive water economy. The ESS generated by stream flows, surface water stocks, and groundwater stocks are distinguished and their effects on water allocation and pricing are analyzed....

We show including quantitative environmental targets for bureaucratic promotion incentivizes government officials to enforce environmental regulation but at significant economic costs. Taking advantage of the gradual expansion of China’s water quality performance review (WQPR) over time and...

We estimate the value of water quality improvements for recreational activities on and near the Brandywine Creek in Delaware. We divide water-based recreational activities into two groups: water-contact and non-water-contact. We then consider the behavioral change of the recreationists in each...

Water scarcity has become a major issue due to changing hydrological phenomena and rising water demand in all sectors. The only significant source that can help to resolve this issue is precipitation as per requirement. In many places, the average annual precipitation is insufficient to cope...

We exploit the public good attributes of Ganges water pollution cleanup and theoretically analyze an aggregate economy of two cities-Kanpur and Varanasi-through which the Ganges flows. Our specific objective is to study whether water pollution cleanup in these two cities ought to be provided in...

The primary industry in Ethiopia that makes a significant contribution to economic growth is still agriculture. Despite making a considerable contribution to livelihoods, the sector continues to encounter difficulties since soil degradation and resource depletion have decreased crop and...

Considerable research has emerged over the past two decades investigating the resurgence of harmful algal blooms within Lake Erie. Improving the status of water quality resulting from nutrient pollution remains a top priority, particularly for areas prone to nutrient release within watersheds of...

Homeowners face a water versus heat tradeoff when it comes to replacing thirsty grass lawns with water-conserving landscaping, a process touted by water agencies in the U.S. West as a top way to conserve water. Using nearly 200,000 rebate records and remotely-sensed temperature data from...

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are becoming increasingly common in freshwater and coastal waters around the world. Eutrophication and the impairment of water quality due to the toxins produced by HABs are especially concerning for water bodies used as a drinking water supply. Freshwater systems are...

This study employs a contingent valuation survey to elicit willingness-to-pay (WTP) from Canadian recreational anglers to fish on their preferred watersheds if managers of these watersheds choose to adopt novel environmental DNA (eDNA) toolkits. The survey gathered responses from 999 Canadian...

This paper reports the direct and spillover effects of a campaign with a normative based report on residential water use in Colombia. The experimental design introduces an exogenous variation in the percentage of households receiving reports within a water utility, leaving households without...