Search Results - subject:"Water framework directive"

Applicability of multicriteria decision aid to sustainable hydropower

Vučijak, B.; Kupusović, T.; Midžić-Kurtagić, S.; … - In: Applied Energy 101 (2013) C, pp. 261-267

EU directives RESD (2001/77/EC) and WFD (2000/60/EC) can be considered as partially conflicting. Achieving a good qualitative and quantitative status of waters, what presumes “non-deterioration principle” of the existing ecological status in line with WFD, is conflicting with the...

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Spatially induced disparities in users' and non-users' WTP for water quality improvements—Testing the effect of multiple substitutes and distance decay

Jørgensen, Sisse Liv; Olsen, Søren Bøye; Ladenburg, Jacob - In: Ecological Economics 92 (2013) C, pp. 58-66

Costs and benefits of water restoration projects are not necessarily evenly spread out over the entire area affected by the project. The physical distribution of benefits is, therefore, an important parameter when conducting economic analyses of water restoration projects. Two particularly...

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Implementing Pollution Source Control—Learning from the Innovation Process in English and Welsh Water Companies

Spiller, Marc; McIntosh, Brian; Seaton, Roger; Jeffrey, Paul - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 1, pp. 75-94

Improving the stimulation and management of innovation by water utilities is a key mechanism through which the challenges of securing sustainable water and wastewater services will be achieved. This paper describes the process of adopting source control interventions (SCIs) by water and sewerage...

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Model Based Assessment of Nitrate Pollution of Water Resources on a Federal State Level for the Dimensioning of Agro-environmental Reduction Strategies

Kuhr, Petra; Haider, Josef; Kreins, Peter; Kunkel, Ralf; … - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 3, pp. 885-909

The main goal of the project was to assess nitrogen pollution of surface waters and groundwater in the Federal State of North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), Germany. For this purpose the hydro(geo-)logical models GROWA-DENUZ/WEKU were coupled to the agro-economic model RAUMIS in order to assess the...

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Incorporating Non-market Benefits of Reclaimed Water into Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Case Study of Irrigated Mandarin Crops in southern Spain

Alcon, Francisco; Martin-Ortega, Julia; Pedrero, Francisco - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 6, pp. 1809-1820

” prescribed by the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). In areas of water scarcity the reuse of treated water for …

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Easier Said Than Done? The Establishment of Baseline Groundwater Conditions for the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Spain

Stefano, Lucia De; Martínez-Santos, Pedro; Villarroya, … - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 7, pp. 2691-2707

The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires EU countries to achieve good status of all their …

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Gobernanza multidimensional del agua : la directiva Marco del Agua europea : dificultades de su aplicación

Saldívar V., Américo - In: Economía informa (2013) 381, pp. 74-90

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Risk-efficient portfolio crop choice with amended water and irrigation policies in northern Germany

Buchholz, Matthias; Mußhoff, Oliver - In: Agricultural finance review 73 (2013) 2, pp. 373-388

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Reducing Nutrient Losses in Europe and Implications for Farming - In the Light of the Water Framework Directive

Jacobsen, Brian H.; Abildtrup, Jens; Orum, Jens Erik - 2005

costs for the state and the farmers. The next challenge for European farmers is the Water Framework Directive (WFD) with …

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Water Policy and Sustainability of Irrigated Farming Systems in Italy

Bartolini, Fabio; Bazzani, Guido Maria; Gallerani, Vittorio - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

context of CAP reform and Water Framework Directive. The work combines scenario analysis, multicriteria mathematical … Framework Directive, balancing water conservation and rural development objectives. …-off between socio-economic and environmental performance. This highlights the need for a differentiated application of the Water …

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