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Water Framework Directive River Basin
Analysis - First View into Results Volker
Mohaupt, Umweltbundesamt
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• Water Body Delineation
• and
• Typology
• 9000 River Water Bodies in 24 River Types
• (type descriptions ready)
• 800 Lakes (gt50ha) in 14 Lake Types
• 70 Transitional and Coastal Water Bodies in 9
  Types
• 980 Groundwater Bodies

Map of River Types
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Risk Criteria for Assessment of Impacts (German
LAWA Proposals)
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River Basin Analysis Results
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Germany Results for Rivers
1) Hydromorphology, incl. Continuity 2)
Nutrients 3) Spezific Pollutants
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Results for Rivers and Lakes within the
10 River Basin Units
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Natural, Artificial, Preliminary as heavily
modified identified Surface Waters
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Germany Results for Lakes,Transitional and
Coastal Waters
1) Nutrients 2) Hydromorphology 2) Spezific
Pollutants
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Germany Results for Groundwater

• Nutrients
• Other Pressures

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Main Pressures Order in Germany

• Morphological Changes Discontinuity
• -gt Navigation, Water Power, Flood Protection
• Nutrients -gt Agriculture (AC)
• Organic Pollution -gt Nutrients, Waste Water
• Hazardous Substances
• Heavy Metals -gt Urban Storm Waters, Erosion
• Pesticides -gt AC Erosion, Device Cleaning
• Household and Industrial Chemicals-gt Waste Water