Integrated River Basin Management and Risk Governance

Müller-Grabherr, Dietmar; Florin, Marie Valentin; Harris, Bob; Crilly, Damian; Gugić, Goran; Vegter, J. J.; Slob, Adriaan; Borowski, Ilke; Brils, Jos

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38598-8_9

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“…Although successful in monitoring and detecting pollution in serious cases throughout the USA, water authorities face budget cuts coupled with a continuous reduction in water quality (van Beynen, 2018), threatening to overwhelm the capacity to take immediate actions for the environment and public health protection. In Europe, only developed industrialized countries managed to reduce the environmental impact of pollutants after the first cycle of the Water Framework Directive implementation, in (Müller-Grabherr et al, 2014). Overall, the number of European surface water bodies in "good ecological status" increased with only 10 % (van Rijswick and Backes, 2015).…”

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In situ fluorescence measurements of dissolved organic matter: A review

Cârstea

Popa

Baker

et al. 2020

Science of The Total Environment

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There is a need for an inexpensive, reliable and fast monitoring tool to detect contaminants in a short time, for quick mitigation of pollution sources and site remediation, and for characterisation of natural dissolved organic matter (DOM). Fluorescence spectroscopy has proven to be an excellent technique in quantifying aquatic DOM, from autochthonous, allochthonous or anthropogenic sources. This paper reviews the advances in in situ fluorescence measurements of DOM and pollutants in various water environments. Studies have demonstrated, using high temporal-frequency DOM fluorescence data, that marine autochthonous production of DOM is highly complex and that the allochthonous input of DOM from freshwater to marine water can be predicted. Furthermore, river measurement studies found a delayed fluorescence response of DOM following precipitation compared to turbidity and discharge, with various lags, depending on season, site and input of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration. In addition, research has shown that blue light fluorescence (emission = 430-500 nm) can be a good proxy for DOC, in environments with terrestrial inputs, and ultraviolet fluorescence (emission = UVA-320-400 nm) for biochemical oxygen demand, and also E. coli in environments with sanitation issues. The correction of raw fluorescence data improves the relationship between fluorescence intensity and these parameters. This review also presents the specific steps and parameters that must be considered before and 2 during in situ fluorescence measurement session for a harmonised qualitative and quantitative protocol. Finally, the strengths and weaknesses of the research on in situ fluorescence are identified.

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In situ fluorescence measurements of dissolved organic matter: A review

Cârstea

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Baker

et al. 2020

Science of The Total Environment

117

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“…Water Müller-Grabher et al (2014) describe that water management in Europe progressed via three consecutive phases, i.e. the sanitization phase (eighteenth century and until approximately 1950), the pollution control phase (1950s until early 1990s) and the sustainable development phase (early 1990's until present).…”

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A conceptual model for enabling sustainable management of soil-sediment-water ecosystems in support of European policy

Brils,

Maring

2023

Aquatic Ecosystem Health &Amp; Management

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The health of soil-sediment-water ecosystems is under pressure from economic activities and a changing climate. This decreases health and hampers the service provision capacity of these ecosystems and thus impacts human well-being. Protecting and where feasible restoring of ecosystem health has currently become the key European environmental policy objective and for this it is needed to take an entire system approach and engage stakeholders. ‘Entire’ means that soil, sediment and water are regarded as closely interlinked environmental matrices that need to be managed by taking a ‘river (or mountain) to sea’ perspective, crossing spatial, discipline, political and cultural boundaries. This paper presents a conceptual model to support that purpose. Essentially, the conceptual model presents an approach for ecosystem-based management aimed to achieve healthy ecosystems, i.e. soil-sediment-water ecosystems that have the continued capacity to support ecosystem services to the benefit of their users. The model proposes a cyclic (iterative, learning-by-doing) approach and integrates soil-sediment-water, ecosystems, ecosystem services, users (stakeholders), pressures, information, management strategy and program of measures as building blocks. To successfully apply the model, it is above all needed to take an entrepreneurial approach, i.e. leave comfort zones, take an adventurous road, learn together to manage together, be adaptive and consider other than only command-and-control solutions. Furthermore, authorities should become facilitative leaders to engage users in co-creation of an ecosystem-based management strategy. Real live and place-based experimenting with multiple stakeholders, such as in the Living Labs and Lighthouses that are proposed in the EU soil mission, may provide an ideal instrument for such application, i.e. where the conceptual model can be used and support the achievement of European environmental policy objectives.

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“…Although these EU water laws were successful for addressing specific pressures, they were looking at them in isolation (European Commission 2012b ), with compliance efforts focussing on some components of the environmental system. As a result, the standard water policy was discipline-specific (England et al 2008 ), with measures taken often neglecting ecosystem complexity or interdependencies across various geographical scales (Müller-Grabherr et al 2014 ). Seen as incoherent (Kallis and Nijkamp 2000 ) as well as fragmented (Bone et al 2011 ), this approach led to a recognition of the need to look at water problems more holistically.…”

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“…Known as the ‘hydraulic paradigm’ or ‘hydraulic mission’ and well described in different contexts (Disco 2002 ; Molle 2009 ), it dominated bio-geographical regions affected by aridity (Del Moral et al 2014 ). Through rigid management plans with little room for adaptation, uncertainty or public participation, measures were often designed and implemented on the basis of technical solutions engineered to protecting the environment rather than dealing with the source of pollution (Müller-Grabherr et al 2014 ). Following the ‘command-and-control’ paradigm in management and reducing environmental systems in an attempt to make them more predictable and stable (Holling and Meffe 1996 ), doubts have arisen regarding the functionality of this paradigm.…”

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The Transition of EU Water Policy Towards the Water Framework Directive’s Integrated River Basin Management Paradigm

Giakoumis

Voulvoulis

2018

Environmental Management

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Introduced in 2000 to reform and rationalise water policy and management across the European Union (EU) Member States (MS), the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the EU’s flagship legislation on water protection, is widely acknowledged as the embodiment and vessel for the application of the Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) paradigm. Its ecological objectives, perhaps even more challenging than the prospect of statutory catchment planning itself, were for all EU waters to achieve ‘good status’ by 2015 (except where exemptions applied) and the prevention of any further deterioration. In support of the upcoming WFD review in 2019, the paper reviews the transition of EU policies that led to the adoption of the WFD, to identify the reasons why the Directive was introduced and what it is trying to deliver, and to place progress with its implementation into context. It further investigates reasons that might have limited the effectiveness of the Directive and contributed to the limited delivery and delays in water quality improvements. Findings reveal that different interpretations on the Directive’s objectives and exemptions left unresolved since its negotiation, ambiguity and compromises observed by its Common Implementation Strategy and lack of real support for the policy shift required have all been barriers to the harmonised transposition of the IRBM paradigm, the key to delivering good ecological status. The 2019 WFD review offers a unique opportunity to realign the implementation of the Directive to its initial aspirations and goals.

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Integrated River Basin Management and Risk Governance

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

In situ fluorescence measurements of dissolved organic matter: A review

In situ fluorescence measurements of dissolved organic matter: A review

A conceptual model for enabling sustainable management of soil-sediment-water ecosystems in support of European policy

The Transition of EU Water Policy Towards the Water Framework Directive’s Integrated River Basin Management Paradigm

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