European Analytical Quality Control in Support of the Water Framework Directive via the Water Information System for Europe
Abstract
The Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC) sets the objective to prevent deterioration in status of all Community waters and to ensure achievement and maintenance of their good status. The implementation of the Directive includes the design of monitoring programmes to be carried out by all Member States. The effectiveness of this implementation will highly depend on the ability of Member States’ laboratories to measure chemical and ecological changes of the quality of Community waters. Therefore, appropriate analytical quality assurance and control (QA/QC) has to be established across all EU monitoring laboratories. Specific QC needs for fulfilling the analytical requirements resulting from the WFD Directives will have to be identified and integrated into a European QC system. The main output will be a blue print of an efficient and potentially sustainable QC system for WFD implementation. It will be disseminated via CIRCA and the WISE portal.
keywords Water Framework Directive quality assurance surface water groundwater monitoring
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Wolfgang Kandler
Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Wolfgang Kandler
wolfgang.kandler@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-97308
Project Leader
01.12.2005 - 30.11.2008