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Water management in Romania meets both the requirements of the Water Framework Directive 60/2000/EEC and other EU Water Directives:
• Directive 75/440/EEC—surface water intended for drinking;
• Directive 76/464/EEC—gradual elimination of priority substances/priority hazardous substances,
• Directive 91/676/EEC—pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources,
• Directive 78/659/EEC—the quality of freshwaters requiring protection or
improvement to support the life of fish,
• Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Wastewater Treatment etc.
The Water Framework Directive has been transposed into national law by Law no.
310/2004 for amending and completing the Water Law no. 107/1996. This Directive
provides the European Commission, the Member States and the candidate countries
with the opportunity to cooperate in a new partnership. The objective is to protect
inland waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater, by preventing
pollution at source and the establishment of a unitary control mechanism for pollution
sources [3].
The success of this Directive is based on close and coherent cooperation within
the European Community, among the Member States and at the local level as well
as on information, consultation and participation of the public, including users.
The objectives of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) are to establish
a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal
waters, and groundwater, aiming at:
• Preventing further deterioration, preserving and improving the status of aquatic
ecosystems;
• Promoting sustainable water use on the basis of long-term protection of available
water resources;
• Ensuring increased protection and improvement of the aquatic environment, in
particular through specific measures to progressively reduce discharges, emissions
and losses of priority substances and by gradually stopping discharges, emissions
and losses of hazardous and priority hazardous substances;
• Ensuring the gradual reduction of groundwater pollution and the prevention of
further pollution;
• Mitigating the effects of floods and droughts;
• Ensuring a sufficient supply of surface water and groundwater of good quality,
which is necessary for a sustainable, balanced and equitable use of water;
• Protection of marine and territorial waters;
• Achieving the objectives set out in the relevant international agreements, including
agreements aimed at preventing and eliminating pollution of the marine environment;
• Stopping or phasing out discharges, emissions and losses of dangerous substances
which imply an unacceptable risk for the aquatic environment.
One must also mention the Council Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Waste
Water Treatment, which has been fully transposed into Romanian legislation by
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Water management in Romania meets both the requirements of the Water Framework Directive 60/2000/EEC and other EU Water Directives:
• Directive 75/440/EEC—surface water intended for drinking;
• Directive 76/464/EEC—gradual elimination of priority substances/priority hazardous substances,
• Directive 91/676/EEC—pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources,
• Directive 78/659/EEC—the quality of freshwaters requiring protection or
improvement to support the life of fish,
• Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Wastewater Treatment etc.
The Water Framework Directive has been transposed into national law by Law no.
310/2004 for amending and completing the Water Law no. 107/1996. This Directive
provides the European Commission, the Member States and the candidate countries
with the opportunity to cooperate in a new partnership. The objective is to protect
inland waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater, by preventing
pollution at source and the establishment of a unitary control mechanism for pollution
sources [3].
The success of this Directive is based on close and coherent cooperation within
the European Community, among the Member States and at the local level as well
as on information, consultation and participation of the public, including users.
The objectives of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) are to establish
a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal
waters, and groundwater, aiming at:
• Preventing further deterioration, preserving and improving the status of aquatic
ecosystems;
• Promoting sustainable water use on the basis of long-term protection of available
water resources;
• Ensuring increased protection and improvement of the aquatic environment, in
particular through specific measures to progressively reduce discharges, emissions
and losses of priority substances and by gradually stopping discharges, emissions
and losses of hazardous and priority hazardous substances;
• Ensuring the gradual reduction of groundwater pollution and the prevention of
further pollution;
• Mitigating the effects of floods and droughts;
• Ensuring a sufficient supply of surface water and groundwater of good quality,
which is necessary for a sustainable, balanced and equitable use of water;
• Protection of marine and territorial waters;
• Achieving the objectives set out in the relevant international agreements, including
agreements aimed at preventing and eliminating pollution of the marine environment;
• Stopping or phasing out discharges, emissions and losses of dangerous substances
which imply an unacceptable risk for the aquatic environment.
One must also mention the Council Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Waste
Water Treatment, which has been fully transposed into Romanian legislation by