Water Framework Directive - Regulatory impact assessment
Overall Impact Assessment for the Water Framework Directive
Draft partial regulatory impact assessment (RIA) on potential costs and benefits associated with new environmental standards and conditions proposed for Water Framework Directive (WFD) implementation
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- RIA in full (1.8 MB, note large file )
- RIA excluding annexes (900 KB)
- RIA executive summary only (100 KB)
- Annex 1: Proposed standards for biochemical oxygen demand and dissolved oxygen in rivers (700 KB)
- Annex 2: Proposed standards for ammonia in rivers (150 KB)
- Annex 3: Proposed standards for phosphorus in rivers (200 KB)
- Annex 4: Proposed standards for acidification in rivers (50 KB)
- Annex 5: Proposed standards for dissolved oxygen in lakes (50 KB)
- Annex 6: Proposed standards for salinity in lakes (50 KB)
- Annex 7: Proposed standards for acidification in lakes (100 KB)
- Annex 8: Proposed water resources standards for rivers (100 KB)
- Annex 9: Proposed water resources standards for lakes (100 KB)
- Annex 10: Proposed decision-making framework for morphology in rivers (50 KB)
Page last modified: 21 August 2008
Page published: 23 March 2001
