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The Danube River Basin District - River basin characteristics, impacts of human activities and economic analysis required under Article 5, Annex II and Annex III, and inventory of protected areas required under Article 6, Annex IV of the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) - Part A -...
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Danube River Basin District Overview
Layer: Competent authority
Annual Precipitation
Layer: Total Annual Precipitation
Surface Water Bodies
Layers: River water bodies, Lake water bodies (surface area > 100 km²), Transitional waters bodies, Coastal water bodies, Artificial water bodies
Significant Point Sources of Pollution
Layers: Nuclear power plants, Significant Point Sources (Municipal WWTP, Municipal untreated, Industrial, Agicultural)
Land Use
Layer: Aggregated land use classes (Coniferous forest, Deciduous forest, Grassland, Wetlands, Arable land, Urbanized area, Sparsly vegetated area, Sea)
Major Hydraulic Structures
Layers: Hydraulic structures (mainly dams and weirs), Harbours, Waterways ECE I-IV, Waterways ECE V-VII, Free flowing river stretch, Strongly regulated river stretch, Impounded river stretch
Potential Accident Risk Spots
Layers: Potential Accident Risk Spots (WRI 5-6, WRI 6-7, WRI 7-8, WRI 8-9)
Old Contaminated Sites in Potentially Flooded Areas
Layer: Old contaminated sites
Important Heavily Modified Surface Waters (provisional identification)
Layers: Transitional waters, Coastal waters, Heavily modified surface waters (aggregated water bodies according to aggreed criteria for basin-wide importance)
Risk of failure to reach the Environmental Objectives - Organic Pollution
Layers: Surface Water Bodies (Water body at risk, Water body possibly at risk, Water body not at risk)
Risk of failure to reach the Environmental Objectives - Hazardous Substances
Layers: Surface Water Bodies (Water body at risk, Water body possibly at risk, Water body not at risk)
Risk of failure to reach the Environmental Objectives - Nutrient Pollution
Layers: Surface Water Bodies (Water body at risk, Water body possibly at risk, Water body not at risk)
Risk of failure to reach the Environmental Objectives - Hydromorphological Alterations
Layers: Surface Water Bodies (Water body at risk, Water body possibly at risk, Water body not at risk)
Important Transboundary Groundwater Bodies
Layers: Important transboundary groundwater bodies of different horizons (transboundary areas > 4000 km²)
Important Water-related Protected Areas for Species and Habitat Protection
Layers: Areas for species and habitat protection (< 10,000 ha, 10,000 - 50,000 ha, > 50,000 ha), Transboundary co-operation
WFD Roof report 2003 (Part A) - Danube River Basin District Information required according to Art. 3 (8) and Annex I of the EU Water Framework Directive
List of competent authorities for WFD implementation
Convention on cooperation for the protection and sustainable use of the Danube river. Signed in 1996 in Sofia and in force since 1998.
Political commitment for WFD implementation from countries that are not Contracting Parties under the DRPC
Memorandum of Understanding between the International Commission for the Protection of the Black Sea (ICPBS) and the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) on common strategic goals
Document No.: IC/027 Version: FINAL
Strategic Paper for the Development of a Danube River Basin District Management Plan - Draft 9
Evaluation of Policies, Regulation, and Investment Projects Implemented in the Danube River Basin Countries in Line with EU Directives and Regulations
Policy and legal reforms and implementation of investment projects related to the ICPDR Joint Action Programme 2001–2005 (DEC 2004)
1994 – 2004: Ten years of cooperation in the Danube River Basin
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