… As an elementary basis of life, water is initially open to all types of use and no one should be excluded from access to the medium of water through ownership … and implements water protection measures.  Economic instruments such as the wastewater levy and water withdrawal charges are intended to provide incentives for … stocks or the ability of marine systems to absorb and degrade, decompose or store wastes, toxins and other substances. Then, the benefits to humans from the ecosystem …

… Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment In Germany there are EU-wide environmental quality standards and … class IV (red): excessively polluted more than eight times value of class II … Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment …

… last update on 24.06.2015 Based on recommendations by international river basin and water body commissions, a checklist concept was developed as a tool to efficiently evaluate the condition of installations handling substances and preparations hazardous to water. It comprises an overview of potential fields of …

… Monitoring and assessment The federal and state governments regularly collect data on the North … being developed for other pressures such as noise pollution or the input of waste and other biological components such as food webs and pelagic habitats as part … species, habitats and communities, human activities, selected pressures and the climate and geomorphology are described in regular quality status reports. The OSPAR …