Elements of Good Practice in Integrated River Basin Management A Practical Resource for implementing the EU Water Framework Directive

This Practical Resource document is the result of three open, transparent and participatory sem-inars — comprising the ‘Water Seminar Series’ —which brought together hundreds of ‘water stake-holders’ to discuss approaches and tools for im-plementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD).  This challenging new legislation entered into force at the end of 2000 and sets out the basis for sustainable use of water resources across Europe.  It will affect everyone involved directly or indirectly with water resource management and use in both Member States and EU-Candidate countries alike.