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DE Application of the Water Framework Directive in practice
With the adoption of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) in 2000, the European Parliament created the central and binding legal basis for modern water policy within the EU. Since 2002, the EC Water Framework Directive (EC WFD) has been implemented through the Water Resources Act (WHG) and supplementary directives for the protection of the groundwater and watercourse compartments via the Groundwater Ordinance (GrwV) [...].
