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Requirements for water monitoring

Table E.1.

Variations in requirements for sample location specified in directives and international agreements

Requirement	Directives
Biota
1. DIRECTIVES
NS	Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680)
Designated waters	Shellfish (79/923/EEC)
Area affected by discharge	Dichloroethane (90/415/EEC) Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Cadmium (83/513/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) Mercury (82/176/EEC) Titanium Dioxide ³(82/883/EEC)
2. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
Near-shore stations	Baltic Sea 1974/92 (Micro-organisms)
NS	Baltic Sea (Helsinki) 1974/92 (Dibenzofurans, dibenzodioxins) Technical Co-operation (Bu/Gr) 1991 Danube (Regensburg) 1987, Mura 1954
Designated areas	North Sea (NSTF) 1987 North East Atlantic (Paris) 1974 - JMP North East Atlantic (OSPAR) 1992
Designated areas (away from coast)	Baltic Sea (Helsinki) 1974/92 (HCH, chlordanes, HCB, PAH, PCB, dieldrin, DDD, DDE, DDT, phytoplankton, metals)
Sediment
1. DIRECTIVES
NS	Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680)
Area affected by discharge	Dichloroethane(90/415/EEC) Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Cadmium (83/513/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) Titanium Dioxide ³ (82/883/EEC)
2. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
NS	Drava 1954, Frontier waters (Au/Cz) 1970 Water Economy (Au/Hu) 1956, Mura 1954
Designated areas	Baltic Sea (Helsinki) 1974/92 North Sea (NSTF) 1987 North East Atlantic (Paris) 1974 - JMP North East Atlantic (OSPAR) 1992
Water
1. DIRECTIVES
NS	Nitrates ¹ (91/676/EEC) Proposed Ecological Directive (COM(93) 680)
Designated waters	Freshwater Fish (78/659/EEC) Shellfish Waters (79/923/EEC) Bathing Water (76/160/EEC) Proposed Bathing Water (COM (94) 36)
Place where surface water is abstracted before being sent for purification	Surface Water (75/440/EEC)
Initial analysis at source	Drinking Water (80/778/EEC)

Table E.1 continued

Requirement	Directives
Area affected by discharge	Mercury (82/176/EEC) Titanium Dioxide ³ (82/883/EEC) Cadmium (83/513/EEC) Mercury (84/156/EEC) HCH (84/491/EEC) Carbon tetrachloride (86/280/EEC) Aldrin (88/347/EEC) Dichloroethane(90/415/EEC) UWWT (91/271/EEC)
Inflow region at ground (0) level and two measuring points in outflow region of groundwater	Proposed Landfill Directive (COM (93) 275)
In outflow region of groundwater around the site where waste is disposed	Titanium Dioxide (82/883/EEC)
At sampling locations specified in 75/440/EEC	Sampling and Analysis (79/869/EEC) Nitrates (91/676/EEC) (NO₃ only)
At sampling stations representative of surface waters	Nitrates (91/676/EEC)(NO₃ only)
At sampling stations representative of groundwater aquifers	Nitrates (91/676/EEC)(NO₃ only)
To check there are no adverse effects in less sensitive waters	UWWT (91/271/EEC)
2. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
Designated areas	Baltic Sea (Helsinki) 1974/92 North Sea (NSTF) 1987 North East Atlantic (Paris) 1974 - JMP North East Atlantic (OSPAR) 1992
Mobile stations	Technical Co-operation (Bu/Gr) 1991
Fixed stations	Mura 1954 (Flow); Water economy (Au/Hu) 1956 (Flow, water level) Rhine 1976; Rhine (hydrology) 1989 Elbe 1990; Technical Co-operation (Bu/Gr) 1991
NS	Drava 1954; Mura 1954 Water economy (Au/Hu) 1956 Lake Constance 1960 Frontier waters (Au/Cz) 1970 Frontier waters (Au/Sl) 1970 Danube (Bucharest) 1985 Danube (Regensburg) 1987 North Sea (conference) 1990