Water Status Surveillance Monitoring Programme

The WFD set of monitoring measures at river basin district level, enabling a coherent and full picture of water status to be drawn up. This programme includes:
(* Monitoring checks in order to evaluate the impact of human activity on water bodies and long-term changes in the status of water bodies.

• Operational checks aiming to evaluate the status and evolution of water bodies which are at risk of not achieving the environmental objectives.
• Tests aiming to identify the origin of a deterioration in water status.

The monitoring programme should be operational at the end of 2006.