Nilsson Susanna, Langaas Sindre
Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technologhy KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ambio. 2006 Sep;35(6):304-11. doi: 10.1579/06-a-128r.1.
We address issues connected with international river basin management and the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). By creating a register of River Basin Districts established under the WFD, we show that the number and area of international River Basin Districts are significant. Further, we present an assessment of international cooperation and water quality in 14 international river basins in the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin. Our results indicate that the WFD is a push forward for international river basin management in the region. However the WFD in general, and the principle of river basin management in particular, may be hard to implement in river basins shared between EU Member States and countries outside the EU. According to the study, Vistula, Pregola, and Nemunas appear to be the international basins within the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin in greatest need of intensified cooperation with regard to the state of the water quality.
我们探讨了与国际流域管理及欧盟水框架指令（WFD）相关的问题。通过创建依据水框架指令设立的流域区登记册，我们发现国际流域区的数量和面积颇为可观。此外，我们对波罗的海流域14个国际流域的国际合作与水质进行了评估。我们的结果表明，水框架指令推动了该地区的国际流域管理。然而，总体而言，水框架指令，尤其是流域管理原则，可能难以在欧盟成员国与欧盟以外国家共享的流域中实施。根据该研究，维斯瓦河、普雷戈拉河和涅曼河似乎是波罗的海流域内水质状况最需要加强合作的国际流域。
