Water and environmental management


Management plan

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Planning document established in each district (or basin or group of basins), as required by the Water Framework Directive (WFD), which sets out environmental objectives to be achieved, particularly with regard to the ecological status and chemical status of surface water bodies as well as the quantitative status and chemical status of groundwater bodies. In France, the river basin management plan (SDAGE) includes the management plan required by the WFD. The SDAGEs were updated in late 2009 to incorporate the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. The…

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

SAGE boundary

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Geographical boundary for the scope of a sub-basin management plan (SAGE). This scope is a sub-basin, a group of sub-basins corresponding to a consistent hydrographic unit or aquifer system. If the boundary is defined by the river

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Fishway

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
Device located on a natural or artificial barrier (dam) that allows migratory fish to pass these barriers to access their spawning or feeding grounds. We distinguish devices for upstream spawning runs from those for downstream migration. Other crossing equipments are sometimes assimilated to fishways, e.g.
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Public participation

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens commun

Approach, planned by the Water Framework Directive (WFD), for the public involvement in its implementation process. For each basin or group of basins, it includes public consultations carried out over six months on: the timetable and work programme for the preparation or updating of the river basin management plan (SDAGE); the provisional summary of important issues, as well as the planned SDAGEs and

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Quantity objective

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Value (flow rate of streams, groundwater level, reserve storage, etc) necessary for the quantitative management of the resource. The quantity goals are set to achieve a satisfactory balance between the demands of human activities and the requirements of aquatic environments on the one hand; and the surface and groundwater resources that can be mobilized, on the other. At nodal points, these values are the

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Quality objective

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
Quality level set for a section of a river at a definite time, so that it can fulfil priority functions (drinking water, bathing water, fish life, ecological balance, etc). It is now translated into a list of values not to be exceeded for a number of parameters.
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Artificial water body

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
A body of surface water created by human activities in an area that was previously dry. It can be for instance an artificial lake or canal. These water bodies are designated by the same criteria as heavily modified water bodies and must achieve the same objectives (good ecological potential and good chemical status), set out by the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC.
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Water body

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique

Portion of a stream, canal, aquifer, lake or homogeneous coastal zone. This is a basic breakdown of aquatic environments to become the assessment unit of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC. A surface water body is a discrete and significant element of surface water such as a lake, a reservoir, a stream, river or canal, part of a stream, river or canal, a transitional water or a stretch of littoral water. For waterways, delineation of water bodies is primarily based on the size of the stream and the concept of hydro-ecoregion. Water bodies are grouped into homogeneous types that are the basis for the definition of the concept of

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Integrated River Basin Management

Updated on 26/10/2022
Définition
Sens technique
Management that implies, on a coherent hydrographic unit scale, firstly a consultation and organization of all stakeholders and the coordination of planning and management actions (sectoral policies, programming, etc), and secondly promoting synergy between the good functioning of aquatic ecosystems and the meeting of uses. Integrated management aims to optimize actions to achieve balanced management.
Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB