As good quality fresh water resources are becoming increasingly
scarce, they need to be managed carefully and in an integrated way.
In water management history, water quantity (hydrology) has always
received more attention than water quality. True Water Quality
Management requires an integrated approach, involving surface water
and groundwater, drinking water as well as waste water, and water
chemistry as well as aquatic ecology. Water Quality Management
requires new techniques and capacity building, and often also
institutional development and awareness raising. In all these
areas, Euroconsult Mott MacDonald has an extensive track
record.
Euroconsult Mott MacDonald provides a range of services in water
quality management:
- Assistance for all aspects of the European Water Framework
Directive
- Introduction of Transboundary River Basin Management
- Training in, and execution of monitoring of water (physico)
chemistry, hydrobiology, and hydro-morphology
- Assessment of existing laboratories and development of
improvement plans
- Development of aquatic ecological assessment systems
- Development of River Basin Management Plans
- Capacity building and institutional strengthening
- Data management: development of databases and GIS, web based or
stand alone
- Adaptation of legislation and development of international
treaties
- Impact Assessment of pollution and hydro-morphological
pressures
- Support for the introduction of public participation /
stakeholder involvement
