Surface Water Protection Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 2016 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 28, 23 Juli 2016, pp. 1373-1443. Long titleOrdinance on the protection of surface waters. Subject Water Keyword Surface water Potable water Freshwater pollution Waterworks Freshwater resources management Classification/declassification Monitoring Inspection Sustainable development Sustainable use Enforcement/compliance Pollution control Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements various EU-Directives. Article 1 establishes that the purpose of the Ordinance is to protect surface waters and to analyse their economic use. The text – consisting of 16 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: definition of terms, positions, boundaries and classification of surface water bodies, ecological condition and ecological potential, classification of the chemical state, surface water bodies used for production of potable water, standards for monitoring the quality components, monitoring of ecological conditions, ecological potential and chemical state, monitoring of substances of the observation list, economical analysis of water use. 13 Annexes are enclosed. Full text German References - Legislation Implements Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Legislation | European Union | 2008 Keyword: Marine pollution, Potable water, Toxicity/poisoning, Food quality control/food safety, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Water quality standards, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Pesticides Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Directive 2009/90/EC laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status. Legislation | European Union | 2009 Keyword: Marine pollution, Potable water, Toxicity/poisoning, Food quality control/food safety, Pollution control, Monitoring, Water quality standards, Freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Commission Directive 2014/101/EU amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. Legislation | European Union | 2014 Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Groundwater, Monitoring, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Surface Waters Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2011 Keyword: Surface water, Potable water, Freshwater pollution, Waterworks, Freshwater resources management, Classification/declassification, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX