Water areas management Plan for 2016 to 2021.

Subject

Water

Keyword

Policy/planning Water abstraction Water conservation zone Water quality standards Water supply Water users' associations Basin/catchment/watershed Flood Disasters Effluent waste water/discharge Risk assessment/management River basin institution Saltwater intrusion/siltation Sewerage Surface water Sustainable development Sustainable use Thermal and medicinal waters Climate change Coastal zone management Data collection/reporting Ecosystem preservation EIA Early warning system/emergency intervention system Enforcement/compliance Fertilizers/nutrients Financing Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Groundwater Hydropower generation Industrial water use Inland waters Integrated management Monitoring Pollution control Potable water Protected area Protection of environment Irrigation Zoning

Geographical area

Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Mediterranean, Southern Europe

Entry into force notes

This Plan enters into force on the day of its adoption.

Abstract

This Plan, divided into five main sections (A, B, C, D and E) sets the general Croatian national policy for the management of water areas present on the national territory. Main objectives are to achieve all targeted water protection goals, through the implementation of integrated management approach, monitoring and evaluation tasks, all in relation to the protection of the environment and health in general. In full accordance with all fundamental commitments of the water management, the development of this Water areas management Plan which implies: coverage of all categories of water in the water area: land surface waters (rivers, lakes), transitional waters and coastal waters, and groundwater, as well as water protected areas and other special areas; overall determination of the environmental objectives of water protection as a combination of water ecological and chemical status; harmonization of environmental objectives with the aim of sustainable development; consideration of a wide range of measures such as regulatory, administrative, spatial, planning, economical, technical and other, including the definition of the programme of measures to achieve the environmental objectives at the most cost-effective level; flood risk management planning, defining goals of flood risk management and consideration of a wide range of measures such as regulatory, administrative, spatial planning, economic, technical and other; involvement of the public and especially interested stakeholders in the planning process; cooperation/harmonization in water management at international level water areas.

Full text

Croatian

Website

www.nn.hr

References - Legislation

Repeals

Regulation on the adoption of Plan for water area management.

Legislation | Croatia | 2013

Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Water conservation zone, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX