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Frequently Asked Questions

Welcome to the UKTAG FAQ.

Choose from the following topics below:

General enquiries:

  • School and education enquiries

  • WFD research and development initiatives

  • Feedback and comments on UKTAG national guidelines and working papers

  • Request to participate in UKTAG and UKTAG web-site respondents list

    • About the Water Framework Directive (WFD):

  • What is the Water Framework Directive?

  • What are the benefits of the WFD?

  • How will the management of the water environment change?

  • Does the WFD only affect water management?

  • When will all of this happen?

  • How can I participate?

    • UK Classification:

  • How are the new classification systems different from previous classification systems?

  • What is classification?

  • Classification and environmental standards - how are they related?

  • How is ecological potential being addressed?

  • When will classification methods be developed, and when will they be available?

  • How will groundwater bodies be classified?

    • Environmental Standards and Conditions:

  • What are environmental standards?

  • What are environmental standards and conditions used for?

  • How are UK’s environmental standards and conditions set?

  • Will the environmental standards and conditions vary across the UK and Europe?

  • Will the environmental standards change?

  • How will the effectiveness of the environmental standards be assessed?

  • What are other Member States and Europe doing?

  • Classification and environmental standards - how are they related?

  • What are Environmental Quality Standards?

    • Groundwater:

  • What about standards for Groundwater?

  • How will groundwater bodies be classified?

  • When was the Groundwater Daughter Directive finalised?

  • What are other member states doing to develop groundwater classification systems?

    Specific Pollutants:

  • What is the difference between Specific Pollutants and Priority Substances?

  • What is the UK doing to develop EQSs for Specific Pollutants?

  • What is the list of substances the UK is identifying as Specific Pollutants?

  • How will the standards for specific pollutants be used under the Water Framework Directive?

  • How does this compare with the requirements under the DSD?

  • What happens to the Dangerous Substances Directive in light of the WFD?

  • Can we use existing UK standards such as those applied under the Dangerous Substances Directive, for the WFD?

  • When will EQSs be available for Priority Substances?

  • What are other Member States doing to develop standards for Specific Pollutants?

  • Why are some new standards for Specific Pollutants proposed by UKTAG more precautionary?

  • Why has UKTAG only assessed the implications of Specific Pollutants standards for rivers?

  • Why have we not developed standards for sediments?

    UK Monitoring:

  • How comprehensive will the monitoring information be?

  • What are the monitoring networks required under WFD?

  • What are the types of monitoring required under the WFD?

  • How will the data be used for river basin planning?

  • How is monitoring being focused in response to characterisation?

  • How will progress be reported?

    • Intercalibration:

  • What is intercalibration?

  • What will be the outcome of intercalibration for Europe?

  • How does the UK support Intercalibration?

  • When is Intercalibration expected to report?

  • What are GIGs and why are they important?

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    News
    Stakeholder Review Update
    23-05-2008
    Classification Scheme for Surface Waters
    19-12-2007
    Stakeholder Review 2007 submissions
    17-09-2007
    WFD research database.
    19-04-2006
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