Integrated river basin accounting in the Netherlands and the European Water Framework Directive

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Brouwer, Roy^{a; *} | Schenau, Sjoerd^b | van der Veeren, Rob^c

Affiliations: [a] Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | [b] Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Voorburg, The Netherlands | [c] Institute for Integrated Water Management and Wastewater Treatment (RIZA), Lelystad, The Netherlands

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Abstract: The implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) has increased policy and decision-maker demand for integrated hydro-economic data, information and indicators at the level of river basins. In order to meet this increasing demand, a new integrated hydro-economic accounting system has been developed, called National Accounting Matrix including Water Accounts for River Basins (NAMWARiB). NAMWARiB provides information about the interactions between the physical water system and the economy at national and river basin scale. The main objective of this paper is to present and discuss the use and usefulness of the newly developed river basin information system for the implementation of the European WFD based upon the currently available time series data.

DOI: 10.3233/SJU-2005-22202

Journal: Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 111-131, 2005