Water protection plans in Italy
Merli Bill (1948)
Objectives: To regulate discharges
How?
It poses limits of concentration to principal chemical substances in wastewater. •
Defects: •
It doesn’t consider biological parameters for the protection of human health. •
It doesn’t consider the rivers flow
So: In 1999 a low is emanated. It improves the protection of water in Italy. It is the law n째152
Objectives: •
It considers the health of macroinverteb rate. •
It considers biological parameters
But ‌ the legislation In this case , too,
doesn’t consider fish communities, index of quality for water courses.
Infact: In 2000 a new directive is emanated: It is the directive 2000/60/CE or European Union Water Framework Directive.
Objectives:
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To value the ecological condition of water courses and lakes;
To value the biological condition of rivers and lakes.
It must be analized: Acquatic flora
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Acquatic invertebrates
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Fish communities
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Morphological elements
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We hope that the taken measures can bring wellness to quality of water and that they can maintain it.