The Impact of the Water Framework Directive on Diffuse Pollution Control: the Case of Ditch Network Maintenance in Finnish Forests
Pappila Minna; Halonen Lea
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042719778
Tiivistelmä
The Water Framework Directive sets the aim to achieve and maintain the good status of surface and
ground water by 2015. In general the water quality has improved in Finland during the last centuries
but especially diffuse pollution is still a problem. Ditch network maintenance is a typical example
of a source of diffuse pollution where cumulative effects of several projects are the main cause of
water pollution. This article examines Finnish regulation concerning ditch network maintenance and
evaluates how well it meets the aim of achieving and maintaining the good quality of surface waters.
The article highlights that while Finnish legislation seems to work relatively well for individual projects,
there are flaws in the law and in practice that do not enable authorities to take cumulative effects
properly into account. The results suggest that the Water Framework Directive has not yet been
quite comprehensively implemented into Finnish legislation.
Kokoelmat
- Rinnakkaistallenteet [19207]