Study Present Measurement Strategies And The Application Of The SWAT Model For Its Suitability To The European Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD) Within A Large-Scale Catchment In Germany Bende-Michl, U. , M. Fink, W.-A. Flügel Institute of Geoinformatics, Geohydrology and Modeling, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany E-Mail:
[email protected] Keywords: European Water Framework Directive, Water Quality assessment, SWAT EXTENDED ABSTRACT (i) Evaluation of the feasibility of the present data related monitoring system for The European Water Framework Directive (EU- providing spatial informations on the WFD), implemented in the year of 2000, requires detecting of local water quality areas and the general ecological protection and a minimum their relation to sources of pollution; chemical standard to be achieved in all European surface waters based on the watershed scale. All (ii) Applying the SWAT model to regionalise member states of the EU mandate to develop areas contributing a high release of river basin management action plans to achieve nitrogen to the Gera River by utilising these goals within the year of 2015. basin related spatial informations; (iii) Investigation and assessment of In Germany, this procedure is regulated by comparability of monitoring and model several administrative units through the application for accomplishing the goals of legislation of federation and state laws defining the EU-WFD. different stages of responsibility. Thereby the administration is positioned by the spatial scale In summary it can be concluded that the present of 10 major water basins (Danube, Rhine, Maas, monitoring system of the Gera River system has to Ems, Weser, Elbe, Eider, Oder, Schlei/Trave and be improved (frequency and number of gauging Warnow/ Peene).