The Region of Sebes-Körös and Holt-Sebes-Körös as Sample Areas of the Water Framework Directive

Abstract

Water is an essential element of life and therefore must be protected and managed. The water policy and main aims in water economy of the European Union is summarized in the Water Framework Directive (WFD), which has operated in Hungary since 2002. WFD concerns to the maintenance and improvements of the freshwater ecosystems. Therefore the protection and long term conservation of the freshwaters and wetlands - in consideration of the water requirements of these lands - is first of the objectives. The competent authority according to the instructions of the WFD in Hungary marked out for reference areas: the area of Sebes-Körös and Holt-Sebes-Körös, because they have special ecological significance therefore the areas are important objects of the conservation. In 1997 then in 2002 the Hungarian authorities made a study of the water state of the territory. The monitoring of the water’s conditions is started in 2004 with the examination of the values of ecosystems. The primary aim of my research to the selected reference points of measurement determines the main physical and chemical water parameters and a comparison with the previous measurement data and observe the changes in evolution.