Freshwater - National Responses (Spain)

The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC enforces Member States to draw up timely reports on the pressures that have an impact on water bodies with the aim of achieving the proposed quality objectives by 2015.

In 2007 National Plan for Water Quality 2007-2015 was approved, and this plan is contributing to the achievement of the objectives for the quality ecological status that the Water Framework Directive requires by 2015.

Thus, a series of plans and specific programmes are being implemented to deal with the main challenges in water supply in a sustainable way. The following are of particular note:

• National Plan for Water Quality: Water Treatment and Processing, 2007-2015    http://www.mma.es/secciones/medios_comunicacion/prensa/notas_pre/2007/06/PlanNacionalCalidadAguas.pdf
• Action Plan for sustainable management of ground waters 2006-2010       http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/acm/aguas_continent_zonas_asoc/aguas_subterraneas/pdf/pdeaccion_web_oct08.pdf
• National Strategy for Restoring Rivers (EN RR)  http://www.mma.es/secciones/medios_comunicacion/prensa/notas_pre/2007/08/EstrategiaNacionaldeRestauraciondeRios.pdf
• National System of Cartography for Flood-Susceptible Zones  http://www.mma.es/secciones/acm/aguas_continent_zonas_asoc/prevencion_inundaciones/cartografia_inundables/index.htm
• Integrated Water Information System (SIA) http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/aguas_continent_zonas_asoc/sia/
• National Drought Observatory http://194.224.130.15/portal/secciones/aguas_continent_zonas_asoc/ons/
• Special Drought Plans http://hispagua.cedex.es/documentacion/especiales/sequia/planes_emergencia.htm
• Studies on adaptation to climate change  http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/cambio_climatico/areas_tematicas/impactos_cc/pnacc.htm

Source:

• MARM, 2010. The Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, 2009. http://www.mapa.es/es/ministerio/pags/memoria/memoria.htm