Division 1.4 Identification of Pressures

Member States shall collect and maintain information on the type and magnitude of the significant anthropogenic pressures to which the surface water bodies in each river basin district are liable to be subject, in particular the following.

Estimation and identification of significant point source pollution, in particular by substances listed in Annex VIII, from urban, industrial, agricultural and other installations and activities, based, inter alia, on information gathered under:

1. (i)

   Articles 15 and 17 of Directive 91/271/EEC;

2. (ii)

   Articles 9 and 15 of Directive 96/61/EC^f1;

and for the purposes of the initial river basin management plan:

1. (iii)

   Article 11 of Directive 76/464/EEC; and

2. (iv)

   Directives 75/440/EC, 76/160/EEC^f2, 78/659/EEC and 79/923/EEC^f3.

Estimation and identification of significant diffuse source pollution, in particular by substances listed in Annex VIII, from urban, industrial, agricultural and other installations and activities; based, inter alia, on information gathered under:

1. (i)

   Articles 3, 5 and 6 of Directive 91/676/EEC^f4;

2. (ii)

   Articles 7 and 17 of Directive 91/414/EEC;

3. (iii)

   Directive 98/8/EC;

and for the purposes of the first river basin management plan:

1. (iv)

   Directives 75/440/EEC, 76/160/EEC, 76/464/EEC, 78/659/EEC and 79/923/EEC.

Estimation and identification of significant water abstraction for urban, industrial, agricultural and other uses, including seasonal variations and total annual demand, and of loss of water in distribution systems.

Estimation and identification of the impact of significant water flow regulation, including water transfer and diversion, on overall flow characteristics and water balances.

Identification of significant morphological alterations to water bodies.

Estimation and identification of other significant anthropogenic impacts on the status of surface waters.

Estimation of land use patterns, including identification of the main urban, industrial and agricultural areas and, where relevant, fisheries and forests.