The EEA is planning to undertake astudy of the impacts of pressures on groundwater in Europe. The study should investigate the interrelation between groundwater body (GWB) quantitative and chemical status, and with dependent terrestrial ecosystems and surface water bodies. The analyses should be based on available data and information including case studies on Europe’s groundwater and provide a more detailed understanding of the status and pressures. Paying attention to the links between chemical and quantitative status, the work should set out the groundwater cycle, explaining its four-dimensional scope (space, time, pressures and impacts) and how that should be understood in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
The purpose of this contract is to identify and select a provider that has experience in:
•Undertaking comparative studies and integrated assessment on groundwater status and groundwater-dependent ecosystems at the European level;
•Understanding ofthe overall concept of the WFD (2000/60/EC) and the EU Nature Directives (Habitat Directive 92/43/EEC and Bird Directive 2009/147/EC);
•Working with data, e.g. Water Information System for Europe (WISE), River Basin Management Plans reporting, reporting under the Nature Directives.
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