S.L. 549.100 Art. 9Monitoring of surface water status, groundwater status and protected areas.

(1) The competent authority shall ensure the establishment of programmes for the monitoring of water status in order to establish a coherent and comprehensive overview of water status within each water catchment district:

(a) for surface waters such programmes shall cover:

(i) the volume and level or rate of flow to the extent relevant for ecological and chemical status and ecological potential, and

(ii) the ecological and chemical status and ecological potential;

(b) for groundwaters such programmes shall cover monitoring of the chemical and quantitative status;

(c) for protected areas the above programmes shall be supplemented by those specifications contained in the legislation under which the individual protected areas have been established.

(2) These programmes shall be operational by the end of November 2006 unless otherwise specified in the legislation concerned. Such monitoring shall be in accordance with the requirements of Schedule V.

(3) The competent authority shall adhere to technical specifications and standardised methods for analysis and monitoring of water status in accordance with the requirements of Schedules V and XI.