Examples of using Diffuse pollution in English and their translations into Greek
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Treatment of sources of diffuse pollution.
Diffuse pollution is generally associated with atmospheric deposition, certain farming practices and inadequate waste and wastewater recycling and treatment.
For example agriculture is a key source of diffuse pollution.
The first will take an integrated approach to reduce diffuse pollution from agriculture, in support of the Water Framework Directive1.
The Court recommends that the Commission provides guidance on the possible methods for recovery of environmental damage costs in the field of diffuse pollution.
The application of the тpolluter paysу principle in the field of diffuse pollution from agriculture faces methodological problems.
It is essential that the equipment fulfil the necessary requirements and provisions be taken for in-loop destruction(e.g. by advanced oxidation processes)of the persistent pollutants in order to avoid any possible contamination of groundwater arising from diffuse pollution and accidents.
These river basin management plans also include measures for the control of diffuse pollution(see paragraph 10) which however were already in place before the adoption of the plans.
Within the Common Implementation Strategy,MS recently agreed to work on a technical report identifying the approaches currently in place regarding cost recovery for water services in line with the requirements of Article 9 of the Water Framework Directive(including in the field of diffuse pollution).
Wastewater treatment and treatment of diffuse pollution sources.
This is particularly true in the case of data on transboundary and diffuse pollution, which is crucial for a fair allocation of reduction targets by country and for establishing appropriate measures(see paragraphs 37 to 41).
EEA report No 8/2012 recognises that the positive evolution of nitrate concentrations is partly due to measures to reduce agricultural inputs of nitrates at European and Member State level, butthat‘additional measures are needed to reduce diffuse pollution if the majority of water bodies are to have nitrate levels comparable to high or good ecological status in 2027'.
Observations 22 40 For instance,figures concerning diffuse pollution in Latvia's river basin management plans are lower than the corresponding figures in the Helcom database referred to in the same year.
This detailed assessment of the different pollution sources is known as a‘source apportionment approach'(comprehensive waterborne pollution load compilations- PLC), which quantifies waterborne discharges from point sources(agglom-erations, industries andfish farms) and from diffuse pollution sources(agriculture, managed forestry, atmospheric deposition, scattered dwellings and rainwater) as well as natural background losses into inland surface waters.
More than 40% of rivers andcoastal water bodies are affected by diffuse pollution from agriculture, while between 20%& 25% are subject to point source pollution, for example, from industrial facilities, sewage systems and wastewater treatment plants.
In the case of Poland, the assessment for the purpose of the river basin management plans of the status of coastal and transitional waters in the 2010-2013 period shows no improvement as regards nutrient concentrations, whereas data submitted to Helcom shows a continuous decrease in nutrient load. 41 These apparent inconsistencies raise questions about the reliability of monitoring data,in particular as regards the figures on transboundary pollution and diffuse pollution.
The audit showed that, for the purpose of the Helcom targets,estimates of diffuse pollution are made on the basis of a common methodology at country level, but not at lower levels, such as that of a river basin, sub-basin or body of water.
Whereas soil protection is a precondition for achieving,inter alia, the objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC as regards preventing diffuse pollution, Directive 92/43/EEC as regards soil biodiversity and the Kyoto Protocol as regards the capacity of the soil and subsoil to retain CO2.
For all four Member States the Commission remarked that the costs resulting from diffuse pollution from the agricultural sector should be calculated and included in the economic analysis of costs and their recovery, but it does not request an action plan for Member States that do not oronly partially recover the costs of diffuse pollution.
Therefore the charge can rarely serve as an incentive either to comply with or to go beyond the limits set in the permit. Measures andinstruments implemented by the Member States in order to tackle diffuse pollution from agriculture 99 An important way to reduce emissions from agriculture is to regulate farming practices(e.g. rules on the use of fertilisers, the storage of manure, the use of pesticides, crop rotation, etc.).
Conclusions and recommendations 61 Implementation of measures to tackle diffuse pollution from agriculture 183 In general, Member States made better use of the nitrates directive but were reluctant to make full use of the instruments available such as the enforcement mechanisms, the GAEC standards under cross-compliance, the rural development measures and the тpolluter paysу principle.
The Commission does not request Member States to ensure recovery of the costs of diffuse pollution 163 The water framework directive(Article 9) requires an adequate contribution of the different water uses111 to the recovery of the costs112 of water services.
Under the water framework directive, where the basic measures- implementation of the nitrates directive andthe other measures for the control of diffuse pollution(see paragraph 29)- are insufficient to achieve good water status, as is the case in the Baltic Sea region, supplementary measures should be implemented in the catchment areas of water bodies which are failing to achieve good water status.
Estimation of diffuse source pollution, including a summary of land use.
Estimates of pollution from diffuse sources, including a summary of land use.
For example, Finland has almost 200 000 lakes, hundreds of thousands of other watercourses, andone of the world's most polluted seas. Diffuse water pollution is an immense environmental problem, and plant protection products are part of that problem.
Effectiveness of actions to reduce agricultural nutrient pollution of water 70 Agriculture is the main source of diffuse nutrient pollution of water(see paragraph 4) and also, currently, of overall nutrient pollution, especially in countries where municipal waste water pollution has already been significantly reduced.