Long-term effects of climate change on Europe's water resources

Climate variations from last century show a global warming trend. Evidence from the past reveals that the anthropogenic greenhouse effect caused changes in climate parameters (temperature, precipitation and evaporation) at the European scale as well. On long-term this might have essential impact on temporal and spatial distribution of water...

Waterkwaliteit van de Rijn en de Maas bij (extreem) lage afvoeren

De zomer van 2003 werd gekenmerkt door aanhoudend hoge temperaturen en lage rivierafvoeren. De effecten van deze droogteperiode op de waterkwaliteit zijn tot op heden niet diepgaand onderzocht. De algemene indruk is dat de effecten wel mee zullen vallen. In de "Evaluatienota Waterbeheer Aanhoudende droogte 2003"(Min. V&W, 2004) wordt ook met...

Report of meeting on measurement of suspended solids in the Meuse

On June 19/20, 2007 a visit was paid to a suspended particulate matter (SPM) sampling and monitoring site in the Ourthe river (Liège region), between the confluence with the Vesdre river and the mouth of the Ourthe in the Meuse river. The next day, a workshop was organised in which backgrounds, methods and procedures for SPM sampling and...