STATUS, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS CONCERNING SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT IN BULGARIA.

Water resource conservation and management is vital as well for humankind, as for nature and economy, and is exposed to anthropogenic and climatic pressures, transcends national boundaries. The EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC establishes a legal framework to protect and restore clean water in the EU and to secure its long-term sustainable use and mitigate the effects of floods and drought. In this regard, EU member-states are developing river basin management plans based on current characteristics and water status and programs with measures. In the planning process were identified different types of pressures on the surface waters, defining the significant management issues, such as pollution with biogenic substances, organic and chemical pollution, pressure from water intake and climate pressure. These problems solutions require both science-based approaches and specific target measures definitions to improve the water resources status and the level of their management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]