title: Does groundwater protection in Europe require new EU-wide environmental quality standards?
abstract: The European Groundwater Directive could be improved by limiting the scopes of the Annexes I and II to the manmade and natural substances, respectively, and by defining a common monitoring protocol. The changes in the European landuse patterns, in particular the urban sprawl phenomena, obscure the distinction between the point and diffuse sources of contamination. In the future more importance will be given to the household contamination. Moreover, the agricultural environment could be used for developing new conceptual models related to the pharmaceuticals.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Agraria e Ambientale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Piacenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balderacchi
authors.affiliation: Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Department, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filippini
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace Xanthi, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gemitzi
authors.affiliation: Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, University of Oulu Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klöve
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università La Sapienza di Roma Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petitta
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Agraria e Ambientale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Piacenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trevisan
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wachniew
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Witczak
authors.affiliation: Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Department, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gargini
keywords: GWD; OWC; annex I; annex II; conceptual modeling; groundwater monitoring; nitrates; pesticide