Research Handbook on EU Water Law

Edited by Marleen van Rijswick and Cathy Suykens

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This impactful Research Handbook tackles the pressing challenge of ensuring water security and resilience. It provides a comprehensive overview of water law and governance in the EU through the regulation of water usage and the safeguarding of resources.

Keywords: Eu Water Law; Water Quality; Water Quantity And Flood Risk Management; Nature Based Solutions; River Basin Management; Right To Water (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035336425
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on EU Water Law

Cathy Suykens and Marleen van Rijswick

Ch 2 The history of EU water law

Marleen van Rijswick

Ch 3 EU water law as part of EU environmental law

Antti Belinskij, Elina Heikkilä and Anton Ruotsalainen

Ch 4 Water in the EU Green Deal and recent evolutions in EU water law and policy

Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen

Ch 5 EU water law and international water law: mutually reinforcing frameworks

Owen McIntyre

Ch 6 Human rights and consumer protection in the EU Drinking Water Directive

Iris Benöhr

Ch 7 Review of permits: the interplay between Article 11(5) of the Water Framework Directive and Article 1 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights

Víðir Smári Petersen and Flore Vavourakis

Ch 8 River rights: exploring how river personhood could connect to EU river laws

Cathy Suykens, Katie O’Bryan and Erin O’Donnell

Ch 9 Participatory rights and access to justice: water and the Aarhus Convention in the EU

Jerzy Jendrośka

Ch 10 European basin organizations in the context of climate-induced conflict risks

Susanne Schmeier and Gábor Baranyai

Ch 11 Goals of the Water Framework Directive: prevent deterioration and protect, enhance and restore ecological status

Moritz Reese

Ch 12 Environmental quality standards for water and the long road towards achieving good chemical status for surface water

Henrik Josefsson

Ch 13 Planning: management cycles and implications for industrial permits

Lasse Baaner

Ch 14 Monitoring, compliance and enforcement: the Water Framework Directive

Oda Essens

Ch 15 Cost recovery as a water policy principle

Petra Lindhout

Ch 16 The regulation of groundwater in EU Law: the Groundwater Directives

Henrik Josefsson

Ch 17 The marine environment and coastal zones: the Marine Strategy Directive and marine planning

David Langlet

Ch 18 The Drinking Water Directive

Jasper van Kempen

Ch 19 Safe bathing water

Susanne Wuijts, Ciska Schets and Marleen van Rijswick

Ch 20 Flood risk management in Europe: a deep dive into the Floods Directive

Willemijn van Doorn-Hoekveld and Frank Groothuijse

Ch 21 Water scarcity and drought risk management in the EU: towards an EU Water Scarcity and Droughts Directive?

Marchien van Steinvoorn and Herman Kasper Gilissen

Ch 22 Circular water management: wastewater and water reuse

Annalies Outhuijse and Dafne van der Kraan

Ch 23 The regulation of polluting substances in relation to EU water law

Valérie van ‘t Lam

Ch 24 Water and agricultural pollution

Helle Tegner Anker

Ch 25 Reconciling flood-risk management with nature protection law: the promise of nature-based solutions

Anne Lansink and Bente de Leeuw

Ch 26 Water and land use: role and scope of EU legislation

Juliane Albrecht and Thomas Hartmann

Ch 27 The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and EU Taxonomy: a waterproof European plan for the energy transition? Zooming in on the water–energy nexus

Cathy Suykens, Kelly Verreth and Leonie Reins

Ch 28 Nature-based solutions in sustainable water governance

Froukje Maria Platjouw, Maximilian Nawrath, Isabel Seifert-Dähnn, Line Johanne Barkved and Ingvild Skumlien Furuseth

Ch 29 Social-ecological systems approach to water: resilience and adaptivity in water management, governance and law

Niko Soininen and Marleen van Rijswick

Ch 30 Water and spatial planning: exploring governance synergies in the Netherlands – a case study and lessons for the EU

Liping Dai

Ch 31 Water law, water management and water governance: towards a multidisciplinary approach ensuring coherence, adaptiveness and effectiveness

Susanne Wuijts, Peter Driessen and Marleen van Rijswick

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