10. Conclusion

The historical perspective of EU groundwater policy presented in this chapter is intimately linked to the interactions between political decision-makers, the scientific community and a wide range of stakeholders. The science-policy interconnection has been extensively explored over the past decade, particularly in light of the development of the 2006 Groundwater Directive . At the time of drafting this daughter directive to the WFD, it was indeed recognized that research would be needed to develop a common methodology for establishing threshold values, and...