Assessing the European Water Stewardship Standard in the Context ...

List of Figures III
List of Figures
Figure 1: To exemplify early summer droughts, soil humidity measurements on Farm
D in 2010 ................................................................................................................... 17
Figure 2: Level of compliance to the EWS standard by principle on farms (n=5) in the
Elbe River basin ........................................................................................................ 29
Figure 3: Motivation for acceptance of the EWS standard by the farmers (n=5) in the
pilot test ..................................................................................................................... 37
List of Tables
Table 1: Timeline of key milestones toward the implementation of the Water
Framework Directive ................................................................................................. 11
Table 2: Overview of principles and criteria of the EWS Standard ......................................... 15
Table 3: Farm profiles of pilot farms testing the EWS standard ............................................. 18
Table 4: Extract of Requirements for Compliance (version 0.6) document used to
assess compliance with the EWS standard ................................................................ 20
Table 5: Alignment of the EWS standard with the Programme of Measures of the
Water Framework Directive for the Elbe River basin .............................................. 26
Table 6: Level of compliance to the EWS standard according to indicator level
performed on farms (n=5) in the Elbe River basin .................................................... 28
Table 7: Evaluation of amount of information, average of compliance, comprehension,
need for support and data accessibility on criteria level of the EWS standard
to assess applicability ................................................................................................ 31
Table 8: Occurrence of categories for non-compliance by principle of the EWS
standard ..................................................................................................................... 32
Table 9: Key statements of farmers (n=5) testing the EWS standard indicating levels
of acceptance ............................................................................................................. 36