{"id":298,"date":"2024-04-11T21:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T18:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/water\/exercise-3\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T21:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T18:32:44","slug":"exercise-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/water\/exercise-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tools for water management<\/h4>\n

Please complete the\u00a0exercise as self-test.<\/p>\n

Exercise can be taken as many times as needed and the success of taking these exercise will not influence the final grade.<\/p>\n

We recommend that you complete the exercise and work with it until you achieve score 100% and only then move to next topic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Please mark whether the sentences below are true or false:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A river basin is the area drained by the parent river|excluding its tributaries<\/td>\n
Disposal of wastewater taking place in a river basin has impacts downstream.<\/td>\n
The river basin management approach cannot be applied to single streams or lakes.<\/td>\n
In the European Union|each Member State can decide the extent of its river basin districts.<\/td>\n
According to the EU Water Framework Directive|for each listed water body within the river basin district|at least good status needs to be achieved.<\/td>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Identify the category of each water management tool below.\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Administrative sanctions<\/td>\n
Water charges<\/td>\n
Abstraction taxes<\/td>\n
Environmental permits<\/td>\n
Emission ceilings<\/td>\n
Tradable water permits<\/td>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Match each example with regulative policy instrument.<\/h4>
Before water can be taken from a river or a stream for commercial use, a licence has to be applied for.<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Environmental assessment

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Quality standards

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Environmental permit

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Due process and public participation

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Administrative and criminal sanction

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Legal obligation

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Environmental liability

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The company was fined for illegal discharge of wastewater.<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Environmental assessment

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Quality standards

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Environmental permit

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Due process and public participation

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Administrative and criminal sanction

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Legal obligation

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Environmental liability

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Experts came to the conclusion that the proposed construction of the pulp mill would have no major impact on surface water quality.<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Environmental assessment

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Quality standards

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Environmental permit

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Due process and public participation

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Administrative and criminal sanction

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Legal obligation

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Environmental liability

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Water pollution indicators, such as total phosphorus and total nitrogen, must be analysed once a week.<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Environmental assessment

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Quality standards

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Environmental permit

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Due process and public participation

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Administrative and criminal sanction

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Legal obligation

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Environmental liability

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Following the chemical spill, the company had to pay for the clean-up of the lake and damages caused to neighbouring estates.<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Environmental assessment

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Quality standards

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Environmental permit

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Due process and public participation

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Administrative and criminal sanction

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Legal obligation

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Environmental liability

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The draft Water Act had been subject to two rounds of public consultation.<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Environmental assessment

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Quality standards

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Environmental permit

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Due process and public participation

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Administrative and criminal sanction

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Legal obligation

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Environmental liability

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Access to water has been declared a human right by the United Nations.<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
Environmental assessment

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Quality standards

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Environmental permit

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Due process and public participation

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Administrative and criminal sanction

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Legal obligation

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Environmental liability

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For each economic instrument listed below|choose the correct corresponding objective.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Water charge based on water metering<\/td>\n
Sewerage charge<\/td>\n
Water abstraction tax<\/td>\n
Effluent charge<\/td>\n
Payments to farmers subject to restrictions in fertilizer use in water protection zones<\/td>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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