1. WATER POLLUTION
1.1    NITROGEN CYCLE
1.1.1    Anthropogenic Sources and Impacts
1.2    PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
1.2.1    Anthropogenic Sources and Impacts

2    EU POLICIES ON PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF POLLUTION INTO WATER BODIES
2.1    WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE (2000/60/EC)
2.1.1    General Objective
2.1.2    Programme of Measures and River Basin Management Plan
2.2    EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ADDRESSING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION
2.2.1    Council Directive concerning the Protection of Waters against Pollution caused by Nitrates from Agricultural Sources (91/676/EEC)
2.2.2    Directive on Sewage Sludge (86/278/EEC)
2.2.3    Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance and Rural Development Programmes)
2.2.4    Study on Phosphates and Alternative Detergent Builders

3    CHALLENGES FOR REGIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
3.1    CHALLENGES SPECIFIC TO THE WFD AND THE PROGRAMME OF MEASURES
3.2    CHALLENGES SPECIFIC TO THE SOURCES OF POLLUTION
3.2.1    Challenges specific to the Nitrates Directive
3.2.2    Directive on Sewage Sludge
3.2.3    Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance and Rural Development Programmes)

CONCLUSION

4    REFERENCES