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Greece has an EMWIS website, managed by its NFP, the Central Water Agency.

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Area (100 sq km): 132
Population (mill): 10.6
GDP ($ bill):  133
Water per cap:  6867 m3
Water withdrawal:
total 11.9%
agriculture 87%

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WFD Art.5 report:  pressures and qualitative characteristics of water bodies, June 2006
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Document Analysis of the Greek organizations and institutions for drought management

Analysis of the Organizations and Institutions

Prepared by G. TSAKIRIS, G. CAVADIAS, D. PANGALOU, A. NANOU in the framework of the MEDROPLAN project funded by the EC MEDA- Water (Euro-Mediterranean Regional Programme for Local Water Management of the European Commission)

Published in Options Méditerranéennnes, Série B, No. 51. in 2005 (ISBN 2-85352-320-9)
HTML Document Water institutional framework in Greece The transposition of the WFD (European Water Framework directive) into Greek legislation has led to a new institutional organisation with a new Central Water Agency, 13 Regional Water Directorates, a National water Committee (interministerial political body), national and regional water councils (consultative bodies). All the legislative instruments are available only in Greek in the Hellenic Ministry for the Environment website. The protection and management of the river basins and the implementation of the WFD are a responsibility of the 13 Regional Water Directorates. In case of shared river basins, the National Water Committee must determine which regional authority is responsible. The National Water Agency is responsible for defining a national water policy and coordinating the activities of the regional directorates. Note that the regional directorates are under the General Secretary of each region. The new General Secretary of the Central Water Agency is Mr. Ioannis Sibetheros.
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