A case study of the anthropogenic impact on the catchment of Mogyoród-brook, Hungary

The achievement of the good ecological status of surface waters has become obligatory due to the European Water Framework Directive in all European countries. In water management plans required by the directive, all human impacts on the aquatic environment shall be quantified and evaluated. For this purpose watershed related assessment methods are needed. The aim of the study is to present the watershed condition of Mogyoród-brook located in the North surrounding of Hungarian capital, through its ecological and chemical condition in the light of 60/2000/EC Directive. This paper presents more the methodological aspects of the work, which aim is to test regulations on River Basin Management Plan-creations on a smaller watershed area (on the watershed area of Mogyoród-brook), than punctual results. The field investigation and regulation reviews have already begun, but have not been finished yet (expected by 2005 summer). The used method is based on water sampling and Riparian, Channel and Environmental Inventory. Historical outlook was detected out by investigation of water engineering plans. The main goals of the paper are to present the question of implementation of the directive in meso-scale level and to search the possibility of adaptation of different methods for complex evaluation.