Italy

• Italy has 8 river basin districts, out of which 2 are international sharing water courses with France to the west, Switzerland and Austria to the north and Slovenia to the east.

• No central webpage is available to provide information on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. 

• Each of the 8 river basin districts consists of more than 1 region. Italy carries out a consultation process first on regional water protection plans (piani di tutela delle acque). This process will be followed by the consultation on the River Basin Management Plans on river basin district level (piani di gestione).

• Consultation on some of the regional water protection plans (piani die tutela delle acque) is ongoing or has been completed. Read more about the regional water protection plans, which are currently available, and their consultation on the specific pages of the relevant regions:

  • Basilicata

  • Emilia Romagna

  • Lazio

  • Liguria

  • Lombardia

  • Marche

  • Piemonte

  • Sardegna

  • Toscana

  • Trento

  • Umbria

  • Valle d'Aosta

  • Veneto

• Consultation on the draft River Basin Management Plans are ongoing :

  • Eastern Alps

  • Po

  • Northern Appenines

  • Central Appenines

  • Southern Appenines

  • Sardinia

  • Sicily

  • Pilot RBD Serchio

• Key documents and links to key documents are available also centrally in the Commission's CIRCA on line library.