?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4920%2F&rft.title=Toward+Improved+Water+Quality+Management+in+Central+and+Eastern+Europe&rft.creator=Scheierling%2C+S.M.&rft.description=Water+quality+management+has+become+a+core+environmental+issue+in+the+transition+countries+of+Central+and+Eastern+Europe+(CEE).+Based+on+illustrative+examples%2C+this+article+outlines+the+state+of+water+quality+in+the+pre-transition+period+and+analyses+the+impacts+of+the+transition+process+on+water+quality.+It+also+assesses+the+current+reform+efforts+in+water+quality+management+and+identifies+issues+which+need+to+be+addressed+in+the+short-+and+longer-term+for+sustaining+or+extending+water+quality+improvements.+The+focus+is+on+five+CEE+countries%3A+Bulgaria%2C+the+Czech+Republic%2C+Hungary%2C+Poland+and+Slovakia.+Other+countries+in+the+region%2C+which+may+have+followed+a+different+transition+path%2C+are+likely+to+face+similar+challenges+in+water+quality+management+in+the+near+future.&rft.publisher=WP-96-107&rft.date=1996-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4920%2F1%2FWP-96-107.pdf&rft.identifier=++Scheierling%2C+S.M.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1554.html%3E++(1996).++Toward+Improved+Water+Quality+Management+in+Central+and+Eastern+Europe.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-107+++++