Materials and methods
The empirical material is gathered from literature and official
documents from water associations, water councils and other relevant
organizations, combined with semi-structured interviews
with key informants for the different water organizations, municipalities,
regional water authorities, and the consultancy involved
in action plans. The data collection covers a time period from the
1950s to 2013, in particular focusing on the period from the 1990s
to 2013. During this period,the institutional arrangements changed
from water associations into the establishment of water councils in
both areas, and the overall institutional framework entailed by the
implementation of the WFD