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Thanks to the exemplary cooperation during the past 5 decades and as a result of numerous measures the ICPR - States have the ecological condition and the water quality of the Rhine significantly improved.
Most of the program for the sustainable development of the Rhine - "Rhine 2020" - ICPR formulated intermediate targets for the ecological improvement of the Rhine until 2005 have been achieved.
By reducing the pollution by point pollutant and nutrient discharges from industry and municipalities, the burden has been reduced by heavy metals and other pollutants in the Rhine. The oxygen content of the Rhine water has risen again.
Floods and low water are natural fluctuations in the water level in rivers, which are caused by different weather conditions and belong to the essence of a river. If people and their usages come near the waters, may arise in flood damage. Flood prevention but also low water problems are more important issues for the ICPR.