This first led to the adoption by the Commission of a communication on a groundwater action programme in 1996 which was incorporated into the Water Framework Directive (WFD), adopted four years later (2000/60/EC).
Ba é an chéad toradh a bhí air sin ná gur ghlac an Coimisiún le cumarsáid ar chlár gnímh maidir le screamhuisce i 1996, agus ionchorpraíodh é sa Chreat-Treoir Uisce (WFD) ar glacadh léi ceithre bliana ní ba dhéanaí (2000/60/EC).