Project identifies eight main objectives;    
evaluate the extent of recovery to date of acidified freshwaters in Europe in response to decreased deposition of acidifying compounds    
identify and quantify the dominant driving processes governing the timing and magnitude of recovery    
improve the predictive capability of existing biogeochemical models through enhanced process representation and incorporation of linkages between 
hydrochemical changes and biological impacts    
apply and validate regional models and determine spatial patterns of recovery across Europe   
predict the degree of recovery by the year 2010 given presently agreed emissions control scenarios    
evaluate the degree of compliance with respect to restoration of acidified waters as specified under the WFD    
evaluate the economic costs and benefits of presently agreed and proposed UN-ECE protocols by the year 2010    
develop an “end user” focus-group involving National and International Agencies with the goal of increasing information exchange through a linking of 
research and policy and to enhance the relevance of project outputs. 
            

Different regional ecotypes have been selected to represent the dominant acidified systems throughout Europe, i.e. those which are most geographically 
extensive and numerous. These include the UK, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Czech Republic and Germany. Substantial site specific and regional data are available 
for these regions and an understanding of the mechanism of recovery in these systems allows for a Pan-European evaluation of recovery response. The degree 
of reversibility will be related to regional differences in catchment physico-chemical characteristics and regional differences in deposition reductions, 
both relative and absolute 
            

RECOVER:2010 is designed to assess the impact of current and future anthropogenic pressures on sensitive European freshwater ecosystems.   
   
A list of publications is available on the project web page    
   
Paper titles:   
-Land use influences on acidification and recovery of freshwaters in Galloway, South-west Scotland.   
-Recovery from acidification of lochs in Galloway, south-west Scotland,UK:1979-1998.   
-Chemical trends at lakes and streams in the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network, 1988-2000:    
-Evidence for recent recovery at a national scale.   
-Interpretation of trends in acidic deposition and surface water chemistry in Scotland during the past three decades.   
-Chemical trends at lakes and streams in the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network, 1988-2000:   
-Evidence for recent recovery at a national scale.   
-Long-term changes in the water quality of rainfall, cloud water and stream water for moorland, forested and clear-felled catchments at Plynlimon, mid-Wales. 
  
-An Assessment of the potential impact of the Gothenburg Protocol on surface water chemistry using the dynamic MAGIC model at acid sensitive sites in the 
UK.   
Are there signs of acidification reversal in freshwaters of the low mountain ranges of Germany?    
-Long -term changes in acidification and recovery at nine calibrated catchments in Norway, Sweden and Finland.    
-Climate change as a confounding factor in reversibility of acidification: RAIN and CLIMEX projects.    
-Trends in the chemistry of atmospheric deposition and surface waters in the Lake Maggiore catchment   
Sulphur and nitrogen fluxes and budgets in the Bohemian Forest and Tatra Mountains during the Industrial Revolution (1850 to 2000)