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The WFD explicitly requires Member States to manage the effects on the ecological status of water which result from changes to physical characteristics of water bodies. It requires action in those cases where hydro-morphological modifications are having an impact on the ecological status interfering with the ability to achieve the WFD objectives and to avoid deterioration due to new modifications. The restoration of hydromorphological conditions can take place using a wide range of measures such as removing river obstacles to restore river continuity, setting ecological flow requirements, improving physical habitats in rivers and on their floodplains or implementing natural water retention measures.

At the same time, WFD measures for hydromorphological pressures should not be taken in a silo approach but it is beneficial, both in terms of the effects to be achieved and funding opportunities, to coordinate the planning of WFD measures with the planning process for other sectors (e.g. planning for the energy, transport and agricultural sectors) (EC, 2019).