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Industrial investments for wastewater treatment 1992-2002: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Public investments for sewers and wastewater treatment in Euro per capita 1990-2002: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Wastewater treatment in 601 Mediterranean coastal cities with a polution greater than 10000: -
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Net load on surface waters - organic discharges (BOD) from sewage treatment plants, industry and other direct outlets. 1970-2002: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Getting Europe's precious waters clean again: Protecting water from pollution is one of the biggest environmental challenges that we face. In recent decades, major disasters like the Sandoz incident in 1986 demonstrated that pollution knows no frontiers and that strong EU actions and cooperation were needed. This detailed news report looks at the ways in which Europe’s determination to protect water in all its forms is achieving results. From the European quality of the drinking water, through the treatment of waste water, to protection of its rivers, coasts and lakes – over the last few decades it has developed an effective legislative arsenal. The aim of the European Union is for all the water on its territory to by in good status by 2015. Although challenges remain, results are obvious. For example, in 2000, the EU adopted a directive promoting trans-boundary co-operation and introducing the river basin management concept where the territory of the river as a whole is taken into account. And in terms of bathing water, since 1990, the number of bathing sites fulfilling the EU standards has increased by almost 30% to an impressive 90%.
Located in Environmental topics › Water › Multimedia
Changes in wastewater treatment in regions of Europe between 1990 and 2005: Only countries with data from (almost) all periods were included, the numbers of countries are given in parentheses
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Wastewater treatment in Turkey: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Share of population served with public wastewater treatment in Denmark 1970-2000, Netherlands 1970-1999, Spain 1975-2000, Estonia 1985-2000 and Poland 1990-2000: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Discharges of nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater treatment plants: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Water quality and wastewater treatment — WISE interactive maps updated: A series of maps on water quality, updated with the latest information reported by countries, has been published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The maps display water quality parameters in various receiving waters across Europe, alongside information on urban wastewater treatment and receiving areas sensitive to eutrophication.
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