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Percentage of water bodies not in good ecological status or potential, per river basic district

Figure Created 21 Jun 2021 Published 28 Jul 2021 Last modified 08 Nov 2021

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Topics: Water and marine environment

The map presents the proportion of surface water bodies (rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters) in less than good ecological status per River Basin District.

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Methodology:

See the EEA ETC/ICM technical report for more details and the methodology used for assessing ecological status or potential: https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/water-assessments

The results are calculated as a percentage of the total number of classified water bodies. The results are based on the information Member States have reported for the second River Basin Management Plans (2nd RBMPs).

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Percentage of surface water bodies in less than good ecological status or potential (based on number of water bodies).

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EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

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European Environment Agency (EEA)

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Additional information

• The map is based on information reported under the Water Framework Directive as part of countries’ second river basin management plans. These plans were finalised in 2015 and reported between 2016 and 2018. The results cover the period up to 2015.
• The percentages are based on only surface water bodies with known ecological status or potential (i.e. they do not include water bodies with unknown status). Caution is needed when comparing results between countries, as results can be affected significantly by the methodologies used by individual countries.
• Data sets on surface water body quality for Switzerland reported under the framework of EEA priority data flows are not compatible with the EU Water Framework Directive assessments and are not included in the figure.

• RBD: River Basin Districts.

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03 Dec 2019 - Percentage of water bodies, not in good ecological status or potential, per river basic district

02 Jul 2018 - Percentage of water bodies not in good ecological status/potential in Europe’s river basin districts in second River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs)

28 Feb 2015 - Proportion of classified river and lake water bodies in different River Basin Districts (RBD) holding less than good ecological status or potential for rivers and lakes

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