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Water themes and data

Clean fresh water is essential to life. Unfortunately, since the Industrial Revolution, most of Europe's rivers have been treated unwisely as a convenient way of transporting waste to the sea, affecting the biodiversity of thousands of kilometers of waterways, harming human health, and in the end polluting coastal and marine waters.

Articles
The water we eat — irrigated agriculture's heavy toll: 17 Apr 2009
If the well runs dry — climate change adaptation and water: 14 Apr 2009
Fish out of water — marine management in a changing climate: 23 Mar 2009; More

Publications
Regional climate change and adaptation — The Alps facing the challenge of changing water resources: 09 Sep 2009
Quality of bathing water — 2008 bathing season: 11 Jun 2009
Water resources across Europe — confronting water scarcity and drought: 17 Mar 2009; More

Highlights
Interactive technology empowers Europeans to manage environmental change: 17 Nov 2009
Pollution: new European register gives public access to information on emissions from European industrial facilities: 09 Nov 2009
EEA joins forces with European Water Partnership: 29 Sep 2009; More

Featured articles
Updated maps of urban waste water collection and treatment: 22 Jul 2009
New data on European water quality in WISE: 13 Oct 2008
News on WISE map viewer for World Water Day 2008: 18 Mar 2008; More

Water live maps
River basin district information (Water Framework Directive Article 3)
Status of water bodies (Water Framework Directive Article 5)
Monitoring networks (Water Framework Directive Article 8): More

Upcoming events
2010 Open Day for HiWATE (Health impacts of long-term exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water): 23 Feb 2010 - 23 Feb 2010, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Water & Environment 2010: CIWEM's Annual Conference: 28 Apr 2010 - 29 Apr 2010, olympia conference centre, Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX; More

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