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Industrial releases of pollutants to water and economic activity in the EU-27

Figure Created 06 May 2024 Published 31 May 2024 Last modified 31 May 2024

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Topics: Industry Water and marine environment

The figure shows the trend of pollutant releases into water in the EU-27 from 2010 to 2022 by using 2010 releases values as reference. In addition, gross value added (GVA) from the industry sector is presented.

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Methodology:: Pollutant releases reported under E-PRTR/LCP dataflow for the relevant pollutant have been aggregated at EU-27 level and index against 2010 level has been calculated.
Units:: Index (100=2010)
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provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Commission, European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Figure type:: Graph

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GVA, gross value added; TOC - total organic carbon, Total N - total nitrogen, Total P - total phosphorous, Cd - Cadmium, Hg - Mercury, Ni - Nichel, Pb - Lead. GVA is used as a proxy for the economic activity of industry in Europe, accounting for inflation, based on 2010 values.

Slovakia: 2018 data used to gap fill 2019-2022 for missing reporting
Malta: 2019 data used to gap fill 2020-2022 for missing reporting
Czechia: 2020 data used to gap fill 2021-2022 for missing reporting
Bulgaria: 2021 data used to gap fill 2022 for late reporting

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