Metal pollution in the Weser catchment from mining areas in the Harz Mountains
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Created 30 Jan 2019
Published 01 Mar 2019
Last modified 01 Mar 2019
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Water bodies have been classified under the Water Framework Directive. Blue areas are water bodies at good chemical status. Red streams are failing to achieve good chemical status. Grey areas are not classified for chemical status. The river and floodplain sediments have been contaminated with the waste and mine water over
centuries. In the floodplains high lead and cadmium concentrations affect the agriculture at pasture and arable land along the river floodplains.
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- FGG Weser
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- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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The map has been adapted from this document:
http://www.fgg-weser.de/component/jdownloads/send/8-eg-wrrl/331-bwp2015-weser-final-textteil-160318
Further information on chemical status of Europe’s water bodies can be found in "Chemicals in European Waters" https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/chemicals-in-european-waters and European Waters assessment of status and pressures https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/state-of-water
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Temporal coverage
2010-2015
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/metal-pollution-in-the-weser or scan the QR code.
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