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Metal pollution in the Weser catchment from mining areas in the Harz Mountains

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Figure Created 30 Jan 2019 Published 01 Mar 2019 Last modified 01 Mar 2019

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Topics: Water and marine environment , Environment and health ,

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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Last upload:: 23 Jan 2019
Temporal coverage:: 2010-2015
Tags:: water , metals , pollution
Geographic coverage:: Germany , Harz (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
Rights:: 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: FGG Weser.
Owners:: FGG Weser
Processors:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Figure type:: Map

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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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Bewirtschaftungsplan 2015-2021 (Dataset URL is not available)

Bewirtschaftungsplan 2015-2021 (Dataset URL is not available)

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Chemicals in European waters

Chemicals in European waters This report’s aim is to improve understanding of which chemicals continue to pose significant risks to the environment, especially when they are present in water. It also looks at how better knowledge and understanding can help to improve controls to minimise harm. The report gives an overview of information about pollutants used in the assessment of water quality under the Water Framework Directive, and describes some of the newer techniques available for the assessment of water quality.

European waters -- Assessment of status and pressures 2018

European waters -- Assessment of status and pressures 2018 The main aim of EU water policy is to ensure that a sufficient quantity of good-quality water is available for both people's needs and the environment. The Water Framework Directive (WFD), which came into force in 2000, established a framework for the assessment, management, protection and improvement of the quality of water resources across the EU. Since December 2015, EU Member States have been publishing the second river basin management plans (RBMPs) for achieving the environmental objectives of the WFD. These plans are updates of the first RBMPs, which were published in 2009.

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