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Percentage of reported monitoring sites with pesticides exceeding thresholds in surface waters, different sized rivers, lakes and groundwater in European countries in time period 2013-2020

Figure Created 25 Nov 2022 Published 07 Dec 2022 Last modified 07 Dec 2022
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The figure shows the percentage of monitoring sites with threshold exceedances of pesticides in surface waters, different sized rivers, lakes and groundwater in European countries. This was used to examine threshold exceedances according to Surface Waters; Rivers, small; Rivers, medium; Rivers, large; Lakes, and Groundwater.

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  • n.d. = No data
  • In brackets: Total number of reported monitoring sites
  • The percentage of exceedance rates was calculated based on the number of reported monitoring sites with exceedances, divided by the total number of reported monitoring sites.
  • River size could not be assigned to all monitoring sites (so total surface waters does not equal the sum of lakes plus large, medium and small rivers). This issue mainly affects Italy and Spain.
  • The WISE Water Framework Directive database was used in the identification of river size.
  • EEA-38. Only countries for which data were available are shown.

Further information on the methodology used, including the thresholds used in the assessment of exceedances, is available through the website: https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/nrc-eionet-freshwater/library/pesticides-water/indicator-pesticides-rivers-lakes-and-groundwater-1/2022

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