Percentage of water bodies not in good ecological status/potential in Europe’s river basin districts in second River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs)

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The map present the proportion of surface water bodies (rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters) in less than good ecological status per River Basin District.

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See the EEA ETC/ICM technical report for more details and the methodology used for assessing ecological status or potential: https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/water-assessments 

The results are calculated as a percentage of the total number of classified water bodies. The results are based on the information Member States have reported for the second River Basin Management Plans (2nd RBMPs).

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Percentage of surface water bodies in less than good ecological status or potential (based on number of water bodies). 

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  1. The map is based on information reported under the second River Basin Management Plans of the Water Framework Directive. These plans were finalised in 2015, and reported in 2016 and 2017. The results cover the period up to 2015.
  2.  RBD: River Basin Districts.
  3. The percentages are based only on known ecological status or potential (i.e. they do not take into account unknown status). Caution is needed when comparing results between Member States as the results can be significantly affected by the methodology applied by individual Member States.
  4. Data sets on surface water body quality for Switzerland reported in the framework of EEA priority data flows are not compatible with the EU Water Framework Directive assessments and are not included in the figure.

 

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WISE WFD Database (Water Framework Directive Database) WISE WFD Database (Water Framework Directive Database) The WISE WFD database contains data from the 1st and 2nd River Basin Management Plans reported by EU Members States according to article 13 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The database includes information about surface water bodies (number and size, water body category, ecological status or potential, chemical status, significant pressures and impacts) and about groundwater bodies (number and size, quantitative status, chemical status, significant pressures and impacts). The information is presented by country, river basin district (RBD) and river basin district sub-unit (where applicable).
WISE WFD reference spatial data sets WISE WFD reference spatial data sets The Water Framework Directive (WFD) reference spatial data sets include information about European river basin districts, river basin district sub-units, surface water bodies, groundwater bodies and monitoring sites used in the first and second River Basin Management Plans (RBMP). The data sets are part of the Water Information System for Europe (WISE), and compile information reported by the EU Member States and Norway to the European Commission (EC) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) since 2010.

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