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Water exploitation index (WEI) (total water abstraction per year as percentage of long-term freshwater resources in 1990 and 2002/2004)

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The diagram illustrate per country WEI in 1990 and 2002/04

Sectoral use of water in regions of Europe

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AC (Northern): Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Water quality of rivers in six Member States 1980-1999. BOD, phosphorous and ammonium

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Location of reported HABs including STBs (in red) in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Water use for irrigation in European regions

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Trends in phosphorus concentrations in lakes (total phosphorus) in European countries during the 1990s and early 2000s

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Number of lake stations for each country given in brackets

Water exploitation index (WEI) in the late 1990s

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Solid bar: Water exploitation index without water abstraction for energy cooling; dotted bar: WEI based on total water abstraction.

Trend in annual water temperature in the Rhine (1909-2006), the Danube (1901-1990) and average water temperatures in August in Lake Saimaa, Finland (1924-2000)

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Urban water use

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Urban water use per capita per year is based on the total population of a country rather than the population that is connected to the urban water supply

Trend in water abstraction for sectors in selected WCE and SEE countries

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BOD5 concentrations in rivers between 2001 and 2006 in European countries

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Number of river monitoring stations included in analysis noted in brackets

Number of days with water temperature higher than 23 oC in the river Rhine (Lobith, the Netherlands) 1909-2003

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Number of days with water temperature higher than 23 oC in the river Rhine (Lobith, the Netherlands) 1909-2003

Water stress in large European river basins, 2000 and 2030

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Population exposed to droughts in Europe (1980-2000)

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Population exposed to droughts in Europe (1980-2000)

Case studies in water-sensitive regions of the Alps

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Case studies in water-sensitive regions of the Alps

Vegetation sensitivity

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This index is one of the components of the sensitivity to desertification index

Ecoregions for rivers and lakes

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Figure 1: Direct and riverine inputs of selected metals and organic substances in the north-east Atlantic Ocean.

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It should be noted that the lack of consistent or reliable data from the marine conventions or EEA counties inhibits adequate assessment of concentrations and trends of hazardous substances in European marine water