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Population exposed to droughts in Europe (1980-2000)
Case studies in water-sensitive regions of the Alps
This index is one of the components of the sensitivity to desertification index
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
Unit = ha
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
One map per Mediterranean country.
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Hours per day that urban population in the EECCA countries receive piped water
Number of river monitoring stations included in analysis noted in brackets
Data contained in this layer are twofold: - Corine land cover data 1990 provided in vector format (polygons) and at scale 1:100,000
The map visualizes water holding capacity loss due to the estimated soil sealing increase during 2012 and 2018 in FUAs. Although the figure presents EU27+UK values only, data is available for the EEA-38 region and the UK.
The map illustrates groundwater bodies of poor chemical status, affected significantly by diffuse source pollution from agriculture in the EU-27, as reported in national 2016 RBMPs.
The map shows the urban waste water treatment plants treating more than 2000 population equivalent equipped with different types of disinfection in Europe. The map is based on country reporting under Urban waste water treatment directive (271/91/EEC) in 2020 (reference year 2018).
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/find/global or scan the QR code.
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