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Percentage of reported monitoring sites with pesticides exceeding thresholds in a) surface waters and b) groundwater in Europe, weighted by country area

Figure Created 06 Feb 2024 Published 14 Feb 2024 Last modified 14 Feb 2024

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The figures show the percentage of monitoring sites with exceedance of effect thresholds or quality standards, set by European or national regulatory standards, and weighted by country area to reduce the impact of uneven data reporting. For surface waters, EU environmental quality standards and (in the absence of those) national regulatory standards were used, reflecting the lowest ecotoxicologically-based effect threshold. Effect thresholds were identified for 116 out of 237 pesticides (49%). The exceedances included here refer to those 116 pesticides. For groundwater, the Groundwater Directive quality standard of 0.1µg/l was used to identify exceedance. Twelve non-relevant metabolites (nrM) were excluded from the assessment.

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Methodology:

Further information on the methodology used to develop the indicator can be found at the following site:

https://water.europa.eu/freshwater/europe-freshwater/pesticides/documentation/methodology_pesticides_indicator.pdf
https://water.europa.eu/freshwater/europe-freshwater/pesticides/documentation/annexes_methodology_pesticides_indicator.xlsx

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For surface waters: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.
For groundwaters: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, France, Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia

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Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands