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Seasonal water scarcity conditions for European sub units for the four quarters of 2022, as measured by water exploitation index plus (WEI+)

NOTE : The seasonal water exploitation index plus (WEI+) provides a measure of total water consumption as a percentage of the renewable freshwater resources available for the European river basins at subunit level. Each season is defined as a calendar quarter on the map: Q1 (January–March), Q2 (April–June), Q3 (July–September), and Q4 (October–December).
WEI+ results for EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland are presented at the subunit level, while for Türkiye and the West Balkan cooperating countries, results are shown at the country level due to the lack of spatial data of river basins and subunits.
The WEI results are calculated by the EEA and consulted with all EIONET member countries prior to publication.
- Waterbase - Water Quantity, 2023, European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Annual freshwater abstraction by source and sector, Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT)
- Lisflood, Joint Research Center (JRC)
- WISE WFD Reference Spatial Datasets reported under Water Framework Directive 2022 - PUBLIC VERSION - version 1.7, Jul. 2024, European Environment Agency (EEA)
- WISE EIONET Spatial Datasets - PUBLIC VERSION - version 1.8, Nov. 2024, European Environment Agency (EEA)
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- Spain
- Malta
- Denmark
- Iceland
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Netherlands
- Austria
- Belgium
- Germany
- Luxembourg
- Ireland
- Türkiye
- France
- Liechtenstein
- Slovakia
- Czechia
- Norway
- Slovenia
- Montenegro
- Croatia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Greece
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Serbia
- Finland
- North Macedonia
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Albania
- Poland
- Romania
- Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99)