Quality element status
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DAS-45-en
Published 03 Jul 2018
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Ecological status is determined for rivers, lakes, and transitional and coastal waters based on biological quality elements (phytoplankton, macrophytes, phytobenthos, benthic invertebrate fauna and fish) and supporting physico-chemical (nutrients, oxygen condition, temperature, transparency, salinity and river basin specific pollutants (RBSPs) and hydromorphological quality elements. The WFD specifies which elements are to be assessed for each water category and requires that biological and supporting quality elements achieve at least good status. The dashboards provide overview of the different results related to ecological status of quality elements. Further dashboards are available below.
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Caution is advised when comparing Member States and when comparing the first and second RBMPs, as the results are affected by the methods Member States have used to collect data and often cannot be compared directly.
Further information is provided in a Draft guide to dashboards on quality element status, in the chapter 3 of the EEA report European waters – assessment of status and pressures 2018, and section 2.4 Ecological status and exemptions of the WFD 2016 reporting guidance.
Further information on surface water quality element status is available in following dashboards:
- Quality element status - tables overview table ; overview table of quality elements
- Quality element status - charts by category ; by quality element and category ; country comparison by quality element ; country and quality elements
- Quality element group status - graphs by category; by quality element and category ; country comparison by quality element ; country and quality elements
- Quality element status - maps by country ; by RBD - problem with link ; by country and RBD
- Number of Quality Elements used in the assessment of the ecological status or potential - charts by category ; country comparison ; by country and category
- Ecological status or potential calculated from quality elements - charts by category ; country comparison ; by country and category
- Quality element status in the 2nd and 1st RBMP - charts by category ; by quality element and category ; country comparison by quality element ; country and quality element
- Quality element group status in the 2nd and 1st RBMP - charts by category ; by quality element and category ; country comparison by quality element ; country and quality element
- River basin specific pollutants (RBSP) - tables overview table ; overview table2 ; other RBSPs ; overview graph
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/european-waters/water-quality-and-water-assessment/water-assessments/quality-elements-of-water-bodies or scan the QR code.
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