Water Framework Directive

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This section is dedicated to the Water Framework Directive and presents the results on the status and pressures on groundwater and surface waters in Europe, based on data reported electronically to EEA for River Basin Management Plans. The results provide an overview at EU, Member State and River Basin District level.

Key findings

%

of surface waters
are in good or better
ecological status

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%

of surface waters
are in good
chemical status

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%

of groundwater area
is in good
quantitative status

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%

of groundwater area
is in good
chemical status

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%

of surface waters
are under pressure from changes to natural flow and physical features

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Km²

groundwater area
was monitored for the
3rd River Basin Management Plans

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Topics (or Table of contents)

Ecological status in surface waters

Groundwaters chemical status

Surface waters chemical status

Pressures and impacts on water bodies

Groundwaters quantitative status

Characterisation of water bodies

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Disclaimer

The “EU-27” charts, tables and maps for the 3rd River Basin Management Plans show the data for Member States that had reported electronically to the EEA by 29th July 2024 : Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Norway has also reported.

The pages will be updated with data from countries which report later in due course.