More than half of EU surface waters below ‘good’ ecological status
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Social
The report, ‘European waters - assessment of status and pressures', published this week by the European Environment Agency (EEA), considers the status of 104 000 rivers, 19 000 lakes, and 4000 transitional and coastal water bodies reported by EU Member States according to the WFD and the river basin management plans (RBMPs). The authors conclude that water bodies are generally improving, but not quickly enough to meet the targets set by the WFD - in fact only 52 % of water bodies are predicted to achieve good ecological status by 2015, according to Member States own plans.
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