Water Pollution

Maps about soil erosion, pollution nutrients and soil organic carbon, including a peatland degradation risk as soil degradation indicator.

This map shows the quality element status or potential for the European surface water bodies. The Quality Element status layer contains the ecological status or potential based on the quality element status value (i.e., the lowest of the known quality element status values per waterbody). It also includes nutrient, nitrogen, phosphorus conditions.

This map includes the River Basin Districts (RBDs) and their sub-units, the surface water bodies (water body category, ecological status or potential and chemical status), the groundwater bodies (aquifer type, quantitative status and chemical status) and the monitoring sites.

Water News Europe is an independent online news medium for the European water sector. Freelance journalists report on water issues in different Member States and they provide reports on topics related to European water legislation, like the Water Framework Directive or the Drinking Water Directive.

Finnish Water Forum (FWF) represents through its members the whole variety of expertise in the Finnish water sector. FWF is a platform for cooperation of commercial enterprises, governmental and non-governmental organizations, scientific institutes and water-related associations. FWF was established in 2009 by 39 different organizations with a common goal – creating an umbrella organization for Finnish water knowhow. Today, FWF has over 130 member organizations in Finland and local partners around the world.

This report presents the state of Europe's water. It outlines three overarching challenges facing future European water management: 1. protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems; 2. achieving the zero pollution ambition; 3. adapting to water scarcity, drought and flood risks. Europe's citizens, environment and economy are intrinsically dependent on water, yet the continuing availability of sufficient, good quality water cannot presently be assured.