European waters - assessment of status and pressures 2018 SCG meeting 17 May 2018 European Environment Agency (EEA)

European waters - assessment of status and pressures 2018 Why, what, for who and when 2018 is the year in which the European Commission published its report on “Implementation of WFD and the review of the 2nd River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs)” and start the process of evaluating the Water Framework Directive. To accompany and inform this process, the EEA has long planned a report of status of European waters (art 18). The report aims to present results on: What is the status of European waters? Which pressures is causing less than good status; What progress has been achieved in the 1st River Basin Management cycle (2010-2015)? The target audience is EU institutions (EP, COM, JRC); countries (national, River Basin District administrations working with WFD and other water policy implementation); International River Basin and Regional Sea Conventions; water experts and scientists; and general public. This report only presents key results, while more detailed results are presented in an interactive tool in WISE-Freshwater. WFD Article 18:The EU Commission shall publish a report on the implementation of the directive two years after the Member States have delivered the RBMPs. •The report shall include a review of the status of surface water and groundwater in the Community undertaken in coordination with the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Consultation of draft report 15/1-28/2 2018 https://forum. eionet

Consultation of draft report 15/1-28/2 2018 https://forum. eionet +600 comments 17 Member States AT, BE, BG, CZ, DE, DK, FI, FR, HU, IE, LU, MT, NL, RO, SE, SK, UK No comments: CY, EE, EL, ES, HR, IT, LT, LV, PL, PT, SI, Switzerland, No comments: NO Other stakeholders WWF, euElectric, Eurometaux, UEPG (European Aggregates Association) EU Commission, internal EEA 15/1-26/2: 75 comments 26/2-28/2: 450 comments 1/3-6/3: 75 comments

Consultation of draft report 15/1-28/2 2018 https://forum. eionet Many good comments and constructive suggestions Control of values (few errors found; not consistent values) Some critical comments related to interpretation of the WFD, which are for the European Commission to address further if needed, e.g. Overall status – or surface water status, groundwater status Status by count of water bodies/length/area Ecological status without monitoring of biological quality elements Use of supporting quality elements Chemical status – extrapolation or based on observations Threshold values used for groundwater pollutants, RBSPs, nutrient standards

WISE-Freshwater visualisation tool Tables WFD 2nd RBMPs 2016 WFD reporting guidance WISE SoW Db Graphs WFD 1st RBMPs 2010 WFD reporting guidance Interactive maps

Explanation of tabular information Title EU results Filter, Selections e.g. 1st & 2nd RBMPs Measure Category Spatial Status Member State results Drill down RBDs, subunits Notes

EU results (default) or selection Graphs link – general template Title Filter, Selections e.g. 1st & 2nd RBMPs Measure Category Spatial Status EU results (default) or selection Pop-ups – tool tips (*) All in selection River Lake Transitional Coastal Link

Surface water bodies: Ecological status or potential and chemical status, by country LINK

Surface water bodies failing to achieve good status, by RBD LINK Select ecological status

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