1. ETC/WTR under contract to the EEA Status of Groundwater in Europe

2. Status of GW in Europe about the EEA ETCs under contract to the EEA
Report: GW quality and quantity in Europe
Eurowaternet (EWN) Groundwater

3. The EEA mission
“The EEA aims to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe’s environment through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to the policy making agents and the public”

4. The DPSIR Framework Drivers Responses Pressures Impact State
e.g. Clean production,
Public transport, Regulations, Taxes
Information etc.
e.g. Industry & Transport
Pressures
Impact
e.g. Ill health,
Biodiversity loss,
Economic
damage
e.g. Polluting
emissions
State
e.g. Air, Water,
Soil quality
The role of the EEA is:
To provide information on the DPSIR elements and their
interconnections, and on the effectiveness of responses

5. Key clients EU institutions National environmental authorities
European Commission
Other institutions and bodies
National environmental authorities
International organisations
Business community
General public

6. EEA - Topic Centres ETC Water ETC Terrestrial Environment
ETC Air and Climate Change
ETC Nature Protection and Biodiversity
ETC Waste and Material Flows

7. ETC on Water Led by WRc (UK)
Federal Environment Agency - Working Group on Water (AT)
CEDEX - Hydrographic Institute (ES)
Centre for New Technology, Energy and Environment, ENEA (IT)
National Centre for Marine Research (GR)
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (PL)
International Office for Water (IOW) with IFREMER (FR)
Environmental Research Institute - NERI (DK)
Institute for Water Research NIVA (NO)
Vituki Consult (HU)

8. Groundwater quality and quantity in Europe
Environmental Assessment Report
main objectives:
pan European report based an measured data
main emphasis on
nitrate and pesticides; furthermore chloride, el. cond., alkalinity and pH
over exploitation, saltwater intrusion, endangered wetlands
procedure
based on DPSIR approach
questionnaires to 44 European countries
response from 37 countries
data collection in 1996/97; published in 1999

12. Pesticides monitored in GW

13. GW-overexploitation and saltwater intrusion

14. Further parameters

15. Objectives of Eurowaternet Groundwater
objective, reliable and comparable information at the European level
a survey of important groundwater bodies in the EEA area
description of the status of groundwater quantity and quality in the EEA area
information about trends in groundwater quantity and quality status
long-term assessment about the impacts of measures
basis for reports

16. Eurowaternet - Groundwater
Collected Information - Update 2001
General characterisation - General Info, Hydrology, (Hydro-)Geology, Pressures, GIS-Map
Network design - types of sampling sites, frequency
Groundwater quality - aggregated data on nitrogen compounds (NO3, NO2, NH4), dissolved oxygen
pesticides in groundwater

17. Eurowaternet - groundwater

18. Eurowaternet - groundwater
/ NO3

19. Eurowaternet - groundwater

20. Outlook
EWN-GW based on best available data is currently the most adequate information source at the European scale
Currently Update 2001, environmental signals report 2002, Kiev-report 2003
Revision of EWN - guidelines (slight adaptations with regard to WFD) .