1. Peter Kristensen European Environment Agency
EEA 2012 State of water
Peter Kristensen
European Environment Agency

2. Why is 2012 a special water year
Water Framework Directive - On the basis of the RBMPs, the Commission has to publish a report and submit it to the European Parliament and the Council by December The contents of the report are laid down in the Article 18 of the WFD:
a review of progress in the implementation of the Directive;
a review of the status of surface water and groundwater in the Community under-taken in coordination with the European Environment Agency;
2012 Water Scarcity and Droughts - Policy Review. The Environmental Council of 30 October 2007 supported the Commission’s 2007 Communication and invited the Commission specifically to review and further develop the water scarcity and drought policy by 2012.
As a consequence of the White Paper on adapting to climate change – there will in 2012 be a review of the vulnerability of water and environmental resources to climate change and man-made pressures.
6th World Water Forum in Marseilles

3. State of Europe’s waters
Impacts of Europe's changing climate indicator-based assessment
Water resources across Europe — confronting water scarcity and drought
State of Europe’s waters
How is it? (Nutrients, pesticides, heavy metals, ecological quality )
How much is there? (Runoff, availability, demands, Water Stress )
Time trends
Getting better or worse?
Pressures on the environment
Climate change
Human
Industrial
Agricultural
“What is causing the problems?”
State of Action on policies
“Are they working towards target?”
Regional climate change and adaptation – The Alps facing the challenge of changing water resources.
Quality of bathing water — 2008 bathing season

4. EEA freshwater reports 2010
Biodiversity – 10 messages for – Freshwater Ecology
Europe's ecological backbone: recognising the true value of our mountains
Quality of bathing water — 2009 bathing season
Forthcoming: SOER2010 (November):
Thematic assessment on Freshwater quality and Water resources: quantity and flows
EEA Report (Autumn):Mapping the impacts of natural hazards and technological accidents in Europe.
Update of EEA core set of indicators (Consultation Autumn)

5. SOER2010 (November): Synthesis report Thematic assessment on
Freshwater quality
Water resources: quantity and flows
Country assessments:
35 Freshwater assessments

6. EEA 2012 State of Water assessment
100 pages synthesis/integrated report
> 5 Water thematic assessments ( pages)
Baseline – overview of status and pressures affecting Europe’s water
Related to the main policy issues (e.g. Water efficency, World Water Forum 4; Reform of CAP 2013)

7. 170 RBMPs Analysis Other information DG Environment
Blueprint to Safeguard European Waters
Analysis
WFD imple-mentation
Water scarcity & drought
Climate change & water
EEA State of European Water
Synthesis/integrated
Water assessment
Other information
Baseline (Status of waters and pressures affecting them)
Further assessments – e.g. water resource efficiency, water accounts, ecosystem goods and services
Thematic (focused) assessments

8. Potential thematic assessments
Coastal and transitional waters
Hydromorphology pressures;
Freshwater biodiversity and related pressures;
Water resources and resource efficiency; Water economics;
Water and vulnerability (floods; water scarcity and droughts)
- more to be added
Other EEA reports
2011 Chemicals report
2011 & 2012 Bathing water reports
Update of water indicators
Assessment of Assessment on water
- more to be added

9. European overview of ecological status
European Ecological status
Ecological status per RBD

10. Pressure information
Heavily modified water bodies

11. National brochures/reports summarising RBMPs

12. Ecological status -Germany

13. Finland Ecological status
Source: State of the environment

14. Ecological quality – The Netherlands
Source:

15. EEA 2012 State of water assessment
Analyse information from RBMPs, Water Scarcity and Drought and other issues (e.g. water ressource efficiency)
Draft outlines for thematic assessment
Prepare baseline state and pressure indicators (graphs+assessments)
Draft thematic and integrated assessments
Present and discuss assessments with stakeholders