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

2. 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 ( )?
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)

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

4. 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: comments
26/2-28/2: comments
1/3-6/3: comments

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

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

11. Many (+150) more dashboards are available here LINK
Questions
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