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Freshwater quality

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This indicator shows:

1. Annual median concentrations in rivers of Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and ammonium (NH4).

2. Trends in concentrations of orthophosphate and nitrate in rivers, total phosphorus and nitrate in lakes, and nitrate in groundwater bodies.

Units

The concentration of nitrate is expressed as mg nitrate (NO3)/l for groundwater and mg nitrate-nitrogen (mg NO3-N/l) for rivers and orthophosphate and total phosphorus as mg P/l.

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/freshwater-quality [2].

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Millie gramme/Liter (mg/l)

Link to Data: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/waterbase-groundwater-10 [3]

Description to get data: 

These are data per water basin, not the indicator that we are looking for

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Intergovernmental Organisation [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom

Geographical Level: 

  • Regional or Local [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EEA's environmental indicators/Environmental Pressure indicators [6]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [7]

Temporal Coverage: 

1992 to 2006

Frequency of Updates: 

  • irregular [8]

Indicator developer: 

European Environment Agency

Link to Methodology: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/freshwater-quality/freshwater-… [9]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Index or Composite [10]

Data quality assesment: 

  • assessed by international institution including WTO, OECD [11]

Publishing delay: 

  • more than 3 years [12]

Link to data quality assessment: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/freshwater-quality/freshwater-… [9]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Biodiversity relevance: the indicator gives an assessment of water quality which fundamentally determines the structure and functioning of aquatic and associated terrestrial ecosystems and dependent organisms.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [13]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the freshwater quality good, but water is massively extracted?
Related Indicator: 
Water exploitation index [14]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is freshwater quality good, buts its resources are shrinking?
Related Indicator: 
Fresh Water Resources [15]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is freshwater quality improving because there are less agricultural activities?
Related Indicator: 
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) [16]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is freshwater quality improving because there are less industrial activities?
Related Indicator: 
Industry, value added (% of GDP) [17]
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The NETGREEN project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration under the Grant Agreement no. 603877.

Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/freshwater-quality

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/680
[2] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/freshwater-quality
[3] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/waterbase-groundwater-10
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/52
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/31
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/65
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/21
[9] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/freshwater-quality/freshwater-quality-assessment-published-may-2010
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/30
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/39
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/26
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/water-exploitation-index-0
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/fresh-water-resources
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/agriculture-value-added-gdp
[17] https://measuring-progress.eu/industry-value-added-gdp