The vast majority of Europe’s rivers, lakes and estuaries have failed to meet minimum ecological standards for habitat degradation and pollution, according to a damning new report. Only 40% of surface water bodies surveyed by the European Environmental Agency (EEA) were found to be in a good ecological state, despite EU laws and biodiversity protocols. England was one of the poorer performers to emerge from the State of Our Waters report, which studied 130,000 waterways.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/european-waters-assessment-status-and-pressures-2018
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/european-environment-agency
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/surface-water
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-quality
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-policy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution