Bathing is an extremely popular and important leisure activity in Europe. The annual assessment of bathing water quality shows that 93% of European bathing waters reach minimum quality standards.
EEA's Information Systems for Europe are a family of web portals, based on the underlying technical platforms for EU data. For the two Water Information Systems for Europe, we develop and update the content presentation, heavily based on the data flows and data sets we co-develop.
Years of aquatic pollution across the continent made many urban waters unsafe for bathing in the 20th century. In recent decades, though, European water policies have helped guide many city water bodies back to health, and urban bathing is increasingly possible – and popular – as a result.
We assess the issue of marine litter from source to sea, emphasizing the causalities between socio-economic drivers, pressures, and the state of pollution in Europe’s coastal and marine environments.
Our EEA analysis considers data comparable at European level, delivering a detailed summary of data reported to WISE SoE by EIONET countries, for concentrations in rivers, lakes and groundwater.
We support the ongoing implementation of Marine Litter Watch (MLW) database, process the data and develop state of the art information on the state of beach litter.
For the past year, the European Environment Agency workgroup has been strengthening the participation of the Western Balkans in the work of the Agency on water and foresight assessments area.
The report shows that wider uptake of sustainable agricultural management practices is needed for improving the state of water, as well as biodiversity.
This report summarises how over 40 years of European environmental policy and management have significantly improved bathing water quality across Europe.
The aim of this project was to develop an assessment methodology of floodplain condition in terms of extent, structure and processes at the European scale.
The project was to continue to implement the principles and practices of the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS). We organised a series of workshops in the six countries, produced national environmental indicators, and developed three national water information systems.
The project requested by DG Environment of the European Commission and implemented by Milieu ltd. and TC Vode. The understanding of the European BWD in EU countries is analysed and best practices suggested.
The project explores water use in the Western Balkans. It builds on the conclusions made by the preceding project "Security implications of future water use in the Western Balkans" (2014).
We developed a hydrological and hydraulical study, including the flood hazard and risk maps for OPVP Odranci (area of potential significant flood risk).
This report considers three pieces of EU water legislation targeted at particular sectors: the Bathing Water Directive, the Drinking Water Directive and the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, and looks at common issues in the context of the Water Framework Directive.
A georeferenced database and viewer were established to effectively store and share data on the amounts and types of marine litter in different marine compartments of the Adriatic Sea.
The task was to support the European Commission in the implementation of the water industry directives. We cooperated with the Milieu consultant company.
The report provides a systematic summary presentation of the data on hazardous substances’ concentrations reported by the 39 member and collaborating countries to the EEA.
The report is an overview of the 2012 spatial distribution of the networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) established in the waters of the EU, excluding overseas territories.
Our specific input was reviewing the data delivered by cooperating countries, assessing their monitoring and reporting potential, and propose the advancement of the process.
The project is an explorative analysis of security implications of water use development in the region. An examination of general socio-economic, environmental as well as sector-specific data was made to produce relevant indicators which support assessment of present situation and future possible scenarios.
Protection and management of natural water resources through revitalization, land development and stimulation of public awareness: Project for the river Ledava and Črnec revitalization in Lendava