Despite progress by the member states in improving wastewater treatment and lowering the run-off of pollutants from farmland over the last few decades, only 40% of surface waters in the EU are in sound health, according to the report published by the European Environment Agency on Tuesday 3 July.
The report – the second of its kind – covers over 130,000 surface and groundwater bodies, based on the data collected and reported from more than 160 river basin management plans covering the...