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4.2 Groundwater chemical status
Status in second river basin management plans
Reporting by Member States for the second RBMPs shows that 74 % of EU groundwater bodies (by area) are in good chemical status and 25 % fail to reach good chemical status, with 1 % where status is unknown (Figure 4.1).
Figure 4.1 Groundwater chemical status of groundwater bodies reported in first and second RBMPs
Note: Proportion of groundwater area in good and failing to achieve good chemical status. Total groundwater area (EU25) is 4.3 million km2.
Source: Preliminary results based on WISE-SoW database including data from 25 Member States (EU28 except Greece, Ireland and Lithuania).
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Further and detailed information on improvements in groundwater chemical status assessment is in WISE · Monitoring of groundwater chemical status – number of monitoring sites (missing) · Change in proportion unknowns: unknown chemical status · Confidence in GW chemical status assessment Table and Graph* |
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"Reporting by Member States for the second RBMPs shows that 74 % of EU groundwater bodies (by area) are in good chemical status and 25 % fail to reach good chemical status, with 1 % where status is unknown (Figure 4.1)."
Please replace "reach" by "achieve".
Please change the titel of figure 4.1:
delete "groundwater bodies" and replace by "groundwater by area".
"Note: Proportion of groundwater area in good and failing to achieve good chemical status. Total groundwater area (EU25) is 4.3 million km2. "
Please add "status" between "good and"
In the legend of figure 4.1 ”failing to achieve good” should be replaced by ”poor” and the colour code for good status is green and not blue.
The figures in this section needs quality assurance in line with comment by DK to key messages.
(AT) Groundwater ≠ Groundwater body. Please do not use 'groundwater area' but 'groundwater body area'.
WFD and GWD tackle groundwater bodies only, except for the prevent or limit provision in the GWD which covers all groundwater. Groundwater bodies are parts of the whole groundwater.
Please explain, e,g, in a footnote, how the confidence level is estimated/reported https://public.tableau.com/profile/peterk.eea#!/vizhome/GW_status/GWchemStatconfgraph