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This report builds on the EEA assessment of status and pressures of European waters in the second RBMPs (EEA, 2018)^[1]. In its 2018 assessment, the EEA concluded that limited progress was noted in improving water status from the first to the second RBMP cycle and European waters remained under significant pressures linked to changes in their hydromorphology, pressures from diffuse and point sources of pollution and water abstraction. These pressures often act at the same time and affect the good functioning of ecosystems, contribute to biodiversity loss and threaten the valuable benefits that water brings to society and the economy. [1] EEA, 2018, European waters – assessment of status and pressures 2018.