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There are several possible explanations for the limited improvement in groundwater and surface water status[2] from the first to the second RBMPs:

  • First, additional biological and chemical monitoring was implemented after 2009 and the classification methods were improved.
  • Second, for some water bodies, some quality elements have improved in status, but there has been no improvement in their overall ecological status.
  • Third, the second RBMPs generally show status classification up to 2012/2013, and at that time many measures were only in the process of being implemented; therefore, there may be a lag-time before pressures are reduced and status improves.
  • Finally, some pressures may have been unknown in 2009, and so the measures implemented may not have been sufficient or as effective as expected in reducing these.

 [2] 'Groundwater status' is the general expression of the status of a body of groundwater, determined by the poorer of its quantitative and chemical status; 'surface water status' is the general expression of the status of a body of surface water, determined by the poorer of its ecological and chemical status.

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