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5.2.    Comparison of the groundwater status in 2009 and 2015

The potential groundwater quantitative status in 2015 was retrieved from the reported exemptions where Member states were required to indicate all bodies not achieving good status in 2015 after the necessary measures have been implemented, while justifying the request for and type of exemptions. All groundwater bodies without reported exemptions were considered to be in good status 2015.

The numbers of groundwater bodies with exemption(s) were compared with classified groundwater bodies and improved water bodies with water bodies in less than good status 2009 (rate of improvement). One water body can have more types and justifications of exemptions, but each water body was counted only once for the status results. Water bodies in good or unknown status in 2009 and with exemption in 2015 were excluded from the number of water bodies not achieving good status in 2015.

Overall, while 6% of the Groundwater bodies was reported to be in poor quantitative status in 2009, the analysis concluded that 4% of them will be in poor status in 2012, thus 2% of the Groundwater bodies are to improve their status from poor to good.  In 11 RBDs total (in Italy, Spain, France) more than 10% of their Groundwater bodies is improving from poor status, in 5 RBDs (in Italy, Spain, France, Slovakia) 5-10% of their Groundwater bodies is improving from poor status, and in 11 RBDs (in Italy, France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Ireland) less than 5% of their Groundwater bodies is improving from poor status in 2015. Significant improvement is expected in Quadalquivir, Andalusia Mediterranean Basins, Segura, Jucar, Catalan, Balearic Islands RBDs in Spain, Le Rhône, La Corse, L'Adour-Garonne-Dordogne RBDs in France, Po, North Appennines, Central Appennines in Italy, Danube in Slovakia, Scotland in United Kingdom and South Baltic Sea in Sweden.

Figure 5.4 – Comparison of the change of Groundwater bodies with poor quantitative status between 2009 and 2015

Data source:WISE-WFD database February 2012