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5.2.     Ecological status or potential for different water categories

Overall, more than half (55 %) of the total number of classified surface water bodies in Europe are reported to have less than good ecological status/potential. All these water bodies thereby need management measures to restore their ecological status or potential to fulfil the WFD objective. A higher proportion of water bodies with moderate or worse ecological status/potential is reported for rivers and transitional waters (60-70%) than for lakes and coastal waters (40-50%) (Figure 5.1).