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5.7. Appendix with Notes for figures and tables.

Figure 5.0

Table 5.0 Proportion of classified water bodies in less than good ecological status or potential, with pressures and with impacts in different water categories.

Water category	Rivers	Lakes	Transitional waters	Coastal waters
Ecological status or potential, % water bodies in less than good status or potential	58	43	69	48
Pressures, % water bodies with one or several pressures	66	43	81	52
Impacts, % water bodies with one or several impacts	52	37	67	52

Ecological status or potential: Surface water bodies that are not classified include water bodies in Denmark, Portugal, Malta and Slovenia, who have not yet reported, water bodies in some RBDs which are not reported (see figure 5.2) and water bodies reported as unclassified (see chapter 3.1). The total numbers of classified water bodies are thus: Rivers: 75763, Lakes: 13849, Transitional waters: 629, Coastal waters: 2225.

Pressures and impacts: The member states excluded from the number of total classified water bodies due to non-reporting are: Pressures: Luxembourg, Romania, Slovakia, Belgium and Cyprus (the latter two only for coastal waters). Impacts : Poland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovakia, Belgium and Cyprus (the latter two only for coastal waters). Ireland only reported pressures and impacts for one RBD, so Irish water bodies are removed both from the number of water bodies affected and from the number of total classified water bodies. The total numbers of classified water bodies are thus :

Pressures : Rivers: 66136, Lakes: 12918, Transitional waters: 557, Coastal waters: 2162.

Impacts: Rivers: 64895, Lakes: 12291, Transitional waters: 543, Coastal waters: 2142.

For Sweden, the aggregated diffuse pressure type and the impact contamination by priority substances are considered to represent airborne mercury pollution only. Water bodies only affected by these specific pressure or impact types are considered not to be affected by pressures or impacts, respectively. The numbers of such redefined water bodies are:

Pressures: Rivers: 7987, Lakes: 4677, Transitional waters: 0, Coastal waters: 248.

Impacts: Rivers: 11452, Lakes: 5050, Transitional waters: 0, Coastal waters: 126.

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dorflger (Gerald Dorflinger) 12 Apr 2012 12:24:44
"Exclusion due to non-reporting" is not appropriate for Cyprus' coastal waters.

Relevant data was reported in the Cyprus "EU-summary report Articles 5 & 6" (submitted March 2005), as follows:
- In Table SWPI2-4, the coastal water bodies affected by various pressures were reported.
- In Table SWPI7-1, the coastal water bodies impacted by nutrients were listed.
- In Reporting Sheet SWPI 6, the coastal water bodies affected by morphological alterations were identified.
Please revise the figure accordingly. We are available for any clarifications.

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