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7.5.     Acidification

7.5.1.      Key messages

• Acidification has been reported to affect 15% of lake WBs and 9% of river WBs in altogether nine Member States
• Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland, the Czech Republic and Belgium Flanders* are the member states that report the largest impact of acidification in rivers and lakes.
• Acidification has been largely reduced over the past decades and biological recovery has started in most areas, although full recovery will not be achieved without further reductions in sulphate and nitrate deposition.