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There are many human activities that result in hydromorpholgical pressures:
Agricultural activities have in many places affected the hydromorphological status of European water bodies. Water storage and abstraction for irrigated agriculture have, in particular in Southern Europe changed, the hydrological flow regime of many river basins. Intensification of agriculture included many land reclamation projects affecting transitional and coastal waters and affected many rivers that were straightened, deepened and widened to facilitate catchment drainage and to prevent local flooding.
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In the north of Europe, many landscapes have been ditched and lakes drained for agriculture. Besides "losing" a number of shallow lakes/wetlands, ditching for agriculture and forestry has strongly affected our aquatic systems (brownification of surface waters in recent years is a good example).
The simple cutting down of riparian areas is very often seen in agricultural landscapes and has an impact on ecological status.