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6.2.2.      Assessment

Out of 23 Member States that have reported to the WISE-WFD database three (Luxemburg, Romania and Slovakia) have not reported hydromorphological pressures.

Surface water bodies affected by direct water abstractions

17 out of 20 Member States reported river water bodies affected by water abstraction. Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Latvian did not report any river water bodies affected by water abstraction.  Nine percent of the river water bodies are affected by water abstraction. Overall, 8% of European river water bodies are affected by water abstraction pressures. Countries with the highest percentage of water abstraction pressure are Italy, Spain, France and Bulgaria; all of them belong to the Mediterranean region (Figure 6.1).