Phosphorus in lakes and rivers - Nutrients in European water bodies

• Waterbase - Water Quality ICM, 2022, European Environment Agency (EEA)

• Albania
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Czechia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Netherlands
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Poland
• Romania
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland

Two time series are shown – a longer time series representing fewer water bodies and a shorter time series representing more water bodies.

Phosphate in rivers: The number of river monitoring sites included per country is given in parenthesis:
1992-2021: Europe (417), Belgium (24), Bulgaria (32), Czechia (10), Denmark (38), Estonia (35), Finland (59), Ireland (4), Latvia (13), Lithuania (22), Norway (18), Slovakia (6), Slovenia (7), Spain (33), Sweden (110), Switzerland (6).
2000-2021: Europe (417), Albania (3), Belgium (28), Bulgaria (53), Croatia (23), Czechia (10), Denmark (39), Estonia (37), Finland (66), Iceland (1), Ireland (33), Italy (18), Latvia (16), Lithuania (22), Norway (18), Romania (88), Serbia (33), Slovakia (6), Slovenia (8), Spain (46), Sweden (112), Switzerland (16).

Total phosphorus in lakes: The number of lake monitoring sites included per country is given in parenthesis:
1992-2021: Europe (265), Austria (5), Denmark (5), Estonia (7), Finland (143), Germany (3), Lithuania (2), Netherlands (6), Norway (2), Slovenia (2), Sweden (90).
2000-2021: Europe (341), Austria (27), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Croatia (3), Denmark (5), Estonia (8), Finland (167), France (1), Germany (6), Lithuania (3), Netherlands (6), Norway (3), Poland (9), Serbia (3), Slovenia (3), Sweden (95).

Methodology

The data series are calculated as the average of annual mean concentrations for specific sites and water bodies in Europe. Only complete time series after inter/extrapolation are included