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Status of biochemical oxygen demand in rivers in European countries
Chart (static)
Notes:
- This figure shows the current status of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in rivers in European Countries.
- *: Kosovo (under UNSC Resolution 1244/99)
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Metadata
More info
- Waterbase - Water Quality ICM, 2022, European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99)
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- North Macedonia
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
1992-2021
Methodology:
The river monitoring sites are assigned to different concentration classes. The number of river monitoring sites per country is given in parenthesis.
Sweden, with BOD data for only two sites, is excluded from the chart since the sites may not be representative for the whole country.