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Pollution and barriers are key problems for Europe’s waters

News Published 23 Sep 2021 Last modified 09 Feb 2023

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Photo: © Arno Senoner on Unsplash

European water bodies suffer from agricultural pollution as well as pollution from insufficiently treated waste water from cities, industry and scattered dwellings, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report, published today. Artificial barriers, together with navigation, abstraction, aquaculture, and invasive alien species cause additional pressures. However, solutions to tackle the problems exist and should be more widely adopted.