Surface water: chemical status France

This statistic represents an assessment of the chemical status of surface water in France in 2013, according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD). In 2013, about 48 percent of surface water bodies were assessed as being in "good" chemical status.

Distribution of surface water bodies in France in 2013, according to their chemical status

Characteristic	Percentage of water bodies
Good	48.2%
Not in good condition	15.9%
Insufficient information	35.9%

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Release date

February 2016

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Region

France

Survey time period

2013

Supplementary notes

Watercourse states (ecological and chemical status) and groundwater (chemical and quantitative), assessed for the Water Framework Directive.

The state of a body of water is assessed on different aspects:
- ecological status (surface water bodies): out of 6 classes, from "very good" to "bad" or "undetermined";
- chemical status (surface or underground water bodies): out of 3 classes, "good", "bad" or "undetermined";
- quantitative status (groundwater bodies): out of 3 classes, "good", "bad" or "undetermined"

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