Europe's waters are becoming more polluted. Decades of mismanagement have led our rivers, lakes and seas to be polluted from a range of sources, including agriculture, industry and sewage from ageing sanitation treatment infrastructure. Climate change, declining biodiversity and ecosystem degradation have all exacerbated the problem.
In the first Crash Course of the new “Water Matters” series, Euronews digs into the alarming statistics and explores what the EU is doing about it.
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- Publication date
- 13 June 2024
- Author
- Directorate-General for Environment
