Water Exploitation Index plus (WEI+) at the river basin scale (summer 2015), Apr. 2019

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This vector dataset presents the Water Exploitation Index plus (WEI+) for European river basin districts for Q3 2015 (Jul, Aug, Sep). The Water Exploitation Index plus (WEI+) aims to illustrate pressure on renewable water resources of a defined territory (river basin, sub-basin etc.) in a given period (e.g. seasonal, annual) as a consequence of water use for human activities. Values above 20 % indicate that water resources are under stress, and above 40 % indicate severe stress and a clearly unsustainable use of freshwater resources (Raskin et al., 1997). The WEI+ has been estimated as the quarterly average per river basin district, for the years 1990-2015, as defined in the European catchments and rivers network system (ECRINS). The dataset is underpinning an earlier version of the EEA indicator assessment: https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/use-of-freshwater-resources-2/assessment-3

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Name Format Description Link
61 https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/knowledge/tools/urban-adaptation
61 https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_3035_250_k_wei-river-basin_p_2015_v01_r00/
61 https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/013670b2-fc08-4b38-a994-f1a97c87d87d
0 https://climate.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/UAMV/WaterExploitationIndexPlus_2015_Q3/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

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