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CHAPTER 6 4 – 4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES
AND IMPACTS
A good understanding of the pressures and impacts that cause water bodies to fail their environmental objectives is
important in targeting improvement programmes. The State of the water environment indicator B3: supporting evidence
report summarises the key reasons for failure, in terms of issues such as physical modifications, water pollution, and
changes to flow. It also gives an overview of the key industrial sectors impacting on the water environment.
From Figure 6.4 we can see that the two key sectors that cause failures in the UK are:
agriculture water sector
(45%) (44%) Similar pressures and sectors are identified across Europe.
Figure 6.4
Key issues and sectors affecting water bodies in England. (135) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/
uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/988105/B3-indicator-supporting-evidence-May-2021.pdf
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