00:00Which European countries have the best tap water?
00:08Groundwater is an absolutely crucial source of life in the EU.
00:12It supplies 65% of drinking water and 25% of agricultural irrigation.
00:17Yet, more than 20% of the EU's total groundwater body has a poor chemical status.
00:23The Water Atlas has mapped groundwater bodies with a good chemical status in Europe,
00:28where good means harmful substances such as mercury, cadmium and so on,
00:33are below levels set by the EU Water Framework Directive.
00:37The results in some countries are concerning.
00:39In Luxembourg, 79% of mapped groundwater bodies failed to achieve good status,
00:4555% in the Czech Republic, 41% in Belgium and 40% in Germany.
00:51And it doesn't get much better when it comes to nitrates.
00:54The EU's limit is 50 mg per litre, but according to the EU Commission,
01:00that was exceeded at 14% of Europe's groundwater measuring stations.
01:05Europe does at least seem to have effective water treatment systems.
01:0919 out of 20 countries with the best sanitation and drinking water in the world are European,
01:15with Japan being the only exception.
01:17Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK scored a perfect 100 points.
01:25The worst rates in the continent emerged in Moldova, Georgia and Albania.
01:2950 mg and Spain packed into the US and 180% of Europe?
01:3020 years ago with the US and the EU and the US,
01:3020 years later, we have got a number of 12% of Europe's groundwater partnered used to this,
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