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1.7.2 Groundwater abstraction in Europe

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In Europe, groundwater is again a significant economic resource. According to a report commissioned for the European Commission (RIVM and RIZA 1991), about 75% of the inhabitants of Europe depend on groundwater for their water supply. As Table 1.6 reveals, large quantities of groundwater are abstracted in Italy (10.40 km3 a−1), as well as Portugal, Germany, Spain and France (all in excess of 5.00 km3 a−1). Groundwater accounts for in excess of 97% of total freshwater abstraction in Malta, Montenegro, Denmark, Croatia and Iceland to less than 10% in Belgium, Bulgaria, Ukraine, The Netherlands, Romania, Hungary and Lithuania. Mediterranean countries rely heavily on groundwater for agricultural irrigation, and of the 29 countries with reported values in Table 1.6, 14 use over half of groundwater abstraction for domestic use.

Table 1.6 Estimated abstraction in European countries (Margat and van der Gun 2013).

(Source: Adapted from Margat, J. and van der Gun, J. (2013) Groundwater Around the World: A Geographic Synopsis. CRC Press/Balkema, EH Leiden.)

Country Estimated groundwater abstraction (km3 a−1) Groundwater abstraction by sector Groundwater share of total freshwater abstraction (%)
Irrigation (%) Domestic use (%) Industry (%)
Albania 0.90 61 33 6 53
Andorra 0.01
Austria 1.12 5 52 43 30
Belgium 0.65 4 55 41 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.30 33 67 0 32
Bulgaria 0.58 10
Croatia 1.16 0 86 14 97
Cyprus 0.15 87 13 0 62
Czech Republic 0.38 19
Denmark 0.65 38 40 22 98
Estonia 0.33 0 20 80 18
Finland 0.28 24 65 11 17
France 5.71 14 63 23 18
Germany 5.83 4 48 48 18
Greece 3.65 86 14 0 39
Hungary 0.37 18 35 47 7
Iceland 0.16 97
Ireland 0.21 29 35 36 27
Italy 10.40 67 23 10 25
Latvia 0.11 26
Lithuania 0.17 7
Luxembourg 0.02 40
Macedonia 0.16 16
Malta 0.03 75 16 9 100
Moldova 0.60 31
Montenegro 0.05 0 100 0 100
Netherlands 0.97 23 32 45 9
Norway 0.41 0 27 73 14
Poland 2.59 0 70 30 22
Portugal 6.29 89 7 4 74
Romania 0.63 1 61 38 9
Serbia 0.53
Slovakia 0.36 3 84 13 52
Slovenia 0.19 1 83 16 15
Spain 5.70 72 23 5 18
Sweden 0.35 0 92 8 14
Switzerland 0.79 0 72 28 30
Ukraine 4.02 52 30 18 10
United Kingdom 2.16 9 77 14 17

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