Table 1 Summary of the percentage of freshwater monitoring samples exceeding the EQS for diclofenac in freshwater derived in this study
Data set | Number of samples | Percentage of samples > 0.04 μg L−1 | Percentage of samples > 0.13 μg L−1 |
|---|---|---|---|
Germany | 233 | 83.3 | 44.6 |
Luxembourg | 8 | 50.0 | 37.5 |
Flanders | 1025 | 61.5 | 35.9 |
Hungary | 20 | 55.0 | 35.0 |
Iceland | 3 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
Cyprus | 3 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
Slovakia | 12 | 66.7 | 25.0 |
Wales | 4 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
Austria | 18 | 72.2 | 22.2 |
Poland | 180 | 53.9 | 20.6 |
England | 576 | 64.6 | 13.4 |
Denmark | 8 | 37.5 | 12.5 |
The Netherlands | 603 | 36.5 | 11.9 |
Portugal | 218 | 10.6 | 9.2 |
Italy | 50 | 30.0 | 8.0 |
France | 21,472 | 13.8 | 4.1 |
Slovenia | 30 | 30.0 | 3.3 |
Rhine | 816 | 34.3 | 2.5 |
Danube | 266 | 3.4 | 1.5 |
Sweden | 93 | 35.5 | 1.1 |
Switzerland | 714 | 42.9 | 0.0 |
Northern Ireland | 284 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Finland | 46 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
Scotland | 14 | 14.3 | 0.0 |
Latvia | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Lithuania | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Estonia | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Ireland | 6 | 16.7 | 0.0 |
Croatia | 6 | 16.7 | 0.0 |