9. Good-Quality Groundwater
Groundwater must provide a safe and sustainable supply of drinking water and contribute to viable habitats for flora and fauna in lakes and watercourses.
This objective is intended to be achieved within one generation.
The outcome within a generation for this environmental quality objective should include the following:
- Groundwater quality will not be adversely affected by human activities such as land use, extraction of natural gravel, releases of pollutants etc.
- The quality of discharging groundwater will be such as to contribute to viable habitats for plants and animals in lakes and watercourses.
- Consumption and other human influences will not lower levels of groundwater in such a way as to jeopardize its availability and quality.
- Groundwater will have such low levels of pollutants resulting from human activities that its quality will meet the criteria for good drinking water quality under Swedish drinking water standards and for good groundwater status under the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC).
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The Environmental Objectives Council’s assessment is that the objective Good-Quality Groundwater can be achieved by 2020 if further action is taken. No clear trend in the state of the environment can be seen.
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The interim targets flesh out the environmental quality objectives by describing the situation in a given year.