Water quality (Water)

Interpretation of theme:	A graded value of the components (organic and inorganic, chemical or physical) which comprise the nature of water.
Is item of theme:	Water

Related overviews

• Key policy issues overview displays the components and their Key policy issues organised by policy theme.
• Policy interventions overview displays policy interventions organised by policy theme.

Water quality (Water) associations

Policy themes are used to classify Key policy issues and policy interventions. The tables below contain the issues and interventions associated with theme item Water quality (Water).

Associated Key policy issues and their components

Component	Description
Aquatic biodiversity	How will policies and measures to reduce the key pressure factors contribute to meeting the internationally agreed targets of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?
Aquatic biodiversity	How will the biodiversity in freshwater bodies develop in the absence of additional policies and measures?
Aquatic biodiversity	What are the key pressure factors causing loss of aquatic biodiversity?
Nutrients	To what extent can the negative impacts be reduced by more efficient nutrient management and wastewater treatment, while retaining the positive effects on food production and land productivity?