Location of Groundwater Monitoring Network forming part of the Operational Groundwater Monitoring Network as part of the Water Framework Directive

Groundwater Protection Zone

The baseline defining the boundary between land and sea.

The boundary used for the definition of seabed/subsoil is based on the area currently designated for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation without prejudice to Malta's continental shelf boundary. This incorporates the seabed/subsoil beneath the WFD Coastal Waters. The original data was provided by CSD in WGS 84 and subsequently transformed by ERA into ETRS89TM33. ERA has processed the data for reporting obligations emanating under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

This dataset represents the WFD monitoring stations for the purpose of status assessment in groundwater and surface water bodies.

Location of standing waters

Location of transitional waters in the Maltese islands

Location of watercourses monitoring under the WFD