{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-60/annex-V/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-60/annex-V/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2000/60",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-60",
  "path": "annex/V/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1.2",
  "heading": "Definition of quantitative status",
  "text": "Elements\nGood status\nGroundwater level\nThe level of groundwater in the groundwater body is such that the available groundwater resource is not exceeded by the long-term annual average rate of abstraction.\nAccordingly, the level of groundwater is not subject to anthropogenic alterations such as would result in:\nfailure to achieve the environmental objectives specified under Article 4 for associated surface waters,\nany significant diminution in the status of such waters,\nany significant damage to terrestrial ecosystems which depend directly on the groundwater body,\nand alterations to flow direction resulting from level changes may occur temporarily, or continuously in a spatially limited area, but such reversals do not cause saltwater or other intrusion, and do not indicate a sustained and clearly identified anthropogenically induced trend in flow direction likely to result in such intrusions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/60/annex/V/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:01.769169+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}