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Workshop on WFD Article 8 reporting Workshop on WFD Article 8 reporting tools and WISE GIStools and WISE GIS

Information needs – links between WFD and Eionet,

and how data flows will be further facilitated

Steve Nixon, WRc

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PresentationPresentation

• Water Framework Directive Reporting• Eionet-Water• WISE-SOE• Streamlining compliance and SOE data

flows

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EEA

EEA and WFD communitiesEEA and WFD communities

Drafting Group

SOE/TrendsChair EEA

Working Group DReporting

chair DG Env

Steering Group(DG Env, JRC, Eurostat, EEA)

Drafting Group

ComplianceChair Dg Env

WISE-GISworkshop

WISE technical group

(DG Env, JRC, Eurostat, EEA & experts)

Steering Coordination Group/Water directors

EIONET/NFPs

NRCs for water and

EIONET water Workshop

EEA management Board

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Commission requires information to check Commission requires information to check compliance compliance with the relevant EU with the relevant EU legislation legislation

It requires information enabling it to:• Ensure data are plausible• Ensure data are consistent• Conduct cross-references and cross-

checks on data (especially in International River Basins)

• Ensure the Directive has been implemented in a harmonised way.

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Commission also requiresCommission also requires

• information on State of the Environment and trends (SoE), and on implementation of measures to allow it

• to determine whether existing policies are adequately protecting the environment and

• to identify where further measures may be needed.

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Reporting under WFDReporting under WFD

• Article 3 - due 22 June 2004 • Article 5 - due 22 March 2005

• e.g. Characteristics of River Basin Districts (identification of water bodies)

• Article 8 - due 22 March 2007• Summary report on monitoring networks

operational end 2006

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Eionet- waterEionet- water

• Agreed priority data flows with annual update on rivers, lakes, groundwaters, transitional, coastal and marine waters • Nutrients (nitrate in groundwater, chlorophyll in

marine waters)• Organic pollution indicators• Hazardous substances in water (and in marine

biota)• Water quantity

• Using Reportnet tools• Validated data and information available

through EEA web page

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Eionet-Water

River

Stations

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Rivers

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

SI (9)

NO (153)

FI (31)

LV (29)

DK (37)

BG (41)

GB (152)

CZ (65)

IT (3)

All countries (1372)

SK (8)

ES (60)

AT (199)

HU (60)

LT (42)

SE (55)

DE (148)

FR (195)

PL (68)

EE (17)

% of stations

Dow nw ard

No trend

Upw ard

Assessment of trends at the country level – Orthophosphate 1992 to 2002

CSI 20 Nutrients in freshwater

Are nutrients and Are nutrients and organic pollution organic pollution decreasing in our decreasing in our

freshwater?freshwater?

EIONET-water adaptation to WFDEIONET-water adaptation to WFD

EIONET-water- quality data- HS in biota- Quantity- (Biological)- (Emissions)

Reportnet,CDR,DD

Stratification stations representative per MS

WFD –requirements

- Charact. for RBMD /Water bodies (spatial represent.)- aggregated information on type specific quality classes

- surveillance and operational monitoring adapt networks

Conceptual adaptation: -SOE sites to represent River basin /water body

- SOE sites to enable type specific assessment

Technical- use of Reportnet tools

in WISE/ inspire compatible- WISE – GIS

Networksrestructured for 2006/7

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Objective of SOER-drafting groupObjective of SOER-drafting group

• To progressively develop and implement a streamlined flow of data and information

• To provide a shared pool of common and timely data and information on the state of, and pressures on, Europe’s water (SOE_WISE)

• To meets the needs of all those organisations requiring to report and make assessments at a European level.

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The challengeThe challenge

• Integration into WISE with streamlined reporting e.g. between Articles 3, 5, 8 and SOE-data flow

• Selecting good monitoring sites for the Eionet-water/SOE-reporting• Representative for water body/group of WB• Allowing type specific assessments

• Keep time series from the Eionet water data set as far as possible

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EEA AssessmentsEEA Assessments

• State of, and trends, in the water environment – Core set and other indicators

• Broader assessments of specific water related issues e.g. eutrophication

• Assessment of impact of specific sectors (e.g. agriculture) on water, perhaps based on conceptual models such as water accounts

• EEA aims to make these assessments more representative (of each catchment and subcatchment within each river basin district in a country)

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Criteria for the monitoring sites to be Criteria for the monitoring sites to be used for EEA/SOE assessmentsused for EEA/SOE assessments

Representative monitoring sites covering• All water categories (groundwater, rivers, lakes,

transitional, coastal and marine waters)• All types of water body• Complete range of statuses present• All sizes• All types of pressure• Different sites for different quality elements• Sites may be from surveillance, operational and

other monitoring networks• Annual monitoring may be undertaken at the sites

for some of the determinands

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Rivers: Difference in numbers of Rivers: Difference in numbers of surveillance monitoring and Eionet-Water surveillance monitoring and Eionet-Water sitessites

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Reporting of SOE data and Reporting of SOE data and informationinformation

• Data will in principle be reported at the site level• Site level data may then be aggregated spatially

and/or temporally in ways appropriate for the assessment being undertaken e.g. at water body level

• Reporting at site level will ensure maximum flexibility in how data are subsequently compiled, aggregated and analysed by the EEA

• Number of different relationships between monitoring stations, quality elements measured at the station and the water bodies they represent

• Need supportive and interpretative information on how sites relate to water bodies and groups of water bodies

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Options for the treatment of data Options for the treatment of data before reportingbefore reporting

• Vary between quality elements and reporting sheets• Annual/seasonal aggregation of data for each

monitoring site with aggregation of data from the sub-sites associated with the site

• Depth average for deep lakes (with surface values)• Width averaged for rivers (with certain conditions)• Countries can still report sub-sites if they so-wish (e.g.

Danube)• Annual/seasonal aggregation of data for each

monitoring site with NO aggregation of data from sub-sites

• Disaggregated, individual sample data for each monitoring site and sub-site

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Draft Reporting Sheets for SOE data Draft Reporting Sheets for SOE data and informationand information

• 16 drafted• 12 of those currently in, or partially in,

Eionet-Water and Data Dictionary• 4 on biological quality elements not in

Data Dictionary• 16 require future development• Sheets for marine waters to be

discussed with EMMA group

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Streamlining of reporting - Streamlining of reporting - Geographic informationGeographic information

Monitoring site• Links to compliance reporting sheets on monitoring

(Article 8)• Unique monitoring site code linked to unique water

body code and unique codes for each water body within a group

• Need not be reported again for SOE• However will be required for those sites included in

SOER but not in WFD monitoring networksArticle 5• All water bodies• Unique code• Coordinates of centroid of water body• Shape/GML files of the water bodies

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Further process for reporting sheetsFurther process for reporting sheets

• Final draft by beginning 2007• All sheets drafted so far• Proposal for further development and list of issues to be

clarified for undeveloped sheets

• First draft of agreed sheets (basic set around old Eionet-water data flow) for German water Directors and summer EEA MB meetings May meeting of NFPs and strategic coordination group

• Further development of technical implementation in WISE together with realisation Article 8 reporting until September 2007• Task 4 and 5

• Final guidance for WD and EEA MB in Nov. 2007

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Reporting dates Reporting Sheets Test in October 2007 based on Eionet-Water and then annually from 2008 onwards

Rivers and lakes: N, P, chlorophyll-a and organic pollution determinands Groundwater: N and saltwater intrusion Transitional and coastal waters: N, P and chlorophyll-a

Limited test in October 2007 based on Eionet-Water and then annually from 2008 onwards.

Rivers, lakes and groundwater: Priority Substances and other hazardous substances State and quantity of water resources Transitional and coastal waters: Priority Substances and other hazardous substances in water, biota and sediment

Limited test in October 2007, then October 2008 and every 4 years thereafter.

Data Quality

October 2008 and then annually.

Loads, discharges and emissions of pollutants to surface waters Rivers: benthic invertebrate fauna Lakes: phytoplankton Lakes: other aquatic flora Transitional and coastal waters: seagrasses

Reported once unless information changes

Site characteristics and proxy pressure information. Geographic information

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Streamlining of reporting ProcessStreamlining of reporting Process

• Article 8 submissions will be via ReportNet

• Amend ReportNet processes (voluntary) to support Compliance reporting (obligatory)• Amend workflow to include compliance

checking step.• Increased validation requirements• Improved reports functionality• Creation of European dataset

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Thank you for your attention!!Thank you for your attention!!