1. Water Information System of Sweden - approaching a national SEIS and delivering to WISE Niklas Holmgren, Vice Director The Competent Authority of South Baltic River Basin District, Sweden

2. Ivösjön

4. Bräkneån Ivösjön

5. Hydrological data UWWT IPPC Other point sources Nature 2000 Bathing Water Directive Fish Water Directive Nitrate Directive Monitoring data Several databases Manual links WISE XML exportManual links Webservice!!! Manual links WISS Webservice!!! PREZI

6. State EPA County Municipialities Administration Farmers Industry NGO The Public Water organisations Implementation TRANSPARENT AND PUBLIC!

7. WISS and WaterMap - interacting WISS –Text and numbers interface –SQL Server –.Net –Shows simple map from Water Map for each waterbody/station –Links for station/waterbody to WaterMap WaterMap –Geographical interface –Now ArcIMS – ArcGIS server soon –Shows classifications from WISS on map –Shows stations from WISS on map –Contains other water data than WISS

8. WISS contains… Waterbodies: 27 000 Classifications per waterbody: > 2 000 000 Monitoring stations: 17 000 Monitoring programs: 557 Reference links/documents: 50 000

9. WISS development SCRUM –no detailed technical order to consultant –3 week developments – new discussion on priorities Started 2006 User Advisory Board

10. Members: –Counties –EPA –Geological Survey –Swedish Hydrological and Meteorological Institute –Municipalities Webmeetings once every second month User Advisory Board

11. From WISS to WISE

12. Lessons learned Standardisation essential, appreciating SEIS standards on national level Long time structure User Advisory board – invaluable! Web services is the final goal, but…

13. Next steps Reporting RPMP from WISS to WISE Implement communication strategies to reach decision makers (environmental officers, farmers, industries, politicians) Improve SEIS possibilites on national level – focus on web services

14. Thanks for your attention! www.viss.lst.se www.vattenkartan.se niklas.holmgren@lansstyrelsen.se