1 SoE content review - Maintenance and content development of data flows (SoE and WFD) Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

2 Prepared by / compiled by: Sandra Richter, Anita Künitzer (UFZ), Ursula Schmedtje (UBAD) Peter Kristensen, Nihat Zahl, Bo Jacobsen (EEA) Anne-Lyche Solheim, Kari Austnes (NIVA) Benoit Fribourg-Blanc (OIEau) Hana Prchalova (CENIA) Vit Kodes (CHMI) Demetrios Panagos, George Bariamis, Alexandros Zachos, Alexandros Psomas, Dimitra Konsta, Evangelos Baltas, Maria Mimikou (NTUA) EEA project manager: Peter Kristensen Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

3 WISE SoE data flows River water quality Lake water quality Groundwater quality Water quantity Emissions to water + biology Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

4 Activities for streamlining the reporting pathways under WISE SoE and WFD Content review of the WISE SoE data flows against upcoming WFD reporting in 2016 Quality review of the data reported by member countries using country quality fact sheets Development of the new data collection model Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

5 Content review of the determinants – 3 presentations 1.Water quality and emissions – overview – Ursula Schmedtje (UBAD) 2.Hazardous substances – Benoit Fribourg-Blanc (OIEau) 3.Water quantity – Evangelos Baltas (NTUA) Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

6 EEA water indicators used for European overviews of concentration levels in the form of maps, diagrams and tables Country or river basin comparison of concentration levels Illustrating of areas with higher and lower concentrations Comparison (current situation or trends) on other levels of aggregation (broad types, biogeographical regions, ecological status classes) Trend information Evaluation of policy implementation Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

7 Water quality Until now European overviews mainly related to pollution from oxygen consuming substances and nutrient enrichment resulting in eutrophication Impacts on European freshwaters are due to: pollution from oxygen consuming substances nutrient enrichment resulting in eutrophication hazardous substances and emerging chemicals bacterial/faecal pollution salinisation acidification sediments thermal pressures (from cooling water and due to climate change) Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

8 StepCriteriaValueDecision 1 Priority Substance according to relevant Directive ? Yesmust keep NoGo to #2 2 Required for current EEA products (indicators, assessments, reports, etc.) ? Yesmust keep NoGo to #3 3 Required for future planned assessments (i.e. complementing WFD with relevant time series) ? Yesmust keep NoGo to #4 4 Frequently monitored and reported information ? YesGo to #5 NoGo to #6 5 Information that can be derived from other reliable data sources currently available to the EEA ? Yesdrop NoGo to #6 6 Useful and usable ancillary information for current EEA products, including QC of other "Must" parameters ? Yesshould keep NoGo to #7 7Useful and usable ancillary information for planned EEA products ? Yescould keep Nodrop Prioritisation of the data collection (determinants) according to EEA products & requirements (assessments, indicators, reports, maps …) Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

9 Determinant#CountriesProposalExisting EEA products SoE data flows: nutrients, organic matter in rivers and biology in rivers Ammonium Total18must keepCSI19, WISE maps Ammonium27must keepCSI19, WISE maps BOD528must keepCSI19, WISE maps BOD75must keepCSI19, WISE maps CODCr23should keepCSI19 CODMn14should keepCSI19 Total Organic Carbon (TOC)25should keep Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)12drop Dissolved Oxygen31could keep Oxygen saturation26drop Non-ionised Ammonia9drop Invertebrate EQR_G18must keep Determinants for describing pollution from oxygen consuming substances in rivers Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

10 Determinants for describing nutrient pollution Determinant no. of reporting countries rivers lakes GW ProposalExisting EEA products Data flows: Nutrients in rivers, lakes, groundwater Total Phosphorus Orthophosphates SWGWCSI 020, WISE maps Nitrate34 31CSI 020, WISE maps Ammonium Total Ammonium CSI 020, WISE maps Nitrite27WISE map Total Oxidised Nitrogen1413 Total Nitrogen28257SWGW Kjeldahl Nitrogen1314 Total inorganic nitrogen Total organic nitrogen Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Non-ionised Ammonia Particulate Organic Nitrogen Dissolved Oxygen Oxygen saturation Data flows: Biology in rivers and lakes PhytobenthosEQR_E PhytoplanktonEQR_E MacrophyteEQR_E Cyanobacteria biomass5 Chlorophyll_a1827 Secchi depth25lakes rivers

11 Determinants for describing pollution from hazardous substances and emerging chemicals -> see presentation on hazardous substances Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

12 Determinants for pollution from other pressures Determinants no. of reporting countries rivers lakes GW proposal Existing EEA products Salinisation Electrical Conductivity29 20 Acidification pH Alkalinity1619 Fish EQR_A00 Thermal pollution including climate change impacts BOD5/ BOD7 Total Nitrogen TOC Total Phosphorus 28/ / all SoE BQEs incl. Fish EQR<18 Cyanobacteria biomass55 Secchi depth325 rivers lakes Temperature (water)3229 Changes in hydromorphology/ degradation of habitats Fish EQR_G Fish EQR_H Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

13 Emissions Emissions database contains data on emissions of nutrients and hazardous substances to water, aggregated within River Basin Districts (RBDs), in the EEA member countries. SoE emission source categories should match the WFD pressure list (when the latter has sub-categories). Specific information is necessary about direct discharges to coastal waters and atmospheric deposition directly to sea surface – these emissions to coastal waters should be included in SoE data. Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

14 Determinants for describing emissions to water DeterminantNo. of countries reportingproposalExisting EEA products Diffuse sources Point sources Nutrients Total Organic Carbon (TOC)230 should keep CODMn CODCr should keep BOD5 BOD should keep Total Nitrogen Total Phosphorus should keep Nitrate Ammonium drop Total suspended solids27drop Hazardous substances (groups) Priority substances (EQS, Annex I)must keep Other substances (RBSP), mentioned in WFD products should keep Not priority substances and not RBSPdrop Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany

15 Further information The background document on the SoE Content Review is available on the Eionet Forum: Main document: freshwater-eionet-workshop-2015/copenhagen-freshwater-eionet-workshop- 2015/background-documents/content-related-soe-review_final Annex (lists of determinants per data flow): freshwater-eionet-workshop-2015/copenhagen-freshwater-eionet-workshop- 2015/background-documents/annex_content-related-soe_review_final Freshwater Eionet Workshop, June 2015 Ursula Schmedtje, Federal Environment Agency, Germany