EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 1 overview of emissions to water existing data collections Dominique PREUX Benoît FRIBOURG-BLANC Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics Work Session on Water Statistics June 2005
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 2 Emissions and the DPSIR framework 4 Impact D 1 Driving force 5 Response 2 Pressure Emissions 3 State (adapted from Latvian Environment Agency 2002)
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 3 The source: a need for completeness The load (quantity and variations) The parameters The receiving environment: media and type A comprehensive inventory Emissions Inventory :… …the main requirements
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 4 The proposed system Complete coverage for sources Temporal aggregation : the year Geographical aggregation : the River basin The parameters : list from the existing Reporting Obligations
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 5 Use of emissions data Example of source apportionment Source apportionment of Nitrogen emissions to water by main basins in France Source: IFEN, State of the Environment report 2002.
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 6 Emissions to water :… …a complex situation (1/2)
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 7 Emissions to water :… …a complex problem (2/2) Multiple pathways Diffuse sources, scattered and associated definition Parameters
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 8 EPER 56 industrial sectors Direct/indirect to water, Yearly, 3 years EU25 26 substances UWWTD Urban and food industry Load and percentage reduction, yearly, 2 years EU25 5 parameters Existing data collections addressing a selection of sectors
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 9 OSPAR / HELCOM All human activities, All pathways (net emission), Yearly, 1989 and 1995 / every 5 year 15 countries / 9 countries 66 substances / 48 substances Reduction targets Eurostat/OECD All human activities, main pathways, yearly 28 European countries, + other OECD 15 parameters Existing data collections addressing in principle all sources
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 10 In summary A Patchy situation… A need for more and reliable data… (to allow source apportionment between Agriculture, Urban and industry sources)
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 11 WFD All significant sources (point and diffuse) All significant pathways, Yearly, every 6 years EU25 33 priority substances + other EU legislative instruments Extended with Water Information System for Europe (WISE) For all EU-level users New and emerging data collections
EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, June 2005 slide 12 PRTR UWWTP, IWWTP, Aquaculture, diffuse and dispersed Emission and transfer yearly 36 countries 70 substances New and emerging data collections