1. Water Information System for Europe (WISE)
State-of-Play and Perspectives

2. Common objective
The EU bodies (DG ENV, JRC, ESTAT and EEA) and EU25 Member States, Norway, Bulgaria and Romania agreed on the Water Directors’ meeting in November 2003 the:
“Development of a new, comprehensive, shared
European data and information management system for water, including river basins (WISE).
The system should be based on the concept paper and should be fully implemented by 2010”

3. What is WISE?
The “Water Information System for Europe” is:
an idea/vision (2002)
a concept (2003) – concept paper published on internet
a process (2003 …) – Working Group D on Reporting
a co-operation (between EU bodies and MS)
a set of tools (GIS, prototype, RTD, …)
an internet and “single entry” portal
a definition of reporting requirements
a gateway for (public) information (2006)

4. WISE state-of-play
Input prototype online (
WFD reporting 2004, 2005 and 2007 (Art. 3, 5+8)
WFD 2004 reporting tool online, 2005 tool ready for submission
18 MS completed WISE reporting 2004, several MS have submitted 2005 data as part of testing
Screening studies completed to integrate other databases – UWWT and intercalibration
WISE Implementation Plan , agreed in principle

6. Submissions status

7. Submissions stats

8. Mapping interface

9. Map point and click

10. Detail report

11. Statistics option is new

12. Multiple Member states

13. International River Basins

14. Bar charts and pie charts

15. WISE Implementation Plan 2006-2010
A „living“ document reflecting the discussion bewteen the main developers DG Environment, Eurostat, Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agencyon the system development
- Key principles (Chap. 1 and 2)
Project management (Chap. 2 and 3)
Functions (Chap. 3)
Architecture (Chap. 4)
Tasks to be adressed (Cha. 4 and 5)
Data to be included (Chap. 5)
Timing (Chap. 5)
The access limitations etc. Is handled in the WISE portal user administration.
The resulting flash application(s) made available at the client PC will be dependent on the user credentials.

16. WISE IP - Key principles
Distributed data nodes
Use of INSPIRE guidelines
Use of industry mapping standards
Report once use many – harmonise reporting tools
Integrate SoE and compliance reporting
Users can build own services to connect their data to WISE or access WISE data
Layers can be grouped in different ways. These layers can come from different map services and be grouped by a simple XML file. Multi linguality is one of the options.

17. WISE IP - Key elements
Provides next steps, explanation on the model, definitions of tasks, distribution of responsibilities
It is a flexible work programme for the coming years - in 3 main stages
Strategic planning, does not provide all details
Last version agreed in principle but needs final compilation and editing
Summary WISE IP incl. resource needs will be drafted and agreed between the institutions
New WISE GIS will provide multilevel GIS infrastructure

18. Project management elements
The access limitations etc. Is handled in the WISE portal user administration.
The resulting flash application(s) made available at the client PC will be dependent on the user credentials.

19. WISE vision - 2010 Now 2006 OUTPUT INPUT 2010 Member states
WFD prototype
Map Server
Member states
Member states
EOINET water
Water base
Member states
2006
Member states
WISE prototype
Member states
Access
protocols
Member states
State of env’ment
Member states
OUTPUT
INPUT
WISE public
Member states
Inter calibrat’n
Member states
Member states
Urban WWD
Member states
2010
WFD, UWWD
WISE public
Push Pull
protocols
Access
protocols
EIONET Water
WISE expert
Member states
Member states
ESTAT
Other policies/ users
WISE analysis

20. Tentative timetable for integration of other Directives
Urban Water Water Treatment /6
Nitrate Directive – 2007
Bathing Waters Directive –2007/8
Drinking Water Directive –2007/8
Thereafter (to be decided)
ESTAT/OECD Joint questionnaire
Marine strategy
Floods initiative

21. WISE perspective Optional data 20?? Extension data 2010 Core data 2006
* includes all WFD compliance data - Art. 3, 5, 8, 13 and intercalibration
Optional data
(link to other IT system – decentralised)
20??
Extension data
(Construction Phase in WISE IP)
2010
Core data
WFD*, UWWD,
EIONET Water
2006
(Preparation Phase)
Other compliance data (nitrates, bathing, drinking, marine, flood protection), statistical data, research
ICPDR
OSPAR
EPER
PRTR
others
Rhine
National
systems
ICES

22. Entry page to the WISE public web site

23. Access under http://dataservice.eea.eu.int/wise
Viewer options
Explain that more than one viewer can be hooked up here

24. UWWTD data in the north of England
You should note that it is simply a viewer with limited analytical functionality. If queries were to be made between different servers on big datasets, this will slow the service down and probably frustrate the user.
Also the Viewer is totally dependent on the quality of the data supplied by the members of state. Expertise is needed on these datasets to pull the maximum value from them. Therefore close collaboration will be needed between the different parties involved.

25. UWWTD, CCM, EIONET Water and Corine landcover in the North of England
You should note that it is simply a viewer with limited analytical functionality. If queries were to be made between different servers on big datasets, this will slow the service down and probably frustrate the user.
Also the Viewer is totally dependent on the quality of the data supplied by the members of state. Expertise is needed on these datasets to pull the maximum value from them. Therefore close collaboration will be needed between the different parties involved.

26. Architecture: Synchronisation of independent data nodes
WISE node
WISE public web site
WISE node
EU country
XLATE
SYNC
Continuous sync (XML)
WISE node (e.g. ESTAT/GISCO)
XLATE
SYNC
SYNC
XLATE
WISE data & viewer
WISE node (e.g. JRC)
WISE node (e.g. EEA)
SYNC
WISE data & viewer
SYNC
XLATE
XLATE
WISE data
Data Upload
Data Upload

27. WISE IP – success factors
Joint ownership and leadership of DG ENV, EEA, ESTAT, JRC
The co-operation of the Member States
EU25 and the EEA member countries
All Reporting Groups (WFD Compliance, UWWT, SOE and others)
Int. river commissions
Definition of core data set against which reporting is made (decentralised set up with central reference data base)
Provision of access to all information types
Numerical data (raw), ecological status (computed), thematic maps, reports, downloads, documents (e.g. methodologies)

28. Outlook
WISE is the best way forward for water-related reporting
Joint process of EU bodies and MS is crucial for success
WISE conceptually fully integrated in wider environmental reporting discussion (incl. INSPIRE)
WISE will be, what we want it to be and what we make out of it!