1. Agenda item 2d: Proposals for the presentation of RBMP information in WISE

2. Type of presentation/visualisation
Presentation content
Information to be used
Type of presentation/visualisation
Maps
Basic statistics
Indicators
Scale of presentations/visualisation

3. Maps required for RBMPs
Location and boundaries of water bodies (surface and groundwater)
Eco-regions and Surface water body types
Protected Areas and their status
Monitoring networks
Ecological and chemical status of surface waters
Chemical and quantitative status of groundwater

4. Presentation of ecological status of water bodies at catchment level in a RBMP

5. Information source
2010 Member States WISE electronic reports – March 2010
Based on “Guidance Document No. 21: Guidance for reporting under the Water Framework Directive”
Some information/data aggregated at RBD/Sub unit, other reported at water body level
Relevant elements will be extracted and data compiled

6. Geographically referenced information
“The Commission will use the information to prepare European wide maps for the assessment of compliance and to present information to the Parliament, Council and general public. In some cases, reference data sets will be created to provide a common basis for assessments across the EU.”

7. Reference datasets
RBDs and subunits (to be updated/produced based on WFD Art 13 reporting);
WISE Main rivers (catchment area >500 km2) and WISE main lakes (surface area >100 km2);
Surface water bodies (based on WFD Art 13 reporting),
Groundwater bodies (update/further development based on WFD Art 13 reporting
Bathing waters monitoring stations (annual updating)
Protected areas (PA) (sensitive areas, UWWT, NVZs Natura 2000 sites, water safety zones)

8. WISE – Main Rivers
WISE – Main Rivers

9. WISE – Main Lakes
WISE – Main Lakes

10. WISE viewer
Provide public or restricted access to the information reported to or held in WISE – subset of whole information reported
Package pre-defined maps and queries within a web-based interactive interface
Default view of each map is at European level showing data aggregated at either MS or RBD level – possibility of Sub Units for 2010 reported information
Information reported by MSs likely to be visualised at the European level at a scale of 1:250,000
Certain features shown (e.g. monitoring sites) with access to further summary information
Context for map provided – definitions and explanations
Links to further information (e.g. national WFD web pages)

11. River Basin District level

12. Maps identified in reporting guidance – surface waters
RBDs
All river basins which have either been combined with larger river basins, or joined with neighbouring small basins to form individual RBDs as allowed under Article 3.1
Sub-units
WISE Main rivers within the RBDs of a catchment area of, at least, 500 km²;
WISE Main Lakes which have been assigned to the RBDs
Transitional waters relating to the main rivers within the RBD
Coastal waters which have been assigned to the RBDs
Transboundary groundwaters which have been assigned to the RBDs;

13. Maps identified in reporting guidance – surface waters
Ecological status class of natural water bodies
Ecological potential class of heavily modified water bodies
Status of Protected Areas
Chemical status - Priority Substances
Heavy metals
Pesticides
Industrial pollutants
Other pollutants
Other national pollutants (national EQSs)

14. Maps identified in reporting guidance – groundwaters
Quantitative status
Achievement/exceedance of standard for nitrates
Achievement/exceedance of standard for pesticides
Achievement/exceedance of threshold values set by MS for other pollutants
Upward trends and trend reversal of pollutants concentrations
Distribution of water bodies across the EU where Article 4(4-7) has been used

15. Visualisation and presentation of status of water bodies
Reporting (and presentation) of overall status and confidence in classification
And information on individual QE on which the classification is based – not for presentation at water body level
Allow building of impact maps using information from various QEs – aggregated at RBD or sub-unit level
An indication of where information for a quality element is not available or not applicable
No information on status will be displayed at water body level based on individual or a subset of quality elements
Agreed at the SCG on May 2008

16. Presented at RBD level

17. Zoom into a larger scale

18. Presentation of basic statistics and indicators
On maps
In graphical form – pie and column charts
Tables presenting and summarising data and information
All at appropriate and different levels of aggregation
In WISE
For Commission reports

19. Basic statistics
Numbers of surface water bodies in each RBD and sub-unit
by category (rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal water bodies, natural, heavily modified and coastal)
As percentages of totals
By Types (typology)
Numbers of groundwater bodies in each RBD
Average, maximum, minimum size (area or length) of water bodies in RBD/subunit
Numbers and types of Protected Areas
Numbers/proportions of monitoring sites by category and type

20. Monitoring programmes – sites presented at MS/RBD level

21. WISE viewer – zooming in to sites on rivers with site details

22. Indicators - status Ecological status of natural surface water bodies
Total and by water category
Numbers of high, good, moderate, poor, bad and unknown status with high, medium and low or unknown confidence in classification
Proportion in each ecological/unknown status class in terms of total area/length
Quality elements determining status in water bodies below good ecological status – numbers of water bodies by category and quality element

23. Indicators - status
Ecological potential of heavily modified and artificial surface water bodies
Total and by water category
Numbers of good, moderate, poor, bad and unknown potential with high, medium and low or unknown confidence in classification
Proportion in each ecological potential/unknown class in terms of total area/length
Quality elements determining potential in water bodies below good ecological potential – numbers of water bodies by category and quality element

24. Indicators - status
Chemical status of natural, heavily modified and artificial surface water bodies
Total and by water category
Numbers of good, failing to achieve good and unknown status
Proportion in each chemical/unknown class in terms of total area/length
Priority Substances and certain other Pollutants that are causing chemical status to be less than good – numbers of water bodies by category and substance

25. Possible ways of presenting classifications on MS basis

26. Presentation of aggregated information on ecological status/potential at RBD/Sub unit level

27. Presentation of ecological status of water bodies at catchment (SU
Presentation of ecological status of water bodies at catchment (SU?) level in a RBMP

28. Indicators - exemptions
Exemptions applied to achievement of ecological status/potential objectives
Number of water bodies by category and type of exemption
Quality elements being exempted - numbers of water bodies by category, exemption and quality element
Exemptions applied to achievement of chemical status objectives
Substance/pollutant being exempted - numbers of water bodies by category, exemption and substance/pollutant

29. Indicators - Pressures
Number/length/area/proportion of SWB by pressure type
Significant pressures on surface water bodies – RBD and/or SU level
Aggregated
Point source discharges
Diffuse sources
Water abstractions
Water flow regulation and morphological alterations
Saltwater or other intrusions
Other pressures

30. Indicators - Pressures
Number/length/area/proportion of SWB by pressure type
Significant pressures on surface water bodies – RBD and/or SU level
Disaggregated (examples)
Point – UWWT General
Point - IPPC plants (EPRTR)
Diffuse - Urban run off
Diffuse - Agricultural
Abstraction - Agriculture
Abstraction - Public Water Supply
Water flow Regulation - Flood defence dams
Morphological alterations- Physical alteration of river channel

31. Indicators - Impacts Number/area/proportion of SWB by impact type
Impacts on surface water bodies – RBD and/or SU level
Nutrient enrichment
Organic enrichment
Contamination by priority substances
Contaminated sediments
Acidification
Saline intrusion
Elevated temperatures
Altered habitats
Other Significant Impacts

32. Possible ways of presenting significant pressures and impacts on a RBD/sub unit basis

33. Quantitative status of groundwater bodies
Indicators - status
Quantitative status of groundwater bodies
Numbers of good, poor and unknown status
Proportion in each status class in terms of total area
Number/proportion of poor status for each the reasons for failing good quantitative status
Number/proportion of groundwater bodies for each type of exemption applied to the achievement of good status

34. Indicators - status Chemical status of groundwater bodies
Numbers of good, poor and unknown status
Proportion in each status class in terms of total area
Number/proportion of poor status groundwater bodies for each the reasons for failing good quantitative status
Pollutants that are causing chemical status to be poor – numbers/proportion of groundwater bodies by pollutant
Number/proportion of groundwater bodies for each type of exemption applied to the achievement of good status
Pollutants that are causing exemptions – numbers/proportion of groundwater bodies by pollutants and type of exemption

35. Indicators - status
Groundwater bodies with environmentally significant and sustained upward trends in pollutant concentrations
Numbers (area) and proportion
Numbers (area) and proportion by pollutants that have increasing trends
Groundwater bodies with significant trend reversal
Numbers (area) and proportion by pollutants that have are showing trend reversal

36. Indicators- Pressures
Number/area/proportion of GWB by pressure type
Relevant pressures on groundwater bodies – RBD level
Aggregated
Point source discharges
Diffuse sources
Water abstractions
Artificial recharge
Saltwater or other intrusions
Other pressures

37. Indicators- Pressures
Number/area/proportion of GWB by pressure type
Relevant pressures on groundwater bodies – RBD level
Disaggregated (examples)
Point - Contaminated Sites
Point - Waste Disposal Sites
Diffuse - Agriculture
Diffuse - Non-sewered Population
Abstraction - Agriculture
Abstraction - Public Water Supply
Recharge - Discharges
Recharge - Mine water rebound

38. Indicators - Impacts Number/area/proportion of GWB by impact type
Impacts on groundwater bodies – RBD level
Impact of level alterations on ecological and qualitative status of associated SWB
Impact of changes in chemical composition on ecological and qualitative status of associated SWB
Impact of level alterations on dependent terrestrial ecosystems
Impact of changes in chemical composition on dependent terrestrial ecosystems
Altered habitat in dependent surface water or terrestrial ecosystems
Substitution of populations
Other impacts

39. Indicators - status Protected area status – surface waters
Number/area and proportion of surface water Protected Areas by type and status
Number/area and proportion of surface water Protected Areas exempted by type and type of exemption
Protected area status – groundwaters
Number/area and proportion of groundwater Protected Areas by type and status
Number/area and proportion of groundwater Protected Areas exempted by type and type of exemption

40. Next steps Comments welcome until 7 May
Completion of concept paper on presentation/visualisation of RBMP information
Distribution for comment by WGD
Implementation: most likely an staged approach with some contents displayed already in 2010
Part of the continued development of WISE (DGENV, EEA, JRC, Eurostat)
WISE implementation plan

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