1. Water Framework Directive
Report on GIS Workshop
26 April 2005

2. Background
Visualisation
GIS guidance
Common coding
CRM
SDIC

3. Visualisation
Expert Activity 1

4. Visualisation - Basis of the work
Article V reporting is the start point
Comparing WFD to other reporting
Variation of information provision
Visualisation by information submission
Consideration of the use of CCM
Make recommendations
Identify limits and related issues

7. Heavily Modified (HMWB) and Artificial Waterbodies (AWB)
Waterbodies aggregated on
Austrian planning regions
Austrian waterbodies aggregated on
CCM WSO5 catchments
Waterbodies aggregated on
catchments with 1000 km²

8. Groundwater bodies at risk
Austrian planning areas and
groundwater bodies
Groundwater bodies

12. Findings Detail level useful for DG Env
Point representation and Strahler order 1
Public view Catchment preferable
RBD level too coarse
Basin / Sub Basin better
Need coherent sub-divisions
Best defined by Member States (CCM difficult to interpret)
DG Env will need to recognise that there will be differences in interpretation

13. Recommendations - general
View risk against basins / sub-basins
Use rivers only for context
Restrict public catchment size visualisation
Needs to be determined
Consider small sea catchments
Best for Member States to define recognisable sub-basins
Possible need for sub-sub-basins

14. GIS Guidance
Expert Activity 1

15. Review of GIS guidance Reviewed and agreed needs a revision
Review in light of WFD requirements
Specific issues identified
Water body cannot be heavily modified AND artificial
Does not address pressures and impacts
Does not address monitoring stations
Requested that a GIS Guidance review is set up as a GIS Working Group Expert Activity

16. Common coding
Expert Activity 2

17. CCM
Expert Activity 3

18. Activity 1- Recommendations CCM
Define catchments and sub-basins as agglomerations of low level CCM catchments CCM could be a useful tool to Member States but needs to be improved
Use geometries provided to improve CCM
Rivers, basins, sub-basins
Match catchments to an agreed border definition
SABE
Match CCM rivers to borders
Mark as border rivers

19. SDIC
General

20. Spatial Data Information Community
An Inspire SDIC had been defined for the Water Environmental data
Focussed through WISE initiative
Raised by DG Env (LMO - Legally Mandated Organisation)
To encompass all EU bodies
DG Env, EEA, EEA, JRC
Remit
To explore various water related spatial initiatives
Experts drawn from WFD GIS experts in Working Group
Agreed that Eurostat will undertake coordinating role
Albrecht Wirthman