1. Water Information System for Europe
WISE
Launched 22. March 2007

2.
EEA

3. With a strong role of EEA as - European water data centre - provider of thematic information and data in WISE

4. From ”stand-alone” EIONET water to data integration in WISE
New ways of communication!
... from tabular data to interactive maps ...
New integrative viewing and assessment options (merging EU directives)
First time supporting the themes
Information on River Basins and European water bodies at risk
Water quality (nitrates, phosphates, Ammonium, BOD) in rivers and lakes and marine waters
Urban Waste water treatment and Bathing Water status
Multiple spatial reference data (Corine Landcover, Image2000, Digital Elevation Models, GISCO, Teleatlas layers)
Full access at

5. From European level to stations

6. Current view on coastal areas and Eionet TCM stations

7. Excample from the WFD development -- From Eionet – water to “WISE-SOE”
Integration of WFD-Art. 3,5,8 and SOE-data flow into streamlined reporting under WISE
Selecting good monitoring sites for the Eionet-water/SOE-reporting
Representative for water body/group of WB
Allowing WB-type specific assessments
Keep time series from existing Eionet water data set as far as possible

8. SEIS sharing principles picked up in WISE implementation plan 2005-10

9. WISE principles are SEIS principles
cooperation of EU institutions and Member States
Information is managed as close as possible to its source Distributed WISE nodes
Information is provided once and used for many purposes
As of 2007 Reportnet is the WFD reporting tool
Information accessible for clients to make comparisons at the appropriate geographical scale and information available to the public after due consideration of the appropriate level of aggregation, - (WISE map viewer displays of countries, river basins, catchment areas)
European funding mechanisms should focus on delivering cost-effective analytical tools and services e.g. HarmoiCA (

11. Next steps – integration across the Shared Environmental Information System for Europe
Centralised
Decentralised
Distributed

12. Current and future Elements of WISE – 2005
Operational WISE

13. Current and future Elements of WISE
Operational WISE
user interface for multiple purpose - mutual data exchange, distributed structure, validation procedures
WFD Compliance reporting
GIS-WISE
SOE- Reporting – Eionet Water Integration
Integration of other directives, Bathing, UWWTD, Nitrates
Integration of marine SOE-data, according indicator - needs
Marine Module – developed under EMMA