1. 3rd meeting, 8 March 2006 EEA Copenhagen
Drafting group on State of the Environment and Trends under WG D on Reporting
3rd meeting, 8 March 2006
EEA Copenhagen

2. Task 1 – Clarification on reporting streams

3. Task 1 – Clarification on reporting streams
Version 1.2 revised according to comments received before and at last meeting of 11 October 2005
No further comments received after the meeting
Version 2 for this meeting sent out on 13 February
Only one comment from Austria received to date

4. Changes Minor changes to sections 2.1 and 2.2
2.4 EEA’s needs for data and information
Text on MDIAR and DPSIR
Background and implementation status of Eionet-Water
Representative information on water body, catchment and RBDs and not just of the country as a whole
For use in assessments, models and water accounts methodology

5. Changes
Section 2.5
Source of compliance and SOE information will be national monitoring networks
Integrated national networks that meet the needs of WFD and other directives?
Objective of monitoring from which SOE data is obtained is reported in the meta information

6. Changes
New section 2.6 “Future monitoring in relation to SOE reporting”
WFD monitoring networks being designed by MSs
Source of SOE data in terms of WFD monitoring depend on design of networks, also data from other networks where appropriate
EEA requires data of a wide a range of quality as possible or present to obtain representative information for representative assessments
Not for defining WB at risk - MS task
Data reporting would ideally be annual though some determinands will be available less frequently because not all determinands will be monitored every year

7. Task 2 – Review of existing monitoring and reporting guidance

8. Task 2 – Review of existing monitoring and reporting guidance
Two small comments made before last meeting not yet incorporated (mistake)
No comments received after the meeting
Page 2, para 1
“ESTAT also describes (to a very limited extent in terms of the state of rivers) its needs in the Joint Questionnaire”. – Propose to delete
Status of Nitrates Directive monitoring in Annex 1
New footnote to be added
“Non statutory draft guidelines for the monitoring required under the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC), March 2003”

9. Task 3 – Scope of SOER parameters

10. The selection of monitoring stations to obtain representative information for SOER
Types of EEA SOE assessments:
State of, and trends in, the water environment following the basic principles of European policies such as the Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy  
Specific water-related issues
Impact of specific sectors on water  
Water accounts methodology and indicators

11. Sections on: Monitoring networks
Presentation of assessments – based on monitoring stations or water bodies

12. Schematic diagram illustrating relationships between monitoring stations, water bodies and RBDs

13. Options for selection of monitoring stations/water bodies
1: Criteria for the selection of representative monitoring stations or water bodies (representative, reference, pressure and flux stations
2: Selection of stations using statistical criteria
3: Request all stations included in national monitoring networks

14. Reporting sheets – 10 for consideration and discussion
Concentrations of general physicochemical and hazardous substance determinands in surface waters and groundwaters;
Water quantity (withdrawn for reconsideration of methodology)
Physical characteristics of monitoring stations and catchment proxy pressure information;
Loads of pollutants to surface waters
River benthic invertebrate data and data on phytoplankton and other aquatic flora in lakes.

15. Changes to generic aspects of reporting sheets
What should be reported?
Just the metrics being requested
Physical characteristics and proxy pressure meta-data now in a separate sheet (STA_CHA_PRE) as these elements are common to most sheets
Why is it needed?
Links to specific EEA indicators and assessments

16. Changes to generic aspects of reporting sheets
How should it be reported?
Geographic information – monitoring stations
Links to compliance reporting sheets on monitoring for station location through unique site code – need not be reported again for SOE
Required for those stations included in SOER but not in WFD monitoring networks

17. Changes to generic aspects of reporting sheets
How should it be reported?
Geographic information – water bodies
Reported under Article 5
Consistent with comments from WISE-GIS group
Need not be reported for SOE

18. Generic aspects of reporting sheets
Data
Annual averages with summary statistics
Disaggregated, individual sample data
All stations
Selection of subset of all stations
A long a time series as possible
Analytical method used
Nutrients/nitrogen, organic pollution indicators, supportive determinands in surface and groundwaters
Hazardous substances (pesticides) in water in surface and groundwaters, and in biota (marine waters at present)

19. New sheets Station characteristics and proxy pressure information
State of surface waters in terms of Priority Substances and other hazardous substances in biota (only marine in Data Dictionary at present)

20. New sheets
Loads, discharges and emissions of pollutants to surface waters
Detailed pressures information at the water body level may be reported in 2010 – being developed in compliance group
Up to then reporting based on Eionet-water emissions – assessment unit

21. New sheets
State of river water bodies in terms of biological quality elements – benthic river invertebrates
State of lake water bodies in terms of biological quality elements – phytoplankton
State of lake water bodies in terms of biological quality elements –other aquatic flora

22. Further Tasks
Task 4: Guidance on data processing, handling and reporting
Task 5: Requirements for technical integration