1. WISE development Workshop on reporting for UWWTD
Agenda item 5b
Workshop on reporting for UWWTD
Brussels, May 2009
European Commission, DG Environment
Unit D.2 – Water and the Marine, WFD Team – WISE development

2. Contents Progress report on WISE WISE development Meetings held
Forthcoming meetings
WISE development
Technical/IT part, INSPIRE/SEIS context, reference datasets
Integration of other EU water directives into WISE

3. WISE progress report Topics: Meetings held: Forthcoming meetings:
WISE input side and visualisation of data:
Guidance documents: WISE GIS, and (Annex 13) specific guidances to report geographical information (WFD, BWD, UWWTD, NiD, etc.)
Work on reference datasets for WISE: RBD, Subunits, Main rivers&main lakes, UWWTD-sensitive areas
Linking/coordinating WISE & INSPIRE development and implementation
Testing exercises
WISE as distributed system: testing exercise with voluntary MSs (2 phases, March-April)
for data input via WISE/Reportnet (WFD-RBMP, UWWTD)
Meetings held:
12 Nov’08 Workshop on WISE - bringing all EU water ‘community’ together – around 250 participants from all water community
WISE SG and TG: 3 x per year
Jan’09, Ispra: WISE Technical Group & INSPIRE TWG Hydrography  Outcome: position paper linking WISE with INSPIRE & further practical steps
Meetings/workshops of working groups on reporting (NiD, BWD, DWD, WFD:WG D, C, F)
Forthcoming meetings:
18-19 May’09, Koblenz: WISE GIS workshop
June’09, Brussels: WISE TG and WISE SG meetings

4. WISE progress report: Water Directors 24 Nov’08 endorsed
WISE package of guidances:
WFD consolidated reporting guidance,
WISE SoE consolidated reporting sheets,
WISE GIS guidance (updated version:2nd edition)
To launch a pilot exercise on WISE as distributed system using WFD Art.8 reporting as a case study
Testing exercise for WFD RBMP schemas

5. WISE progress report
Revised WISE GIS guidance (document No.22)
Integration of reporting of other (‘old’) EU water directives into WISE (bathing, nitrates, drinking, urban waste water)
Further work on WISE for WFD reporting:
Revised WFD reporting guidance (compilation of all reporting sheets into one document) (document No.21)
Reviewed reporting processes on WFD art. 3, 5, 8 to improve the complete workflow for next reporting exercises
2010 reporting system for RBMP: streamlining and testing of XML schemas; documentation (user guide)
Upcoming: reporting sheets for deadline of 2013

6. Progress report on WISE
Integration of State of the Environment reporting into WISE: consolidated reporting guidance, process/dataflow
Reporting requirements for new directives (marine, floods) including other groups
WISE technical developments in INSPIRE/SEIS context; WISE inout side and visualisation of data (WISE map- and data- viewer); EU-wide reference datasets,

7. Draft workplan on reporting exercises 2010-2012
For WG D on reporting for WISE
Continue leading on WFD reporting developments; Platform for WFD compliance checking discussions
State of the Environment reporting
Support WISE development including GIS issues, link to INSPIRE & SEIS
Streamlining and ensure integration of water reporting streams (Directives / ESTAT / SOE…)

8. 1. Activity WFD reporting
Follow 2010 RBMP reporting
General discussion and agreement on the process, contents
Develop of reporting sheets for 2013 reporting
Article 15.3: interim report describing progress in the implementation of the planned programme of measures
Update and improvements of article 8 schemas

9. 2. Activity on State of Environment and other activities
Continue conceptual coordination and streamlining of reporting of EU water policy (all directives and policies) where necessary in terms of definitions and terminology
State of the Environment
Ensure consistency between different WISE related reporting streams, e.g. on emissions (UWWTD, e-PRTR, SOE, ESTAT); quantity (WS&D follow-up, ESTAT, SOE)
Focus on using existing data flows and reporting streams in indicator and SOE assessments
Contribution to 2012 Commission report on WFD implementation to provide a more integrated SOE assessment considering multiple pressures and drivers

10. 3. Activity to support WISE development
Continue WISE TG to report to WISE SG and coordinate with INSPIRE Thematic Working Groups (e.g. TWG on Hydrography); WISE datamodel consistent with INSPIRE IR, etc.
Improvement of WISE (output side):
geographical reference datasets for visualisation (subunits; main rivers and lakes; waterbodies; etc.)
as well as for assessments with the aim to exploit further possibilities for the WISE output side (map viewer/data viewer)
Follow up on INSPIRE development of data specifications and other related means with the purpose of developing WISE as distributed node system (in line with SEIS initiative)
Stepwise technical integration of other reporting streams on e.g. floods, groundwater, marine, water scarcity and drought, etc.

11. 3. WISE technical developments and links to INSPIRE/SEIS
From reporting  to visualisation and use of data/information
WISE map viewer:
WISE as distributed system: concept, roadmap, testing WISEds
WISE architecture document  WISE datamodel
WISE/INSPIRE link (see next slide)
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12. 4. WISE link to INSPIRE
21-23 Jan’08 meeting of WISE TG and INSPIRE TWG Hydrography
Objectives:
Provide information on DPS of INSPIRE Thematic Working Group Hydrography
Discussion with WISE Technical Group on current status and way forward;
Input from WISE into TWG work
Discussion:
Options for integration of INSPIRE and WISE;
How INSPIRE Data Specifications and effect on WISE data model specification
Conclusions / outcomes:
Many relations between INSPIRE Annexes and WISE (see next 3 slides)
Solution => One base model (Inspire) with extensions for specific reporting (WISE)
WISE / Water Reporting will be affected by Inspire starting 2011 (WFD);
Largest effect from 2014 onwards
Outcome: Common position paper on how to make a link
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13. Geographic objects in Inspire vs WISE
4. WISE link to INSPIRE
Geographic objects in Inspire vs WISE
River network (“physical objects”) defined in Annex I
Groundwater defined in Annex II
Many other physical objects defined in Annex III
‘Placeholders’ in Annex I theme Hydrography
Reporting areas, Monitoring locations etc part of Annex III
Waterbodies defined in Annex I
Riverbasin district not yet defined; Annex III theme?
Monitoring point is placeholder in Annex I theme Hydrography; definition in Annex III
Conclusion:
Many geographic aspects of WISE are covered in Inspire!
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14. Timeline Inspire Annexes
4. WISE link to INSPIRE
Timeline Inspire Annexes
Metadata IR
data
New
Existing
Annex I
2010
2009
2011
2016
Annex II
2012
2014
2019
Annex III
2013
Annex II: e.g.
Groundwater
Annex III: e.g.
Reporting Units etc
Sea regions
Natural risk zones
Environmental monitoring sites
Production and industrial facilities (e.g. abstraction)
Agriculture & Aquaculture facilities
Conclusion 1: Many relations with WISE
Conclusion 2: New data == data from reporting obligation from 2011 / 2014 onwards
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15. 4. Link WISE to INSPIRE Draft conclusions
Many relations between INSPIRE Annexes and WISE
New data == data from reporting obligation from 2011 / 2014 onwards
Specifications have overlap but are also complementing each other
Many (all?) geographic aspects of WISE are covered in INSPIRE
INSPIRE is legislation; IR are part of law!
Different maintenance / versioning procedures (strict vs loose)
Overall conclusion:
WISE / Water Reporting will be affected by Inspire starting 2011 (WFD)
Largest effect from 2014 onwards
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