1. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (4), Brussels, 14/10/2008 slide 1 Agenda Item 6.2 : (a) New data collection. Overview of the new database and associated data treatments WG-E(5)-09-06-2 The central database and associated data treatment B.FRIBOURG-BLANC, IOW (b.fribourg-blanc@oieau.fr)b.fribourg-blanc@oieau.fr

2. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 2 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Brief reminder of the objectives  A centralised dataset  The cornerstone for the definition of a manageable list of substances presented with the prioritisation process  The first building block to apply the monitoring-based prioritisation method  A testing phase for robustness in course  A living system that will be transferred to WISE and the EEA et the end of all collection and treatments, after tests

3. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 3 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Overall situation Almost all countries provided data: of which in last update: Many thanks to all data providers…

4. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 4 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Preliminary data treatment Only datasets for surface water  River, Lake, Transitional, Coastal, Marine Elimination of :  data measured before year 2000  non relevant parameters (e.g. P(tot), Nitrates, etc.)  datasets for which neither LOD or LOQ was provided (except if >LoQ)  Insufficient precision of matrix or fraction (all ”other”) Correction  With MS of missing LoD/LoQ, fraction, inconsistencies…  Internally for missing CAS N°, wrong names, doublets Harmonisation of the measurement units  Water: µg/l, Sediment: µg/kg dw, Biota: µg/kg ww

5. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 5 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive - Data 2000-2008 - Surface water - 26 Member States + CH and NO - 19 613 stations -5 water body types - 545 387 sampling - 14 567 816 analysis - 1 168 substances Summary situation: database content (15 March 09) Source: GIS layer : Official WFD Districts

6. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 6 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Stations -5 Water Body Types (N° of stations): -River: 16 066 -Lake: 1 232 -Transitional: 867 -Coastal: 1 407 -Marine: 41

7. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 7 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Number of analysis France : 65% UK : 14% 8 countries: 97%

8. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 8 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive EU relevance of substances

9. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 9 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Matrices and fractions ( 14 567 816 analysis)

10. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 10 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Data collection 2009: requirements Countries that have not provided any data or had provided very small datasets, (EL, BG, but also CY, NL, ES and IE, + huge increase of FR) analysis on dissolved metals (252 155 analyses) analysis on water with marine influence: transitional, coastal and marine water (15360 analysis: 11909 CW, 3412 TW, 39 MW) analysis on sediment and biota (743 049 analyses of which 3 812 on biota) analysis on the 13 substances or groups thereof as listed in EQS Daughter Directive under Annex III (113 638 analyses, 2008: 182 893 analyses)

11. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 11 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Data collection 2009: collected data

12. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 12 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Conclusions and perspectives Data collection 2009: 9 million analysis on 893 substances 2 countries provided for first time 8 countries + a stakeholder provided more data Big increase in dissolved metals and sediment data, weak on marine influenced and biota With 14,5 million analysis, a change of the management tool was necessary (postgre) Very good basis for monitoring based prioritisation

13. International Office for Water B. Fribourg-Blanc, WG-E (5), Brussels, 18-19/03/2009 slide 13 Implementation of requirements on Priority substances within the Context of the Water Framework Directive Thanks for your attention…