EEA 2017 State of European waters EEA assessment of WFD status and pressures CIS Working Group DIS 18. October 2016 Stéphane Isoard Head of Water and Marine Group European Environment Agency (EEA)

WFD Article 18 and EEA 2017 State of Water report WFD Article 18: … a review of the status of surface water and groundwater in the Community under-taken in coordination with the European Environment Agency; EEA 2017 State of Water report planned November 2017

The 2017 State of Water Assessment Overview of status, pressures and impacts (update of baseline – state 2012-2015) Change in status and pressures from 1st to 2nd RBMPs Relationship between pressure and status (what is causing less than good status) –pressures-driving force relationship. Effect of measures (focused on measures implemented during the first RBMP planning period). State of water (SoW) assessment should quantify and identify the current state of, and impacts on, water environment, how these are changing in time and if the measures that are taken at different levels prove effective.

2017 WFD assessment status and pressures Water body delineation and data aggregation Ecological status of surface waters incl. biological quality elements Hydromorphological quality elements as part of ecological status Chemical status of surface waters and river basins specific pollutants Groundwater chemical status Groundwater quantitative status Objective setting and exemptions Pressures Point source pollution pressures and impacts Diffuse source pollution pressures and impacts Chemical pressures and impacts Hydromorphological pressures and impacts Heavily Modified Water Bodies and Artificial Water Bodies (HMWB/AWB) Effect of measures in 1st RBMP period

From 180 RBMPs to European overviews European waters – status and pressures The European Environment Agency is an information centre on Europe’s rivers Since the EEA commenced its operations in 1994, we have been at the centre of efforts to collect and provide information on European waters. In 2007 we launched the Water Information System for Europe (WISE) data centre - in partnership with the European Commission. WISE collects information from Member States on the state of their waters and on their compliance with related regulations. We then use this information to Make assessments of the state of Europe’s waters and water bodies, including rivers Feed information on the pressures associated with these water bodies into policy processes at European, national and local levels Produce data outputs that can help explain the state of European waters – indicators, maps, graphs and reports Throughout our work on European waters, we ask questions, such as What is the quality of the water body? How much water does the water body contain? What are the related pressures on the environment, and their causes? Are Member States working towards their targets? The WISE data centre and the EEA’s work in this area are available to the public via our website.  

Status (overall, ecological, chemical, quantitative status) European overview Member State overview RBDs overview

Pressures, impact etc. European overview Member state overview RBDs overview

Process and Consultation with Member States 3rd October EEA has started the analysis based on three Member States. Understanding issues related to data. WG DIS meeting autumn progress report and consultation on first results Not possible based on three Member States January March 2017 (online) consultation on status and pressure results (probably in connection with one day WG DIS meeting) June 2017 consultation on draft report – (1-2 days Eionet/DIS meeting) We need your advice, expertise and comments on: How the European results on status and pressures are presented. Illustration of progress – comparison 1st and 2nd RBMP period Cause-effect relationship between status, pressures and measures implemented during the 1st RBMP period. Information on good case studies

▲ Draft EEA assessment results; ▼ Update of assessment results based on data update and comments received. ►EEA report/portal ready for publication dissemination. O First WISE-WFD master database should be ready (1. October 2016) * Uncertain who is implementing standard output products on WFD database (ENV consultant) ** Some aspects needs further analytic work (e.g. comparison of status and pressures between 1st and 2nd RBMP periods, methodology for assessing chemical status and RBSPs; these activities can be started in autumn 2015. *** The main assessment activity will be concentrated in a three month period in the autumn 2016 and in the first half of 2017. March 2017 consultation on status and pressure results (one day WG DIS meeting) June 2017 consultation on draft report – (1-2 days Eionet/DIS meeting)