Water Framework Directive Report on GIS Workshop 26 April 2005

Background Visualisation GIS guidance Common coding CRM SDIC

Visualisation Expert Activity 1

Visualisation - Basis of the work Article V reporting is the start point Comparing WFD to other reporting Variation of information provision Visualisation by information submission Consideration of the use of CCM Make recommendations Identify limits and related issues

Heavily Modified (HMWB) and Artificial Waterbodies (AWB) Waterbodies aggregated on Austrian planning regions Austrian waterbodies aggregated on CCM WSO5 catchments Waterbodies aggregated on catchments with 1000 km²

Groundwater bodies at risk Austrian planning areas and groundwater bodies Groundwater bodies

Findings Detail level useful for DG Env Point representation and Strahler order 1 Public view Catchment preferable RBD level too coarse Basin / Sub Basin better Need coherent sub-divisions Best defined by Member States (CCM difficult to interpret) DG Env will need to recognise that there will be differences in interpretation

Recommendations - general View risk against basins / sub-basins Use rivers only for context Restrict public catchment size visualisation Needs to be determined Consider small sea catchments Best for Member States to define recognisable sub-basins Possible need for sub-sub-basins

GIS Guidance Expert Activity 1

Review of GIS guidance Reviewed and agreed needs a revision Review in light of WFD requirements Specific issues identified Water body cannot be heavily modified AND artificial Does not address pressures and impacts Does not address monitoring stations Requested that a GIS Guidance review is set up as a GIS Working Group Expert Activity

Common coding Expert Activity 2

CCM Expert Activity 3

Activity 1- Recommendations CCM Define catchments and sub-basins as agglomerations of low level CCM catchments CCM could be a useful tool to Member States but needs to be improved Use geometries provided to improve CCM Rivers, basins, sub-basins Match catchments to an agreed border definition SABE Match CCM rivers to borders Mark as border rivers

SDIC General

Spatial Data Information Community An Inspire SDIC had been defined for the Water Environmental data Focussed through WISE initiative Raised by DG Env (LMO - Legally Mandated Organisation) To encompass all EU bodies DG Env, EEA, EEA, JRC Remit To explore various water related spatial initiatives Experts drawn from WFD GIS experts in Working Group Agreed that Eurostat will undertake coordinating role Albrecht Wirthman