Meeting of Water Directors 2/3 December 2004 Agenda item 2.7 - Guidance on reporting – Part C: 2005 Reporting Sheets Report by Working Group 2D Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004

Guidance Current State of play Guidance for 2004 reporting adopted by Water Directors in November 2003 (Parts A and B) Guidance for 2005 reporting (Parts C) to be adopted Structure based on reports prepared by international river conventions Standard format for each section of the guidance (reporting sheets) Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004

Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004 Meetings Working Group 2D 7 June 2004 Drafting Group on Compliance 21 September 2004 Working Group 2D 18 October 2004 SCG 27/28 October 2004 Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004

Format for 2005 Guidance (Reporting Sheet) What should be reported Why is it needed How should it be reported Geographic information Data Summary text Other questions 2005 and draft 2010 Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004

Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004 2005 Reporting Content Analysis of the characteristics of RBDs Surface water (SWB), groundwater (GWB) Environmental review of human activity Surface water (SWPI), groundwater (GWPI) Economic analysis of water uses Register of protected areas. Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004

Characterisation Summary Overall method statement Typology statement At RBD level Method statements Summary of totals (surface type, modified, groundwater type) Work statement At water body level Point definition plus attribute data Maps At minimum of 1,000,000 scale Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004

Environmental impact Summary No maps Water body Attribution 2005 - risk 2010 - pressure id, impact type Pressure indicators 2005 – RBD summary, 2010 – id, xy, type, plus attribution, plus link to water body River Basin District Summary statistics (risk, pressure, impacts) Method statements Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004

Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004 Consultation Most written comments have been incorporated Some comments were not incorporated – justification was given (see list in document) Consensus on key elements of the process was reached at SCG and incorporated in the foreword Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004

Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004 Draft conclusions Water Directors are invited to endorse the 2005 reporting guidance (part C) Water Directors are invited to mandate ther GIS experts to review the GIS aspects of the reporting sheets in order to specify in more detail some technical issues (reporting sheets should be in line with WFD GIS Guidance) Agreed guidance will be the basis for the development of the next stage of the WISE system Water Director’s meeting, Amsterdam – 2-3 December 2004