Water statistics reporting in the EU in the recent years ESTP Water Statistics Vienna 2016 Arnulf Schönbauer THE CONTRACTOR IS ACTING UNDER A FRAMEWORK CONTRACT CONCLUDED WITH THE COMMISSION

History of the Joint-Questionnaire First issued by OECD in 1980 Eurostat joined in 1988 Collaboration with UN Statistical Divisions since 1996 Items: Air, Inland Waters, Marine environment, Land, Forest, Wildlife, Waste, Noise, Environmental Expenditures Significant revision of JQ-Inland Water in 2012

Objectives of the JQs Collection and harmonisation of national environmental data Update and improve environmental statistics To contribute to work of the Commission of the European Communities on environmental policy

JQ-Inland waters: Main purposes Structural indicators and indicators for sustainable development Indicators for water management Economic analysis of the water industry and water accounts Environmental performance reviews

REQ Objective regional environmental statistics for Europe Items Water, Waste, Transport, Energy, Land Use

REQ Time-line Pilot exercises 2010 Afterwards biennial Next release 2016

Coverage Geographic coverage JQ-IW: National REQ Time coverage NUTS 2 note: will be cancelled from 2016 on River Basin Districts (EEA) Time coverage Both questionnaires: yearly data

Structur of the JQ-IW Table 1-4 Freshwater tables T 1 Renewable freshwater resources T 2 Annual freshwater abstraction by source and by sector T 3 Water made available for use T 4 Water use by supply category and by sector

Structur of the JQ-IW Table 1-4 Wastewater tables T 5 Population connected to wastewater treatment plants T 6 Treatment capacity of wastewater treatment plants in terms of BOD note: (cancelled from 2016 on) T 7 Sewage sludge production and disposal T 8 Generation and discharge of wastewater OECD only T 9 Water quality of selected rivers, at mouth or downstream frontier T 10 Water quality of selected lakes

JQ-IW versus REQ