Swedish experience on water body delineation and handling updates between 1st and 2nd cycle reporting Niklas Holmgren, strategist South Baltic Water Authority WISE Technical group

Why versioning important? The water objectives are legally binding in Sweden water bodies which are constantly being improved. Things do change Reporting requirements Protected areas National objectives

Versions – more detailed at national level National level WISS Classifications Measures Protected areas Water bodies Reporting Water bodies

Classificiations - example Logged in – see name of editors Editable

Measures – life cycle and versions Not public Public Idea Possible (not public) Possible (public) PlannedDone

DEMO Fishladder Björkshult Possible to planned

Register Protected areas Updated at different intervals depending on directive – most frequent Bathing water Versioning implemented DEMO Aborrtjärn

Water bodies

Waters -Internal ID -Date registered Contains all water internal IDs ever added to the database – marked by date Main version -ID main version -Active/Not After each delivery a main version is updated with the current ”active” water bodies Part delivery ID main version Name delivery version A part delivery version is maintained for example: ”Surface_water_2014_1” or ”Ground_water_2014” Water delivery -All ID:s -Name -Water Category -Drainage basins -etc For each delivery the waters are registered in this table containing everything that can be changed for example name, drainage basin. The same water can be registered here several times if it have been in several deliveries but only once in the Main version

Versioning in reporting WFD a lot simpler!

Suggested amendments WFD reporting guidance merged, split, both (original) merged, split, both, new (change) - lists! Merged: Need to be 1:N Split: OK Both: N:N (very complicated to use – ignore?) New: OK Deleted: For QA of COM – suggest to report these

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