Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Steps towards fulfilling the new EU reporting requirements on DWD Dr. Ralf Busskamp German Federal Institute for Hydrology – Koblenz (BfG)

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Content 1.Brief introduction to BfG (2-5) 2.Introduction/Publication of the “new” reporting format in Germany (6-12) 3.Realisation of technical mechanisms for organising the information flow from state to federal to EC level (incl. defining IT interfaces, national trial periods) (13-19) 4.The "WasserBLIcK" in Germany: establishment of a national database for reporting and consumer information (20-34)

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw The Federal Institute of Hydrology is... a higher authority of the Federal Republic of Germany under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS) the scientific institute of the Federal Government for research, assessment and consulting in the fields of – hydrology – water resources management – ecology and – conservation of waters the specialised consultant of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) with regard to planning, development and new construction of Federal waterways consultant for Federal Ministries (e.g. BMVBS, BMU, BMBF, BMG) in decision-making 265 permanent employees and about 80 on a time-contract base Organisation and Tasks of the BfG

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw How the BfG is financed % Federal Ministry of Transport, Building an Urban Affairs 5 % Others (BMBF, BMZ, BMG, EU...) 10 % (appr. 20 Projects) Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Federal Institute of Hydrology

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Organisation Department M1 Hydrometry and Hydrological Survey Department M2 Water Balance, Forecasting and Prediction Department M3 Groundwater, Geology, River Morphology Department M4 Geoinformation and Remote Sensing, GRDC Department M5 Geodesy Department G1 General Water Quality Issues Department G2 Aquatic Chemistry Department G3 Bio-Chemistry, Ecotoxicology Department G4 Radiology Department U1 General Ecol., Issues, Environmental Protection Department U2 Ecological Interactions Department U3 Vegetation Studies, Landscape Planning Department U4 Fauna and Ecology Department Z1 Administration Department Z2 Information Technology Director M. Behrendt Department C Controlling, Public Relations Division M Quantitative Hydrology Division G Qualitative Hydrology Division U Ecology Administration Secretariat IHP/UNESCO HWRP/WMO Secretariat IHP/UNESCO HWRP/WMO Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) International involvement

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Introduction/Publication of the “new” reporting format in Germany In 2008 the BMG published the new reporting format for the DWD. Prior to the publication this document was discussed in the national Working Group on DWD. By definition the word „format“ meant the content and structure of the reporting not the technical aspects of reporting.

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Basic documents for definition of the content of the reporting format On EU-Level DWD Guidance document for Reporting 2007.pdf Data dictionary in Reportnet WISE_DWD v017_Oct2008.pdf DWD_WISE.xsd On National Level Berichtsformat_Bundesgesundheitsbl2008_51_ pdf

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Guidance document on reporting under the Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC Introduction On 17 January 2005, the Management Committee of the Drinking Water Directive agreed to develop an expert background paper with guidance on harmonised reporting methods and formats for the Drinking Water Directive and delegated this task to a Subgroup. This paper is the outcome of the work of the Subgroup. The 8th Committee of the Drinking Water Directive reached a consensus on this Guidance Document on 8 May It presents a new, table-oriented way of reporting, in line with the Drinking Water Directive and with the WISE approach for reporting (see chapter 1 – Principles).

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Guidance document on reporting under the Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Data Dictionary: Dataset specification for Drinking Water Directive About this document This document holds the technical specifications for a dataflow based on automatically generated output from the Data Dictionary application. The Data Dictionary is a central service for storing technical specifications for information requested in reporting obligations. The purpose of this document is to support countries in reporting good quality data. This document contains detailed specifications in a structured format for the data requested in a dataflow.

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Data Dictionary: Dataset specification for Drinking Water Directive

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw DWD Reporting format Germany

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Realisation of technical mechanisms for organising the information flow At a national Workshop on DWD in Nov.2007 the technical issues on electronic reporting were discussed and it was agreed to develop a common national reporting interface. Further it was agreed to use the national reporting system on water related EU-directives –WasserBLIcK- to organize and control the electronic reporting process Finally it was agreed to choose an XML-format for digital electronic reporting.

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw admin. boundary data granularity need for standardisation Lokal StateNational Europa WISE DWD Data flow Germany

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw What is WISE ? (Water Information System Europe) A good idea: Change from inefficient paper based reporting format towards a digital reporting format EU-Institutions dealing with water aspects (DG-ENV, EEA, JRC, EuroStat,...) use a single data source for different interests EU-„Component Water“ for initiatives like INSPIRE (SDI-EU) or SEIS (Shared Env. Info. System) Streamlining of reporting procedures for EU-Memberstates: unique report of data/information Realisation of subsidiarity principals in information management: local information can be reached within decentralized information structures A binding perspective: WISE Implementation Plan 2010/2020

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WISE Map Viewer

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Why XML? - XML allows maschine-to-maschine-communication - XML is readable by man (ASCII) - XML allows „thin" 1:n relationships modeling - XML allows easy automatical data-pre-compliance checking (parsing) - XML is immediately WEB-enabled - XML allows intergation of spatial data in a unique interface (GML) - XML-interface is to upgrade - XML-interface can be realized for reasonable costs (supported by free software products) - XML-interfaces is easy to integrate into available structures - XML is State-of-the Art - WISE introduces a XML-interface for electronic reporting of the MS towards the European Commission

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw XML-example Unique EU code for the Competent Authority. Add the Two-letter ISO Country code followed by the Member State unique id - up to 42 characters in total. Official name of the Competent Authority in English

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw The Federal Institute for Hydrology (BfG) hosts the internet portal „WasserBLIcK“ ( on behalf of the federal and state water management administration. The „WasserBLIcK“ provides a web-based access to the „National Data Center & Reporting Portal on Water related EU-Directives“ and to the central expert portal of the compentent authorities. The reporting portal facilitates the international reporting obligations of Germany. The expert portal is mainly used for information exchange within the network of public authorities. Selected contents of the website WasserBLIcK are open to general public. What is WasserBLIcK ?

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Major river basins in Europe River basins in central Europe shared by Germany and riparian states

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WasserBLIcK - data infrastructure User (Web-Browser) geospatial data ESRI® shape Metadata ISO WebServer WasserBLIcK Extranet Intranet WFD DataProvider WFD Report Container disseminated ESRI® shapes at RBD level (eg. Elbe, Rhine) DBMS Oracle10g Java-Applications for Import and Export uniform ESRI® shapes ETRS 89 Metadata ISO WebMapServer Plugin for Vector maps

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw DWD Reporting Architecture

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Startseite WasserBLIcK WasserBLIcK – DWD Report Navigator

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WasserBLIcK – DWD Data upload

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WasserBLIcK - DWD reporting form

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WasserBLIcK – DWD upload reporter

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Preview „WISE“ within WasserBLIcK

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WasserBLIcK – Mapping component homogenious mapping products across administrative borders Online Demo WasserBLIcK

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw „Protected Areas for Drinking Water“ in Germany

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WasserBLIcK – Cross client data exchange

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WasserBLIcK – Cross client data exchange

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw WasserBLIcK – Statistics component

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Electronic WISE-Reporting WFD Proof of concept

Twinning Project PL06/IB/EN/01, Workshop under Component 6, Activity 6.1, June 2-5, 2009, Warsaw Thank you for your attention Dr. Ralf Busskamp Head of Department Geo-Information and Remote Sensing, GRDC German Federal Institute for Hydrology Am Mainzer Tor Koblenz Germany