A. Van de Maelestraat 96 B-9320 Erembodegem Belgium Water Statistics - Work Session 2a Vienna, Rudy Vannevel Towards HARMONIZATION of the WATER REPORTING PROCESS

Water management Information needs Information strategy Information utilization Data analysis Data collection The Information cycle (after Timmerman&Langaas (2004)

Water management Information needs Data analysis Data collection Monitoring programmes Information utilisation IT- PROCESS POLICY PROCESS REPORTING PROCESS MONITORING PROCESS Assessment strategies Data handling Assessment & reporting

Data bases Questionnaires Reports Monitoring strategies POLICY PROCESS MONITORING PROCESSIT-PROCESS REPORTING PROCESS Environmental Information Cycle

Optimising data bases Harmonising questionnaires Review report formats Harmonising monitoring strategies POLICY PROCESS MONITORING PROCESS REPORTING PROCESS Reporting tables (CIRT) Data bases Questionnaires Reports Monitoring strategies IT-PROCESS

DPSIR CIRT 1 H2O supply H2O uses WW disch. H2O accounts... CIRT 2 WWT. Connectivity rate Treatment capacity Sludge Discharges Effluents H2O accounts... Activ. & services DPSIR CIRT 5 Sampl.sitesSampling H2O courses CIRT 7 Sampling Analyses Parameters CIRT 8 Parameters Sampling sites CIRT 10 CIRT 9 Env. standards Parameters Results Sampling sites Parameters Tested results DPSIR CIRT 5 Measures

CONTENT REPORTING TABLES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ECONOMIC ISSUES SOCIAL ISSUES WATER ISSUES NON-WATER ISSUES WATER CHAIN WATER SYSTEM Water Quantity (availability, use, supply) Water Quality (waste water discharges) Sanitation tools (waste water treatment) Other policy tools (levies, permits) ACCOUNTS WATER ACCOUNTS NON-WATER ACCOUNTS Fresh water Marine water Surface water Ground- water Water quality Water quantity Water massSedimentsBiota

CONTENT REPORTING TABLES: NEW ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESECONOMIC ISSUES SOCIAL ISSUES WATER ISSUES NON-WATER ISSUES WATER CHAIN WATER SYSTEM Water Quantity (availability, use, supply) Water Quality (waste water discharges) Sanitation tools (waste water treatment) levies, permits, communication ACCOUNTS WATER ACCOUNTS NON-WATER ACCOUNTS Fresh water Marine water Surface water Ground- water Water quality Water quantity Water mass SedimentsBiota Suspended solids Soil Air erosion air deposition

D P S I R Emissions Discharges Water abstractions Water quantity Water quality Habitat quality Biodiversity Health Biodiversity & habitat changes Policy instruments Water & load balances D- Water accounts P- Water accounts S- Water accounts I- Water accounts R- Water accounts Environmental analysis Economic analysis Impact analysis Load reductions Scenario analysis

Water management Information needs Data analysis Data collection Monitoring programmes Information utilisation Assessment strategies Data handling Assessment & reporting Harmonisation questionnaires Harmonisation of reports Datawarehouse applications Manuals on monitoring IT-tools: EU COM: WISE EEA: EEIS New WQI Developed vs developing countries

Internat. level Country level Harmonisation questionnaires & reports 1 QuestQuest 1Quest n Common Questionnaire INTERN. POLICY PROCESS Report 1Report 2Report n Common Report Who will conduct the harmonisation process? Common Indicatorset Ind.set 1Ind.set n

Harmonisation questionnaires & reports Country Common report Int. Org. 2Int. Org. 1 Quest 1Quest 2Quest n Country Common Quest Int. Org. 2Int. Org. 1 Rep 1Rep 2Rep n EU COM EEA OECD EUROSTAT UN OECD/ESTAT REQ & IWJQ OECD COMP EUROSTAT AU II UN QES Example:Sectoral analysis EWN-e Mutual profit ! Facilitates reporting process Cost-saving Emphasis on future needs Increases new data delivery but Harmonisation is a prerequisite

Developing vs developed countries LOCAL REGIONAL NATIONAL CONTINENTAL WORLDWIDE Harmonisation Developed countries : data management ! Developing countries : monitoring ! Differentiation

Country 2Country 1 Datawarehousing DB 1DB 2DB n Country 2Country 1 DB 1DB 2DB n IT-tool 1IT-tool nDWH Int. Org. 2Int. Org. 1 Rep 1Rep 2Rep n Int. Org. Common Report format Harmonisation

D P S I R DPSIR overarching Water Quality Index Actual status (SoE) Environmental trend analysis Actual pressuresPressure trend analysis Response effectiveness Carrying capacity = Policy evaluation ! Load reduction = Load balance ! = not spatial related ! = Basis for objective ranking of countries