Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS 1 BWD reporting and EoE reporting dr. Lidija Globevnik Marko Kovačič Tina Kirn Katarina Zore 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, Zagreb, May 2011

2 BWD reporting WISE – Bathing water quality reporting is annual reporting by MS to the European Commission (EC) through EIONET – Reportnet. Reporting is opened to non-EU countries. Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

3 EC and EEA send letter “WISE BWD data request” to nominated reporters for BWD and NFPs each year. Letter is also available at ETC/ICM website (under Announcements) WISE BWD letter Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

4 EIONET - Reportnet DD: Reportnet service providing detailed data definitions, templates and schemas for reporting CDR is like a bookshelf, with data reports on the environment as submitted to international clients ROD: a web-enabled database with all relevant reporting obligations and deadlines CDRDDROD Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

5 1) ROD: Old and New BWD reporting obligations Directive 76/160/EEC Directive 2006/7/EC Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

6 New Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC Report - Identification of bathing areas Reporting of table Inventory of bathing waters. before the start of the bathing season Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

7 New Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC Report - Monitoring and classification by the end of the year (data for the current season, possible to send historical data) BWD files uploaded in CDR Reporting of tables: Monitoring results of BWs, Seasonal information on BWs, Short term pollution, Abnormal situation. Re-delivering of table Inventory of BWs. Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

8 2) Data dictionary 5 tabels to be reported: technical specifications (tables, columns definitions) templates (XLS, XML) Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

9 3) BWD files in CDR envelope: Bathing Water Directive Report Files uploaded in country envelopes, linked to corresponding reporting obligations, by nominated reporters for BWD (Croatia, Montenegro). Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

10 4) Additional information public EEA Circa interest group WISE Water Directives reporting, supfolder for the Bathing Water Directive public EC Bathing Water Directive WFD CIRCA library Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

11 Each year (autumn) a workshop on BWD reporting (to prepare for the next reporting exercise) is organized by EC for nominated reporters for BWD. 5) BWD workshop Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

12 Reporting, assessment and visualisation Reported files by countries are used for: - compilation of BWD database including QA/QC of data - BW quality assessment (EU and national reports, CSI022) - BW quality visualisation (WISE and Eye on Earth) Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

13 Bathing water quality assessment Assessment methodology Database compilation and assessment done by ETC/ICM and EEA EU report and national reports published by EEA and EC Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

14 Assessment methodology – transition period Before the necessary data set for assessment of bathing water quality under the Directive 2006/7/EC is compiled (data for three or four consecutive years) the rules for transition period assessment is done. This means the following: the classification of bathing waters is defined on the basis of concentrations of intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli that are reported under the Directive 2006/7/EC, while the limit values for the classification are taken from the Directive 76/160/EEC: First obligatory reporting of bathing water quality under Directive 2006/7/EC for MS is the 2012 season. From the 2015 season at the latest MS have to start classification of bathing waters according to the requirements of the Directive 2006/7/EC (including data for 2012, 2013 and 2014). No mandatory value for FS Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

15 Assessment methodology – Directive 2006/7/EC The limit values for the classification under the Directive 2006/7/EC. Directive 2006/7/EC, Annex I Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

16 Sampling frequency Frequency criteria as set out in Annex IV of the Directive 2006/7/EC: -no fewer than four (or three) samples are to be taken and analysed per bathing season including a sample to be taken shortly before the start of each bathing season. -sampling dates are to be distributed throughout the bathing season, with the interval between sampling dates never exceeding one month. ETC/ICM applied less strict frequency criteria for the 2010 season with an approval of the European Commission (EC): -interval between two samples during the bathing season should not be larger than 41 days. -the first sample could be taken even 10 days after the start of the bathing season. The frequency criteria will be in full compliance with the Directive 2006/7/EC from the 2012 season on, when reporting under this Directive will become obligatory. Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

17 Assessment … - steps and timing (1) Data integration (January 2011) - GDEM (authomatic QA/QC) - confirmation letter - download of data from CDR BWD DataBase (January - February 2011) - QC/QA of data and compliance check by ETC/ICM with support from countries - BW Database filled Draft Assessment (March 2011) Final Assessment (March April 2011) - (electronic - pdf) National reports are produced by ETC/ICM in collaboration with countries (national reporters for BWD check, give comments and supply additional data/information when needed). - (printed) EU report is produced by ETC/ICM (draft) and finalized by EEA. Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

18 Assessment … - steps and timing (2) Visualisation in WISE - WISE map and data viewer (April 2011) Information to public - press conference at the beginning of June 2011: EU and national reports, WISE and Eye on Earth presented “Near Real Time” reporting - Eye on Earth portal (during current bathing season) Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

19 Online BWD assessment tool Draft assessment for reporting countries was published online for the first time: – –MS can generate the assessment (statuses are calculated online) Assessment under Directive 76/160/EEC Assessment during transition period (less strict and strict sampling frequancy rules) Assessment under directive 2006/7/EC (four seasons) –MS can check coordinates using kml files kml files for wrong and missing coordinates are available too –Overall graphs are provided for each MS since beginning of the reporting Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

20 EoE reporting : “Near Real Time” reporting of bathing water quality data Seasonal data on bathing water quality in Europe. Purpose: to make data on BW quality available as soon as possible, for the public, on the internet. The bathing water information in real-time is much more interesting to the public than by only providing the historical (annual) values. ETC/ICM provides data to EEA on weekly basis during the bathing season. Data is presented on Eye on Earth (EoE) portal. EoE is a two-way communication platform on the environment which brings together scientific information with feedback and observations of millions of ordinary people. Currently, it includes information on the current and annual bathing water quality and air quality throughout Europe. Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

21 Eye on Earth application Information on current bathing water quality in Europe, also annual data. Data is available on Eye-on-Earth (EoE) portal Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

22 Current bathing seasonPortal representation 1 (CG), 5 (CI) - Good Sites with lower values than the mandatory and guide values. Those waters have excellent or good quality 4 (NC) - Average Sites where one of analysed parameters has a higher value than mandatory value 2 (B) - Bad sites with higher values than the mandatory values from the Bathing Water Directive. Those waters have poor quality - if values for all parameters are inside guide values then status = 1 (CG) - if parameters exceed guide values but are inside mandatory values then status = 5 (CI) - if 1 parameter exceeds mandatory value then status = 4 (NC) - if 2 or more parameters exceed mandatory values then status = 2 (B) - if 2 or more parameters are missing then status = 6 (NS) - not reported to EoE - if 1 parameter is missing then status = 3 (NF) - not reported to EoE Using limit values of the Directive 2006/7/EC for parameters EC and IE. Methodology for status calculation Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

23 Letter is also available at ETC/ICM website (under Announcements) EEA sends letter “Near real time dataflows on Bathing Water Quality” to NFPs and nominated reporters for BWD each year. Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

24 Data reporting Reporting possibilities: by to (XLS, XML, CSV… publication of data on the national/regional/municipal websites directly to EEA in GeoRSS XML format Data to be reported: Bathing water location and identification  BWID, BeachName, Latitude, Longitude Sample measurements  Sample date  Directive 76/160/EEC - parameters TC, FC, FS  Directive 2006/7/EC - parameters ConcEC, ConcIE or final bathing water quality status, if reported in GeoRSS XML format (site-specific data) Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS

25 Reporting Dataflow EyeOnEarth.eu EoE dbImportDB Convert to EoE GeoRSS / XML BWQD Extension MS GeoRSS MS MS ms excelMS website ETC - ICM.mdb MS ??? SqlServer Biztalk Needs human interaction Machine to machine interaction Receive files and push into database Conversion of Access mdb into GeoRSS Peter Kjeld (EEA), April 2009 Simplified methodology for status calculation: three classes Data uploaded on ea.europa.eu Event/ date: 1st Regional workshop with West Balkan countries, May 2011 Author: ETC/ICM - IWRS