Workshop on Water Quantity reporting Workshop on Water Quantity reporting Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process Skopje, the Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia George Karavokiros, Maggie Kossida, ETC/ICM

Products of EU level data collection Datasets - Databases Visualization of information (WISE) ◦ Maps ◦ Charts ◦ Statistical analyses Various publications e.g. SoE reports Indicators, water accounts Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January Reliable background information for Policy makers The general public

Reporting Obligations The Reporting Obligations Database (ROD) contains records describing environmental reporting obligations that countries have towards DG environment, European marine conventions, Eurostat, OECD, UN, UNECE and EEA Includes Legislations, Coordinating authority, Deadlines Reporting Obligations for Greece: ◦ 254 items on all environmental issues  69 items on water related issues  7 items on water related issues reporting to the EEA  State & Quantity of Water Resources (EWN-4/ WISE-SoE#3) Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

Reporting under WISE EEA - State of Environment (WISE-SoE) ◦ Annual reporting request ◦ Voluntary basis, through NRCs/NFPs ◦ Based on existing national monitoring networks DG ENV - EU directives ◦ WFD, UWWT, Nitrates ◦ Obligatory basis OECD/EUROSTAT – JQ IWA ◦ through statistical agencies Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

Roles in the EEA reporting process Member states (MS) Data are derived from existing national and/or regional monitoring networks Report mostly annually ETC/ICM Main responsible for the data dictionaries Collect the data from MS Resolve data quality and other issues in cooperation with MS Provide quality assured data in the proper form to the EEA European Environment Agency (EEA) Approve the delivery Disseminate the information to policy-makers and the public Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

Stages of WISE SoE data reporting Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January 2013 Data collection and reporting Working DBs Data Repositories Data validation and error flagging European datasets Final QC/QA Member states ETC/ICM EEA Data storage in the Working DBs Data preparation and submission to the EEA Data Dictionary ETC Data Dictionary 6

Water Quantity reporting Roadmap 7 Development of SoE#3 reporting sheet (approved by Water Directors, 2008) Test Data Exchange: identifying reporting resources and capabilities, opening the dialog–EIONET Workshop (June 2008) Streamlining with EUROSTAT to avoid double-reporting Data Manual (June 2009) opening the discussion towards common definitions and harmonisation Optimising the reporting process-Adopting flexibility onwards stable WISE WQ data flow 2009 development and launch of the WQ Reporting Tool 2010 update of the Tool with new functionalities, pre-filing of the previously reported data, beta version of the WQ DREAMS online application ( ) was the 4 th year of reporting (deadline was ) Further streamlining with EUROSTAT, data transfer and pre- filling the JQ IW Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

“Traditional” approach for data reporting The traditional approach is based on simple Excel sheets Advantages ◦ Well known tool ◦ Wide range of interfaces Disadvantages ◦ Not the appropriate format for representing complex data structures and interrelations ◦ No data quality testing at the source ◦ No online help ◦ Limitations of MS-Excel Such approach often leads to inappropriate working database design CDR EIONET NRC Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

Water Quantity reporting approach (1) Numerous parameters related to different geographical entities (stations, reservoirs, RBDs etc.) Combination of point and areal data Time series and non time series data Wide range of temporal (annual, monthly, seasonal, daily) and spatial scales (Country, RBD, Sub-Unit, NUTS) Streamlining with the Eurostat Joint Questionnaire on inland waters (JQ IW) Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

10 The WQ approach (2) 1. Distribution of a custom data reporting application 2. Transmission of data files in XML format 3. Data entry application WISE-SoE Reporting Data check Data preparation Statistical analysis I/O routines Data Entry Application Database I/O File Import/Export XML data file 1 2 EIONET NRC User interface Constraints Validation rules Bulk data import Online documentation Reporting summaries WQ Reporting Tool Database 3 Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January 2013

The WQ approach (3) ETCDD Web/Application Server Internet CSV file WQ DREAMS XML data file EIONET NRC Working Database WQ Reporting Tool Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

Country benchmarking results from 2011 Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

EWN4: Water quantity scores Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January

Statistics WISE SoE data request 2012 Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January Water quantity Data from 27 countries Geographical point entities8371 ◦ Large Items33 ◦ Rain gauge stations3085 ◦ Reservoirs213 ◦ Stream flow stations1951 ◦ Wells3089 Time series10986 ◦ Groundwater level3346 ◦ Reservoir inflow196 ◦ Reservoir outflow201 ◦ Stream flow2225 Total number of data records TS with daily time step1510 TS with monthly time step2777 TS with seasonal time step424 TS with annual time step6275

Sites related to WQ reporting Reporting obligations : EEA-European Environment Agency [Water] Reporting obligation for: State & Quantity of Water Resources (EWN-4) WISE SoE data request WQ Reporting Tool Detailed criteria for scoring (EWN4: Water quantity) EIONET Central Data Repository (CDR) Waterbase - Water Quantity WQ DREAMS Stream flow stations on Map Introduction to the EEA SoE water quantity data flows and data collection process - Skopje 10 January