1. INSPIRE Implementation Austria
National Water Sector – State of play

3. Data producer & data provider
Public authorities at regional or national level
Agreement between federal government (BMLFUW) and regional public authorities (Länder)
For data produced at regional level and provided to national bodies to fulfill national water management issues (e.g. RBMP), federal bodies assume the INSPIRE obligation
This includes
Monitoring sites (surface water, groundwater, bathing water)
Water bodies (groundwater, surface water)
Drinking water protected sites
River Network
Urban wastewater treatment plants

4. Data producer & data provider
National public authorities
Water management databases (WISA)
Regional public authorities
BMLFUW
UBA
Other (AGES, GBA, …)
Länder
National INSPIRE Geoportal
INSPIRE Services

5. INSPIRE Geoportal
Metadata: pire.gv.at/metadatensuche/srv /de/search.simple.do
Naional water data:
View Service Umweltbundesamt Wasser sgw/?key=ab3873de4bbbd7a0c11c 749b9872ec3c&service=wms&versi on=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
Download Service Umweltbundesamt Wasser ds/?alias=415a8c6a &request=GetServiceFeed

6. INSPIRE download service: Umweltbundesamt Water
Annex I: Hydrography (HY): river network, lakes, catchment areas
Annex III:
Utility and government services (US): urban wastewater treatment plants (2014, 2016)
Environmental monitoring facilities (EF): water quality monitoring sites (rivers, lakes, groundwater, isotopes)
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units (AM): water bodies, RBD & sub units, drinking water protected sites, … (2009, 2013)
Natural risk zones (NZ): flood hazard areas and risk zones (HQ30, 100, 300)
Bio-geographical regions (BR): bioregions, ökoregions

7. Roadmap INSPIRE data harmonisation
Status now
Data not harmonised
Format: shape file, ESRI GDB (river network)
NZ: hazard area, risk area, exposed elements, observed events
BR: river typology, bioregions, …
AM:WFD data (waterbodies, RBD, etc.)
EF: monitoring sites
HY: river nework, dams & weirs
US: waste water treatment plants
INSPIRE Annex I Interoperability: Nov. 2017
INSPIRE Annex II & III Interoperability Oct. 2020
NZ: APSFR, PFRA
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
UWWTD reporting
FD PFRA reporting
FD FHM, FRM; UWWTD, Nitrate D

8. eReporting & INSPIRE
First attempt to link INSPIRE to reporting in the water sector: WFD reporting 2016
Relevant data specifications: AM, EF, HY
Definition of INSPIRE attributes according to reporting needs
Link of „business“ data to spatial data: AM concept - thematic ID
Mixing of concepts of different INSPIRE data specifications >> problematic
e.g. concept of INSPIRE „statistical unit“ evolutionType and predecessor/succesor included into the AM schema
Use of GML
INSPIRE data model „flatened“
WFD 2016 spatial data schemas not fit for INSPIRE now

9. eReporting & INSPIRE EU wide coordination concept needed
Definition of INSPIRE attributes according to reporting needs
How to link spatial data to „business“ data
Use of the INSPIRE thematicId concept
Concept need to be included in other INSPIRE data specifications
Extensions of INSPIRE data models to be fit for eReporting
Only if necessary and agreed also with INSPIRE community; e.g. „Link- ID“ - thematicId, codelists
Consieration of: what needs to be reported with spatial data – what can be reported with XML

10. Contact & Information Gabriele Vincze
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Ernst Überreiter
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WG DIS Copenhagen ■ 8.3.&