1. GW1 - Monitoring Guidance
Johannes Grath
Rob Ward
14th February 2006

2. Members of the drafting group
Philippe QUEVAUVILLER (EC)
Lutgart van NEVEL, IRMM (JRC)
Johannes GRATH, Federal Environment Agency (AT)
Andreas SCHEIDLEDER, Federal Environment Agency (AT)
Ralf EPPINGER, AMINAL, Ministry of Flemish Government (BE)
Martin AST, Federal Environmental Agency (DE)
Rüdiger WOLTER, Federal Environmental Agency (DE)
Isaac SANCHEZ NAVARRO, Ministry of the Environment (ES)
Carlos MARTINEZ NAVARRETE, Spanish Geological Survey (ES)
Ariane BLUM, BRGM (FR)
Anne-Marie FOUILLAC, BRGM (FR)
Paola BOTTONI, ISS (IT)
Martina BUSSETTINI, APAT (IT)
Elisabetta PREZIOSI, Water Research Institute (IT)
Manuel SAPIANO, Malta Resources Authority (MT)
Dico FRATERS, RIVM (NL)
Rob WARD, Environment Agency (UK)
Rossitza GOROVA, Ministry of Environment and Water (BU)
Daniela DENEVA, EXEA-Sofia (BU)
Jan CRAMER, Geological Survey of Norway (NO)
Mihai BRETOTEAN, Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (RO)
Franz MEISSNER, AquaOpta GmbH (CEEP)
Christian GRØN, DHI
Paolo SEVERI, EPRO
Ulrich BORCHERS, Institut für Wasser (CEN)
Hans-Peter BROERS, EuroGeoSurveys
John CHILTON, British Geological Survey (UN-ECE, IAH)
Members of the drafting group

3. Contents of the Guidance
1 Purpose and Scope
2 Background
3 General principles
4 Chemical status and trend monitoring
5 Quantity monitoring
6 Protected Area monitoring
7 Prevent and limit monitoring
8 Quality of monitoring data
9 Methods for sampling and analysis
10 Reporting
Annexes and Case studies

4. progress to date
Agreement of scope and contents of guidance at last plenary 12 Oct 2005
Amended version (V 7) delivered 15 Dec 2005
Final draft delivered to WG C by 31 Jan 2006
Agreement of GW1 on final draft 13 Feb 2006
Presentation of the final draft monitoring guidance 14 Feb 2006

5. next steps
Final date for receipt of comments from the plenary WG C 3 March 2006
Circulation of final text to GW1 for approval 20 March 2006
Distribution to plenary (CIRCA) April 2006
Submission to SCG May 2006

6. GW1 - Monitoring Guidance
Thank you for your attention!