1. 2007 process for SoE data reporting into WISE Updating the old EIONET priority data flow on water
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

2. From reporting to assessment
From Peter Kristensen, EEA
Other data sources
Data from MS
Eionet water data =
SOE data in WISE
CSI
and other
indicators
Wider assessments,SoE, Belgrade, EEA reports on climate, water resources etc.
Defining parameter in reporting sheets
PRIORITY DATA FLOW
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

3. Background
WISE (Water Information System for Europe) launched
Successfull reporting of data on the identification of monitoring stations (WFD Article 8) by MS in March 2007
Reporting sheets agreed upon
Working group D ( ) and
WFD-CIS Strategic Coordination group ( )
Reporting sheets and results of the SoE drafting group presented to EIONET National Focal Points
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

4. Coherence between WFD Art
Coherence between WFD Art. 8 stations and stations selected for SoE data in WISE / Eionet?
Surface water
37040 total number of surface water stations, of which:
1217 LW = Lake
17721 RW = River
347 TW = Transitional
1748 CW = Coastal
16007 NA = Not found in Art.5 table (Water bodies)
Only ~800 stations seems to be common stations in the WFD Art. 8 Surface Water monitoring networks and the Waterbase/ Eionet river and lake stations.
Groundwater
5372 AT
486 BE
237 CY
699 CZ
13270 DE
993 DK
5891 ES
274 FI
3436 FR
3197 HU
180 IE
250 LT
31 LU
88 LV
2084 NL
424 SE
227 SI
4884 UK
42023 total
Among these groundwater stations, only 3169 stations have "EIONET" mentioned somewhere under "Other networks" or under "International networks".
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

5. WFD Art. 8 Eionet stations NO3 Directive stations
Source: JRC preliminary results May 2007
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

6. Countries should answer:
How to develop a coherent and representative set of stations for SoE data in WISE?
Countries should answer:
The current Eionet stations included in the WFD monitoring networks must be clearly identified
The representativity of the Eionet stations for different water types within different water categories must be checked and explained
If the current selection is not sufficient to be representative: Additional stations have to be selected within the WFD networks to become new Eionet stations?
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

7. Background for test reporting in 2007
Reporting procedure for SoE data to WISE will be similar to EIONET-water reporting, but...
Selection of new stations based on the new WFD monitoring networks
New technical system under development
EEA will send request for SoE data reporting to all participating countries
The excercise is voluntary, but EEA hopes for wide participation and feedback
Deadline for 2007 reporting is postponed until end of 2007
Data flow will be treated as a ”test case” in EIONET
NFP workshop early October
discuss further development of WISE
SEIS (Shared Environment Information System)
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

8. Test reporting of SoE-data to WISE in 2007
Agreement on the selection of stations
Reporting on data from those stations for the revised and agreed reporting sheets: no. 1, 2, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

9. I. Selection of stations
Step
Action
Deadline 1
EEA will send the compilation of WFD Article 8 monitoring stations with questions from ETC on links with EIONET stations and waterbodies, for clarification and agreement of new EIONET stations based on WFD Art. 8 reporting. 2
Checking of stations:
Countries will respond to questions regarding the stations and check, (re)select and amend the set of SoE stations.
RED text = MS actions
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

10. II. Reporting of SoE-data for revised and agreed reporting sheets
Step
Action
Deadline 3
Preparation for data processing:
ETC develops guidelines for countries on how to process data for reporting (statistical aspects; spatial and temporal aggregation; geo-referencing methods; meta-data held within WISE to support the SoE data). 4
Preparation to use the data dictionary:
EEA/ETC revises the data dictionary for the revised reporting sheets as presented to SCG and NFPs.
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

11. II. Reporting of SoE-data for revised and agreed reporting sheets
Step
Action
Deadline 5
Data request:
EEA/ETC sends request (incl. guidance on data processing) to countries’ NRC (cc: NFP) for data from 2006 for the agreed reporting sheets (1, 2, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16) + for old TCM reporting sheets, using the updated Data Dictionary.
These data should be from updated SoE-WISE/EIONET stations within the WFD Article 8 monitoring sites.
All countries who have reported stations under the WFD will provide data for the stations agreed to be used for SoE-WISE / EIONET.
All other 6 EU countries and all non-EU countries will report for their old EIONET stations.
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

12. II. Reporting of SoE-data for revised and agreed reporting sheets
Step
Action
Deadline 6
Preliminary data quality assurance:
Countries are requested to perform a preliminary quality assurance before submitting their data. Guidelines and tools will be provided by EEA/ETC.
Early October 2007 7
Data reporting:
Countries submit their data to
EEA Reportnet common data repository (CDR;
in format to be specified by EEA.
End of 2007
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

13. Data processing at EEA/ETC after the reporting
Step
Action
Deadline 8
Data compilation:
The ETC data managers (NTUA for lakes, IWRS for rivers and CENIA for groundwater) download the submitted data from the Reportnet CDR and include them in their respective working databases.
Early 2008 9
Quality assurance:
QA will be done by the ETC data managers, if necessary with support from NIVA (on scientific soundness).
If needed, the countries will be requested to correct or check on suspect values and resubmit the data to Reportnet.
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)

14. Data processing at EEA/ETC after the reporting
Step
Action
Deadline 10
Transfer to WISE:
ETC extracts the quality-assured data in agreed format and sends to EEA. EEA uploads tables and maps to WISE.
Early 2008
Date/ event: EEA Drafting group meeting SoE guidance, Copenhagen
Authors: Anne Lyche Solheim (NIVA), Jannicke Moe (NIVA)