1. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 1 overview of emissions to water existing data collections Dominique PREUX Benoît FRIBOURG-BLANC Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics Work Session on Water Statistics June 2005

2. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 2 Emissions and the DPSIR framework 4 Impact D 1 Driving force 5 Response 2 Pressure Emissions 3 State (adapted from Latvian Environment Agency 2002)

3. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 3 The source: a need for completeness The load (quantity and variations) The parameters The receiving environment: media and type A comprehensive inventory Emissions Inventory :… …the main requirements

4. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 4 The proposed system Complete coverage for sources Temporal aggregation : the year Geographical aggregation : the River basin The parameters : list from the existing Reporting Obligations

5. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 5 Use of emissions data Example of source apportionment Source apportionment of Nitrogen emissions to water by main basins in France Source: IFEN, State of the Environment report 2002.

6. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 6 Emissions to water :… …a complex situation (1/2)

7. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 7 Emissions to water :… …a complex problem (2/2) Multiple pathways Diffuse sources, scattered and associated definition Parameters

8. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 8 EPER 56 industrial sectors Direct/indirect to water, Yearly, 3 years EU25 26 substances UWWTD Urban and food industry Load and percentage reduction, yearly, 2 years EU25 5 parameters Existing data collections addressing a selection of sectors

9. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 9 OSPAR / HELCOM All human activities, All pathways (net emission), Yearly, 1989 and 1995 / every 5 year 15 countries / 9 countries 66 substances / 48 substances Reduction targets Eurostat/OECD All human activities, main pathways, yearly 28 European countries, + other OECD 15 parameters Existing data collections addressing in principle all sources

10. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 10 In summary A Patchy situation… A need for more and reliable data… (to allow source apportionment between Agriculture, Urban and industry sources)

11. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 11 WFD All significant sources (point and diffuse) All significant pathways, Yearly, every 6 years EU25 33 priority substances + other EU legislative instruments Extended with Water Information System for Europe (WISE) For all EU-level users New and emerging data collections

12. EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON WATER Water Statistics, Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 slide 12 PRTR UWWTP, IWWTP, Aquaculture, diffuse and dispersed Emission and transfer yearly 36 countries 70 substances New and emerging data collections