Characterisation of groundwater Introduction Article 5 and Annex II of the WFD requires Member States to identify the location and boundaries of groundwater bodies. How will the European Commission and the EEA use the information reported? The European Commission will use the information provided on the level of subdivision of groundwater to ensure that this is adequate to describe the status of groundwater bodies. The information will also be used to assess whether and how Member States have implemented the key obligations of the WFD. Statistics and information will be provided to the European Parliament at EU level. Information will be provided to the public through WISE. Products from reporting The following products will be produced by the European Commission or the EEA from the data and information reported by Member States Nb Name of product Type of Scale of Detailed information Source of detailed Used in 2012 product information* displayed information and reports?* aggregation rule 1 Number and Table EU/MS/ RBD/ Number and size (area) of Average: sum of area of SWD pg 71 average size of SU groundwater bodies. all groundwater bodies EEA1 pg 19 groundwater divided by the number WISE WFD database Total area of groundwater bodies of groundwater bodies. bodies. Aggregation on the basis of the information Average size of reported at water body groundwater bodies. level. 2 Spatial reference Spatial WB Mapping of all Spatial dataset including Yes layer of dataset groundwater bodies. all groundwater bodies. groundwater bodies Notes: * Scale of information: EU = European; MS = National, Member State; RBD = River Basin District; SU = Sub-unit; WB = water body Contents of 2016 reporting Schema sketch See Annex 10.3. Information and data to be reported using the schemas Information regarding the delineation and characterisation of groundwater bodies should be reported at groundwater body level according to the schema GWB. Schema: GWB Class: GroundWaterBody Properties: maxOccur: unbounded minOccur: 1 Schema element: euGroundWaterBodyCode
Characterisation of groundwater Introduction Article 5 and Annex II of the WFD requires Member States to identify the location and boundaries of groundwater bodies. How will the European Commission and the EEA use the information reported? The European Commission will use the information provided on the level of subdivision of groundwater to ensure that this is adequate to describe the status of groundwater bodies. The information will also be used to assess whether and how Member States have implemented the key obligations of the WFD. Statistics and information will be provided to the European Parliament at EU level. Information will be provided to the public through WISE. Products from reporting The following products will be produced by the European Commission or the EEA from the data and information reported by Member States Nb Name of product Type of product Scale of information* Detailed information displayed Source of detailed information and aggregation rule Used in 2012 reports?* 1 Number and average size of groundwater bodies Table EU/MS/ RBD/ SU Number and size (area) of groundwater bodies. Total area of groundwater bodies. Average size of groundwater bodies. Average: sum of area of all groundwater bodies divided by the number of groundwater bodies. Aggregation on the basis of the information reported at water body level. SWD pg 71 EEA1 pg 19 WISE WFD database 2 Spatial reference layer of groundwater bodies Spatial dataset WB Mapping of all groundwater bodies. Spatial dataset including all groundwater bodies. Yes Notes: * Scale of information: EU = European; MS = National, Member State; RBD = River Basin District; SU = Sub-unit; WB = water body Contents of 2016 reporting Schema sketch See Annex 10.3. Information and data to be reported using the schemas Information regarding the delineation and characterisation of groundwater bodies should be reported at groundwater body level according to the schema GWB. Schema: GWB Class: GroundWaterBody Properties: maxOccur: unbounded minOccur: 1 Schema element: euGroundWaterBodyCode
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