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Workshop on EU Water Accounts & the 3rd meeting of the Ad-Hoc Expert Group on Modelling for the Blueprint
As mentioned during the last SCG meeting and the WD meeting in Copenhagen, the project for the elaboration of physical water balances at sub-catchment level with monthly resolution, for developing water accounts based on UN SEEA-W methodology, is coming to an end. This project was carried out by Pöyry for DG Environment with technical support from the European Environmental Agency.
The project demonstrates the benefits of building a consistent framework for physical water accounts at EU level with a high degree of geographical, temporal and sectoral accuracy, for the consistency of data collection , the development of water accounting methodologies and the assessment of water balance and water efficiency. This will allow the setting up of a new Water Exploitation Index (WEI+), as agreed by the Water Directors at the above-mentioned meeting, and the improvement of water resource indicators.
The data collection and calculation was carried out in coordination with the collection of water quantity data by EEA. The water use data reported at EU level via various reporting streams can be reviewed and compared in WISE.
However, the project also highlights important gaps in the availability of key data and confirms the need to design a more cost-effective process for reporting as well as the need for statistics for the assessment of quantitative water resources. In addition, it demonstrates the need for further interaction between modelled and reported data.
A presentation of the methodology and of the draft results will take place on Friday 7/9/2012, from 9:30 to 16:30 in Brussels (Centre Albert Borschette - 36, rue Froissart - 1049 Brussels, room to be confirmed).
A representative from your Member State / Organisation to attend this workshop will be invited. It is important that the representative has a good knowledge of the data sets and reporting processes for quantitative aspects of water resources management, covering climate, soil, hydrology, water abstraction and use.
Please note that the meeting will be held back to back with the 3rd meeting of the Ad-Hoc Expert Group on Modelling for the Blueprint (on 6/9) and that co-ordination may be required at Member State level with the Eionet National Focal Points.
Please find below a 1st report from the EEA on the contents and elements of the data sets submitted for analysis. This will enable each country – or sectoral organisation - to compare with its best estimates and decide if:
- · They agree with the approach and consider that supplementary data deliveries are not likely to improve the final results.
- · They feel their situation is likely to be inaccurately depicted with the existing data sets and they wish to provide supplementary data / propose correcting the coefficients for the sub-basin aggregates.
A 2nd report giving the draft results will be made available to meeting participants two weeks before the meeting.
| Contact information |
Jacques DELSALLE Team Leader – Knowledge Base European Commission DG Environment Unit D1 – Protection of Water Resources BU9 04/165 B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
(email: jacques.delsalle@ec.europa.eu ; ENV-BLUEPRINT-EU-WATERS@ec.europa.eu) Phone: +32 229 69856 |
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| Event type | Seminar |
| File link |
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/blueprint/index_en.htm |
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| Source | EC DG Environment |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Geographical coverage | Belgium, |
| Address | Centre Albert Borschette - 36, rue Froissart - 1049 Brussels, room to be confirmed |
| Organizer | European Commission DG Environment Unit D1 – Protection of Water Resources |
| Target audience | Euro |
| Period | [06/09/2012 - 07/09/2012] |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH , FRENCH |
