WISE WFD Quality Elements status reported under Water Framework Directive 2016

The service contains information about the ecological status or potential of European surface water bodies, delineated for the 2nd River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) under the Water Framework Directive (WFD).



The Quality Element status is the poorest of the known quality element status values per water body.

For example, the nutrient conditions status (QE3-1-6) is based on the following two quality elements: Nitrogen conditions (QE3-1-6-1) and Phosphorus conditions (QE3-1-6-2).



The ecological status or potential is presented for the following quality elements:

QE1 - Biological quality elements;

QE1-1 - Phytoplankton;

QE1-2 - Other aquatic flora;

QE1-2-1 - Macroalgae;

QE1-2-2 - Angiosperms;

QE1-2-3 - Macrophytes;

QE1-2-4 - Phytobenthos;

QE1-3 - Benthic invertebrates;

QE1-4 - Fish;

QE2 - Hydromorphological quality elements;

QE2-1 - Hydrological or tidal regime;

QE2-2 - River continuity conditions;

QE2-3 - Morphological conditions;

QE3 - Chemical and physico-chemical quality elements;

QE3-1 - General parameters;

QE3-1-1 - Transparency conditions;

QE3-1-2 - Thermal conditions;

QE3-1-3 - Oxygenation conditions;

QE3-1-4 - Salinity conditions;

QE3-1-5 - Acidification status;

QE3-1-6 - Nutrient conditions;

QE3-1-6-1 - Nitrogen conditions;

QE3-1-6-2 - Phosphorus conditions;

QE3-3 - River Basin Specific Pollutants.



The information was reported to the European Commission under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) reporting obligations.

The dataset compiles the available spatial data related to the 2nd RBMPs due in 2016 (hereafter WFD2016). See http://rod.eionet.europa.eu/obligations/715 for further information on the WFD2016 reporting.



Relevant concepts:



Surface water body: Body of surface water means a discrete and significant element of surface water such as a lake, a reservoir, a stream, river or canal, part of a stream, river or canal, a transitional water or a stretch of coastal water.



Surface water: Inland waters, except groundwater; transitional waters and coastal waters, except in respect of chemical status for which it shall also include territorial waters.



Inland water: All standing or flowing water on the surface of the land, and all groundwater on the landward side of the baseline from which the breadth of territorial waters is measured.



River: Body of inland water flowing for the most part on the surface of the land but which may flow underground for part of its course.



Lake: Body of standing inland surface water.



Transitional waters: Bodies of surface water in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline in character as a result of their proximity to coastal waters but which are substantially influenced by freshwater flows.



Coastal water: Surface water on the landward side of a line, every point of which is at a distance of one nautical mile on the seaward side from the nearest point of the baseline from which the breadth of territorial waters is measured, extending where appropriate up to the outer limit of transitional waters.

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Date (Publication)
2020-08-15
Citation identifier
eea_v_4326_250_k_wise-quality-elements-wfd2016-service
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European Environment Agency

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Keywords

    GEMET

    • coastal water

    • ecological status

    • inland water

    • surface water

    • water resources management

    • water (geographic)

    • river

    • lake

    • transitional waters

    • water body

    • water

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      • Italy

      • Portugal

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      • Estonia

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      • Cyprus

      • Slovenia

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      • Malta

      • Ireland

      • Latvia

      • Hungary

      • Greece

      • Austria

      • Lithuania

      • Norway

      • Poland

      • Luxembourg

      • Finland

      Spatial scope

      • European

      INSPIRE priority data set

      • Surface water bodies (Water Framework Directive)

      • Lakes (Water Framework Directive)

      • Rivers (Water Framework Directive)

      • Coastal waters (Water Framework Directive)

      • Transitional waters (Water Framework Directive)

      • Directive 2000/60/EC

      • River network (Water Framework Directive)

      • Water bodies (Water Framework Directive)

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      UTF8
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      • Environment
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      Begin date
      2016-05-05
      End date
      2019-03-31
      Coordinate reference system identifier
      EPSG:4326
      Coordinate reference system identifier
      EPSG:3857
      Coordinate reference system identifier
      EPSG:102100
      Reference system identifier
      CRS:84
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             		https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/WISE_WFD/WFD2016_QualityElements_WM/MapServer

      ESRI REST

      OGC:WMS

             		https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/WISE_WFD/WFD2016_QualityElements_WM/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
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      Title
      Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
      Date (Publication)
      2013-05-21
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      Dataset
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      2025-02-13T14:45:11.878102Z
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      ISO 19119/19139
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      1.0
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      European Environment Agency

      sdi@eea.europa.eu

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      Keywords

      EEA topics

      Water
      GEMET

      Water Framework Directive coastal water ecological status inland water lake river surface water transitional waters water water (geographic) water body water resources management
      GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

      Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
      INSPIRE priority data set

      Coastal waters (Water Framework Directive) Directive 2000/60/EC Lakes (Water Framework Directive) River network (Water Framework Directive) Rivers (Water Framework Directive) Surface water bodies (Water Framework Directive) Transitional waters (Water Framework Directive) Water bodies (Water Framework Directive)
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      European


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