WISE Water Framework Directive Database

The WISE Water Framework Directive database contains data from the River Basin Management Plans reported by EU Members States, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom according to article 13 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The database includes information about surface water bodies (number and size, water body category, ecological status or potential, chemical status, significant pressures and impacts, and exemptions) and about groundwater bodies (number and size, quantitative status, chemical status, significant pressures and impacts, and exemptions). The information is presented by country, river basin district (RBD) and river basin district sub-unit (where applicable).

Identification info

Date (Publication): 2021-10-01T06:59:49+00:00

Citation identifier: eea_wise-wfd_s

Citation identifier: DAT-124-en

Topic category

Environment

Extent

Temporal extent

Time period: 2000-01-01

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

EEA Management Plan

2024 1.1.6

EEA topics

Water

EU applicable legislations

Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy as amended by Decision 2455/2001/EC and Directives 2008/32/EC, 2008/105/EC and 2009/31/EC.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use

High-value dataset categories