Waterbase - Groundwater

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Created : Nov 13, 2009 Published : May 02, 2006 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:56 AM

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Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA's databases on the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, and on the quantity of Europe's water resources

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European data

Waterbase-Groundwater: Bodies

The Bodies table contains the physical characteristics of the Eionet-Water groundwater bodies. Each groundwater body has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Bodies with their respective Quality and Pressures data.

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GwBodyThickness	Groundwater body thickness	mean thickness of the groundwater body in m.	float(8)	0
GwDepthTo	Depth to groundwater	mean depth to groundwater from the surface to the top of the groundwater body in m.	float(8)	0
GwBodyArea	Groundwater body area	Groundwater body area in km²	float(8)	0
GwHorizon	Groundwater horizon	groundwater horizon in which the groundwater body is mainly situated: 1=top horizon, etc.	int(4)	0
AquiferType	Aquifer type	predominant aquifer type (Porous media, Fractured media, Karstic media).	nvarchar(20)	0
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)	0
Country	Country name (ISO 3166-1)	official short name in English	nvarchar(100)	0
WaterbaseID	Waterbase ID	internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters, and water quantity, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_NationalStationID (e.g. AT_RV_001), or the groundwater body, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_EWN-Code (e.g. AT_GW_AT001).	nvarchar(255)	-1
WaterbaseName	Waterbase name	name of the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters and water quantity, or name of the groundwater body.	nvarchar(255)	0
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	varchar(2)	0
DataSource	Data source	source of data: Eionet-Water, ICES.	varchar(50)	0
WaterDataSet	Water data set	RV=rivers, LK=lakes, GW=groundwater, TCM=transitional, coastal or marine waters, QA=water quantity.	varchar(3)	0

bodies_groundwater_en_v6.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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bodies_groundwater_en_v6.mdb (application/msaccess)
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bodies_groundwater_en_v6.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Waterbase-Groundwater: Pressures

The Pressure table contains proxy pressure data within the area of the groundwater body. Each groundwater body has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Pressure data with their respective Bodies and Quality data.

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LanduseArableLand	Arable land use	arable land use as a percentage of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, within the area of the groundwater body, the upstream catchment or drainage basin of the transitional water (TCM data set), or the area within the River Basin District to which the coastal water has been assigned (TCM data set). Land use based on Corine Land Cover category 2.1.	float(8)	0
AnnualPrecipitation	Annual precipitation	mean long term average annual precipitation over the groundwater body in mm/year.	float(8)	0
WaterbaseID	Waterbase ID	internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters, and water quantity, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_NationalStationID (e.g. AT_RV_001), or the groundwater body, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_EWN-Code (e.g. AT_GW_AT001).	nvarchar(255)	-1
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)	0
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	varchar(2)	0

pressures_groundwater_en_v6.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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Waterbase-Groundwater: QualityWater

The QualityWater table contains data on nutrients, organic matter and selected pesticides in groundwater bodies. Each groundwater body has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the QualityWater data with their respective Bodies and Pressure data.

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25Percentile	25th percentile	25th percentile concentration value of aggregated data. On aggregation, sample concentration values recorded as below the limit of detection or determination have been replaced with a value equivalent to half the limit of detection or determination.	float(8)	0
Median	Median	median concentration value of aggregated data. On aggregation, sample concentration values recorded as below the limit of detection or determination have been replaced with a value equivalent to half the limit of detection or determination.	float(8)	0
75Percentile	75th percentile	75th percentile concentration value of aggregated data. On aggregation, sample concentration values recorded as below the limit of detection or determination have been replaced with a value equivalent to half the limit of detection or determination.	float(8)	0
Minimum	Minimum	minimum concentration value of aggregated data. On aggregation, sample concentration values recorded as below the limit of detection or determination have been replaced with a value equivalent to half the limit of detection or determination.	float(8)	0
Maximum	Maximum	maximum concentration value of aggregated data. On aggregation, sample concentration values recorded as below the limit of detection or determination have been replaced with a value equivalent to half the limit of detection or determination.	float(8)	0
Mean	Mean	mean concentration value of aggregated data. On aggregation, sample concentration values recorded as below the limit of detection or determination have been replaced with a value equivalent to half the limit of detection or determination.	float(8)	0
Year	Year	year of aggregation period (aggregated data sets), or year in which sample taken (disaggregated data sets), in format YYYY. Year should be no later than that requested in the last Eionet-Water data request.	int(4)	-1
NoOfSites	Number of sites	number of sampling sites investigated in aggregation period.	int(4)	0
Unit	Unit	unit of measurement.	nvarchar(30)	0
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)	0
WaterbaseID	Waterbase ID	internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters, and water quantity, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_NationalStationID (e.g. AT_RV_001), or the groundwater body, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_EWN-Code (e.g. AT_GW_AT001).	nvarchar(255)	-1
AggregationPeriod	Period of aggregation	period of aggregation: Annual=aggregated over whole year, Summer=aggregated over summer months, Winter=aggregated over winter months, MMYYYY-MMYYYY or YYYY-YYYY=aggregated between two periods (TCM only).	nvarchar(20)	-1
Determinand	Determinand	determinand name.	nvarchar(255)	-1
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	varchar(2)	0

quality_groundwater_en_v6.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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quality_groundwater_en_v6.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Additional information

Groundwater: metadata of the Bodies table

bodies_groundwater_en_v6_metadata.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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Groundwater: metadata of the Pressures table

pressures_groundwater_en_v6_metadata.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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Groundwater: metadata of the QualityWater table

quality_groundwater_en_v6_metadata.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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Metadata

Reporting obligations (ROD)

Groundwater quality (EWN-3)

Temporal coverage:: 1960-2004
Last upload:: 04 Apr 2006
Geographical coverage:
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Units:: DO (Dissolved Oxygen), Ammonium, Nitrite, Nitrate: mg/l Simazine, Lindane, Atrazine: micro-g/l
Data sources: The European Topic Centre on Water. Version 6, date of delivery (date sent to the Data Service): 31/03/2006.
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ICM)

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Additional information

Waterbase contains timely, reliable and policy-relevant data collected from EEA member countries through the Eionet-Water (formerly known as Eurowaternet) process. Eionet-Water selects validated monitoring data from national databases and adds information on the physical characteristics of the water bodies being monitored and on the pressures potentially affecting water quality. The added value of Waterbase is that data collected through the Eionet-Water process are from statistically stratified monitoring stations and groundwater bodies and are comparable at the European level. Waterbase data are primarily used in the production of the EEA's indicator-based factsheets.