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Waterbase - Emissions to water

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Emissions to water are an important element (describing the pressure) in assessment of the state of Europe’s environment (SoE). This database contains data on emissions of nutrients and hazardous substances to water, aggregated within River Basin Districts (RBDs), in the EEA member countries. The reporting process, endorsed by the Water Directors, and this publication of the data, enables all stakeholders to use the data and contributes to streamlining with other reporting processes.

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Waterbase-Emissions (5 tables)

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Spatial Unit Characteristics and Pressures (emissions_v1_spatial_unit_characterisation, 150 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type	Primary key
sucID	internal record ID		long	yes
sucCountryCode	Abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating Country	ISO3166 two digit code	text(2)	yes
sucSpatialUnitCode	National identification code of spatial unit		text(50)	yes
sucSpatialUnitName	National name of the spatial unit		text(255)
sucSpatialUnitCategory	Spatial Unit Category		text(10)
sucUnitCode	National identification code of Sub-Unit		text(50)
sucSubUnitName	National name of the Sub-Unit in which water body is located		text(255)
sucRBDcode	River basin district code		text(50)
sucRBDname	Name of the river basin district		text(255)
sucSpatialUnitArea	Area of the unit in km2.		double
sucPermanentPopulationNumber	Population number of the spatial unit.		long
sucMaximumPopulationNumber	Maximum population number of the spatial unit.		long
sucLongTermIntFlow	Total volume of river run-off and groundwater generated, in natural conditions, exclusively by precipitation into a territory.		double
sucPeriodLongTermIntFlow	The year or range of years to which this data applies in format YYYY-YYYY		text(50)
sucAnnIntFlow	Total annual mean volume of river run-off and groundwater generated, in natural conditions, exclusively by precipitation into a territory.		double
sucYear	The year to which this data applies in format YYYY.		text(255)
adID	"action" ID (1= 2009 regular reporting)		integer
LastDelivery	last year in which spatial unit was reported		integer

Nutrients Emission Discharges from Point Sources (emissions_v1_nutrients_point, 6301 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type	Primary key
nupID	internal record ID		long	yes
nupCountryCode	Abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating Country	ISO3166 two digit code	text(2)	yes
nupSpatialUnitCode	National identification code of spatial unit		text(50)	yes
nupSpatialUnitName	National name of the spatial unit		text(255)
nupSpatialUnitCategory	Spatial Unit Category		text(10)
nupPeriodYears	The year or range of years to which this data applies in format YYYY or YYYY-YYYY.		text(50)	yes
nupDeterminandNutrientsID	Identification number of nutrients and organic matter determinand, as defined in codelist.		integer
nupDeterminandNutrientsName	Name of nutrient or organic matter determinand, as defined in codelist.		text(255)	yes
nupSourcePointEmission	Source of point emissions, as defined in codelist.		text(10)	yes
nupEmission	Emission of nutrients and organic matter in tonnes/year.		double
QA_LRviolations	Error code(s) (divided by commas)		text(255)
Remarks	Additional remarks, if any		text(255)

Nutrients Emission Discharges from Diffuse Sources (emissions_v1_nutrients_diffuse, 877 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type	Primary key
nudID	internal record ID		long	yes
nudCountryCode	Abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating Country	ISO3166 two digit code	text(2)	yes
nudSpatialUnitCode	National identification code of spatial unit		text(50)	yes
nudSpatialUnitName	National name of the spatial unit		text(255)
nudSpatialUnitCategory	Spatial Unit Category		text(10)
nudPeriodYears	The year or range of years to which this data applies in format YYYY or YYYY-YYYY.		text(50)	yes
nudDeterminandNutrientsID	Identification number of nutrients and organic matter determinand, as defined in codelist.		integer
nudDeterminandNutrientsName	Name of nutrient or organic matter determinand, as defined in codelist.		text(255)	yes
nudSourceDiffEmission	Source of point emissions, as defined in codelist.		text(10)	yes
nudEmission	Emission of nutrients and organic matter in tonnes/year.		double
QA_LRviolations	Error code(s) (divided by commas)		text(255)
Remarks	Additional remarks, if any		text(255)

Hazardous Substances Emission Discharges from Point Sources (emissions_v1_hazsubst_point, 8761 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type	Primary key
hspID	internal record ID		long	yes
hspCountryCode	Abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating Country	ISO3166 two digit code	text(2)	yes
hspSpatialUnitCode	National identification code of spatial unit		text(50)	yes
hspSpatialUnitName	National name of the spatial unit		text(255)
hspSpatialUnitCategory	Spatial Unit Category		text(10)
hspPeriodYears	The year or range of years to which this data applies in format YYYY or YYYY-YYYY.		text(50)	yes
hspDeterminandHazSubsID	Identification number of hazardous substance determinand, as defined in codelist.		integer
hspDeterminandHazSubsName	Name of hazardous substance determinand, as defined in codelist.		text(255)	yes
hspSourcePointEmission	Source of point emissions, as defined in codelist.		text(10)	yes
hspEPRTRFacility	Flag if emission value is from E-PRTR Facilities or not		text(10)
hspEmission	Emission of hazardous substance in kg/year.		double
QA_LRviolations	Error code(s) (divided by commas)		text(255)
Remarks	Additional remarks, if any		text(255)

Hazardous Substances Emission Discharges from Diffuse Sources (emissions_v1_hazsubst_diffuse, 441 records)

Field name	Field Definition	Note	Data type	Primary key
hsdID	internal record ID		long	yes
hsdCountryCode	Abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating Country	ISO3166 two digit code	text(2)	yes
hsdSpatialUnitCode	National identification code of spatial unit		text(50)	yes
hsdSpatialUnitName	National name of the spatial unit		text(255)
hsdSpatialUnitCategory	Spatial Unit Category		text(10)
hsdPeriodYears	The year or range of years to which this data applies in format YYYY or YYYY-YYYY.		text(50)	yes
hsdDeterminandHazSubsID	Identification number of hazardous substance determinand, as defined in codelist.		integer
hsdDeterminandHazSubsName	Name of hazardous substance determinand, as defined in codelist.		text(255)	yes
hsdSourceDiffEmission	Source of diffuse emissions, as defined in codelist.		text(10)	yes
hsdEmission	Emission of hazardous substance in kg/year.		double
QA_LRviolations	Error code(s) (divided by commas)		text(255)
Remarks	Additional remarks		text(255)

Waterbase-Emissions (Microsoft Access database file) (ZIP archive)
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Additional information

Code lists

Lists and description of codes used in the emission data tables

Code lists (TXT files) (ZIP archive)
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Code lists (XLS file) (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Quality assessment documents

QA flags (Plain Text)
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Metadata

Reporting obligations (ROD)

WISE SoE - Emissions (WISE-1)

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Methodology:

Emissions of nutrients, organic matter and hazardous substances to water were requested. Point sources (mostly industrial or urban) and Diffuse sources (e.g. agricultural, atmospheric, urban runoff not connected to collecting system) emissions data were reported. Data were delivered as aggregated by spatial units (National part of River Basin District, sub-unit of RBD, surface- / ground- / coastal- / transitional- water body) and year. Emissions were diferentiated by sectors and types (see codelists "Source diffuse emission" and "Source point emission") or they were delivered as total point or diffuse sources.

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