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Waterbase-Lakes: Stations

The Stations table contains the physical characteristics of the WISE-SoE lake monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Stations with their respective Quality and Pressures data. Each record has a special quality assurance field. Its meaning is explained in the QA documentation which can be found in the "Additional information" part.

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QA_coordinates_err	Quality assurance field - station coordinations quality issues flag	the highlighted station coordinations quality issues are explained in the QA documentation	float(8)	0
Longitude	Longitude	(X) international geographical co-ordinates in decimal degrees format. Longitude provided using the common geodetic datum ETS89 (rivers, lakes, groundwater, water quantity) or WGS84 (TCM). Negative values used for co-ordinates west of the Greenwich Meridian (0 degrees). Where TCM stations represent a broader area, the central location of the area is provided.	numeric(5)	0
Latitude	Latitude	(Y) international geographical co-ordinates in decimal degrees format. Latitude provided using the common geodetic datum ETS89 (rivers, lakes, groundwater, water quantity) or WGS84 (TCM). Where TCM stations represent a broader area, the central location of the area is provided.	numeric(5)	0
CatchmentArea	Catchment area	catchment area upstream of the station, in km². For lakes, the catchment area upstream of the lake is shown. If more than one station exists in the lake, the catchment area value should be the same for all stations.	numeric(5)	0
Altitude	Altitude	altitude of station in m above sea level. For lakes, the altitude of the lake is provided.	numeric(5)	0
WaterColourAverage	Water colour long-term average concentration	Long-term average concentration of water colour, expressing the concentration of humic substances at the station.	numeric(5)	0
AlkalinityAverage	Alkalinity average	Long-term average of alkalinity of water at the station.	numeric(5)	0
SurfaceArea	Surface area	Surface area of lake in square kilometres.	numeric(9)	0
MeanDepth	Mean depth	Mean depth of the lake in metres.	numeric(5)	0
MaximumDepth	Maximum depth	Maximum depth of the lake in metres.	numeric(5)	0
ResidenceTime	Residence time	Average lake residence time in years calculated as volume/annual flow.	numeric(5)	0
Volume	Lake volume	Volume of water in lake in million cubic metres.	numeric(9)	0
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	nvarchar(2)	-1
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(50)	-1
WaterbaseName	Waterbase name	national name of station or groundwater body.	nvarchar(255)	0
WaterBodyType	Water body type	RV=river, CN=canal, T=transitional water, C=coastal water, M=marine water.	nvarchar(10)	0
WaterBodyID	Water body ID	national identification code of water body (if applicable) in which station is located. Water body as required/defined by the WFD. A water body may have more than one station in it.	nvarchar(50)	0
WaterBodyName	Water body name	name of water body in which station is located. Water body as required/defined by the WFD. A water body may have more than one station in it.	nvarchar(255)	0
Purpose	Purpose of monitoring station	The purpose of the monitoring station in terms of to which directives, conventions or agreements will the data from the station be used for reporting.	nvarchar(255)	0
Location	Location	Location of the lake monitoring site (e.g. main outlet of lake, centre of lake, etc.)	nvarchar(100)	0
LakeName	Name of Lake		nvarchar(255)	0
LakeReservoir	Reservoir, non-natural lake		nvarchar(1)	0
SamplingDepth	Sampling depth	Depth at which sample taken in metres below the lake surface.	nvarchar(100)	0
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)	0
ImpactStation	Impact station	impact station type, located within the zone where initial mixing of discharges takes place with receiving waters. Concentrations may be worst-case. Impact stations may be used to assess the compliance of discharges with standards established for hazardous substances and may be included in operational monitoring programmes as required by the WFD. Data are not required from investigative monitoring stations. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	nvarchar(1)	0
Geology	Geology	The dominating geology in the catchment, given according to the WFD Annex 2 categories: Siliceous, calcareous or organic (peat).	nvarchar(10)	0
WaterColourLevel	Water colour average level	Average level of water colour as defined by the WFD intercalibration typology: Low (<30 mg/l Pt = oligohumic), moderate (30-90 mg/l Pt = mesohumic) or high (>90 mg/l Pt = polyhumic).	nvarchar(20)	0
Alkalinitylevel	Alkalinity level	Long-term average level of alkalinity as defined by the WFD intercalibration typology: Low alk. (<0.2 meq/L), moderate alk. (0.2-1 meq/L) or high alk. (>1 meq/L).	nvarchar(20)	0
HMWB	Heavily modified water body	Lake is identified as heavily modified in terms of hydromorphological impacts, such as impoundments and high water level fluctuations, according to WFD-compliant national guidelines.	nvarchar(1)	0
ArtificialWB	Artificial water body	Station is located in an artificial water body, (e.g. artificial water reservoir) in terms of hydromorphological impacts, such as impoundments and high water level fluctuations, according to WFD- compliant national guidelines.	nvarchar(1)	0
CatchmentName	Catchment name	name of major catchment or basin.	nvarchar(255)	0
Riverbasindistrict	River basin district	name or identifier of the River Basin District in which the water body is located. River Basin Districts as required/defined by the Water Framework Directive.	nvarchar(255)	0
Region	Region	national region in which water body is located.	nvarchar(255)	0
ReferenceStation	Reference station	reference station type, found in catchments or associated River Basin Districts with little or no human activity, natural landscape higher than 90%, and minimally impacted by inflow from adjacent coastal or marine waters. Concentrations of nutrients or hazardous substances occurring naturally would give an indication of background levels. For volatile sunthetic substances, data from these stations might be used to assess the significance of atmospheric deposition. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	nvarchar(1)	0
RepresentativeStation	Representative station	representative station type, reflecting the general quality of rivers, lakes, transitional or coastal water bodies or marine water areas. Quality influenced by diffuse and/or point sources of pollution from upstream activities. Pollutants from point sources would be fully mixed and diluted within the ambient water flow/volume. Stations may be part of national networks monitoring nutrients, organic matter and hazardous substances. They may be included in surveillance and/or operational monitoring programmes as required by the WFD. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	nvarchar(1)	0
LargestStation	Largest station	largest, most important station type, including the nationally most important or well known rivers or lakes. Some stations are likely to be monitored for the EU Exchange of Information Decision. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	nvarchar(1)	0

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Waterbase-Lakes: Pressures

The Pressures table contains proxy pressure data on the upstream catchments of WISE-SoE lake monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Pressures data with their respective Stations and Quality data. Each record has a special quality assurance field. Its meaning is explained in the QA documentation which can be found in the "Additional information" part.

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QA_station_err	Quality assurance field - stations data quality issues flag	the highlighted stations data quality issues are explained in the QA documentation	tinyint(1)	0
PopulationDensity	Population density	population density of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, 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) in capita/km².	numeric(5)	0
LanduseUrban	Urban land use	urban agricultural land use as a percentage of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, 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 1.1.	numeric(5)	0
LanduseWetland	Wetland land use	wetland agricultural land use as a percentage of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, 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 4.1 plus 4.2.	numeric(5)	0
LanduseNature	Natural land use	natural land use as a percentage of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, 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 3.2 plus 3.3.	numeric(5)	0
LanduseForest	Landuse forest	forested land use as a percentage of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, 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 3.1.	numeric(5)	0
LanduseTotalAgriculture	Total agricultural land use	total agricultural land use as a percentage of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, 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.	numeric(5)	0
LanduseOtherAgriculture	Other agricultural land use	other agricultural land use as a percentage of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, 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 2.2 plus 2.4.	numeric(5)	0
LanduseArable	Land use arable	Arable land use as a percentage of the upstream catchment of the river monitoring station or lake, 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 data based on Corine Land Cover category 2.1.	numeric(5)	0
LandusePasture	Pastoral land use	pastoral 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.	numeric(5)	0
LanduseOther	Other land use	other 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).	numeric(5)	0
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	nvarchar(2)	-1
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(50)	-1
UWWT	Urban waste water treatment discharges	Point source pressure from urban waste water treatment discharges.	nvarchar(1)	0
OverflowsDischarges	Storm overflows and urban discharges	Point source pressure from overflows and urban discharges.	nvarchar(1)	0
IPPC	Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Installation	Point source pressure from IPPC installations.	nvarchar(1)	0
nonIPPC	Non-Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Installation	Point source pressure from non-IPPC installations.	nvarchar(1)	0
Irrigation	Water abstraction for irrigation	Water abstractions pressures due to irrigation.	nvarchar(1)	0
Cooling	Water abstraction for cooling	Water abstractions pressures due to needs for cooling water, e.g. for nuclear power plants or other industrial activities.	nvarchar(1)	0
WaterFlowRegulation	Water flow regulation and morphological alterations	Activity type can be e.g. agriculture, navigation, hydropower, or other.	nvarchar(1)	0
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)	0
Fertiliser	Fertiliser use	Diffuse sources pressures from agricultural fertiliser use.	nvarchar(1)	0
Pesticide	Pesticide use	Diffuse sources pressures from agricultural pesticide use.	nvarchar(1)	0
Livestock	Livestock	Diffuse sources pressures from agricultural livestock.	nvarchar(1)	0
TransportInfrastructure	Transport and infrastructure	Diffuse sources pressures from transport and infrastructure without connection to sewers.	nvarchar(1)	0
PublicWaterSupply	Water abstraction for public water supply	Water abstractions pressures due to public water supply.	nvarchar(1)	0
Industry	Water abstraction for industry	Water abstractions pressures due to industry.	nvarchar(1)	0

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Waterbase-Lakes: Microsoft Access database (3 tables)

Database contains all data tables. Includes also simple relation structure. Detailed table definitions are displayed in the section with individual tables.

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Waterbase-Lakes: Quality

The Quality table contains data on nutrients and organic matter in water measured at WISE-SoE lake monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Quality data with their respective Stations and Pressures data. Each record has four special quality assurance fields. Their meaning is explained in the QA documentation which can be found in the "Additional information" part.

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QA_duplication	Quality assurance field - duplication flag	the duplication issue is explained in the QA documentation	tinyint(1)	0
QA_outlier	Quality assurance field - outlier flag	the highlighted data quality issues are explained in the QA documentation	tinyint(1)	0
QA_station_err	Quality assurance field - stations data quality issues flag	the highlighted stations data quality issues are explained in the QA documentation	tinyint(1)	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 latest data request.	int(4)	0
PeriodLength	Period length	number of months in aggregation period.	int(4)	0
NoOfSubsites	Number of subsites		int(4)	0
NumberOfSamples	Number of samples	number of samples in aggregation period.	int(4)	0
SampleDepth	Sample depth	depth at which sample taken in m below water surface	numeric(5)	0
LimitofDetection	Limit of detection	concentration for which there is a desirably small probability (around 5%) that the determinand will not be detected, i.e. there is a 95% probability that the determinand will be detected.	numeric(5)	0
LimitofDetermination	Limit of determination	the smallest concentration that can be distinguished from the analytical blank at a chosen level of statistical confidence (usually 95%).	numeric(5)	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.	numeric(9)	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.	numeric(9)	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.	numeric(9)	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.	numeric(9)	0
StandardDeviation	Standard deviation	standard deviation of concentration values 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.	numeric(9)	0
Alkalinity	Alkalinity	Long-term average alkalinity.	numeric(5)	0
Conductivity	Conductivity	Conductivity is the ability of water to lead electricity, and is proportional to the concentration of dissolved salts in the water sample.	numeric(9)	0
pH	pH	pH = -log[H]	numeric(5)	0
TotalDepth	Total depth of water column	Total depth of water column at the sampling location and at the time of sampling (meters)	numeric(5)	0
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	nvarchar(2)	-1
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(50)	-1
Determinand	Determinand	determinand name.	nvarchar(50)	0
Unit	Unit	unit of measurement.	nvarchar(20)	0
AggregationPeriod	Aggregation period	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)	0
CEN_ISO	CEN/ISO	CEN/ISO code of the methods.	nvarchar(100)	0
MethodOfAggregation	Method of aggregation	Method of aggregation (dimension and summary statistic)	nvarchar(100)	0
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)	0
QA_LRviolations	Quality assurance field - numerical list of logical rules violated in record	tested logical rules are explanained in QA documentation.	nvarchar(50)	0

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Additional information

Country codes and abbreviations (32 records)

Table contains list of ISO 3166 alpha 2 code elements used in Waterbase-Lakes version 8

Country codes and abbreviations (32 records) (text/comma-separated-values)
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Tables metadata

File contains metadata definitions of all data tables.

Tables metadata (text/comma-separated-values)
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QA documentation

Quality control documentation briefly presents ETC/Water and EEA activities focused on quality of Waterbase-Lakes dataset and results of these activities. In addition warning is given on the use of certain records for analytical purposes.

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Metadata

Reporting obligations (ROD)

Lake quality (EWN-2)

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 (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Disclaimer:

Data in Waterbase are sub-samples of national data assembled for the purpose of providing comparable indicators of pressures, state and impact of waters on a Europe-wide scale and the data sets are not intended for assessing compliance with any European Directive or any other legal instrument. Information on the national and sub-national scales should be sought from other sources.

Methodology:

Used tools: Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel Applied procedures: QA checks have been performed on original delivery. Results have been stored in special QA fields. Some erroneous values have been cleaned. Detail are described in QA documentation. MDB database was created by export from SQL Server. Text fields were cleared of trailing spaces. Simple relation structure was added. Whole database was compacted. XLS, CSV files was created from MDB database tables. special features: CSV files - text qualifier is ' " ' character, field separator is ',' character, line breaks were changed to <br /> string.

Units:

Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Nitrate, Nitrite, Non-ionised Ammonia, Total Ammonium, Total Inorganic Nitrogen, Total Nitrogen, Total Oxidised Nitrogen, Total Organic Nitrogen: mg/l N
BOD5, BOD7: mg/l O2
Chlorophyll a: µg/l
COD, CODCr, CODMn, Dissolved Oxygen: mg/l O2
Colour: degres, Hazen, m(-1)
Temperature: C
Oxygen Saturation: %
Secchi Depth Transparency: m
Total Organic Carbon: mg/l C
Orthophosphate, Total Phosphorus: mg/l P

Data sources

The European Topic Centre on Water. Version 8, date of delivery (date sent to the Data Service): 11 April 2008

Owners:

European Environment Agency (EEA)

Processors:

European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ETC/ICM)

Additional information

Waterbase contains timely, reliable and policy-relevant data collected from EEA member countries through the WISE-SoE data collection (formerly known as Eionet-Water and Eurowaternet) process. WISE-SoE data collection 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 WISE-SoE data collection 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.

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