Waterbase - TCM: Discharges

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The Discharges table contains data on the yearly direct discharges to transitional, coastal and marine waters, provided by national sources or Marine Conventions.

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Table definition

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)
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)
Unit	Unit	unit of measurement.	nvarchar(30)
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(255)
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)
SeaAreaName	Sea area name	name of the local sea into which the river discharges or in which the TCM station is located. SeaAreaName may be the same as WaterBodyName.	nvarchar(255)
SeaConventionArea	Marine convention area	name of Marine Convention area of which regional sea is a part.	nvarchar(255)
SeaRegionName	Sea region name	name of regional sea of which local sea area is a part.	nvarchar(255)
CASNo	Chemical Abstract Service Number	Chemical Abstract Service Number of determinand.	nvarchar(20)
Country	Country name	official short name in English. ISO 3166-1.	nvarchar(255)
Determinand	Determinand	determinand name.	nvarchar(255)
Load	Load	estimated load of determinand.	float(8)
Method	Method of estimation	OutY=calculations including outlier values, OutN=calculations excluding outlier values, FloodY=calculations accounting for flood events, FloodN=calculations not accounting for flood events, XSS=loads calculated by extrapolation from concentrations (of micropollutants) in suspended sediment, Other=other methods.	varchar(20)
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	varchar(2)
DischargeType	Discharge type	I=industrial, M=municipal, T=total.	varchar(1)
Estimate	Estimate type	L=lower estimate based on treating determinand values that are less than the limits of detection as zero, U=upper estimate based on treating determinand values that are less than the limits of detection as equivalent to limit of detection value, X=unspecified.	varchar(1)