Waterbase serves as the EEA’s central database for managing and disseminating data regarding the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies, transitional, coastal, and marine waters. It also includes information on the quantity of Europe’s water resources and the emissions from point and diffuse sources of pollution into surface waters. Specifically, Waterbase - Biology focuses on biology data from rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters collected annually through the Water Information System for Europe (WISE) – State of Environment (SoE) reporting framework. The data are expected to be collected within monitoring programs defined under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and used in the classification of the ecological status or potential of rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal water bodies. These datasets provide harmonised, quality-assured biological monitoring data reported by EEA member and cooperating countries, as Ecological Quality Ratios (EQRs) from all surface water categories (rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters).
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).
This metadata refers to the geospatial dataset representing the status of the EEA Industrial Reporting database as of 15 December 2025 (version 15). The release and emissions data cover the period 2007-2024 as result of the data reported under the E-PRTR facilities, 2017-2024 for IED installations and WI/co-WIs, and 2016-2024 for LCPs. These data are reported to EEA under Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) 2010/75/EU Commission Implementing Decision 2018/1135 and the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 Commission Implementing Decision 2019/1741. The dataset brings together data formerly reported separately under E-PRTR Regulation Art.7 and under IED Art.72. Additional reporting requirements under the IED are also included.
In Nordrhein-Westfalen werden Daten zu kommunalen Kläranlagen ab 50 EW Ausbaugröße von den zuständigen Wasserbehörden (Bezirksregierungen, untere Wasserbehörden) in der Datenbank ELKA (Einleiterkataster) erfasst. Es handelt sich um Stammdaten, Daten zur technischen Ausstattung der Kläranlagen sowie wasserrechtlich relevante Daten. Es sind z.B. Daten zu Name der Kläranlage, Ausbaugröße, Anschlussgröße, Geodaten, mechanischen Verfahren, biologischen Verfahren, P- und N-Elimination, Mikroschadstoffelimination, Klärschlammbehandlung vorhanden. Diese Informationen sind über das Fachinformationssystem ELWAS-WEB (elektronisches wasserwirtschaftliches Verbundsystem für die Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung in NRW) im Intranet und Internet verfügbar.
This metadata refers to the geospatial dataset representing the status of the EEA Industrial Reporting database as of 10 March 2025 (version 14). The release and emissions data cover the period 2007-2023 as result of the data reported under the E-PRTR facilities, 2017-2023 for IED installations and WI/co-WIs, and 2016-2023 for LCPs. These data are reported to EEA under Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) 2010/75/EU Commission Implementing Decision 2018/1135 and the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 Commission Implementing Decision 2019/1741. The dataset brings together data formerly reported separately under E-PRTR Regulation Art.7 and under IED Art.72. Additional reporting requirements under the IED are also included.
This metadata refers to the geospatial dataset representing the status of the EEA Industrial Reporting database as of 20 February 2026 (version 16). The release and emissions data cover the period 2007-2024 as result of the data reported under the E-PRTR facilities, 2017-2024 for IED installations and WI/co-WIs, and 2016-2024 for LCPs. These data are reported to EEA under Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) 2010/75/EU Commission Implementing Decision 2018/1135 and the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 Commission Implementing Decision 2019/1741. The dataset brings together data formerly reported separately under E-PRTR Regulation Art.7 and under IED Art.72. Additional reporting requirements under the IED are also included.
Für die Gewässer sind Wasserbücher zu führen. In das jeweilige Wasserbuch sind nach § 87 des Wasserhaushaltsgesetzes (WHG) in Verbindung mit § 98 ff. des Hamburgischen Wassergesetzes (HWaG) insbesondere einzutragen: - Erlaubnisse und Bewilligungen - alte Rechte und Befugnisse - Wasserschutzgebiete - Überschwemmungsgebiete und Risikogebiete - Entscheidungen über die Unterhaltung, den Ausbau und den Hochwasserschutz In die Wasserbücher werden die über den Gemeingebrauch hinausgehenden, von den zuständigen Wasserbehörden durch Verwaltungsakte übertragenen Nutzungsrechte an oberirdischen Gewässern sowie am Grundwasser eingetragen. Die Eintragungen beinhalten die Art der Nutzung (z.B. Grundwasserförderung, Herstellen eines Steges) sowie Angaben zum Umfang der Nutzung (z.B. erlaubte Fördermengen, Größe des Steges). Der Datenbestand ist nicht tagesaktuell. Das Wasserbuch dient dazu, den auf die Gewässer einwirkenden oder für ihren Schutz zuständigen öffentlichen Stellen sowie den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern einen umfassenden Überblick über die wesentlichen Rechtsverhältnisse an Gewässern zu geben. Die Einsicht in das Wasserbuch, in seine Abschriften und diejenigen Urkunden auf die in der Eintragung Bezug genommen wird, ist deshalb jedem gestattet. Entsprechend der Anordnung über die Zuständigkeiten auf dem Gebiet des Wasserrechts und der Wasserwirtschaft gibt es in Hamburg zwei Dienststellen, die separat für ihren Zuständigkeitsbereich das Wasserbuch führen und dort Eintragungen ganz bestimmter Rechtsverhältnisse vornehmen. Die Wasserbücher dieser Dienststellen haben folgende Inhalte: * Wasserbuch der Behörde für Umwelt, Klima, Energie und Agrarwirtschaft (BUKEA/W2) Die Abteilung Abwasserwirtschaft (W2) der BUKEA, führt das Wasserbuch für Erlaubnisse nach § 10 WHG für die Einleitung von Abwasser in Gewässer bzw. für die Entnahme von Wasser aus Gewässern für folgende Gewässer: Außen- und Binnenalster samt elbseitiger Fleete, Elbe sowie alle Hafengewässer, Este, Dove-Elbe unterhalb der Tatenberger Schleuse, Untere Bille und ihre Kanäle, Harburger Binnenhafen, Kaufhauskanal, Östlicher Bahnhofskanal, Westlicher Bahnhofskanal sowie Schiffsgraben. Die Stammdaten aller Erlaubnisse sind vollständig in einer Datenbank erfasst; seit etwa Ende 1999 werden die kompletten Wasserbuchblatt-Inhalte von Neueintragungen und von Änderungen parallel in dieser Datenbank geführt. Das Wasserbuch enthält Daten über: - das Grundwasser (Ausnahme: Neuwerk), - Gewässer II. Ordnung (Ausnahme: Neuwerk) sowie - Gewässer I. Ordnung (Ausnahmen: Neuwerk/ Elbe/ Hafengewässer/ Erlaubnisse zum Einleiten oder Entnehmen nach § 8 WHG), - Regelungen über die Unterhaltung und den Ausbau oberirdischer Gewässer sowie - Regelungen und Entscheidungen über das Errichten und Verändern von staatlichen Hochwasserschutzanlagen und die Zulassung von Rohrleitungen in Deichen und Dämmen. * Wasserbuch der Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Das Wasserbuch der HPA/213 - beinhaltet u.a. wasserrechtliche Genehmigungen über die Nutzung und den Ausbau der Gewässer Elbe, Hafengewässer, Este, Alten Süderelbe, Überschwemmungsgebiete der Elbe und Vorland der Alten Süderelbe sowie deichrechtliche Genehmigungen für die privaten Hochwasserschutzanlagen (Polder) und Nutzungen auf Neuwerk.
We report the titanium (Ti) stable isotope compositions (δ49Ti) of Neoarchean (ca. 2700-2650 Ma) tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suites from the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton. Samples were selected to cover the full range of trace element compositions exhibited by TTGs, and are primarily from the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda region of the Kalgoorlie Terrane. Ti stable isotope compositions were measured using multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) at the Cardiff Earth Laboratory for Trace Element and Isotope Chemistry (CELTIC), Cardiff University. The Ti isotope compositions of these samples (file: 2025-009_Spencer-et-al_Ti-Isotope-Data.xlsx) are presented alongside a compilation of their major and trace element concentrations (file: 2025-009_Spencer-et-al_Compiled-Isotope-Major-Trace-Element-Data.xlsx) taken from the Western Australian Geochemistry Database (WACHEM). Most TTG samples have δ49Ti values between 0.2 to 0.6‰ that increase with SiO2 content, while two highly evolved TTGs have δ49Ti > 1‰. At SiO2 ≈ 70 wt% the different TTG geochemical groups display distinct Ti isotope compositions.
Question: Dr Mischel, why was GRDC set up, and how long has it been hosted by BfG? Dr Simon Mischel: GRDC has been hosted by BfG since 1988. However, its origins lie in the first Global Atmospheric Research Programme, for which the WMO collected discharge data in the early 1980s. In actual fact, the primary aim of this programme was to collect physical parameters to gain a better understanding of processes in the atmosphere. However, it quickly became clear that discharge data plays a huge role in improving understanding of the climate. To begin with, this initial data set, which forms the core of GRDC, was hosted by LMU Munich. To establish a permanent service provision, the WMO mandated BfG, a departmental research institute of the German Federal Government, to set up GRDC. Finally, on 14 November 1988, the Global Runoff Data Centre was officially established at BfG in Koblenz under the auspices of the WMO. What is the main function of GRDC, and where does the data come from? Ever since it was set up, the core function of GRDC has been to collect and maintain historical river discharge data and make this available for international research projects. The data comes primarily from the national hydrological services in the WMO member states. Data is transmitted on a voluntary basis, but various WMO resolutions encourage the member states to supply data to GRDC. Support from the WMO is therefore hugely important to us. Once we’ve received the data, we check it, convert it into a standardised format and add it to our database. Users anywhere in the world can then download the data via the GRDC data portal. We have been working successfully in this way – as a facilitator between producers and us-ers of hydrological data – for some 35 years. We have also been a key partner in a number of data collection and data management projects. Why is discharge data important, and for which studies is it used? The “discharge” hydrological parameter is an important variable, both in the global water cycle and for water resource management. Moreover, discharge is also a relevant climate variable, since the flow of freshwater into oceans has an impact on temperature distribution, the salt content of the seas and oceanographic circulation systems. According to our statistics, over the last two years, GRDC data was requested by users from more than 130 countries. Around three quarters of all the associated studies are connected to the climate or hydrometeorology, and the data is frequently used to calibrate and validate numerical models, such as in relation to hydrological drought and flood monitoring services. Users range from students who need the data for a thesis or dissertation to international research programmes and organisations conducting global studies. GRDC itself is also involved in some of these studies, such as the WMO “State of Global Water Resources” report and the “Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)” report, the findings of which directly inform UN Climate Change Conferences. How good is the data coverage, and in what resolution is the data available? GRDC hosts the most extensive global database of quality-controlled discharge data – year-book data or historical data. We collect only daily and monthly mean values – no unverified real-time data is collected. We currently have discharge data from approximately 10,700 stations in 160 countries in the database. Most of these stations are in Europe and North America, and the average time-record length is 40 years. The longest time record, which originates from the Dresden station on the Elbe, dates back to 1806. It is important that we map data sets that are as long and complete as possible for climate research and hydrological modelling. We particularly include data from stations that reflect the hydrology of a river or region. Stations located in the estuaries of major rivers are also important for better quantifying the volume of freshwater entering our oceans. Stations where there is minimal human influence are also valuable and attract a great deal of interest in relation to global change and climate change. Discharge is just one of many important hydrological parameters. Are there other global data centres? GRDC works in close collaboration with the International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC), which is based at BfG. ICWRGC also hosts two other global water data centres, namely the GEMS/Water Data Centre (GWDC), which collects water quality data on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme, and the International Soil Moisture Network ISMN. In Germany, there is also the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), which is operated by Germany’s National Meteorological Service DWD. World-wide, there are also other global water data centres, which are collectively responsible for collecting different parameters relating to the hydrological cycle (e.g. for groundwater, isotopes, lake observations and glacier observations). These are operated by other nations and under the auspices of various organisations. They are important partner data centres for us, and we work in close collaboration with them in the context of the Global Terrestrial Network – Hydrology (GTN-H), which is hosted in the ICWRGC under a mandate from the WMO. The GTN-H is a Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) programme. In this international network, we are a strong partner in the UN-Water “family” and contribute towards United Nations reporting. As the new head of GRDC, which challenges are you looking forward to? As the new head, I am naturally keen to successfully carry forward the GRDC brand – a brand that is held in high esteem all over the world – and to continue looking after and expanding existing collaborations. To give you some examples, these particularly include contact with our users, data suppliers, the WMO as patron, ICWRGC as an international partner at BfG and our partner data centres. However, as a team, we are, of course, also aware of the very fast technical progress that is being made in relation to data and digitalisation. For example, the global call for open and large datasets that comply with the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles is constantly growing. We are therefore already working, step by step, on making GRDC “fair”. This includes use of free software and offering our users access to data via data repositories and programming interfaces. A recent milestone in this respect is the publication of the Caravan dataset. With this, we can offer researchers a partial dataset of free GRDC stations, including meteorological data and river basin attributes. Our aim is to develop GRDC as a digital service provider for global discharge data and operate it at BfG on the basis of reliable data infrastructure.
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