Water statistics on river basin level (env_rwat)
Yearly data on freshwater resources, water abstraction and use are collected annually by means of the RWQ Eurostat Regional Water Questionnaire. Data aggregation: RBD (River basin districts according to the Water Framework Directive, 2000/60/EC) and their subunits.
The classifications are made according to the definitions of the RWQ (Regional Water Questionnaire).
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Eurostat strives for further harmonisation with reporting frameworks under current/future European legislation, such as the Urban Wastewater treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) or the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC).
Collection and compilation of annual data on a diversity of topics, comprising the following data sets for every RBD/SU:
Renewable fresh water resources;
Annual fresh water abstraction by source and by sector and other sources of water (marine and brackish water, desalinated water, reused water);
Regional water transfers;
Water losses;
Water use;
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- Date (Revision)
- 2023-07-31
- Status
- Planned
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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Rhine
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Ribasim
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freshwater resources
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water abstraction
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water use
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socioeconomic
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water availability
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World
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- Other restrictions
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- otherRestictions
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Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged, save where otherwise stated. Where prior permission must be obtained for the reproduction or use of textual and multimedia information (sound, images, software, etc.), such permission shall cancel the above-mentioned general permission and shall clearly indicate any restrictions on use.
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Denominator
- 1000000
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Society
- Inland waters
- Begin date
- 2016-01-01
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- Supplemental Information
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18.3. Data collection
National Statistical Institutes and other producers of official statistics collect the data from a variety of data sources, including regional or local authorities, environmental administrations and industry. Where suitable and necessary, they apply own surveys and statistical estimation methods.
With the data collection for new reference years, always the T-1 year is requested, as well as gap-filling and revisions for earlier reference years.
Eurostat collects the data using questionnaires in SDMX-compatible Excel format. Once ready, the data are sent back via Edamis to Eurostat. Edamis monitors and registers the incoming replies.
18.4. Data validation
After data reporting by MS, data are loaded automatically in a database (MDT). Eurostat checks the data for plausibility, e.g. for logical consistency and for unusual changes in time series. All detected problems are reported and treated in close collaboration with the National Statistical Institutes and/or the relevant experts in the countries. Once validation is done, the data are uploaded into Eurobase, Eurostat's dissemination database which is publicly accessible on the internet.
The data validation is done following the validation levels 0 to 3 and partly level 5 (see concept of validation levels), as proposed in the VIP Validation project. Some basic quality checks in the file itself, intra-file checks, as well as comparison with other files referring to the same statistical domain followed by "intra-domain and intra-source checks" are of relevance: it includes revision checks, time series checks and inter-dataset checks, as well as some mirror checks.
Validation level 4 is not appropriate for regional water statistics, but validation level 5 is partly used for some data checking with our partners outside the Institution (eg. EAA).
- OnLine resource
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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/env_rwat_esms.htm
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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Water statistics download page
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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Eurostat's water statistics cover:
water resources, per year and long-term annual average values of minimum 30 years
abstractions from water resources by origin, such as fresh surface water and groundwater, other sources, as well as the purpose of the abstraction
water use by supply scheme and by economic activity group
connection rates to wastewater treatment by type and level of treatment
generation and disposal of sewage sludge
generation of aquatic pollution by source and its discharge by type and level of treatment
Water statistics are also used in indicator exercises, such as for the SDG indicators.
In line with the water framework directive, data is also collected at regional level. This is done to develop a smaller dataset which is aggregated at the level of river basin districts and their subunits. The regions are defined in terms of hydrology – individual or grouped river catchments.
As collecting data is voluntary, the resulting data sets are incomplete to varying degrees, which limits their usability.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- File identifier
- a66a8ed4-c5df-4894-bdb2-d439105b31f4 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Date stamp
- 2023-08-18T11:50:26
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
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