WISE Spatial Data reporting resources Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2022 reporting

WISE register

The WISE register contains the list of accepted EIONET and EU identifiers for spatial objects such as river basin districts, water bodies, etc..

The WISE register provides a unique and persistent URI for each of the spatial objects.

• River basin districts and sub-units: use the SpatialUnit vocabulary
• Surface and groundwater bodies: use the WaterBody vocabulary
• Monitoring sites: use the MonitoringSite vocabulary
• Bathing waters, sensitive areas, drinking water protected area and designated waters: use the WFDProtectedArea vocabulary

Guidance documents

• WISE GIS Guidance v7.0.6 - Complete reporting guidance. Last update 2022-10-05.
• Protected Areas clarification note - Clarification on how to report protected areas.
• WISE Data Model v7.0.6 - Quick Reference Card - Condensed description.
• WISE Reportnet2 Guidance - How to access prefilled files and convert shapefiles to GML.
• QAQC Scripts - Documentation for the QAQC and scripts that are executed.

• Webinar 2022-09-19 - Slides of the Webinar on WISE-5 Spatial Data reporting - 2022-09-19
• Webinar 2021-06-08 - Slides of the Webinar on WFD Spatial Data reporting - 2021-06-08
• Webinar 2021-06-15 - Slides of the Webinar on WISE-5 Spatial Data reporting - 2021-06-15
• Webinar 2021-06-17 - Slides of the Webinar on BWD Spatial Data reporting - 2021-06-17

Spatial model quick reference

Spatial model changes between version 6.0.6 (used in 2016) and version 7.0.6

Quality Control specification

The following specifications are the basis of the quality control tools

• Quality control specification for spatial data (GML)

UML Data specification

• UML & Schemas in Enterprise Architect project format (EAP)

See below the UML diagrams for each dataset:

• RiverBasinDistrict_2022.png
• SubUnit_2022.png
• SurfaceWaterBody_2022.png
• SurfaceWaterBodyLine_2022.png
• SurfaceWaterBodyCentreline_2022.png
• GroundWaterBody_2022.png
• GroundWaterBodyHorizon_2022.png
• MonitoringSite_2022.png
• ProtectedArea_2022.png
• ProtectedAreaLine_2022.png
• ProtectedAreaPoint_2022.png

GML schemas

These are the GML schemas to allow the reporting of the spatial data:

• GML_Common_2022.xsd
• WFDCommon_2022.xsd
• GML_RiverBasinDistrict_2022.xsd
• GML_SubUnit_2022.xsd
• GML_SurfaceWaterBody_2022.xsd
• GML_SurfaceWaterBodyLine_2022.xsd
• GML_SurfaceWaterBodyCentreline_2022.xsd
• GML_GroundWaterBody_2022.xsd
• GML_GroundWaterBodyHorizon_2022.xsd
• GML_MonitoringSite_2022.xsd
• GML_ProtectedArea_2022.xsd
• GML_ProtectedAreaPoint_2022.xsd
• GML_ProtectedAreaLine_2022.xsd

Shapefile templates to prepare the spatial data

Shapefiles can be used to prepare the spatial data. The shapefiles must be converted to GML format (a conversion tool is available in the CDR envelopes). GML is the only format accepted in the final reporting of the spatial data.
These are the shapefile templates for each dataset:

• RiverBasinDistrict.zip
• SubUnit.zip
• SurfaceWaterBody.zip
• SurfaceWaterBodyLine.zip
• SurfaceWaterBodyCentreline.zip
• GroundWaterBody.zip
• GroundWaterBodyHorizon.zip
• MonitoringSite.zip
• ProtectedArea.zip
• ProtectedAreaLine.zip
• ProtectedAreaPoint.zip


• WFD2022_Shapefiles.zip Model shapefiles in a zip file for download

• PRJ example files for download

The projection files refer to the following coordinate reference systems:

• EPSG3035: ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA, see more info
• EPSG4258: ETRS89, see more info
• EPSG4326: WGS84, see more info