WISE - Spatial Data (WISE-5)

Dataflow specific instructions

• Reporting obligation
• How to use the EIONET prefilled shapefiles to report under WISE-5

Overview

The WISE-5 data flow includes the EIONET spatial reference datasets relevant for the Water Information System for Europe.

Until December 2020, WISE-5 used the data model adopted for the Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2016 Spatial data reporting.

Starting in the 2021 data call, WISE-5 uses the updated data model adopted for the Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2022 Spatial data reporting.

• Data Providers that do not report under WFD must report their reference spatial data under WISE-5.

  This includes: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.

• Data Providers that report under WFD may also use the WISE-5 data flow to provide information on EIONET spatial objects not covered by the WFD reporting, although it is expected that this will be an exceptional situation.

  Presently, this includes: the EU-27 Member States, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom.

  Data Providers that report under WFD should use WISE-5 to report missing information about EIONET spatial objects reported before 2016 or the mapping between those EIONET spatial objects and the current WFD spatial objects.

  If necessary, Data Providers that report under WFD should use the Water Framework Directive - River Basin Management Plans - 2022 Spatial data data flow to update their reference spatial data.

Please note that:

• If there are no changes, no reporting is necessary. Report only once (not annually).
• Partial deliveries are not possible. Each delivery must contain the complete national spatial datasets.

• The WFD spatial objects are never reported under WISE-5.
  The WFD monitoring sites that are used in the WISE SoE time series reporting must be reported under WFD (and it is not necessary to report them again under WISE-5).
• Some datasets are only applicable to WFD.
  The following datasets are never reported under WISE-5: ProtectedArea, ProtectedAreaLine, ProtectedAreaPoint, SurfaceWaterBodyCentreline, GroundWaterBodyHorizon.
  

• Pre-filled shapefiles are available directly in CDR, when an envelope is created (the files should of course be edited and updated before delivering the new information).
• The complete national shapefiles, including objects that have been retired or superseded, can also be downloaded from the WISE restricted distribution area.

• Reporting permissions are managed by the EIONET National Focal Points.
  Please contact your National Focal Point if you require reporting permissions over CDR.

The dashboard has an overview of the necessary updates to information that was reported in the past.