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Core Set of Indicators for Water

Core Set of Indicators for Water. Core set of water indicators. Former ETC/IW and ETC/MCE both proposed core sets of indicators Now merged and modified into on core set for water Quality Quantity Rivers, lakes, groundwater, transitional waters, coastal and marine waters.

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Core Set of Indicators for Water

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  1. Core Set of Indicators for Water

  2. Core set of water indicators • Former ETC/IW and ETC/MCE both proposed core sets of indicators • Now merged and modified into on core set for water • Quality • Quantity • Rivers, lakes, groundwater, transitional waters, coastal and marine waters

  3. Seven policy questions • To what extent do existing policies and measures serve to reduce critical pressures on the water environment and how is the general state of the water environment improving as a consequence? • Are human health standards being met as set down by international water policies and legislation? • What is the result of actions to address specific impacts on aquatic ecosystems and are ecological standards being met? • What are the impacts of climate change on the water environment • How are socio-economic sectors contributing to the sustainable use of water? • Are the external costs of water management captured by market prices? • Are changes in the quality of water and the water environment contributing to sustainable development and improvements in our overall quality of life?

  4. Issues covered • eutrophication and organic pollution of surface waters • hazardous substances in surface waters and groundwater • groundwater quality and quantity • water stress • climate change • drinking water quality • microbiological contamination • impact of fishing • ecological quality

  5. Summary of types of indicator

  6. Summary of proposed indicators in terms of the DPSIR framework

  7. Sectoral indicators - 2001

  8. Sectoral indicators - over time

  9. Core Set of indicators for water - climate change • North Atlantic Oscillation-index • Annual average European temperature (1860 – 2000) • Annual precipitation • Exploitation index =mean annual total demand long-term average freshwater resource • Consumption index =mean annual water consumptionlong-term average freshwater resource • [Long-term average freshwater resource = long-term average precipitation minus the long-term average evapotranspiration plus the long-term average inflows]

  10. Water indicators affected by climate change • Level of water in aquifers - groundwater quantitative status • Sectoral water demand: Unit demand for urban and agricultural use • Ecological status of rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters • Number of natural disasters: floods and droughts [Kiev report]

  11. Consumption index %

  12. EUROWATERNET - Quantity • Methodology to obtain comparable European data on renewable water resources • Extension of implementation and piloting to other countries • Spain, Greece, Denmark, UK and Hungary to date

  13. Core set of indicators for water • Sub-set for ESR 2002 • Sub-set for Kiev report • Sub-set for TERM/EERM reports • Sub-set for AERM report? • Indicator based report on Europe’s water in June 2002

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