Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive

Table of Contents
FOREWORD..........................................................................................................................................I
TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................................................... II
INTRODUCTION - A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT: WHAT FOR? ................................................. 1
TO WHOM IS THIS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ADDRESSED? ......................................................... 1
WHAT CAN YOU FIND IN THIS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT?........................................................... 1
1 IMPLEMENTING THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE ............................................. 3
1.1 DECEMBER 2000: A MILESTONE FOR WATER POLICY.................................................. 3
1.2 THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE: NEW CHALLENGES IN EU WATER POLICY ...... 3
1.3 WHAT IS BEING DONE TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION? ........................................ 5
2 GIS IN THE WFD: DEVELOPING A COMMON UNDERSTANDING .................................. 7
2.1 TERMINOLOGY.............................................................................................................. 7
2.2 GIS REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE WFD AND SCOPE OF THE WORKING GROUP ............. 8
2.3 REPORTING UNDER THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE............................................ 9
3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE GIS....................................................................... 12
3.1 TIMETABLE FOR THE PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF MAPS AND GIS LAYERS........ 12
3.2 OVERVIEW ON THE GIS LAYERS, THEIR SCALE AND POSITIONAL ACCURACY........... 15
3.2.1 Basic Information......................................................................................... 18
3.2.2 Monitoring Network .................................................................................... 19
3.2.3 Surface Water Bodies, Groundwater Bodies and Protected Areas (Status). 20
3.2.4 Scale and Positional Accuracy..................................................................... 20
3.2.5 River Basin Management Plans and Summary Reports .............................. 21
3.3 DATA MODEL ............................................................................................................. 22
3.3.1 Purpose of the Data Model .......................................................................... 22
3.3.2 The Unified Modelling Language................................................................ 22
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