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Background
• Need at National level for:
– Coordinated and standardised data
management,
– More timely reporting,
– Data needs of RBD’s for water management
– Data quality improvements
– Provision of information to the public
At EU Level
• New reporting requirements from:
– European Commission
– European Environment Agency
– Eurostat
– Others
• Ospar, parcom etc
EU Initiatives
INSPIRE - Infrastructure for Spatial
Information in Europe
WISE – Water Information System for
Europe
SEIS – Shared Environmental
Information System
Potted History
Meet LGCSB
Scoping documentation
and POC
Development
Contracted out
Development
Pilot
Launch
Proposal to
DEHLG for
Funding
River data
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Drinking Water
& Lakes
2010
Drinking Water
& Lakes
River data LEMA
Bathing
WaterBathing
Water
EPAPublic Authorities
Local Authorities European Bodies
LA
LIMS DataEC
DEHLG
RBDs
EPA
LIMS
EEA EuroStat
Hydrometric
DataBiol Q
LA
Admin Data
GeoWaterFisheries
MI
InternetIntranet
Other
EPA
apps
EDEN
SEIS
AQUARIUS
Data Core
WISE
EDEN Objectives
• Provide for the sharing of environmental
data
• Act as a single integrated system for water
data in Ireland
• Be a data provider to environmental
decision making tools
• Help meet Irelands International reporting
requirements
EDEN Dataflow
PA/PH Labs
EPA Labs
EDEN
LA LIMS
Contract Lab
LA Lab
EPA AquariusDatabase
LA Approval
Splash
Assimilative Capacity Model
Other EPA systems
EDEN current status
• What constitutes “Water”
– River Water
– Lake Water
– Transitional and Costal Water
– Drinking Water
– Bathing Water
• Future phases
– Ground Water
– Urban Waste Water
EDEN System Features
• Restricted Access (LA’s, PA’s etc)
• Sharing privileges defined by data owner.
• Returns for EPA reporting purposes are specifically marked.
• Data is exchanged by means of an .xml file in accordance with a DET (Data Exchange Template)
• Data can be uploaded and downloaded from EDEN (manually or using API)
EDEN System Features
• Data format is validated on upload and system will notify of any errors detected.
• Allows for translations between local and EDEN parameter names and sample purposes.
• Samples can be approved, rejected or deleted.
• Change who can see the samples.
• Easy to download data (XML to own local system and PDF)
• Users are notified if anything happens to their samples
EDEN (Gateway)
oHome
oMonitoring Data
oWaste Water Licences
oWaste Water Directive
oFeature Coding
oWater Quality Status
oMy Workspace
oMy Settings
EDEN and LEMA
• EDEN - one stop shop to allow local authorities to: – Single sign on to all waste water related systems
– Upload monitoring results
– Enter information as required by their licence
– Enter information as required by the UWWD and other directives
– View EPA generated waste water data (monitoring results, reported incidents, complaints etc)
EDEN LEMA Dataflow
PA/PH Labs
EPA Labs
EDEN GatewayMonitoring DataWW licence infoUWW Directive
etc
LA LIMS
Contract Lab
LA Lab
EPA AquariusDatabase
LA Approval
Splash
Assimilative Capacity Model
LEMA
Other EPA systems
Thank You