Water Framework Directive monitoring (WFD)

The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/CE is applied to all European Union member states and establishes a new framework for community policy in the water sector with a view to improving management of aquatic environments.

 

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2006-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
FR-DCSMM-PDS-DCE

Presentation form
Digital profile
Purpose

The general objective of the WFD, by 2015, is to reach a Good Environmental and Chemical Status of surface and underground water masses, including coastal waters and transitionary areas (in particular estuaries). Member states must therefore report any additional deterioration, and preserve and improve the state of aquatic ecosystems.


Coastal and transitional water masses are coherent geographical units, defined on the basis of physical criteria with a marked influence on biology:

- hydrodynamic criteria (current, tidal range, stratification, depth, etc.)

- sediment criteria (sand, mud, rock, etc.)


Using these criteria it is also possible to typify water masses (moderately exposed muddy coast, deep macro-tidal rocky coast, etc.).


Article 8 of the WFD foresees the implementation of a monitoring programme for water masses, in order to "draw up a coherent and complete table of the states of water within each hydrographic basin". This programme takes place over the duration of a "management plan", i.e. 6 years. In order to meet this objective, each hydrographic basin thus defined different networks of controls within the framework of Water Dater Master Plans (SDDE) as decreed by the ministerial circular from the Environment Ministy (MEEDDM), 26 March 2002.

Credit

Data producers: Ifremer, RESOMAR, Irstea

Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

IFREMER

MIOSSEC Laurence

laurence.miossec@ifremer.fr

 Point of contact
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
50000
Topic category
  • Oceans

Extent

Extent

N
S
E
W


Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular
Maintenance note

Network duration : perennial device

Theme

  • Monitoring

  • Good Environmental Status

  • Chemical Status

  • Coastal waters

  • Transitionary areas waters

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Environmental monitoring facilities

Sous-regions marines

  • National

DCSMM : Type d'espace concerné

  • Pas d'espace particulier concerné

DCSMM : Descripteurs

  • D1: Coastal benthic habitats

  • D4: Marine Food Webs

  • D5: Eutrophication

  • D8: Chemical contaminants

DCSMM : Méthodes de recueil des données

  • Observation par point

  • Observation directe

  • Observation par transect

  • Télédétection

  • Interprétation de représentations iconographiques et/ou textuelles

Thèmes Sextant

  • /Human Activities/Coastal monitoring networks

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Free and open access

Resource constraints

Use limitation

Models to be viewed online

Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Supplemental Information

Contracting authority:

French water authorities (AEAP, AESN, AELB, AEAG, AERMC) for WFD monitoring 2006


Prime contractor:

IFREMER : Institut Français pour la Recherche et l'Exploitation de la MER


Backers : Water Authorities 2006


Brittany Regional Council2000

La Reunion Island Regional Environment Directorate 2008

Content Information

Content type

Distribution Information

Distribution format

OnLine resource

Directive Cadre sur l'Eau (DCE)

OnLine resource

Principales publications

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title

Inspire specifications

Date (Creation)
2012-01-16
Explanation

Non assessed

Pass
false

Resource lineage

Lineage

2000 : Establishment of The Water Framework Directive

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Process step

Description

Data type :

Phytoplankton

Flora other than phytoplankton Fauna

Physico-chemical parameters


Measured or observed parameters :

Chl a, abundance, taxonomic composition Macroalgae, Macrophytes, Angiosperm, Benthic invertebrates / fishes

Temperature, salinity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, oxygène dissous, nutrients (N)


Parameters resolution :

By taxon

By site


Update frequency :

Every month, or once a month from June to September

Every year to once every 6 years

Once every 3 years

Once a month (with specifically targeted periods at times), every year or two years.

Process step

Description

Sampling method : Spatial

Process step

Description

associated devices :

REPHY , ROCCH (anciennement RNO), REBENT , RINBIO

Spatial representation info

Topology level
Geometry only
Geometric object type
Complex
Geometric object count
0

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)

Portrayal catalogue info

Title

Contrôle de surveillance benthique de la Directive Cadre sur l’Eau (2000/60/CE)

Date (Publication)
2008-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Nebout, T et al

 Author
Title

Bilan 2010 de la mise en oeuvre de la Directive Cadre sur l’Eau pour le bassin Artois-Picardie - Masses d’eau côtières et de transition du Nord, du Pas de Calais et de la Picardie

Date (Publication)
2010-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Lefebvre, A et al

 Author
Title

Mise en place du réseau de surveillance benthique Rebent-DCE pour les districts hydrographiques Seine-Normandie et Artois-Picardie

Date (Publication)
2006-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Guérin, L et al

 Author
Title

Contrôle de surveillance benthique de la Directive Cadre sur l’Eau (2000/60/CE) : Etat des lieux et propositions : District Seine-Normandie

Date (Publication)
2007-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Guérin, L et al

 Author
Title

Directive Cadre sur l’eau - Bassin Loire-Bretagne - Contrôles de surveillance et opérationnel dans les masses d’eau côtières et de transition

Date (Publication)
2010-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Oger-Jeanneret, H et al

 Author
Title

Mise en place d’un réseau de surveillance des organismes benthiques pour le District hydrographique Adour-Garonne - Proposition d’un réseau de surveillance pour l’application de la Directive Cadre « eau »

Date (Publication)
2006-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Blanchet, H et al

 Author
Title

Projet de réseau de contrôle de surveillance à mettre en oeuvre au titre de la DCE dans le district Adour-Garonne

Date (Publication)
2006-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Trut, G

 Author
Title

Directive Cadre sur l’Eau - District « Rhône et côtiers méditerranéens » - Contrôles de surveillance/opérationnel

Date (Publication)
2010-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Andral, B et al

 Author
Title

Rhône et côtiers méditerranéens » et « Corse »- Contrôles de surveillance/opérationnel - Campagne DCE 2009

Date (Publication)
2010-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Andral, B et al

 Author
Title

Optimisation de la surveillance des masses d’eau DCE en Méditerranée - Compléments d’utilisation d’imagerie satellite et application d’outils hydrodynamiques

Date (Publication)
2010-01-01
Cited responsible party
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Ifremer

Ganzin, N et al

 Author

Metadata constraints

Classification

Metadata

Metadata identifier
170a3072-1a12-4e91-85e1-74d4c5a8f73c

Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address ORCID Role

Sextant

sextant@ifremer.fr

 Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Series
Metadata linkage

https://sextant.ifremer.fr/geonetwork/srv/api/records/170a3072-1a12-4e91-85e1-74d4c5a8f73c

Date info (Creation)
2014-06-04T11:38:53Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-05-15T21:29:14.201453Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3 - SEXTANT

Edition

1.0

 
 

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Overviews

Overview

Spatial extent

Keywords

Chemical Status Coastal waters Good Environmental Status Monitoring Transitionary areas waters
DCSMM : Descripteurs
D1: Coastal benthic habitats D4: Marine Food Webs D5: Eutrophication D8: Chemical contaminants
DCSMM : Méthodes de recueil des données
Interprétation de représentations iconographiques et/ou textuelles Observation directe Observation par point Observation par transect Télédétection
DCSMM : Type d'espace concerné
Pas d'espace particulier concerné
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Environmental monitoring facilities
Thèmes Sextant
/Human Activities/Coastal monitoring networks