<h2>The Water Data centre and Water Statistics central access points</h2> <h3>Data</h3> <p>The <strong>Water Data Centre</strong>, hosted at the European Environment Agency (EEA), provides a central access point to several web-services: interactive maps, data viewers, European datasets and indicators. These services are mostly based on reporting from countries as part of implementation of EU directives or via the Eionet framework.&nbsp; More on <a href="http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/dc">www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/dc</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The <strong>Water Statistics</strong> website, hosted at Eurostat, gives access to the results of the reporting from countries to the Eurostat/OECD Joint Questionnaire on Inland Waters. More on:</p> <p> <a href="http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/environment/data/main_tables">http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/environment/data/main_tables</a> and <a href="http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/environment/data/database">http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/environment/data/database</a> </p> <p>and general explanations on: <a href="http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Water_statistics">http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Water_statistics</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Monitoring of pollutants campaigns</strong><br /> In addition to the reporting from countries, monitoring of pollutants released to surface waters or within the aquatic environment is conducted by JRC in cooperation with a network of laboratories. More on: <a href="http://fate.jrc.ec.europa.eu/monitoring/monitoring-overview">http://fate.jrc.ec.europa.eu/monitoring/monitoring-overview</a></p> <h3>Topics</h3> <p>The thematic web page on water provides an overview and easy access to publications and data services as well as general information and illustrations on water topics. More on:<br /><a href="http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water">http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water</a></p> 2012-02-07T14:23:36Z tag:water.europa.eu,2012-02-07:/data-and-themes http://water.europa.eu/misc_/CHM2/Site.gif The Water Information System for Europe