International Work Session on Water Statistics

Session 1: The need for water statistics: information for water policies

Session 1.1 The Data Needs of UNEP’s Global Environmental Outlook (GEO 4) (R. Robarts, GEMS/Water)
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Session 1.2 The Indicators for the Second World Water Development Report (T. Jimbow, UNESCO)
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Session 1.3  Information needed to support national sustainable water policies (J-M. Chéné, UN DSD)
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Session 1.4  Water Information System for Europe and the EU (A. Gendebien, WRc)
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Session 1.5  Monitoring and Reporting in the EU's Water Initiative (U. Triulzi, IPALMO)
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Session 2a: Water statistics collected by international organizations

Session 2a.1  The UNSD/UNEP & OECD/EUROSTAT Questionnaires (U. Wieland, UNSD)
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Session 2a.2  Links between water accounting tables and UNSD/UNEP and OECD/Eurostat questionnaires - Towards the harmonization of water statistics and accounting (A. Alfieri, UNSD)
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Session 2a.3  AQUASTAT – Getting to grips with water information for agriculture (K. Frenken, FAO)
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Session 2a.4  GEMS/Water Questionnaire (R. Robarts, GEMS/Water)
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Session 2a.5  Status and Needs of Water Statistics in the ESCWA region (W. AboulHosn, ESCWA)
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Session 2a.6  Towards hamonization of the water reporting process (R. Vannevel, FEA)
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Session 2b: Water accounting: challenges and opportunities

Session 2b.1  Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting and Water Resource Accounting (A. Alfieri, UNSD)
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Session 2b.2  Institutional Arrangements and the Water Data Centre - Case study of the Republic of Moldova (J. Tafi, Moldova)
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Session 2b.3  Challenges and Opportunities for the Development of an Integrated System of Environmental and Economic Accounts, Starting with Water Accounts (O. LUCIANO LÓPEZ, Dominican Republic)
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Session 3a: Information on water resources

Session 3a.1  Key water resources statistics in AQUASTAT – FAO’s Global Information System on Water and Agriculture (K. Frenken, FAO)
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Session 3a.2  Water Resources Data for Nile Basin (R.J. Mngodo, Ministry of Water and Livestock Development, Tanzania)
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Session 3a.3  Water Resources Information in Yemen (Q.Y.A.M. Al-Abashi, National Water Resources Authority, Yemen)
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Session 3a.4  The Water Data Centre and case study on water accounts in the Republic of Moldova (J. Tafi, Water Data Center, Moldova)
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Session 3a.5  Water Statistics in the Mekong River Basin (U. Hedlund, Mekong River Commission)
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Session 3b: Information on waste water generation and treatment

Session 3b.1  Wastewater generation & treatment: the questionnaires and water accounting tables (M. Nagy, Umweltbundesamt, Austria)
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Session 3b.2  Reliable Statistics on wastewater (B. Fribourg-Blanc, International Water Office, France)
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Session 3b.3  Water Statistics in Chile: Essential topics, problems and solutions (D. Rojas, INE, Chile)
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Session 3b.4  Industrial wastewater generation and treatment – data collection and gaps to questionnaire requirements (Slovenia) (D. Sabic, Statistical Office, Slovenia)
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Session 3b.5  Information on Wastewater Generation and Treatment in Germany (B. Hein, Statistisches Bundesamt, Germany)
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Session 3b.6  Status of Wastewater Generation and Treatment in India (R.M. Bhardwaj, Central Pollution Control Board, India)
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Session 4a: Information on water supply and use

Session 4a.1  General Presentation of the Information Required by the Questionnaires (UNSD)
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Session 4a.2  Collecting, Processing and Presenting Water Statistics in the Republic of Belarus (Z. Vasilevskaya, Ministry of Statistics&Analysis, Belarus)
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Session 4a.3  Water supply and water use Statistics in Jordan (K. Raddad, Dept. of Statistics, Jordan)
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Session 4a.4  Water Statistics in Brazil: An Overview (J. Clevelario Junior, IBGE, Brazil)
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Session 4a.5  An integrated approach for Water Statistics (G. D'Amore, ICstat)
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Session 4b: Information on emissions of pollutants to water

Session 4b.1  Overview of emissions to water existing data collections (D. Preux, Office International de l'Eau, France)
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Session 4b.2  Testing a Methodology to estimate wastewater generation and water pollution loads from the industry sector (E. Grüner, Statistical Office, Estonia)
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Session 4b.3  NAMWA: A new integrated river basin information system (S. Schenau, CBS, Netherlands)
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Session 5a: Information on water quality

Session 5a.1  Towards Harmonisation of the Water Reporting Process (R. Vannevel, Belgium)
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Session 5a.2 Water Quality Monitoring in India - Achievements and Constraints (R.M. Bhardwaj, Central Pollution Control Board, India)
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Session 5a.3  Water Quality Indicators for the La Plata River Basin (O.E. Natale, CTUA-INA, Argentina)
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Session 5a.4  Overview of the Situation and Challenges for Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting in South Africa (W. Nomquphu, Dept. of Water Affairs&Forestry, South Africa)
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Session 5a.5  Quality of groundwater (A. Scheidleder, Umweltbundesamt, Austria)
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Session 5a.6 A National Water Quality Indicator for Canada - A Demonstration of Reporting on Competitiveness and Environmental Sustainability (R. Kent, Environment Canada)
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Session 5a.7 State of water quality assessment reporting at the global level (R. Robarts GEMS/UNEP)
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Session 5b: Information needed for water pricing & expenditure on water

Session 5b.1 The Environemental Protection Expenditure Questionnaire (J. Hanauer, Eurostat)
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Session 5b.2 The Austrian Experience in collecting data on Expenditure on Water (E. Milota, Statistik Austria)
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Session 5b.3  Water prices and households’ available income (A. Courtecuisse, Agence de l’Eau Artois-Picardie)
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Session 5b.4 The Dutch system of Water Accounts (S. Schenau, CBS)
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GIS as a tool for water management

GIS in water management - Regional, national and international level - examples from Austria (G. Vincze, Umweltbundesamt, Austria)
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Use of Integrated Datasets and GIS for Flood Mapping - An introduction (U. Hedlund, Mekong River Commission)
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