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swSignificantImpactType - Required.(SignificantImpactType_Enum)

Indicate the impact type(s) from the enumeration list.

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ES - Spain (invited by kristpet (disabled)) 19 Mar 2019 12:00:49

We have detected several reporting isuess related to this list in Spanish RBDs reporting, that could be solved by doint the list more 'human readable'. An easy way to make it more friendly is by adding a numerical code to each impact that relates it with the type of pressure that can produce it. As an example the first digit can represent 1.Pollution, 2.Hydrological changes 3. Morphology.... A proposal in this sense is shown below

Impact type	Relevant SW	Relevant GW
1.1 - NUTR - Nutrient pollution	Y	Y
1.2 - ORGA - Organic pollution	Y	Y
1.3 - CHEM - Chemical pollution	Y	Y
1.4 - SALI - Saline pollution/intrusion	Y	Y
1.5 - ACID - Acidification	Y	N
1.6 - TEMP - Elevated temperatures	Y	N
1.7 - MICR - Microbiological pollution	Y	Y
2.1 - HHYC - Altered habitats due to hydrological changes	Y	N
2.2 - HMOC - Altered habitats due to morphological changes (includes connectivity)	Y	N
3.1 - QUAL - Diminution of quality of associated surface waters for chemical / quantitative reasons	N	Y
3.2 - INTR - Alterations in flow directions resulting in saltwater intrusion	N	Y
3.3 - LOWT - Abstraction exceeds available groundwater resource (lowering water table)	N	Y
4.1 - ECOS - Damage to groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems for chemical / quantitative reasons	N	Y
4.2 - LITT - Litter (an impact under the MSFD)	Y	N
5.1 - OTHE - Other significant impact type	Y	Y
6 - NOSI - No significant impact	Y	Y
7 - NOTA - Not applicable	Y	Y
8 - UNKN - Unknown impact type	Y	Y

RO - Romania1 (invited by kristpet (disabled)) 25 Apr 2019 09:16:23

We have detected several reporting isuess related to this list in Spanish RBDs reporting, that could be solved by doint the list more 'human readable'. An easy way to make it more friendly is by adding a numerical code to each impact that relates it with the type of pressure that can produce it. As an example the first digit can represent 1.Pollution, 2.Hydrological changes 3. Morphology.... A proposal in this sense is shown below

Impact type Relevant SW Relevant GW

1.1 - NUTR - Nutrient pollution Y Y

1.2 - ORGA - Organic pollution Y Y

1.3 - CHEM - Chemical pollution Y Y

1.4 - SALI - Saline pollution/intrusion Y Y

1.5 - ACID - Acidification Y N

1.6 - TEMP - Elevated temperatures Y N

1.7 - MICR - Microbiological pollution Y Y

2.1 - HHYC - Altered habitats due to hydrological changes Y N

2.2 - HMOC - Altered habitats due to morphological changes (includes connectivity) Y N

3.1 - QUAL - Diminution of quality of associated surface waters for chemical / quantitative reasons N Y

3.2 - INTR - Alterations in flow directions resulting in saltwater intrusion N Y

3.3 - LOWT - Abstraction exceeds available groundwater resource (lowering water table) N Y

4.1 - ECOS - Damage to groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems for chemical / quantitative reasons N Y

4.2 - LITT - Litter (an impact under the MSFD) Y N

5.1 - OTHE - Other significant impact type Y Y

6 - NOSI - No significant impact Y Y

7 - NOTA - Not applicable Y Y

8 - UNKN - Unknown impact type Y Y

RO supports the proposal of ES that can better clarify the type of significant impact.

NO - Norway (invited by kristpet (disabled)) 03 May 2019 14:15:48

We have detected several reporting isuess related to this list in Spanish RBDs reporting, that could be solved by doint the list more 'human readable'. An easy way to make it more friendly is by adding a numerical code to each impact that relates it with the type of pressure that can produce it. As an example the first digit can represent 1.Pollution, 2.Hydrological changes 3. Morphology.... A proposal in this sense is shown below

Impact type Relevant SW Relevant GW

1.1 - NUTR - Nutrient pollution Y Y

1.2 - ORGA - Organic pollution Y Y

1.3 - CHEM - Chemical pollution Y Y

1.4 - SALI - Saline pollution/intrusion Y Y

1.5 - ACID - Acidification Y N

1.6 - TEMP - Elevated temperatures Y N

1.7 - MICR - Microbiological pollution Y Y

2.1 - HHYC - Altered habitats due to hydrological changes Y N

2.2 - HMOC - Altered habitats due to morphological changes (includes connectivity) Y N

3.1 - QUAL - Diminution of quality of associated surface waters for chemical / quantitative reasons N Y

3.2 - INTR - Alterations in flow directions resulting in saltwater intrusion N Y

3.3 - LOWT - Abstraction exceeds available groundwater resource (lowering water table) N Y

4.1 - ECOS - Damage to groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems for chemical / quantitative reasons N Y

4.2 - LITT - Litter (an impact under the MSFD) Y N

5.1 - OTHE - Other significant impact type Y Y

6 - NOSI - No significant impact Y Y

7 - NOTA - Not applicable Y Y

8 - UNKN - Unknown impact type Y Y

RO supports the proposal of ES that can better clarify the type of significant impact.

NO supports ES and RO

ES - Spain (invited by kristpet (disabled)) 21 Mar 2019 13:32:26

Since the guidance says 'Therefore, a pressure or impact should only be reported if it is significant, alone or in combination with others, because it puts the Environmental Objectives at risk

we propose to extend the quality check (not only check consistency with status but with risk aswell)

Within-schema check: If (SWB/SWEcologicalStatus/SwEcologicalStatusOrPotentialValue is ‘3’, ‘4’ or ‘5’ or SWB/SurfaceWaterBody/swEcologicalStatusOrPotentialExpectedGoodIn2015=No), at least one significant impact type or the option ‘UNKN - Unknown impact type’ must be selected from the enumeration list . The option ‘NOSI - No significant impact’ is not a valid selection.

Within-schema check: If (SWB/SurfaceWaterBody/swChemicalStatusValue is ‘3’ or SWB/SurfaceWaterBody/swChemicalStatusExpectedGoodIn2015=No),, at least one significant impact type or the option ‘UNKN - Unknown impact type’ must be selected from the enumeration list. The option ‘NOSI - No significant impact’ is not a valid selection.
LU - Luxembourg1 (invited by kristpet (disabled)) 18 Apr 2019 14:34:57

In order to make the list of impact types more readable, an option could be to delete the abbreviations and only keep the description of the impact type.
BE (invited by kristpet (disabled)) 03 May 2019 15:40:53

BE supports ES, LU and RO

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