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10 Developing a concept for an up to date information system for the European Urban Waste Water Directive (SIIF 1) EUROPE | The 28 EU member states (1) European Commission, Environment DG • Information systems • Sewage Defining and producing European documents explai- ning the concept of a structured framework for repor- ting information (SIIF) so that the 28 member states can use the tools developed. This way usefully making available reliable data on managing urban waste water in Europe can be achieved by all. Producing a complete set of documents covering the assessment of the current situation in all of the (then) 28 EU member states. A targeted survey of key stakeholders. Specifying and planning an IT support system for reporting. June 2020 Non-point-source pollution in aquatic environments - Nitrates originating from agriculture EUROPE | France OFB • Data management • Agriculture The Nitrates Directive aims to protect water from nitrate pollution from agricultural sources and France is legally required to meet its requirements. To do this, it needs reports based on reliable data. This project implements the mechanism, from the collection to the release of the processed data. Data collection Usage (analysis and comparison) Extracting value (data summaries) from the data on the protection of water from pollution from nitrates originating in agriculture May 2012 SIIF-UWWTD: An open source tool for accelerating the availability of waste water data by European nations EUROPE | European Union (3) European Commission • Sewage • Information systems SIIF-UWWTD (Structured Implementation and Infor- mation Framework - Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive) is a system that integrates and structures all of the reporting data on urban waste water at the European level. It allows checking compliance with UWWTD while offering decision makers and the general public, accurate and analysed data on the sector. Producing a generic website using open source technologies for: loading data sets from every member country, running calculations, viewing results and easily making them accessible to any audience. December 2012 http://uwwtd.oieau.fr/content/about-uwwtd-siif RICARDO Sludge - Provision of services in waste water and the circular economy EUROPE | Territory covered by the European Environment Agency (32 member countries) (2) European Environment Agency • Treating sewage sludge • Circular economy From wide ranging searches for bibliographies and feedback, RICARDO Sludge analyses the way that sewage sludge could be managed in a circular eco- nomy and what changes in practices are needed to guarantee environmental and sanitary innocuous- ness. Searching for references in the recycling and the elimination of sewage sludge in Europe. Developing a substantiated argumentation for a change in practices. Proposing alternatives or improvements. July 2020 (1) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. (2) Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Polynesia, New Caledonia and Reunion), Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hun- gary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom. (3) Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including Martinique and French Guyana), Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Nether- lands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.