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Requirements of a Modern Hydrological Workbench Illustrated by the Integrated Data Management Information System WISKI and its Implementation at the Environment Agency of England and Wales
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2003
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Metropolis
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Due to the improvement water management practice and policies, e.g. the new European Water Framework Directive, the requirement for hydrological data in quantity and quality has increased in recent years on a worldwide level. Today, comprehensive developments in information technology form an ideal basis for building modern hydrological information systems.
The case study discusses the implementation and use of a hydrological information and management system at the Environment Agency of England and Wales. The implementation of the system has required the data migration of hydrological data measured at over 30,000 Stations and stored in over 140 databases throughout England and Wales to a single database. This allows and supports access for 300 concurrent Agency employees to manage the data to meet the objectives and vision of the Agency and supports data acquisition and provision to and from industry, environmental organisations, academia and individuals for management and improvement of the environment.
This paper describes the Hydrological, Meteorological, and Environmental Data Management Software Package WISKI and the implementation of it at the Environment Agency of England and Wales. The software combines the modern standards of data management with a highly sophisticated Windows based application, designed in cooperation with many European Water Agencies, authorities, engineers and hydrologists.
The system consists of a central database server for the storage and management of data, and a client application to allow users interact with the data. Data can be viewed and validated using powerful graphical and tabular interface tools, further analysis can be performed using either own or third party statistical and modeling packages. The results can be easily disseminated to other organisations concerned with the management of the environment on a wider level. Developments based on Internet technologies concern the use of thin clients to allow access to hydrological data through the Internet.