Integration of Scientific Knowledge on Water Resources in Luxembourg in View of the Formulation of a Sustainable Water Management Policy - INEAU
Institution
CRP Gabriel Lippmann ,
CRP Henri Tudor
Du : 01/01/2006
Au : 31/12/2007
Budget : 188 084,00€
Contact(s) :
Hoffmann Lucien
,
Schosseler Paul
Summary
Since the launch of the programmes EAU and SECAL, a number of results concerning the water resources of Luxembourg have accumulated in projects funded by the FNR. The overall objective of the INEAU project is to integrate the knowledge gained on different aspects of the water cycle in Luxembourg through the FNR research projects. The objectives thus include:
- Compilation of existing knowledge, data and concepts in a central database;
- The publication of a synthesis document integrating the gained scientific knowledge as a decision support document for policy-makers in view of the development of a sustainable water management plan;
- The setting up of an interactive internet website as a communication tool to the general public for the demonstration of decision-support tools developed during the projects.
A main goal of the INEAU project is to develop a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) which is based on a flexible and open database system to store and make spatio-temporal data of various FNR projects available via a central system. Therefore, local databases of the project partners have to be organised, linked and transferred to the central SDI which will be located at the Water Agency's server hardware.
This spatial data infrastructure prototype has been developed successfully. A data base system has been set up based on PostgreSQl and its spatial extension PostGIS. This data base system provides the central data base which will store all relevant data provided from the research projects in the water sector. In order to access these data various clients are available which are linked via protocols such as WMS/WFS as well as direct TCP connections to the data base. Currently implemented clients are a Web Interface, GIS light versions, such as uDIG, QGIS and ArcView as well as advanced and expert GIS such as GRASS and ArcGIS. A main data base was set up which can be linked to further data bases, such as WaterGIS, the OPTISTEP MySQL database and database built up in different FNR projects in the EAU programme. Within this data base several schemas can be set up which allow to fine tune the access rights for each user. To administrate the PostgreSQL/PostGIS a relational database management system is used in order to secure flexibility and cross platform independency.
Furthermore, a final conference of the EAU programme was organized. During this conference the main results of the different projects were presented as well as the spatial data infrastructure developed during the INEAU project was demonstrated. A roundtable with relevant Luxembourgish stakeholders allowed to have a feedback from the policy-makers on the results obtained in the different projects. These discussions are being synthesized to be included in a final brochure.
Collaborations:
Water Management Administration, ALUSEAU