Observation analysis tool for the FREEWAT GIS environment for water resources management

The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/CE (WFD) requirement for increased monitoring activities on water quantity and quality led to an increased collection and availability of data. Often the exploitation of the data up to now does not reflect information available within the data, which is frequently analysed with simple algorithms that do not provide insight into the dynamic systems (Rossetto et al. 2015). An increased exploitation of information provided by the data would allow implementation of the directives in more efficient water management. In the same paper (Rossetto et al. 2015) it was also suggested that decisions on water management and planning, that take into account the possibilities offered by state of theart ICT, should move beyond the geographically lumped, 20 year average water budget management approaches to consider the fine spatial and temporal variability of hydrological systems and variables.