EMODnet Human Activities, Desalination, Plants
Short description
The database on Desalination plants in the EU was created in 2021 by Cogea srl for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the harmonization of a dataset provided by GWI DesalData. The dataset provides spatial information (point) on the centroid of the municipality where a given plant is located. It is available for viewing and download on EMODnet - Human Activities web portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities) and will be updated every year. The dataset covers the following countries: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine. Where available, each point has the following attributes: site code (ID), Location Name, Country, Position Source, Commune Name, NUTS code (NUTS 3 ID), Latitude, Longitude. A relational table provides further information for each desalination plant where data are available: Location Type, Project, Capacity (m3/d), Size, Units, Unit Size (m3/d), Technology, Feedwater, Plant Type, Award Date, Online Date, Plant Status, Customer Type, Industry Type, Customer, Holding Company, Plant Owner. More plant-specific information is available in the original dataset.
Point of contact
Cogea srl
fmarolla@cogea.it
Resource constraints
Re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the sources (both EMODnet - Human Activities, and primary sources) are acknowledged. EMODnet - Human Activities accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website.
Spatial extent
['-151.75', '165.62', '-21.44', '74.99']
Type
dataset
Metadata information
Identifier
Keywords
Desalination plant ; GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1, 1 Jun 2021 ;

building ; GEMET - Themes, version 4.2.1, 1 Jun 2021 ;

food, drinking water ; GEMET - Themes, version 4.2.1, 1 Jun 2021 ;

industry ; GEMET - Themes, version 4.2.1, 1 Jun 2021 ;

water ; GEMET - Themes, version 4.2.1, 1 Jun 2021 ;

Resource provider(s)
Cogea srl
lfalco@cogea.it

GWI DesalData
nrumpaisum@globalwaterintel.com

Eurostat - GISCO
ESTAT-INSTITUTIONAL-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu

ESRI

GeoNames
info@geonames.org

Lineage
The EMODnet dataset on Desalination plants in the EU is based on an existing dataset provided by GWI DesalData. The geographic coordinates of plant locations provided by the GWI dataset were subjected to quality control. Coordinates were deemed correct when: (i) the original location name matched the name of the municipality polygon that contained the point, polygons being provided by an official provider (i.e., GISCO); (ii) the original location was confirmed to lie within a GISCO polygon. In such cases, we georeferenced the location to the centroid of the GISCO polygon that contained the original point. When a point fell outside the GISCO limits, we either assigned coordinates from a different source (i.e., ESRI) or kept the GWI DESALDATA coordinates (e.g., offshore plants). When the coordinates appeared incorrect, we georeferenced the location to the country capital. If the point was located on an island, we georeferenced the location to the county seat. Sarajevo was assigned coordinates provided by a different source (i.e., GeoNames). Plant-specific information was related to each location point by a one-to-many type of relationship and summarized by a relational table.