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Identifier	SampleDate
Short name	SampleDate
Dataset	WISE_BWD_2008
Table	Monitoring results
Reference URL	http://dd-test.01dev.eea.europa.eu/datasets/latest/BWQ_2006/tables/BWQD_2006_MonitoringResults/elements/SampleDate
Name	SampleDate
Definition	Date of sampling.
Methodology for obtaining data	This is a required, not null field. Format: YYYY-MM-DD (year-month -day); YYYY must be the same as attribute "Year_BW" Must be within bathing season (shortly before the start of the bathing season until last day). The monitoring calendar to be established for every bathing water before the start of the season is a pre-fixed plan to take samples. The distance between the dates in the monitoring calendar cannot be larger than one month with an acceptable delay of four more days (Article 3.4 of Directive 2006/7/EC). The four days of flexibility are not to be cumulated: an initial delay does not move the next sampling date. The monitoring calendar could be adapted to new circumstances, e.g. the enlargement (for any reason) of the season, extra samples collected out of monitoring calendar, short-term pollution events, abnormal situations. In case of the enlargement of the bathing season, new samples are needed if these new days amount up to more than one month from the last sample in the monitoring calendar. A practice of using a 10 day interval before the start of the bathing season has been endorsed for a pre-season sample. The validity of samples taken before the 10 days period will be accepted if the general interval between samples is satisfied. If bathing water is opened the whole year, a pre-season sample is not applicable. Up to two samples per sampling date can be taken in different points of a large bathing water with the aim of ensuring the representativity of the samples. The similar number of samples per day should be taken in all sample dates. Sample dates for the previous bathing seasons can be reported in order to assess a bathing water according to Annex II of the Directive. Existing samples should be reported for individual bathing waters also in a case that a bathing water belongs to a bathing water group. This means that in the table “Monitoring results of bathing waters” column “GroupID” should not be mixed with column “BathingWaterID” (BWID). If a representative sample is not taken at any of bathing water locations that belong to a group it should be reported for a representative bathing water location.
Datatype	date
Public or Internal	undefined
Responsible	Miroslav Fanta
Reporting obligation	[New Bathing] Bathing Water Directive - Monitoring and Classification of Bathing Waters