---
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification
  - feature-extraction
tags:
  - environment
  - rivers
  - pollution
  - geospatial
  - europe
size_categories:
  - 100K<n<1M
---

# EEA Industrial Emissions - River Proximity Dataset

This dataset links **160,576 industrial facilities** from the European Environment Agency (EEA) to nearby rivers, with **upstream/downstream flow analysis** based on HydroRIVERS network data.

## Why This Dataset?

Industrial facilities that discharge pollutants into water bodies affect downstream ecosystems and communities. This dataset enables:

- **Impact assessment**: Which communities/ecosystems are downstream of polluting facilities?
- **Source tracing**: Where does a facility's water supply come from?
- **Regulatory analysis**: Mapping industrial emissions to affected river networks
- **Environmental research**: Studying relationships between industry and water quality

## How It Works

```
         ┌─────────────┐
         │  UPSTREAM   │  ← Source water (green)
         │  (5 parts)  │     flowing TOWARD facility
         └──────┬──────┘
                │
         ───────●─────── ← Split point (closest to facility)
                │
         ┌──────┴──────┐
         │  FACILITY   │  ← Industrial facility (orange)
         │   (211m)    │     within 1km of river
         └─────────────┘
                │
         ┌──────┴──────┐
         │ DOWNSTREAM  │  → Affected water (red)
         │  (4 parts)  │     flowing AWAY from facility
         └─────────────┘
```

For each facility:
1. Find the closest river segment within 1km
2. Split the river at the closest point
3. Trace **upstream** 10km (source water)
4. Trace **downstream** 10km (potentially affected)
5. Clip water surface polygons to match

## Dataset Files

### `river_data_facilities.geoparquet` (2.6 GB)

Main dataset with 160,576 facilities matched to rivers.

| Column | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| `facilityName` | string | Name of industrial facility |
| `city` | string | City location |
| `countryName` | string | Country |
| `EPRTR_SectorCode` | int | Industry sector code (1-9) |
| `EPRTR_SectorName` | string | Industry sector name |
| `Pollutant` | string | Pollutant released to water |
| `Releases` | float | Amount released |
| `closest_river_id` | int | HydroRIVERS segment ID |
| `distance_to_river_m` | float | Distance to river (meters) |
| `river_strahler` | int | Strahler stream order (1-9) |
| `river_discharge` | float | Average discharge (m³/s) |
| `upstream_segment_ids` | list[int] | Upstream HydroRIVERS IDs |
| `downstream_segment_ids` | list[int] | Downstream HydroRIVERS IDs |
| `n_upstream` | int | Number of upstream parts |
| `n_downstream` | int | Number of downstream parts |
| `upstream_line_wkb` | bytes | Upstream river geometry (WKB) |
| `downstream_line_wkb` | bytes | Downstream river geometry (WKB) |
| `upstream_poly_wkb` | bytes | Upstream water surface (WKB) |
| `downstream_poly_wkb` | bytes | Downstream water surface (WKB) |
| `geometry` | Point | Facility location (WGS84) |
| `closest_river_overlap_fraction` | float | Fraction (0–1) of the closest HydroRIVERS segment's length that falls inside an EU-Hydro `River_Net_p` polygon (± 30 m buffer) |
| `closest_river_is_sentinel_visible` | bool | True if `closest_river_overlap_fraction ≥ 0.30` — the closest river segment is wide enough to be detectable in Sentinel-2 |
| `n_upstream_sentinel_visible` | int | Number of upstream segments that meet the Sentinel-visibility threshold |
| `n_downstream_sentinel_visible` | int | Number of downstream segments that meet the Sentinel-visibility threshold |
| `has_sentinel_visible_river` | bool | **Summary flag** — True if any of the closest, upstream, or downstream segments is Sentinel-visible; use this column to filter facilities to those where Sentinel-2 water-quality retrieval is feasible |

### `river_data_segments.geoparquet` (1.7 MB)

River segments with direction labels (28,434 entries).

| Column | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| `HYRIV_ID` | int | HydroRIVERS segment ID |
| `direction` | string | "upstream" or "downstream" |
| `ORD_STRA` | int | Strahler stream order |
| `DIS_AV_CMS` | float | Average discharge (m³/s) |
| `LENGTH_KM` | float | Segment length (km) |
| `geometry` | LineString | River segment geometry |

## Usage

### Load the dataset

```python
import geopandas as gpd
from shapely import wkb

# Load facilities
facilities = gpd.read_parquet("river_data_facilities.geoparquet")
print(f"Loaded {len(facilities):,} facilities")

# Example: Find facilities in Germany
german = facilities[facilities['countryName'] == 'Germany']
print(f"Germany has {len(german):,} facilities near rivers")
```

### Extract river geometries

```python
# Get a specific facility
facility = facilities[facilities['facilityName'].str.contains('PRECHEZA')].iloc[0]

# Parse WKB geometries
upstream_line = wkb.loads(facility['upstream_line_wkb'])
downstream_line = wkb.loads(facility['downstream_line_wkb'])
upstream_poly = wkb.loads(facility['upstream_poly_wkb'])
downstream_poly = wkb.loads(facility['downstream_poly_wkb'])

print(f"Upstream: {facility['n_upstream']} segments")
print(f"Downstream: {facility['n_downstream']} segments")
```

### Visualize a facility

```python
python visualize_single_facility.py "PRECHEZA"
# Opens facility_map.html in browser
```

### Visualize multiple facilities

```python
python visualize_facilities_rivers.py
# Opens facilities_rivers_map.html with 200 sampled facilities
```

## Scripts

### `river_proximity.py`

Main pipeline that:
1. Loads EEA facilities, HydroRIVERS segments, and EU-Hydro polygons
2. Builds river network graph from NEXT_DOWN field
3. For each facility, finds closest river and splits at nearest point
4. Traces upstream (BFS) and downstream (linear) within distance limits
5. Clips water surface polygons to match river geometries
6. Outputs geoparquet files

### `visualize_single_facility.py`

Creates an interactive Folium map for a single facility showing:
- Green: upstream river and water surface
- Red: downstream river and water surface
- Orange marker: facility location

### `visualize_facilities_rivers.py`

Creates an overview map with sampled facilities and their river associations.

## Source Data

| Dataset | Source | Usage |
|---------|--------|-------|
| Industrial Facilities | [EEA E-PRTR](https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/industrial-reporting-under-the-industrial-6) | Facility locations & emissions |
| River Network | [HydroRIVERS v1.0](https://www.hydrosheds.org/products/hydrorivers) | River segments & flow direction |
| Water Polygons | [EU-Hydro](https://land.copernicus.eu/imagery-in-situ/eu-hydro) | Water surface geometry |

## Parameters

| Parameter | Value | Description |
|-----------|-------|-------------|
| `max_distance_m` | 1,000 | Max distance from facility to river |
| `upstream_distance_km` | 10 | How far to trace upstream |
| `downstream_distance_km` | 10 | How far to trace downstream |
| `polygon_buffer_m` | 600 | Buffer for polygon clipping |

## Statistics

- **Total facilities processed**: 254,027
- **Facilities near rivers**: 160,576 (63%)
- **Unique upstream segments**: 18,498
- **Unique downstream segments**: 9,936
- **Average upstream parts**: 7.1
- **Average downstream parts**: 3.7

### Sentinel visibility (EU-Hydro `River_Net_p` overlap ≥ 30 %)

| Strahler order | Facilities | % Sentinel-visible |
|---|---:|---:|
| 1 | 43,699 | 22.5 % |
| 2 | 28,113 | 20.5 % |
| 3 | 31,616 | 23.9 % |
| 4 | 24,961 | 42.5 % |
| 5 | 15,709 | 67.8 % |
| 6 |  8,128 | 86.5 % |
| 7 |  8,131 | 97.5 % |
| 8 |    219 | 100.0 % |

- **Facilities with `has_sentinel_visible_river = True`**: 59,568 / 160,576 (37.1 %)
- **Facilities where the *closest* reach is visible**: 23,507 / 160,576 (14.6 %)

Lower-order rates (~20–25 %) are driven by upstream/downstream propagation: a headwater facility may drain into a wider river within the 10 km trace window.

## License

CC-BY-4.0. See source datasets for their respective licenses.

## Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite the source datasets:
- Lehner, B., Grill G. (2013): Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems. Hydrological Processes, 27(15): 2171–2186.
- European Environment Agency (EEA) Industrial Emissions Database
- Copernicus EU-Hydro River Network Database