Northern Ireland Water Quality Non-Financial Measures for 2020 and 2021

2020 and 2021 data from the Northern Ireland Water Annual Information Return, specifically Table 9 on Non-Financial Measures for Water Quality. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service under the UK Open Government Licence and is available in ODS format.

Use Cases

• Track annual water quality performance metrics based on the non-financial measures described.
• Benchmark water service provider outcomes against regulatory standards.
• Analyze trends in environmental compliance data reported by a public utility.

Strengths

• Data covers two consecutive years (2020 and 2021), allowing for year-on-year comparison.
• Published under the Open Government Licence, which permits broad reuse.
• Sourced from an official government information return, providing authoritative metrics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely reported as part of a statutory annual information return by NI Water.

Time Range

2020 to 2021

Freshness

Data covers 2020-2021; last platform update date is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland