Register of Private Water Supplies in Northern Ireland, 2019

A spatial dataset of 100m by 100m squares randomly placed around registered private water supplies in Northern Ireland. The Drinking Water Inspectorate maintains this register under the Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. This dataset was created on 5th June 2019 and superseded on 28th August 2019.

Use Cases

• Map the distribution of private water supplies based on the provided geospatial polygons.
• Monitor regulatory compliance for supplies to public or commercial premises based on the registration requirement.
• Analyze historical and current monitoring coverage for private water supplies based on the inclusion of both active and historical records.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly created for regulatory compliance under the Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.
• Includes both currently monitored and historically monitored private water supplies.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, ESRI SHAPE, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The spatial representation uses 100m squares randomly placed around supplies, not precise point locations.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, likely via the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI).

Collection Method

Register compiled as required by regulation.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 5th June 2019.

Freshness

Dataset snapshot from 2019; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland.