Register of Private Water Supplies in Northern Ireland as of July 2020

A spatial register of private water supplies for human consumption not provided by the public utility in Northern Ireland. The dataset, created by the Drinking Water Inspectorate on 6th July 2020, represents supplies to public, commercial, or multiple private dwellings using 100m by 100m square polygons. It includes supplies that were monitored both currently and historically at the time of its creation.

Use Cases

• Mapping the distribution of private water supplies based on the spatial polygon layer.
• Analyzing compliance and monitoring coverage for public health regulations based on the registered supply data.
• Identifying areas reliant on non-public water sources for risk assessment based on the supply locations.

Strengths

• Dataset creation date is explicitly stated as 6th July 2020.
• Spatial representation uses a defined 100m by 100m square grid.
• Includes both current and historically monitored supplies as of the dataset's creation.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset was superseded on 7th October 2020, indicating it is not the latest version.

Provenance

Source

Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), Northern Ireland

Collection Method

Compiled as a statutory register under The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 6th July 2020, includes historical records.

Freshness

Dataset is static and was superseded in October 2020; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland