Register of Private Water Supplies in Northern Ireland (August 2018)

A spatial dataset of private water supplies in Northern Ireland registered under the 2017 regulations. The layer consists of 100m by 100m squares randomly placed around each monitored supply point. The dataset was created by the Drinking Water Inspectorate on 9th August 2018 and was superseded in March 2019.

Use Cases

• Map the locations of registered private water supplies based on the spatial polygon layer.
• Analyze the distribution of private water supplies for public or commercial premises.
• Support regulatory oversight and monitoring dashboards for the Drinking Water Inspectorate.
• Visualize water supply coverage for areas not served by the main water utility.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly tied to a legal register required by the Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.
• Spatial representation uses a standardized 100m by 100m square grid for each supply.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Only includes sites being monitored by the Drinking Water Inspectorate at the time of dataset creation in August 2018.
• Dataset was superseded on 21st March 2019, indicating it is not the current version.
• Row count and specific column-level documentation are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), Northern Ireland.

Collection Method

Created from the statutory register of private water supplies required by law.

Time Range

Data reflects the register as of 9th August 2018.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; dataset was superseded in March 2019.

Geography

Northern Ireland.