Register of Private Water Supplies in Northern Ireland, March 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 This specific version was created on 21st March 2019 and superseded on 5th June 2019.

Use Cases

• Mapping the locations of private water supplies based on the described spatial polygons.
• Monitoring regulatory compliance for supplies to public or commercial premises mentioned in the description.
• Assessing potential public health risks for supplies serving two or more private dwellings.
• Creating dashboards for water supply oversight as suggested by the description's analysis section.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly tied to a legal requirement (The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON).
• Dataset creation date is precisely stated (21st March 2019).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; the dataset was superseded in June 2019, indicating it is not current.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Register maintained by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) as required by regulation.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 21st March 2019.

Freshness

Dataset was superseded on 5th June 2019; last update is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland