Register of Private Water Supplies in Northern Ireland, April 2020

A spatial dataset from April 24, 2020, containing a register of private water supplies in Northern Ireland. It was created and is maintained by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) as required by the Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. The data represents supplies to public, commercial, or multiple private dwellings, visualized as 100m by 100m squares.

Use Cases

• Mapping the location of private water supplies based on the spatial polygon layer.
• Monitoring regulatory compliance for water supplies to public or commercial premises as described.
• Analyzing historical and current water supply coverage for risk assessment.
• Creating dashboards for public health oversight of drinking water sources.

Strengths

• Data is mandated by official regulations, suggesting a formal collection process.
• Includes both current and historically monitored supplies, providing temporal depth.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON) for interoperability.

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• The dataset was superseded on July 6, 2020, indicating it is not the current version.

Provenance

Source

Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), Northern Ireland

Collection Method

Register compiled as required by the Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.

Time Range

Data current as of April 24, 2020, includes historical records.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; the dataset was superseded in July 2020.

Geography

Northern Ireland