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 as required by the Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. This dataset was created on 28 August 2019 and was superseded on 31 December 2019.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the spatial distribution of private water supplies based on the described polygon layer.
• Monitoring compliance with water quality regulations for supplies to public or commercial premises.
• Analyzing historical and current water supply monitoring data for risk assessment.
• Creating dashboards for environmental health oversight based on the described spatial data.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly geospatial, provided as polygons in multiple standard formats (KML, GeoJSON, ESRI SHAPE).
• Includes both currently and historically monitored private water supplies, offering a temporal dimension.
• Created for a specific regulatory purpose (The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017), implying a formal collection process.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset was superseded in 2019; freshness and ongoing updates are unverified.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Register compiled as required by regulation; spatial squares randomly placed around registered supply points.

Time Range

Data reflects the register's state as of 28 August 2019.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; dataset was superseded on 31 December 2019.

Geography

Northern Ireland.