Register of Private Water Supplies in Northern Ireland (March 2021)

A spatial dataset of private water supplies in Northern Ireland registered for human consumption. The data, created on 30th March 2021, is represented as 100m by 100m polygons randomly placed around supply locations and includes both current and historical monitoring records. It is maintained by the Drinking Water Inspectorate under the Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.

Use Cases

• Map the distribution of private water supplies based on the provided polygon layer.
• Monitor compliance with water safety regulations based on the register of supplies.
• Analyze historical trends in water supply monitoring based on the inclusion of past records.
• Integrate supply locations into environmental dashboards for visualisation as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly geospatial, provided as a polygon layer.
• Includes both currently and historically monitored supplies, offering temporal context.
• Created under a specific regulatory framework (The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017).

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• The dataset was superseded on 29th June 2021, indicating it is not the current version.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 30th March 2021, includes historical records.

Freshness

Data snapshot from 30th March 2021; superseded on 29th June 2021.

Geography

Northern Ireland.