A 2016 submission of Northern Ireland's surface water bodies for Water Framework Directive reporting. The dataset includes rivers, lakes, and coastal and transitional waters, along with their overall 2015 status from the 2nd cycle River Basin Plans. It was published by OpenDataNI under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.
Use Cases
- Assess water body status based on the 2015 overall classification
- Map the distribution of surface water types (rivers, lakes, coastal, transitional)
- Support regulatory reporting and planning for the Water Framework Directive
- Analyze spatial patterns of water quality across Northern Ireland
Strengths
- Includes official 2015 water body status classifications from the 2nd cycle River Basin Plans
- Covers multiple surface water types: rivers, lakes, and coastal and transitional waters
- Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data freshness should be verified; the last metadata update is 2026-07-08
Provenance
- Source
- OpenDataNI
- Collection Method
- Submitted as part of Water Framework Directive (WFD) reporting
- Time Range
- 2015 status reported in 2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:42.565704
- Geography
- Northern Ireland