Information Requests
This page has been designed to allow easier access to water related information requested by consultants when carrying out environmental assessments. It contains a link to the NIEA Water Information Request Viewer and links to associated documents.
The web viewer provides surface water quality, abstraction, industrial and domestic consents, pollution incidents, groundwater authorisation and groundwater information, which are the main types of data requested.
For information relating to private water supplies, contact Drinking Water Inspectorate dwi@daera-ni.gov.uk
For Northern Ireland Water (NIW) - discharges and public water supplies, contact NIW directly waterline@niwater.com
For information relating to Domestic Consents, the Public Register is now available to search for consent details online - Domestic Consent Public Register | daera-ni.gov.uk
Information relating to groundwater aquifer classification, superficial aquifers and groundwater vulnerability is available online directly from the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland’s (GSNI) GeoIndex website. Please refer to the Regional Groundwater Aquifer and Vulnerability Classification Guidance for further information.
2021 WFD classification of water quality has been undertaken, details of which are available at NI Water Framework Directive Statistics | daera-ni.gov.uk
NIEA Water Information Request Viewer
| Dataset Name | Details | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Pollution Incidents | Number pollution incidents within 1 km grid square Jan 2011 – December 2021. The table provides information relating to pollution severity, source and year the incident occurred. | March 2022 |
| Ecological River Status 2021 | River Water Bodies, including 2021 ecology status as reported for River Basin Plans | December 2021 |
| Combined Ecology and All Chemistry Status | River Water Bodies, including 2021 combined ecology and all chemistry status as reported for River Basin Plans | December 2021 |
| Abstraction Licensing | Water Abstraction License Locations excluding public water supplies | September 2021 |
| River Monitoring Sites | NI river monitoring sites used for classification of river water bodies in 2015, 2018 and 2021 | February 2021 |
| WFD Lakes and Coastal Status 2018 | Lake and Coastal Water Bodies, including 2018 status as reported for River Basin Plans | December 2018 |
| WFD River Status 2018 | River Water Bodies, including 2018 status as reported for River Basin Plans | December 2018 |
| Groundwater Monitoring Sites | Groundwater Monitoring Sites within 1km square. The table contains site codes. If a square falls within the required search radius contact water info for results. | June 2018 |
| Industrial Consents Stations (Trade) | Stations relating to a currently active or revoked Industrial Consent. The dataset does not contain stations relating to Domestic Consents. | September 2022 |
| Industrial Consents Legacy Data | Primarily Domestic Consented Discharges 2012 – April 2017. Industrial Consent discharges now superseded by the updated dataset ‘Industrial Consents Stations (Trade)'. | June 2018 |
| River Water Bodies | River Water Body Outline | December 2015 |
| Transitional Water Bodies | Transitional Water Bodies including 2015 status as reported for River Basin Plans. | December 2015 |
| Coastal Water Bodies | Coastal Water Bodies, including 2015 status as reported for River Basin Plans | December 2015 |
| Lake Water Bodies | Lake Water Bodies, including 2015 status as reported for River Basin Plans | December 2015 |
| River Segments | River Segments, including 2015 status as reported for River Basin Plans | December 2015 |
Further Information
Water Management publishes a growing number of water-related datasets on the Open Data NI website. Data are downloadable and available in a variety of formats.
Some layers displayed on the mapper are available on the WMU Spatial Datasets page, which can be downloaded and used within your own project. Follow the guidance on the web page.
A full description of WFD classification for freshwaters, including chemical standards and with references to supporting documents, can be found on the UK TAG Water Framework Directive site.
The River Basin Management page gives details of WFD progression in Northern Ireland.
The Environmental Change Network includes sites for Northern Ireland, and long term data sets can be accessed via their website.
If you require any additional freshwater, groundwater or marine-related data, contact us at WaterInfo@daera-ni.gov.uk.