Open consultation Consultation on the Bathing Waters Policy Review for Northern Ireland

Summary

The Department is seeking views on the Bathing Waters Policy Review for Northern Ireland. We are using the Citizen Space platform to collate responses.

Documents

• Bathing Waters Policy Review for Northern Ireland Consultation Adobe PDF (1 MB)
• Bathing Waters Policy Review for Northern Ireland Consultation (Easy read version) Adobe PDF (2 MB)
• Identify a New Bathing Water Application Form Microsoft Word (48 KB)
• Bathing Waters Review Workshop Factual Report Adobe PDF (2 MB)
• Draft Equality Impact Assessment Screening Adobe PDF (667 KB)
• Draft Rural Needs Impact Assessment Screening Adobe PDF (286 KB)

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Consultation description

The Bathing Waters Policy Review for Northern Ireland consultation document seeks views on eight policy proposals:

1. How information is communicated to bathing water users
2. Length of the bathing season
3. A risk-based approach to bathing water monitoring
4. Criteria for identification of bathing waters
5. Monitoring of candidate sites
6. Removal of automatic de-identification
7. Ensuring monitored locations match usage
8. Other stakeholder recommendations
    

Additionally, the consultation includes an application for proposed new bathing water sites by completing the Identify a New Bathing Water Application Form above.

This is a public consultation, open to all who may have an interest and who wish to be part of improving the Bathing Waters Policy for Northern Ireland. It is hoped that many will take an interest in this consultation and provide feedback. All views are welcomed by the Department.

If you are unable to respond to the online survey, please contact the team by email on waterpolicy@daera-ni.gov.uk.