Publications

The Closure Report for the Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy 2013, finds the vast majority of the actions and targets of the 2013 Strategy have been achieved or significant improvements have occurred over the lifetime of the Strategy.

Lower Foyle Catchment Stakeholder Group Meeting 22 November 2011

Lower Foyle Catchment Stakeholder Group Meeting 22 October 2013 minutes and presentations.

Information about the need for and implementation of sustainable stormwater management in Northern Ireland.

Belfast Lough and Lagan Catchment Stakeholder Group Meeting 22 May 2013 minutes and presentations

Our rivers, lakes, estuaries, seas and groundwater provide water to sustain many of our core social and economic activities, and also provide drinking water for our population.

Our rivers, lakes, estuaries, seas and groundwater provide water to sustain many of our core social and economic activities, and also provide drinking water for our population.

Our rivers, lakes, estuaries, seas and groundwater provide water to sustain many of our core social and economic activities, and also provide drinking water for our population.

Our rivers, lakes, estuaries, seas and groundwater provide water to sustain many of our core social and economic activities, and also provide drinking water for our population.

Northern Ireland Water Management Facts and Figures 2014

Draft River Basin Management Plans – Programme of Measures: Waste and Contaminated Land Diffuse

Statistics on the state of the water environment are published annually in the Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report. Water Framework Directive data is not updated each year due to the timescales of the monitoring.

This is the October 2015 report on the state of the water environment. In order to finalise the Second Cycle River Basin Management plans under the Water Framework Directive (WFD), these statistics have been updated using latest available data to the end of 2014.

Eutrophication is considered to be a key issue for water quality in Northern Ireland, particularly in relation to freshwaters. The Department of the Environment is committed to a cross-sectoral approach, taking action across all sectors contributing to the problem.

Northern Ireland Water Framework Directive Statistics Report - December 2014

Statistics on the state of the water environment are published annually in the Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report. WFD data is not updated each year due to the timescales of the monitoring.

Managing stormwater - a strategy for promoting the use of sustainable drainage systems within Northern Ireland - September 2011.

Designation of Inner Dundrum Bay as a Sensitive Area under Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 - legal notice and map of area

Statistics on the state of the water environment are published annually in the Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report. WFD data is not updated each year due to the timescales of the monitoring.

Statistics on the state of the water environment are published annually in the Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report. WFD data is not updated each year due to the timescales of the monitoring.