Groundwater Domestic Waste Water Pressures

Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need to be addressed in order to improve water quality. Many of our waterbodies have multiple significant pressures. A robust scientific assessment process has been carried out to determine which pressures are the significant pressures. This has incorporated over 140 datasets, a suite of modelling tools, and local knowledge from field and enforcement staff from the Local Authorities, Inland Fisheries Ireland and EPA. Impacts from domestic waste water include nutrient and organic pollution. This assessment synthesises over a decade of field studies on on-site systems in Ireland across many different soil types and combines factors relating to the efficiency of the septic tank systems with attenuation factors for the hydrogeological flow pathway.

Simple

Alternate title

WFD Groundwater Significant Pressures - Domestic Waste Water (2016-2021)
Date (Creation)
2015-02-01T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2017-11-20T00:00:00
Citation identifier
HY.IE.EPA.WFD.GWB_SignificantPressures_DWW
Purpose

Currently used to support the characterisation of waterbodies for the River Basin Management Planning. The identification of significant pressures is a key aspect of and a key dependency for the design of the Monitoring Programme and Programmes of Measures

Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

Water Framework Directive

gis@epa.ie

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GemetInspireTheme

  • Hydrography

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • pollutant pathway

  • pollution

  • environmental pressures

  • pressure

  • environmental impact

  • point source

  • risk

  • environmental risk

  • environment

  • catchment

  • water framework directive

  • environmental policy

  • domestic waste water

  • septic tank

  • anthropogenic factor

  • groundwater pollution

  • groundwater

  • groundwater quality

  • water

Environmental Protection Agency

  • source

  • pathway

  • receptor

  • impact

  • diffuse

  • point

  • pollution impact potential (PIP)

  • wfd

  • subcatchment

  • characterisation

  • investigative assessment

  • unknown

  • discharge

  • load

  • modelling

  • groundwater

ISO 3166

  • IE
Use limitation

no limitations
Use limitation

Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0
Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
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Begin date
2014-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2015-01-01T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
1014

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902

EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25

Distribution format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

10.x
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

Water Framework Directive

gis@epa.ie

Publisher
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download

Download Data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

image/png

 		https://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:WFD_GWB_Pressures_Atmospheric&styles=&bbox=-1.0,-1.0,0.0,0.0&width=768&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng

WMS GetMap
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/Water?easting=?&northing=?&lid=EPA:WFD_GWB_Pressures_DomesticWasteWater

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Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Hydrography
Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.1
Date (Publication)
2013-12-10
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
No
Statement

This is a GIS dataset bringing together the outcomes of extensive scientific assessments with internal and external stakeholders.

Metadata

File identifier
139e3a65-094c-41a7-8360-51fcd4b4f16c XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2020-08-11T12:43:57Z
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version

1.2
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

GIS Team

gis@edenireland.ie

Point of contact
 
 

Overviews

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

Environmental Protection Agency

characterisation diffuse discharge groundwater impact investigative assessment load modelling pathway point pollution impact potential (PIP) receptor source subcatchment unknown wfd
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

anthropogenic factor catchment domestic waste water environment environmental impact environmental policy environmental pressures environmental risk groundwater groundwater pollution groundwater quality point source pollutant pathway pollution pressure risk septic tank water water framework directive
GemetInspireTheme

Hydrography


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