Rivers Ecology Monitoring Results

National surveys of Irish rivers have taken place on a continuous basis since 1971, when 2,900 km of river channel was surveyed. The National Rivers Monitoring Programme was replaced by the Water Framework Monitoring Programme from 22 December 2006. As part of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Monitoring Programme approximately one third of our major rivers and their more important tributaries are surveyed and assessed each year by EPA ecologists. A complete survey cycle is completed every three years. The sites are scored on a five point system developed by the EPA called the Biological Q rating system.

Simple

Alternate title

Biological Q monitoring records
Date (Creation)
1971-10-01T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2007-06-11T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2023-01-19T00:00:00
Citation identifier
EF.IE.EPA.MONQRecords
Purpose

Monitoring and water quality management for the EU Water Framework Directive.
Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Unit

gis@epa.ie

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually

GemetInspireTheme

  • Environmental monitoring facilities

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • water

  • biology

Environmental Protection Agency

  • rivers

  • biology

  • river ecology monitoring points

  • biological q

  • river monitoring

  • river ecology

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
1971-10-01T00:00:00
End date
2007-06-11T00:00:00

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

dbf

5.0
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

GIS Team

gis@epa.ie

Publisher
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

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

Download data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

application/json

 		http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=EPA:MON_Waterstations_MON_Qrecords_04_16&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=application%2Fjson&srsName=EPSG:4326

GeoJSON
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

image/png

 		http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:MON_Waterstations_MON_Qrecords_04_17&styles=&bbox=39447.49921105,33544.6393291072,331778.64663557283,456768.46913536923&width=530&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng

WMS GetMap
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Environmental monitoring facilities
Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
Date (Publication)
2013-10-12
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

The biological quality of Irelands rivers are surveyed by EPA Scientists every 3 years on a rolling monitoring program. Biological quality is rated on a five point scale known as the Q Value system. A value of 1 is poor, and a value of 5 is excellent. EPA scientists log their Q Value results and validate them every year. The QRecords table is a summary of the QValue results logged for each station and the year that the station was surveyed. Not all stations have results for each 3 year cycle. The results are added to the QRecords table daily, once the EPA Scientist validates them. Results appear on the EPA Maps (Envision) viewer 2 days after they are validated by EPA Biologists. The QRecords table on the EPA data download page is update less frequently.

Metadata

File identifier
1c17ba03-1b8b-4c01-9212-ca9be523eea2 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-01-19T14:40:28Z
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile
Metadata standard version

1.2
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Environmental Protection Agency

Data Analyst

gis@edenireland.ie

Point of contact
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Environmental Protection Agency

biological q biology river ecology river ecology monitoring points river monitoring rivers
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

biology water
GemetInspireTheme

Environmental monitoring facilities


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