20fd022a-7988-4227-aa9a-6514ba92ce39 English Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Officer +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland gis@epa.ie http://gis.epa.ie 2025-11-26T15:16:03.4909532Z COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) Nº 1205/2008 of INSPIRE Directive TG 2.0 EPSG:29902 (TM65 / Irish Grid)) EPSG:4258 (ETRS89 geographical coordinates) INSPIRE Water Framework Directive Lake Waterbodies INSPIRE WFD Lake Waters 2010-03-22 2022-11-18 2010-03-22 AM.IE.EPA.WFD_LakeWaterbodies EPA AM.WaterBodyForWFD EPA These are the lake waterbody polygons delineated in accordance with Guidance Document No. 9: Implementing the Geographical Information System Elements (GIS) of the Water Framework Directive (2003) and Guidance Document No. 22: Updated Guidance on Implementing the Geographical Information System (GIS) Elements of the EU Water policy (November 2008). Used in River Basin Management Planning as part of the Water Framework Directive. Environmental Protection Agency Data Manager +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland gis@epa.ie http://gis.epa.ie aaa Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 Lakes (Water Framework Directive) INSPIRE priority data set 2018-04-04 National Spatial scope 2019-05-22 lake administrative boundary General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus - Concepts, version 4.1.3 GEMET 2019-01-28 lake waterbody wfd hydrography water quality monitoring surface water Environmental Protection Agency EPA 2014-06-23 Ireland High Value Dataset HVD Category: Environmental Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units INSPIRE Environmental Protection Agency gis@epa.ie no limitations to public access no conditions to access and use CC BY 4.0 This layer is published under the terms of the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). [ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ] 50000 English -10.47472 -6.01306 51.44555 55.37999 gml+xml 3.2 D2.8.III.11 Data Specification on Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units – Technical Guidelines Environmental Protection Agency Data Manager +353-53-9160600 +353-53-9160601 PO Box 3000 Johnstown Castle Estate Wexford Co. Wexford Ireland gis@epa.ie http://gis.epa.ie https://www.inspire.gov.ie/geoserver/inspire_epa/wms?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC Web Map Service View Service DHLGH Ireland INSPIRE View Service WMS Access point https://epa-inspire-atom.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/atomEPA_INSPIRE_Ireland.xml ATOM Syndication Format Download Service DHLGH Ireland INSPIRE Download Service ATOM Access point 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 2014-12-31 This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services true Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata 2008-12-24 Conformant true In 2002-2003 polygon geometry from a cartographic source (Ordnance Survey Ireland vector Discovery Series water lines) was attributed with a unique code for each lake polygon and a lake name where a name was visible at 1:50,000. Some local names were also applied from the EPA monitoring program stations list. This Lake Segments layer was used as the base geometry for the Lake Waterbodies polygons. A "System B" typology was found to be the most appropriate basis on which to define lake types in Ireland; twelve types have been identified using the factors alkalinity (surrogate for Geology), depth and size. Biological data from 60 high status lakes across several types and River Basin Districts were used to test that the selected hydromorphological types, derived from these factors, can be discriminated on a biological basis. A thirteenth type was identified to include a number of lakes at altitude >300m. Latitude and longitude were not considered to be significant factors determining the flora and fauna of Irish lakes. The typology and risk assessment of Irish lakes for Article 5 included all lakes greater than 0.5 km² and lakes less than 0.5 km² if they were located in protected areas (e.g. in Special Areas of Conservation, or if they were used for water abstraction for drinking purposes). Spatial Accuracy: data mapped from a 1:50,000 scale source. Thematic AccurIn 2002-2003 polygon geometry from a cartographic source (Ordnance Survey Ireland vector Discovery Series water lines) was attributed with a unique code for each lake polygon and a lake name where a name was visible at 1:50,000. Some local names were also applied from the EPA monitoring program stations list. This Lake Segments layer was used as the base geometry for the Lake Waterbodies polygons. A ‘System B’ typology was found to be the most appropriate basis on which to define lake types in Ireland; twelve types have been identified using the factors alkalinity (surrogate for Geology), depth and size. Biological data from 60 high status lakes across several types and River Basin Districts were used to test that the selected hydromorphological types, derived from these factors, can be discriminated on a biological basis. A thirteenth type was identified to include a number of lakes at altitude >300m. Latitude and longitude were not considered to be significant factors determining the flora and fauna of Irish lakes. The typology and risk assessment of Irish lakes for Article 5 included all lakes greater than 0.5 km² and lakes less than 0.5 km² if they were located in protected areas (e.g. in Special Areas of Conservation, or if they were used for water abstraction for drinking purposes). Spatial Accuracy: data mapped from a 1:50,000 scale source. Thematic Accuracy: Lake Waterbody attributes are based on type criteria originating from the WFD System B typology. Altitude data came from a 20m resolution DTM. Alkalinity categories came from Geological Survey Ireland source data. Currency: Geometry from the 1:50,000 OS Discovery Series, published in 1998 Logical Consistency: The dataset meets the topological requirements set out in Guidance Document No. 22: Support for Reporting of RBMP, Guidance on reporting of spatial data. acy: Lake Waterbody attributes are based on type criteria originating from the WFD System B typology. Altitude data came from a 20m resolution DTM. Alkalinity categories came from Geological Survey Ireland source data. Currency: Geometry from the 1:50,000 OS Discovery Series, published in 1998 Logical Consistency: The dataset meets the topological requirements set out in Guidance Document No. 22: Support for Reporting of RBMP, Guidance on reporting of spatial data. The EPA must be notified if any errors or omissions are found. It is not permitted to distribute electronic copies of this data to any other party without the prior consent of the data holders (Environmental Protection Agency). The data source must be appropriately acknowledged.