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Navigable Waters as defined in the Water Environment (Abstractions and associated Impoundments) Act 2022

Data set provided by Waterways Ireland which shows navigable waterways as defined in the Water Environment Act 2022.

Simple

Alternate title

Navigable Waters

Date (Creation)
2025-05-12T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2025-09-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
HY.IE.EPA.NavigableWaters
Purpose

To illustrate the extent of navigable waters as defined in the Abstractions Act which allow checks to be made to determine if a proposed or existing abstraction is within a navigable water/canal.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Waterways Ireland

Waterways Ireland

info@waterwaysireland.org

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GemetInspireTheme

  • Hydrography

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • Canal

  • Water Framework Directive

  • Hydrography

Environmental Protection Agency

  • Canal Waterbody

  • Canal WFD waterbody

  • Canal Waterbodies

  • Navigable Waters

  • River Waterbodies

  • RWB

  • River Waters

  • WFD

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
2010-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2012-01-01T00:00:00

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
1014

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Supplemental Information

See gis.epa.ie for full details on data resource

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

Enviromental Protection Agency

Water Framework Directive

gis@edenireland.ie

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

https://www.waterwaysireland.org/contact-us

Waterways Ireland Contact Page

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/default?easting=?&northing=?&lid=EPA:WATER_NavigableWaters

View 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%3AWATER_NavigableWaters&bbox=157466.7259999998%2C137755.38599999994%2C317897.7262000004%2C432415.6183000002&width=418&height=768&srs=EPSG%3A29902&styles=&format=image%2Fpng

WMS GetMap

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Hydrography

Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0

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

Data provided by Waterways Ireland

Metadata

File identifier
25d20fb4-3fbb-4222-b7b7-295b7888d218 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-09-02T09:17:20.999Z
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

overview
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Spatial extent

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Keywords

Environmental Protection Agency

Canal WFD waterbody Canal Waterbodies Canal Waterbody Navigable Waters RWB River Waterbodies River Waters WFD
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

Canal Hydrography Water Framework Directive
GemetInspireTheme

Hydrography


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