Alternate title

Nutrient Sensitive Rivers

Date (Creation)

2010-01-19T00:00:00

Date (Publication)

2005-01-01T00:00:00

Date (Revision)

2015-01-12T00:00:00

Citation identifier

PS.IE.EPA.WFD_RPA_NSA_Polylines

Purpose

Identification and protection of WFD Nutrient Sensitive Rivers for the EU Water Framework Directive.

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

• Protected sites

GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1

• nutrient

• ecological parameter

• conservation

Environmental Protection Agency

• water-body

• protected site

• Habitats and biotopes

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

• Inland waters

Begin date

2005-01-01T00:00:00

End date

2015-01-26T00:00:00

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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
image/png	http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=EPA:WFD_RPA_NSA_POLYLINE&styles=&bbox=114570.13300000038,97859.25870000012,312226.44739999995,338911.4791000001&width=629&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng	WMS GetMap

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

The nutrient sensitive areas included within the Register are those waters listed in the Urban Waste

Water Treatment (UWWT) Directive 91/271/EEC and Regulations S.I. No. 208/1999, S.I. 254/2001,

S.I. 440/2004 and S.I. 48/2010. The waterbody containing the sensitive area is used to represent the

nutrient sensitive area. A Nitrates Action Programme was prepared in accordance with Article 5 of the

Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC) and was applied to the whole territory of the State. Consequently no NVZs

were designated and a polygon showing the whole of the Republic of Ireland

is supplied for reporting purposes. Spatial Accuracy: all protected water bodies are extracted from

the existing WFD water body layers: spatial accurracy of each of the water body types (river, lake or transitional water)

is described in the metadata for that layer. Thematic Accuracy: The name of each protected area is as per the relevant

legislation. Protected area codes are unique incremental numbers. Currency: New Urban Waste Water Regulations were

created in early 2010, but this was past the deadline for creation of RBMPs. New sensitive areas designated in this

legislation have been added to the national register of protected areas but are not reported as they were not

designated at the time of RBMP creation Logical Consistency. The dataset meets the topological requirements set

out in Guidance Document number 22, Support for Reporting of RBMP, Guidance on reporting of spatial data. Article 10

of the Directive obliges Member States to report every 4 years to the European Commission on the implementation of

the Directive in their country.

Metadata

File identifier

5269c9ab-aa08-47be-be80-1bd6e0274f33 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2017-12-04T10:26:00Z

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