Water Framework Directive Groundwater Waterbodies - Cycle 2

The EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) establishes a framework for the protection, improvement and management of surface water and groundwater.

All Groundwater Waterbodies (GWB) are represented as polygons. They are validated by scientists in the Geological Survey of Ireland and the EPA Scientists as meeting the criteria for a WFD GWB.

If a groundwater is capable of serving 10m³/day of abstraction, or has other significance, it is designated as a groundwater waterbody.

Simple

Alternate title

WFD Groundwater Waterbodies
Date (Creation)
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2015-12-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
HY.IE.EPA.WFD.Groundwaterbodies
Purpose

To define the waterbodies to be designated and reported to the European Commission for WFD regulations.
Status
Completed
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

  • water

  • groundwater

  • groundwater protection

  • groundwater quality

  • administration

Environmental Protection Agency

  • groundwater

  • groundwater body

  • wfd

  • ground waterbodies

  • waterbody

  • hydrography

  • water quality

  • water quality monitoring

  • bedrock

  • soil

  • gravel

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

 		http://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_GROUNDWATERBODIESActive&styles=&bbox=20178.278199999593,16270.345599999651,334518.00069999974,459757.56159999967&width=544&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&format=image%2Fpng

WMS GetMap
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		http://gis.epa.ie/data/WFD_NewWaterbodies/AboutNewGroundWaterbodies_Jan2016.pdf

View Description
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

The EPA and Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) led a joint project to review the physical characteristics and produce updated groundwater waterbodies. The EPA instigated projects to assess and delineate groundwater waterbodies based on updated information about pressures and groundwater dependent wetlands in Ireland. The groundwater waterbody boundaries were updated based on this assessment.

Metadata

File identifier
87a9cce9-c37c-41ab-b50c-f8029d151550 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-07-14T11:43:14.545Z
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
 
 

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Keywords

Environmental Protection Agency

bedrock gravel ground waterbodies groundwater groundwater body hydrography soil water quality water quality monitoring waterbody wfd
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

administration groundwater groundwater protection groundwater quality water
GemetInspireTheme

Hydrography


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