Water Framework Directive River Basin Districts

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a key initiative aimed at improving water quality throughout the EU. It applies to rivers, lakes, groundwater, and coastal waters. The Directive requires an integrated approach to managing water quality on a river basin basis; with the aim of maintaining and improving water quality. The Directive requires that management plans be prepared on a river basin basis and specifies a structured approach to developing those plans.



Cycle 2 identified six RBDs on the island of Ireland. Two of these are shared with Northern Ireland (Neagh Bann and North Western), one is wholly within the state (Ireland) and three are wholly within Northern Ireland (Neagh Bann NI, North East NI and North Western NI).



Cycle 1 identified eight river basin districts (RBDs) on the island of Ireland for the purpose of implementing the Directive. Three of these were shared with Northern Ireland (Shannon, Neagh Bann and North Western), four RBDs were wholly within the state (Eastern, South Eastern, South Western and Western) and one was wholly within Northern Ireland (North Eastern).



Development of the river basin management plans has involved a coordinated effort across a wide range of organisations, including a high level of coordination with the authorities in Northern Ireland in relation to the cross-border RBDs. A key requirement of the Directive is public participation and a number of major public consultations have contributed towards development of the plans.

Simple

Alternate title

RBD
Date (Creation)
2003-01-31T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2003-01-31T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2018-06-11T00:00:00
Citation identifier
HY.IE.EPA.RiverBasinDistrict
Purpose

River 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

Water Framework Directive

gis@epa.ie

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • water

  • administration

  • river

  • river basin development

GemetInspireTheme

  • Hydrography

INSPIRE glossary

  • river basin district

  • rivers

  • water quality

  • river management units

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
  • Boundaries
N
S
E
W
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Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
1014

Vertical CS

No information provided.

Vertical datum

Supplemental Information

Data provided for Ireland's Marine Atlas.
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4936

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

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

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

Download data

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

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

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:WFD_RIVERBASINDISTRICT&styles=&bbox=13665.080089252442,14379.069779103622,370366.58186145686,461820.99941181764&width=612&height=768&srs=EPSG:29902&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)
2011-06-15
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

Current river basin district boundaries for cycle 2, updated June 2018.

Metadata

File identifier
b68a4432-3888-4955-9e88-ed85e40a9528 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2018-06-15T10:33:21Z
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

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

administration river river basin development water
GemetInspireTheme

Hydrography
INSPIRE glossary

river basin district river management units rivers water quality


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