WFD River Waterbody Approved Risk

This layer represents the risk for each waterbody of failing to meet their Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives by 2027. The risk of not meeting WFD objectives was determined by assessment of monitoring data, data on the pressures and data on the measures that have been implemented. Waterbodies that are At Risk are prioritised for implementation of measures. This assessment was completed in 2020 by the EPA Catchments Unit in conjunction with other public bodies and was primarily based on monitoring data up the end of 2018.



The three risk categories are:

• Waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their Water Framework Directive objectives. For these waterbodies an evidence-based process was undertaken to identify the significant pressures; once a pressure is designated as ‘significant’, measures and accompanying resources are needed to mitigate the impact(s) from this pressure. These At Risk waterbodies require not only implementation of the existing measures described in the various regulations, e.g. the Good Agricultural Practices Regulations, but also in many instances more targeted supplementary measures.

• Waterbodies that are categorised as Review either because additional information is needed to determine their status before resources and more targeted measures are initiated or the measures have been undertaken, e.g. a wastewater treatment plant upgrade, but the outcome hasn’t yet been measured/monitored.

• Waterbodies that are Not at Risk and therefore are meeting their Water Framework Directive objectives. These require maintenance of existing measures to protect the satisfactory status of the water bodies.

Simple

Alternate title

WFD RWB Approved Risk
Date (Creation)
2019-12-01T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2020-11-23T00:00:00
Citation identifier
HY.IE.EPA.RiverWaterbodyTierOneCharacterisationRiskCycle3
Purpose

Approved Risk assigned to WFD River Waterbody Features by Catchment scientists.
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

  • Hydrography

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • water

  • aquatic environment

  • environmental quality

  • water quality

  • water management

Environmental Protection Agency

  • River waterbody approved risk

  • RWB approved risk

  • river water approved risk

  • river waters

  • catchment

  • hydrography

  • clean waters

  • water quality monitoring

  • water status

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

Environmental Protection Agency

Water Framework Directive

gis@epa.ie

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

text/html

 		https://www.catchments.ie/

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:WFD_RWB_ApprovedRisk_Cycle3&styles=&bbox=31070.5521999998,23444.089199999347,334068.88989999983,459450.1916000005&width=533&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)
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

Each Water body is monitored by the EPA and assigned an approved risk.

Metadata

File identifier
e9b2fac6-e14f-46c3-ae48-59513f6e71cb XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2020-12-09T14:13:58Z
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

RWB approved risk River waterbody approved risk catchment clean waters hydrography river water approved risk river waters water quality monitoring water status
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

aquatic environment environmental quality water water management water quality
GemetInspireTheme

Hydrography


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