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Reasons for status for the water bodies within the Upper Bann Local Management Area 2015
The yearly classifications are based on monitoring data up to the end of the previous year where available. Data more than 6 years old is not used for classifications. Elements were not classified in a...
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Reasons for status for the water bodies within the Upper Lough Erne local management area
The yearly classifications are based on monitoring data up to the end of the previous year where available. Data more than 6 years old is not used for classifications. Elements were not classified in a...
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DWI enforcement notices 2015
Enforcement notices issued during 2015 by the Drinking Water Inspectorate
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Controls to avoid damage to environmental and cultural features
You need to complete this form to let us know what impact your afforestation project might have on protected areas, scheduled monuments or other environmental and cultural features.
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Guidance for the wise use of water in the aggregates and quarry products industry
This guidance document assists in protecting the environment by informing the aggregates and quarry products industry of the environmental and commercial benefits that will be delivered through pollution prevention, environmental monitoring and the wise use...
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Groundwater Body Classification 2015
The European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) requires the status of groundwater management units (groundwater bodies) within each river basin to be determined as ‘good’ or ‘poor’. This document summarises the approach taken to determining...
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Groundwater Classification Methodology Drinking Water Protected Area 2015
All groundwater bodies in Northern Ireland were classified in 2014-2015 to establish whether they are at good or poor status utilising monitoring data from the past six years (2009 to 2014). Status is divided in...
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Groundwater Classification Methodology General Chemistry 2015
The General Quality test’s overall aim is to assess if the impact of groundwater pollution is sufficiently widespread to compromise the use of the groundwater resource either currently or in the future. It is not...
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Groundwater Classification Methodology Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems 2015
The process of classifying Groundwater Dependant Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTE), as defined above, is laid out below. Explanation of the method is given below, with specific detail given to the origin and processing of data required...
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Archaeological assessment of the seabed in Northern Ireland: Submerged archaeological landscape potential
The overarching aim of this report is to provide a baseline assessment of submerged landscapes within Northern Ireland territorial waters.In doing so, it will consider the potential for survival of submerged archaeological landscapes in the...
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An archival assessment of World War I wrecks in Northern Irish waters
This report forms a desk-based study which sets out archival and other sources for fifteen shipwrecks within Northern Irish waters lost during World War I.The project has been undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology for the Department...
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Ards and North Down seed mussel stock assessment - November 2015
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) carried out a seed mussel stock assessment on 3 and 4 November 2015. The areas covered within the November 2015 survey are Donaghadee Sound, Craigbrain, Skullmartin, Burial Island and the...
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Groundwater Classification Methodology Saline Intrusion 2015
The saline intrusion test assesses if an abstraction of groundwater or set of abstractions are likely leading to the intrusion of poorer quality water into a water body.
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Groundwater Classification Methodology Surface Water Chemical 2015
Surface Water Chemical classification checks whether chemicals, namely phosphorus, contained in the groundwater baseflow (to the surface water body) contribute to status failure of that surface water body.
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Groundwater Classification Methodology Surface Water Quantitative 2015
The Surface Water Quantitative classification test evaluates whether an abstraction or set of abstractions are likely to be leading to a deterioration in status of a surface water body.
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Groundwater Classification Methodology Trend Assessment and Points for Trend Reversal 2015
All groundwater bodies in Northern Ireland were classified in 2014-2015 to establish whether they are at good or poor status utilising monitoring data from the past six years (2009 to 2014). Status is divided in...
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Groundwater Classification Methodology Water Balance 2015
All groundwater bodies in Northern Ireland were classified in 2014-2015 to establish whether they are at good or poor status utilising monitoring data for the past 6 years (2009 to 2014). Status is divided in...
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Proposed Water Boundary Changes for the Second Cycle River Basin Plans 2015
The criteria for delineation of surface water bodies for the Water Framework Directive are set out in Annex 2, Section 1 of the Directive. For rivers, Northern Ireland followed ‘System A’ typology as specified in...
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River Continuity Classification 2015
This paper describes how 2015 river continuity classification was put together. It is based on the first river basin plan cycle 575 river water body set. The work included detailed working with the Loughs Agency...
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Carrier bag levy annual statistics
The published annual statistics relating to the Carrier bag levy that commenced on 8 April 2013