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Bathing Water Locations

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The location of and other information about (a) identified bathing waters (beaches and lakes) under the Bathing Water Quality Directive 2006/7/EC which is implemented in Ireland through the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008, and (b) other monitored waters not managed under the Regulations (non-identified bathing waters).

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Theme Health
Date released 2018-10-23
Date updated 2018-11-22
Dataset conforms to these standards 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.
Rights notes {"no limitations",https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,license}
Update frequency Other
Language English
Landing page https://www.beaches.ie
Geographic coverage in GeoJSON format {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-10.47472, 51.44555],[-10.47472, 55.37999], [-6.01306, 55.37999], [-6.01306, 51.44555], [-10.47472, 51.44555]]]}
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS) TM65 / Irish Grid (EPSG:29902)
Vertical Extent {"verticalDomainName": "EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height", "minVerticalExtent": "0", "maxVerticalExtent": "1014"}
Provenance information Local authorities report location and other information for ‘identified’ bathing waters (monitored and managed under <a href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2008/si/79/made/en/print"/>Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008 (SI No. 79 of 2008)) </a> to the EPA via the Bathing Water Information System (BWIS) on <a href="http://www.epa.ie/enforcement/how/edenhelp/"/> EDEN (Environmental Data Exchange Network).</a> XY points are created from the co-ordinates reported. The Beach ID for identified bathing waters is a unique identifier and in the format required by the EC (County Code, River Basin District, Bathing Water type (e.g. Lake = BWL) Coastal, Transitional) Waterbody code and a unique 4 digit number. Local authorities separately report information for other monitored waters not managed under the Regulations (‘non-identified’) and for these the Beach ID is the monitoring station code in the Monitoring Data System (MDS) in EDEN.
Period of time covered (begin) 2014-01-01
Period of time covered (end) 2018-08-04