Alternate title

INSPIRE WFD Lake Waters

Date (Creation)

2010-03-22

Date (Revision)

2022-11-18

Date (Publication)

2010-03-22

Citation identifier

EPA / AM.IE.EPA.WFD_LakeWaterbodies

Citation identifier

EPA / AM.WaterBodyForWFD

Purpose

Used in River Basin Management Planning as part of the Water Framework Directive.

Status

On going

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@edenireland.ie	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

INSPIRE priority data set

• Lakes (Water Framework Directive)

Spatial scope

• National

General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus - Concepts, version 4.1.3

• lake

• administrative boundary

Environmental Protection Agency

• lake waterbody

• wfd

• hydrography

• water quality monitoring

• surface water

Place

• Ireland

Specific usage

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units INSPIRE

User contact info

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@edenireland.ie	User

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations to public access

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

no conditions to access and use

Other constraints

CC BY 4.0

Other constraints

This layer is published under the terms of the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). [ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ]

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

50000

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Environment

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:29902 (TM65 / Irish Grid))

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:4258 (ETRS89 geographical coordinates)

Distribution format

Name	Version
gml+xml	3.2

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@edenireland.ie	Point of contact

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC Web Map Service	https://www.inspire.housing.gov.ie/geoserver/inspire_epa/wms?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities	DHLGH Ireland INSPIRE View Service WMS
ATOM Syndication Format	https://epa-inspire-atom.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/atomEPA_INSPIRE_Ireland.xml	DHLGH Ireland INSPIRE Download Service ATOM

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

In 2002-2003 polygon geometry from a cartographic source (Ordnance Survey Ireland vector Discovery Series water lines) was attributed with a unique code for each lake polygon and a lake name where a name was visible at 1:50,000. Some local names were also applied from the EPA monitoring program stations list. This Lake Segments layer was used as the base geometry for the Lake Waterbodies polygons. A "System B" typology was found to be the most appropriate basis on which to define lake types in Ireland; twelve types have been identified using the factors alkalinity (surrogate for Geology), depth and size.

Biological data from 60 high status lakes across several types and River Basin Districts were used to test that the selected hydromorphological types, derived from these factors, can be discriminated on a biological basis. A thirteenth type was identified to include a number of lakes at altitude >300m. Latitude and longitude were not considered to be significant factors determining the flora and fauna of Irish lakes.

The typology and risk assessment of Irish lakes for Article 5 included all lakes greater than 0.5 km² and lakes less than 0.5 km² if they were located in protected areas (e.g. in Special Areas of Conservation, or if they were used for water abstraction for drinking purposes). Spatial Accuracy: data mapped from a 1:50,000 scale source. Thematic AccurIn 2002-2003 polygon geometry from a cartographic source (Ordnance Survey Ireland vector Discovery Series water lines) was attributed with a unique code for each lake polygon and a lake name where a name was visible at 1:50,000.

Some local names were also applied from the EPA monitoring program stations list. This Lake Segments layer was used as the base geometry for the Lake Waterbodies polygons. A ‘System B’ typology was found to be the most appropriate basis on which to define lake types in Ireland; twelve types have been identified using the factors alkalinity (surrogate for Geology), depth and size.

Biological data from 60 high status lakes across several types and River Basin Districts were used to test that the selected hydromorphological types, derived from these factors, can be discriminated on a biological basis. A thirteenth type was identified to include a number of lakes at altitude >300m. Latitude and longitude were not considered to be significant factors determining the flora and fauna of Irish lakes.

The typology and risk assessment of Irish lakes for Article 5 included all lakes greater than 0.5 km² and lakes less than 0.5 km² if they were located in protected areas (e.g. in Special Areas of Conservation, or if they were used for water abstraction for drinking purposes). Spatial Accuracy: data mapped from a 1:50,000 scale source. Thematic Accuracy: Lake Waterbody attributes are based on type criteria originating from the WFD System B typology.

Altitude data came from a 20m resolution DTM. Alkalinity categories came from Geological Survey Ireland source data. Currency: Geometry from the 1:50,000 OS Discovery Series, published in 1998 Logical Consistency: The dataset meets the topological requirements set out in Guidance Document No. 22: Support for Reporting of RBMP, Guidance on reporting of spatial data.

acy: Lake Waterbody attributes are based on type criteria originating from the WFD System B typology. Altitude data came from a 20m resolution DTM. Alkalinity categories came from Geological Survey Ireland source data. Currency: Geometry from the 1:50,000 OS Discovery Series, published in 1998 Logical Consistency: The dataset meets the topological requirements set out in Guidance Document No. 22: Support for Reporting of RBMP, Guidance on reporting of spatial data.

Metadata

File identifier

20fd022a-7988-4227-aa9a-6514ba92ce39 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2024-09-20T00:00:00

Metadata standard name

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) Nº 1205/2008 of INSPIRE Directive

Metadata standard version

TG 2.0

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@edenireland.ie	Point of contact