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Metadata: DAERA Northern Ireland Bathing Water Quality Data 2017 - Present
Abstract:
The Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC (BWD) sets quality standards for bathing water. Countries in the European Union must ensure that their bathing waters meets these standards. In Northern Ireland, 26 sites are formally identified under the BWD. Bathing water quality is monitored by DAERA Marine and Fisheries Division. The bathing season runs from June through to mid-September. Water quality is assessed on 19 occasions during the season and one occasion pre-season. Water samples are collected and analysed for the required microbiological standards. Bathing Water Quality information is updated weekly during the bathing season and displayed at the bathing waters and on the DAERA website. The annual data is forwarded to the Environment Agency (EA) at the end of each bathing season. The EA compiles all data from the UK and forwards on to the European Commission. Compliance against the BWD is calculated by DAERA Marine and Fisheries on a four year rolling data set.
Data holder:
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Use constraints:
No restrictions to public access
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1740 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | DAERA Northern Ireland Bathing Water Quality Data 2017 - Present |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 771529f4339ba2630c7886fc1be5eb9e |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | DAERA-BW |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2017-06-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2019-11-13 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | annually |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC (BWD) sets quality standards for bathing water. Countries in the European Union must ensure that their bathing waters meets these standards. In Northern Ireland, 26 sites are formally identified under the BWD. Bathing water quality is monitored by DAERA Marine and Fisheries Division. The bathing season runs from June through to mid-September. Water quality is assessed on 19 occasions during the season and one occasion pre-season. Water samples are collected and analysed for the required microbiological standards. Bathing Water Quality information is updated weekly during the bathing season and displayed at the bathing waters and on the DAERA website. The annual data is forwarded to the Environment Agency (EA) at the end of each bathing season. The EA compiles all data from the UK and forwards on to the European Commission. Compliance against the BWD is calculated by DAERA Marine and Fisheries on a four year rolling data set. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Samples of water are collected from the 26 designated bathing waters in Northern Ireland on at least 20 occasions through the Bathing Season. The samples are transported to the laboratory were they undergo membrane filtration, tryptone bile glucuronidase agar to allow for isolation of Escherchia Coli colonies, and Slantz and Bartley agar for the isolation of Intestinal Enterococci colonies, followed by incubation at the appropriate temperature and length of time. The laboratory holds accreditation by the United KIngdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for the methods involved in this process. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Human health and safety | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land use | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Utility and government services | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bio-geographical regions | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Pollution events | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bacteria taxonomic abundance in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine environment leisure usage | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Protected Areas | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | environment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Recreation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environment Monitoring | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.3492 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.2739 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.9639 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.3833 |
| Regional sea | water column | |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/water/bathing-water-quality |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | DAERA Bathing Water Quality Data |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | No restrictions to public access |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | no conditions apply |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2019-11-13 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-12 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2019-11-13 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |