UK UKGBNIIENW UKGBNIIENW North Western The following documents, available in the SWMET folder, give methodologies used to delineate water bodies: WFD Summary Report of the characteristics and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI (page 16 Water Bodies); Summary River Typology and Water Body Delineation (page 2 - water body delineation); Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (page 14-17 Water Bodies). The following documents, available in the SWMET folder, give methodologies used to identify AWBs and HMWBs: Introduction to identification and classification of heavily modified and artificial water bodies (pages 5-6 - Designation Methods); The process for designating transitional and coastal heavily modified water bodies (pages 2-3). Water body designations were carried out through liaison with the Environmental Protection Agency Ireland and through the North South Rivers and Lakes Technical Advisory Group (Members: Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Central Fisheries Board, Loughs Agency). Summary of the method for dealing with small water bodies is available in the SWMET folder: River and Lake Small Water Body Identification The following documents, available in the SWMET folder, give methodologies used to delineate water bodies: WFD Summary Report of the characteristics and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI (page 16 Water Bodies); Summary River Typology and Water Body Delineation (page 2 - water body delineation); Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (page 14-17 Water Bodies). The following documents, available in the SWMET folder, give methodologies used to identify AWBs and HMWBs: Introduction to identification and classification of heavily modified and artificial water bodies (pages 5-6 - Designation Methods); The process for designating transitional and coastal heavily modified water bodies (pages 2-3). Water body designations were carried out through liaison with the Environmental Protection Agency Ireland and through the North South Rivers and Lakes Technical Advisory Group (Members: Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Central Fisheries Board, Loughs Agency). Summary of the method for dealing with small water bodies is available in the SWMET folder: River and Lake Small Water Body Identification The following documents, available in the SWMET folder, give methodologies used to delineate water bodies: WFD Summary Report of the characteristics and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI (page 16 Water Bodies); Summary River Typology and Water Body Delineation (page 2 - water body delineation); Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (page 14-17 Water Bodies). The following documents, available in the SWMET folder, give methodologies used to identify AWBs and HMWBs: Introduction to identification and classification of heavily modified and artificial water bodies (pages 5-6 - Designation Methods); The process for designating transitional and coastal heavily modified water bodies (pages 2-3). Water body designations were carried out through liaison with the Environmental Protection Agency Ireland and through the North South Rivers and Lakes Technical Advisory Group (Members: Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Central Fisheries Board, Loughs Agency). Summary of the method for dealing with small water bodies is available in the SWMET folder: River and Lake Small Water Body Identification The following documents, available in the SWMET folder, give methodologies used to delineate water bodies: WFD Summary Report of the characteristics and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI (page 16 Water Bodies); Summary River Typology and Water Body Delineation (page 2 - water body delineation); Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (page 14-17 Water Bodies). The following documents, available in the SWMET folder, give methodologies used to identify AWBs and HMWBs: Introduction to identification and classification of heavily modified and artificial water bodies (pages 5-6 - Designation Methods); The process for designating transitional and coastal heavily modified water bodies (pages 2-3). Water body designations were carried out through liaison with the Environmental Protection Agency Ireland and through the North South Rivers and Lakes Technical Advisory Group (Members: Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Central Fisheries Board, Loughs Agency). Summary of the method for dealing with small water bodies is available in the SWMET folder: River and Lake Small Water Body Identification 0 No type asssigned RW 1 Alkalinity <10 (as mg/l CaCO3) RW 2 Alkalinity 10 - 50 mg/l (as CaCO3) RW 3 Altitude <80m, alkalinity 50-100 (as mg/l CaCO3) RW 4 Altitude >80m, alkalinity 50-100 (as mg/l CaCO3) RW 5 Altitude <80m, alkalinity 100-200 (as mg/l CaCO3) RW 6 Altitude >80m, alkalinity 100-200 (as mg/l CaCO3) RW 7 Alkalinity >200 (as mg/l CaCO3) RW 3 <200m, calcareous, non-peat, 10-50ha LW 4 <200m, calcareous, peat, 10-50ha LW 5 <200m, calcareous, non-peat, >50ha LW 9 <200m, siliceous, non-peat, 10-50ha LW 10 <200m, siliceous, peat, 10-50ha LW 11 <200m, siliceous, non-peat, >50ha LW 12 <200m, siliceous, peat, >50ha LW 15 >200m, calcareous, non-peat, 10-50ha LW 16 >200m, calcareous, peat, 10-50ha LW 18 >200m, calcareous, non-peat, >50ha LW 21 >200m, siliceous, non-peat, 10-50ha LW 22 >200m, siliceous, peat, 10-50ha LW 23 >200m, siliceous, non-peat, >50ha LW CW1 Euhaline, macrotidal, exposed CW CW2 Euhaline, mesotidal, exposed CW CW3 Euhaline, microtidal, exposed CW CW4 Euhaline, macrotidal, moderately exposed CW CW5 Euhaline, mesotidal, moderately exposed CW CW6 Euhaline, microtidal, moderately exposed CW CW7 Euhaline, macrotidal, sheltered CW CW8 Euhaline, mesotidal, sheltered CW CW9 Euhaline, microtidal, sheltered CW CW10 Coastal lagoon CW CW11 Sea lough (shallow) CW CW12 Sea lough (deep) CW TW1 Meso or polyhaline, macrotidal, sheltered TW TW2 Meso or polyhaline, strongly mesotidal, sheltered TW TW3 Polyhaline, macrotidal, sheltered TW TW4 Poly or euhaline, mesotidal, sheltered TW TW5 Transitional sea lough TW TW6 Transitional lagoon: oligo or polyhaline, mesotidal, sheltered TW Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Alkalinity Y N N Y Y Y N N N N N N N N N N N N Y Y Y N Y N N Y N Y N N N N Y Y N Y N N N N N N UKGBNINE Ecological classification map 1 comprise the overall ecological score for:  The condition of biological elements  Concentrations of supporting physico-chemical elements,  Concentrations of specific pollutants hydromorphology Ecological status is recorded on the scale from high to bad. ‘High’ denotes largely undisturbed conditions and the other classes represent increasing deviation from this natural condition described as ‘reference condition’. The ecological status classification for the water body (wb), and the confidence in this, is determined using the worst scoring quality element. Maps 4 to 8 describe chemical status is assessed by compliance with environmental standards for chemicals that are listed in the Environmental Quality Standards Directive 2008/105/EC. These chemicals include priority substances, priority hazardous substances and eight other pollutants carried over from the Dangerous Substance Daughter Directives. Chemical status is recorded as good or fail. The chemical status classification for the water body, and our certainty in this, is determined by the worst scoring chemical. An assessment of chemical status has been provided for water bodies where priority substances and other specific pollutants are known to be discharged in significant quantities. If a water body is labelled as "does not require assessment" it is because these pollutants are not discharged into this water body in significant quantities Map 3 describes compliance with the objectives set for each Water Framework Directive protected area. Many Water Framework Directive protected areas are also water bodies; and for these, the protected area objectives apply in addition to the requirement to achieve the water body status objectives. It is important to note that water body status objectives in Annex B will not always be the same as the protected area objectives in this Annex even where the element is the same, for example phosphate. This can be for a number of reasons, for example the size and scale of water bodies under the Water Framework Directive may be larger than waters identified as protected areas; or the use of a particular environmental standard or condition varies under the different parent legislations governing the protected area from that of the Water Framework Directive - and so, the achievement of objectives in one is not always comparable with the other. Where water body boundaries overlap with protected areas, the most stringent objective applies – the requirements of one particular EC Directive should not undermine the requirements of another. Documents providing descriptions of the methodologies can be found in the SWMET folder:WFD Summary Report of the characteristics and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI; What we plan to achieve by 2015 and beyond (pages 6-9); Point Source Pressures Risk Assessment Summary; Coastal and Transitional Waters Risk Assessment Summary; Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (pages 18-50); Ards Peninsuala; Belfast Harbour, Belfast Lough Inner; Belfast Lough Outer, Dundrum Bay Inner; Dundrum Bay Outer; Larne Lough Mid; Larne Lough North; Larne Lough South; Maidens; North Channel; North Coast; Rathlin; Strangford Narrows; Strangford North; Strangford South; Quoile; Connswater; Lagan; Lough Foyle; Foyle and Faughan; Roe; Carlingford Lough; Mourne Coast; Portstewart Bay; Bann Estuary; Newry. Documents providing descriptions of the methodolgies can be found in the SWMET folder: WFD Summary Report of the characteristics and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI What we plan to achieve by 2015 and beyond (pages 4-9); Diffuse Pollution Risk Assessment Summary - Freshwater; Coastal and Transitional Waters Risk Assessment Summary; Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (pages 18-50); Ards Peninsuala; Belfast Harbour, Belfast Lough Inner; Belfast Lough Outer, Dundrum Bay Inner; Dundrum Bay Outer; Larne Lough Mid; Larne Lough North; Larne Lough South; Maidens; North Channel; North Coast; Rathlin; Strangford Narrows; Strangford North; Strangford South; Quoile; Connswater; Lagan; Lough Foyle; Foyle and Faughan; Roe; Carlingford Lough; Mourne Coast; Portstewart Bay; Bann Estuary; Newry. Documents providing descriptions of the methodolgies can be found in the SWMET folder: WFD Summary Report of the characteristics and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI; Abstraction and Flow Regulation Risk Assesment; Coastal and Transitional Waters Risk Assessment Summary; Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (pages 18-50); Ards Peninsuala; Belfast Harbour, Belfast Lough Inner; Belfast Lough Outer, Dundrum Bay Inner; Dundrum Bay Outer; Larne Lough Mid; Larne Lough North; Larne Lough South; Maidens; North Channel; North Coast; Rathlin; Strangford Narrows; Strangford North; Strangford South; Quoile; Connswater; Lagan; Lough Foyle; Foyle and Faughan; Roe; Carlingford Lough; Mourne Coast; Portstewart Bay; Bann Estuary; Newry. Documents providing descriptions of the methodologies can be found in the SWMET folder: WFD Summary Report of the characteristics and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI; What we plan to achieve by 2015 and beyond; Freshwater Morphology Risk Assessment Summary; Introduction to identification and classification of heavily modified and artificial water bodies; (pages 5-6); Coastal and Transitional Waters Risk Assessment Summary; Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (pages 18-50); Ards Peninsuala; Belfast Harbour, Belfast Lough Inner; Belfast Lough Outer, Dundrum Bay Inner; Dundrum Bay Outer; Larne Lough Mid; Larne Lough North; Larne Lough South; Maidens; North Channel; North Coast; Rathlin; Strangford Narrows; Strangford North; Strangford South; Quoile; Connswater; Lagan; Lough Foyle; Foyle and Faughan; Roe; Carlingford Lough; Mourne Coast; Portstewart Bay; Bann Estuary; Newry. Documents providing descriptions of the methodologies can be found in the SWMET folder: Other Human Pressures Risk Assessment Summary; Progress on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Coastal and Transitional Waters of Northern Ireland (pages 18-50); Ards Peninsuala; Belfast Harbour, Belfast Lough Inner; Belfast Lough Outer, Dundrum Bay Inner; Dundrum Bay Outer; Larne Lough Mid; Larne Lough North; Larne Lough South; Maidens; North Channel; North Coast; Rathlin; Strangford Narrows; Strangford North; Strangford South; Quoile; Connswater; Lagan; Lough Foyle; Foyle and Faughan; Roe; Carlingford Lough; Mourne Coast; Portstewart Bay; Bann Estuary; Newry. "Information is available in the following documents which are provided in the SWMET folder: What we plan to achieve by 2015 (pages 4-9); Rationale for Water Framework Directive Classification; Macroalgae - Reduced Species List - Transtional and Coastal Waters; Fish Classification Index - Transitional Waters; Angiosperms - Seagrass - Transitional and Coastal Waters; Benthic Invertebrates - Infaunal Quality Index - Transitional and Coastal Waters; Macroalgae - Macroalgal Blooming Tool - Transitional and Coastal Waters " Summary of the main environmental impacts on the RBDs can be found in the following documents which are available in the SWMET folder: North Eastern River Basin Management Plan Summary (Section 5 Assessing the quality of our water environment, pages 27-28, Section 8 - The environmental implications of climate change in Northern Ireland, pages 75-80); North Western River Basin Management Plan Summary (Section 5 Assessing the quality of our water environment, pages 27-28, Section 8 - The environmental implications of climate change in Northern Ireland, pages 73-78 ); Neagh Bann River Basin Management Plan Summary (Section 5 Assessing the quality of our water environment, pages 27-28, Section 8 - The environmental implications of climate change in Northern Ireland, pages 73-78); What we plan to achieve by 2015 and beyond; Programme of Measures: Key Sectors - Agriculture, Pressure Type - Diffuse and Point Source Pollution (page 2 - What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures: Key Sectors - Collection and Treatment of Sewage, Pressure Type - Diffuse and Point Source Pollution (page 2 - What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures: Key Sectors - Urban Development, Pressure Type - Diffuse and Point Source Pollution (page 2 - What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures: Key Sectors - Forestry, Pressure Type - Diffuse and Point Source Pollution (pages 2-3 - What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures: Key Sectors - Industry and Other Business, Pressure Type - Diffuse and Point Source Pollution (pages 2 - What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures: Key Sectors - Waste, Pressure Type - Diffuse and Point Source Pollution (page 2 - What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures: Key Sectors - Fisheries, Pressure Type - All (page 2 - what causes the environmental impact); Programme of measures Key Sectors Water Supply Industry Agriculture and Flood Control Pressure Type Abstraction and Flow Regulation Page 3 - What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures Key Sectors - All Sectors Pressure Type - Invasive Alien Species (pages 4-5 -What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures Key Sectors - Historical Engineering, Urban Development, Public Water Supply, Hydropower, Agriculture, Forestry Pressure Type - Freshwater Morphology (pages 3-4 What causes the environmental impact); Programme of Measures Key Sectors - Marine (Ports and Harbours, Aggregate and Fishing/Aquaculture Industry) Pressure Type - Marine Morphology (page 3 - what causes the environmental impact), Ards Peninsuala; Belfast Harbour, Belfast Lough Inner; Belfast Lough Outer, Dundrum Bay Inner; Dundrum Bay Outer; Larne Lough Mid; Larne Lough North; Larne Lough South; Maidens; North Channel; North Coast; Rathlin; Strangford Narrows; Strangford North; Strangford South; Quoile; Connswater; Lagan; Lough Foyle; Foyle and Faughan; Roe; Carlingford Lough; Mourne Coast; Portstewart Bay; Bann Estuary; Newry. UKGBNINE Summary of the methodology is available in the following document, which is provided in the SWMET folder: What we plan to achieve by 2015 and beyond (pages 10-12 - Alternative Objectives); North Western River Basin Management Plan Summary (page 31 - Alternative Objectives); Neagh Bann River Basin Management Plan Summary (page 31 - Alternative Objectives); North Eastern River Basin Management Plan Summary (page 33 - Alternative Objectives). Information on the specific dates for the deadlines to be met is available in the following document, which is provided in the SWMET folder: What we plan to achieve by 2015 and beyond (pages 18-30 - What will we achieve by 2015 and beyond); North Western River Basin Management Plan Summary (pages 33-34); Neagh Bann River Basin Management Plan Summary (pages 33-34); North Eastern River Basin Management Plan Summary (pages 35-36)