AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - pH

<div style='text-align: left;'><div><div><p><span>This table provides the raw data from river monitoring sites including Water Framework Directive monitoring sites. It should be noted that, as the data set is in its raw state, it cannot be used to provide a status without processing. The data set does not show Limits of Detection or Limit of Quantitation which would require a value to be treated as a half value for WFD calculation. In addition both altitude and alkalinity affect status calculations for some parameters. The data set may contain results which are erroneous due to typos, sampling error or contamination, such data points are usually several orders or magnitude above expected values.</span></p><p><span>This is the first in a series of water data sets being made available as Open Data. Other data sets remain available on request via waterinfo@daera-ni.gov.uk</span></p><p><span>The European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) has been transposed into Northern Ireland regulations through The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ensures that the Water Framework Directive (WFD) (as transposed) and the various supporting pieces of water legislation continue to operate here after 1 January 2021. The regulation encourage the active involvement of interested parties and the general public.</span></p><p><span>The regulations set out the requirement to achieve 'Good Ecological Status' and 'Good Chemical Status' for all ground and surface waters (rivers, lakes, transitional waters, and coastal waters) within Northern Ireland.</span></p><p><span>Surface waters are assessed according to the following criteria:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Biological quality (fish, invertebrates, flora)</span></p></li><li><p><span>Hydromorphological</span></p></li><li><p><span>Physico-chemical properties like temperature, oxygenation and nutrient conditions.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Chemical quality assessed against environmental quality standards for specific pollutants and priority substances.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>The following physio-chemical and chemical parameters are included in the data set:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>pH</span></p></li></ul></div></div></div>

Tags: daera, lakes, monitoring-sites, niea, northern-ireland, protected-areas, rivers, science, surface-waters, water, water-framework-directive, water-quality, wfd
Organization: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Nitrite

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This table provides the raw data from river monitoring sites including Water Framework Directive monitoring sites. It should be noted that, as the data set is in its raw state, it cannot be used to provide a status without processing. The data set does not show Limits of Detection or Limit of Quantitation which would require a value to be treated as a half value for WFD calculation. In addition both altitude and alkalinity affect status calculations for some parameters. The data set may contain results which are erroneous due to typos, sampling error or contamination, such data points are usually several orders or magnitude above expected values.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This is the first in a series of water data sets being made available as Open Data. Other data sets remain available on request via waterinfo@daera-ni.gov.uk</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) has been transposed into Northern Ireland regulations through The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ensures that the Water Framework Directive (WFD) (as transposed) and the various supporting pieces of water legislation continue to operate here after 1 January 2021. The regulation encourage the active involvement of interested parties and the general public.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The regulations set out the requirement to achieve 'Good Ecological Status' and 'Good Chemical Status' for all ground and surface waters (rivers, lakes, transitional waters, and coastal waters) within Northern Ireland.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Surface waters are assessed according to the following criteria:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>Biological quality (fish, invertebrates, flora)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Hydromorphological</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Physico-chemical properties like temperature, oxygenation and nutrient conditions.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Chemical quality assessed against environmental quality standards for specific pollutants and priority substances.</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P><SPAN>The following physio-chemical and chemical parameters are included in the data set:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>NO2-N(mg/l)- Nitrite</SPAN></P></LI></UL></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: daera, lakes, monitoring-sites, niea, northern-ireland, protected-areas, rivers, science, surface-waters, water, water-framework-directive, water-quality, wfd
Organization: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Suspended Solids

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This table provides the raw data from river monitoring sites including Water Framework Directive monitoring sites. It should be noted that, as the data set is in its raw state, it cannot be used to provide a status without processing. The data set does not show Limits of Detection or Limit of Quantitation which would require a value to be treated as a half value for WFD calculation. In addition both altitude and alkalinity affect status calculations for some parameters. The data set may contain results which are erroneous due to typos, sampling error or contamination, such data points are usually several orders or magnitude above expected values.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This is the first in a series of water data sets being made available as Open Data. Other data sets remain available on request via waterinfo@daera-ni.gov.uk</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) has been transposed into Northern Ireland regulations through The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ensures that the Water Framework Directive (WFD) (as transposed) and the various supporting pieces of water legislation continue to operate here after 1 January 2021. The regulation encourage the active involvement of interested parties and the general public.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The regulations set out the requirement to achieve 'Good Ecological Status' and 'Good Chemical Status' for all ground and surface waters (rivers, lakes, transitional waters, and coastal waters) within Northern Ireland.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Surface waters are assessed according to the following criteria:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>Biological quality (fish, invertebrates, flora)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Hydromorphological</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Physico-chemical properties like temperature, oxygenation and nutrient conditions.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Chemical quality assessed against environmental quality standards for specific pollutants and priority substances.</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P><SPAN>The following physio-chemical and chemical parameters are included in the data set:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>SS(mg/l)- Suspended solids</SPAN></P></LI></UL></DIV></DIV></DIV>

Tags: daera, lakes, monitoring-sites, niea, northern-ireland, protected-areas, rivers, science, surface-waters, water, water-framework-directive, water-quality, wfd
Organization: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Rates paid by District Council and Sector

This data provides amounts of rates paid against ratepayer accounts as at 31st March each year, as recorded on the Land & Property (LPS) rating system and is broken down by District Council and Property Type. Also provided is the number of occupancies (an occupancy represents a liable person, persons, business or organisation at a property at a given time) that made a payment (value greater than £0) within the rating year.

The data will include occupancies that were paid in full and where there is a balance left at the end of the rating year.
It should be noted that the numbers and receipts for Non-Domestic occupancies for the years 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 will be affected by Business Rates Holiday reliefs that were applied at that time.

Please note, the totals included in the tables are not adjusted for receipts at year end which have been paid by ratepayers, but not yet allocated to a particular rate account.

Tags: LPS, Rates, finance
Organization: Land & Property Services
Northern Ireland Water - Consented Wastewater Results

The analytical results provided in this OpenDataNI data extract, are those which have been used for the reported calendar year to assess the annual compliance of each individual Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW).  The results supplied include:

- Water Order Consent (WOC) and Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations (UWWTR), where applicable, consented final effluent parameters, only reporting those results being used for the sites’ annual compliance assessment.

- An assessment against each individual parameter result as to whether it passed its relevant consent. If the parametric result failed, detail of which consent limits it failed to achieve is included (ie WOC or UWWTR limit).  This includes flagging if an UWWTR result passes by % reduction (meaning that the sample met the % removal rate from the inlet to final effluent).  For Total Nitrogen or Total Phosphorous, each individual result is flagged as being assessed as an annual average.

- The sites’ discharge locations are identified to give Local Council Area, Catchment Management Group, Local Management Area, and receiving Waterbody Name.

The sampling, transportation, analysis, and reporting of wastewater regulatory results are all accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Scheme (UKAS), whereby all parts of the workflow are individually accredited to the globally recognised ISO/IEC 17025 quality requirements.

Tags: Accredited, Consent, Results, Wastewater
Organization: NI Water
Annual End of Year Rates Balances by Parliamentary Constituency and Sector

These tables relate to End of Year (EoY) Rates Balance values, and a count of occupancies* with a rates balance at the 31st March each year, as recorded on the Land & Property Services (LPS) rating system. The information provided is at a point in time and the tables are updated annually. An occupancy is counted as having a rates balance where there is an outstanding balance of more than £0 at the end of the rating year. This data is provided by Domestic, Non-Domestic and overall totals. Mixed properties (a property that is a mix of Domestic and Non-Domestic) are included within the Non-Domestic totals. It is important to note that the End of Year Rates Balances figures include balances that cannot be legally enforced due to insolvency proceedings, ratepayers residing outside jurisdiction for legal action, as well as those ratepayers who continue to pay rates balances through agreed payment arrangements established through the rating year. LPS continues to pursue End of Year Rates balances throughout subsequent rating years. 
The totals included above are not adjusted for receipts at Year End which have been paid by ratepayers, but not yet allocated to a particular rate account. 
As the rating system does not hold Parliamentary Constituency, properties have to be mapped to the relevant geography and only properties on the valuation list that have valid mapping information are included. Electricity and Gas networks in Northern Ireland are valued on a ‘Cumulo Basis’ where the entire rateable hereditament for each operator is then apportioned between each council area. Analysis by Parliamentary Constituency of Electricity and Gas networks is not possible and they have been included separately in the tables as ‘Utilities’.

*An occupancy represents a liable person, persons, business or organisation at a property at a given time.
*Please note the sum of amounts may not equal the total due to rounding.


Tags: Finance, LPS, Rates
Organization: Land & Property Services
Non-Domestic Rate Relief and Rate Support Schemes by District Council

These annual statistics show the number and amount of reliefs awarded to Non-Domestic Properties by District Council and Rating Year.

The following Rate Relief and Support Schemes are included: Industrial Derating, Non-Domestic Vacant Rating, Charitable Exemption for Rates, Sports and Recreation Rate Relief, Residential Homes Rate Relief, Small Business Rate Relief (including for small Post Offices), Freight and Transport Rates Relief, Business Rates Holiday, Emergency Flood Support, Back in Business Rate Support*

Information on schemes along with qualifying criteria can be found via the following link: https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/help-available-business-rates

Figures have been extracted from the Land and Property Services (LPS) General Ledger models as at 31st March for each rating year. The data represents a year-end snapshot and is not adjusted respectively.

Number of properties benefiting is the count of properties that received a Rate Relief/Support Scheme award during the rating year (where the value awarded was greater than £0.01). This measure differs from a count of properties currently in receipt of the Rate Relief/Support Scheme at a specific point in time. It also differs from the number of occupancies benefitting, where an occupancy represents the liable person, persons, business, or organisation at a property. Most Rate Relief/Support Schemes are applied at the occupancy level.

The ‘Amount’ represents the total value of relief or exemption for each property that benefited at any point during the rating year and therefore does not include any clawbacks for prior rating years.

The Number of Properties and Amount reflect all properties that benefitted at any point in the year, and some transactions may relate to earlier rating years.

Some properties receive more than one Rate Relief/Support Scheme within a rating year.

The Back in Business Rate Support Scheme reopened in April 2024 for business premises that began occupation on or after 1 April 2024; the previous scheme operated from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. The numbers of properties and amounts being reported here include any that have benefitted from either scheme. As a result, these figures will differ from those published for the April 2024 scheme alone at the occupancy level.

Please note that the sum of amounts may not equal the total due to rounding.


Tags: Land and Property, property, rate, relief, support schemes
Organization: Land & Property Services
1900-1906 OS CS 3rd Ed

<div style='text-align:left;'><p style='font-size:12pt;'>The primary objective from this project was to acquire historical shoreline information for all of the Northern Ireland coastline. Having this detailed understanding of the coast’s shoreline position and geometry over annual to decadal time periods is essential in any management of the coast.</p><div style='text-align:left;'><p style='font-size:12pt;'>The
historical shoreline analysis was based on all available Ordnance Survey maps
and aerial imagery information. Analysis looked at position and geometry over
annual to decadal time periods, providing a dynamic picture of how the
coastline has changed since the start of the early 1800s.<br /></p><div style='text-align:left;'><p><span style='font-size:12pt;'>Once
all datasets were collated, data was interrogated using the ArcGIS package –
Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS). DSAS is a software package which
enables a user to calculate rate-of</span><font size='3'>-change s</font><span style='font-size:12pt;'>tatistics from multiple historical
shoreline positions. Rate-of-change was collected at 25m intervals and
displayed both statistically and spatially allowing for areas of
retreat/accretion to be identified at any given stretch of coastline.</span><br /></p><p><span style='font-size:16px;'>The DSAS software will produce the following rate-of-change statistics:</span></p><p></p><ol><li><span style='font-size:16px;'>Net Shoreline Movement (NSM) – the distance between the oldest and the youngest shorelines.</span></li><li>Shoreline Change Envelope (SCE) – a measure of the total change in shoreline movement considering all available shoreline positions and reporting their distances, without reference to their specific dates.</li><li>End Point Rate (EPR) – derived by dividing the distance of shoreline movement by the time elapsed between the oldest and the youngest shoreline positions.</li><li>Linear Regression Rate (LRR) – determines a rate of change statistic by fitting a least square regression to all shorelines at specific transects.</li><li>Weighted Linear Regression Rate (WLR) - calculates a weighted linear regression of shoreline change on each transect. It considers the shoreline uncertainty giving more emphasis on shorelines with a smaller error.</li></ol><p></p><p><span style='font-size:16px;'>The end product provided by Ulster University is an invaluable tool and digital asset that has helped to visualise shoreline change and assess approximate rates of historical change at any given coastal stretch on the Northern Ireland coast.</span></p></div></div></div>

Tags: 3d, analysis, coastal, historic, ireland, marine, northern, observatory, rates, shoreline-change, shorelines, survey
Organization: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Police Recorded Injury Road Traffic Collision Statistics Northern Ireland 2025

The PSNI produces statistics on injury road traffic collisions (RTCs) that are reported to the Police. These statistics are collected in accordance with the STATS20 guidance from the Department for Transport (DfT) and are comparable with the statistics in Great Britain (GB). Damage only collisions or those collisions resulting in no injuries are excluded from these statistics.

Tags: KSI, RTCs, Road Traffic Collisions, injury collisions, killed or seriously injured, road traffic casualties
Organization: Police Service of Northern Ireland
Translink Metro & Glider Timetable Data.

Translink Metro and Glider timetable data. Updated 16 April  2026

This is a common interface file ATCO.cif. 

The __ATCO.cif__ specification is a standard used widely within the Public Transport industry.  This file can be opened as a text file.

Tags: Metro, Translink, bus, public transport, road transport
Organization: Translink
OSNI Open Data - 50K Boundaries - Townlands (2013)

Mid scale vector polygon dataset showing townland boundaries. Published here for OpenData.
The OSNI Largescale Townlands is a polygon dataset consisting of the Townland boundaries.
Townlands are an ancient method of land measurement found only in Ireland and can be very
important in genealogical research. These small areas of land can vary in size from a few acres
upwards. The data was derived from the OSNI Largescale database in 2013 and has been topologically
cleansed and attributed to create a seamless dataset.

Tags: 50K, Administrative Boundaries, Boundaries, Northern Ireland, OSNI, Open Data, Townlands
Organization: Land & Property Services – Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
OSNI Open Data - Largescale Boundaries - Townlands (2013)

The OSNI Largescale Townlands is a polygon dataset consisting of the Townland boundaries.
Townlands are an ancient method of land measurement found only in Ireland and can be very
important in genealogical research. These small areas of land can vary in size from a few acres
upwards. The data was derived from the OSNI Largescale database in 2013 and has been topologically
cleansed and attributed to create a seamless dataset.

Tags: Boundaries, Largescale, Northern Ireland, OSNI, Open Data, Townlands
Organization: Land & Property Services – Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
OSNI Open Data: River Basin LIDAR 2010 - DTMs and DSMs

Terrain (DTM) & Surface (DSM) elevation models of river basins derived from airborne LIDAR
survey systems. A Digital Terrain Model (DTM) is a digital file consisting of a grid of regularly
spaced points of known height which, when used with other digital data such as maps or
orthophotographs, can provide a 3D image of the land surface. This data is typically provided in
tiles of 1km x 1km, each containing elevations in a 1m x 1m grid. Tiles are grouped and can be
downloaded by area as shown on the index ‘River Basin LIDAR-Coverage Map’. Data acquired in
2009 & 2010 also contains Point Cloud files, a closely spaced (0.2m) irregular grid of elevations
from which the 1m x1m grids were derived. Please note that due to size constraints, the Ballymena datasets are split up.
By download or use of this dataset you agree to abide by the Open Government Data Licence. 
This data is not a supported LPS product, supporting documentation has been provided to assist /
offer guidance on the data itself.

Tags: LiDAR, Northern Ireland, Open Data, River Basin
Organization: Land & Property Services – Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
OSNI Open Data - Historical Six Inch to One Mile County Series Edition 2 (1838 - 1862) - Down

Historical Six Inch to One Mile County Series Edition 2 - Down provides scanned versions of historical mapping products from 1838 - 1862 for County Down.

Tags: County Series, Historical, Northern Ireland, OSNI, Open Data
Organization: Land & Property Services – Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
Aquaculture Licences -  Open Data

<div style='text-align:Left;'><p><span>Marine aquaculture sites licensed by The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development under the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 and or authorised under The Aquatic Animal Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 enacting COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2006/88/EC on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals.</span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span>Useful Links:</span></p><p><a href='https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/fisheries/aquaculture' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/fisheries/aquaculture</a><br /></p></div>

Tags: aquaculture, food, licensing, northern-ireland
Organization: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Surface Drinking Water Protected Areas

<div style='text-align:left;'><div><div><p><span>The European Water Framework Directive was transposed to national legislation through the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ensures that the Water Framework Directive (WFD) (as transposed) and the various supporting pieces of water legislation remain implemented in Northern Ireland as National legislation. </span></p><p><span>Surface Drinking Water Protected Areas as defined by Article 10 of the Water Framework Directive were identified as part of the 2nd Cycle in 2016. The protected areas were created from the 2016 updated 450 river water bodies with input and agreement from Northern Ireland Water. This layer forms part of the designated protected areas as defined under the Water Framework Directive legislation.</span></p><p><span><span>There are no plans to update the Surface Drinking Water Protected Areas</span></span></p><p></p><p><span></span></p></div></div></div>

Tags: daera, drinking-water-protected-areas, niea, protected-areas, surface-waters, water, water-framework-directive, wfd
Organization: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs