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The Water Framework Directive (Classification, Priority Substances and Shellfish Waters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

S.R. 2015/351 · Made 2 October 2015 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Environmental Protection

Made 2nd October 2015

Coming into operation 23rd October 2015

The Department of the Environment being a Department designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to the Environment acting in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section and by Article 5 of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 M3 makes the following Regulations:C1C2

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Marginal citations

M1

S.I. 2008/301

M2

1972 c.68

M3

S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6)

Modifications

C1

Regulations power to amend or modify conferred (9.1.2022 for specified purposes, 28.2.2022 in so far as not already in force for N.I.) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 89, 147(2)(l)(6) (with s. 144); S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(n)

C2

Regulations power to amend or modify conferred (28.2.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 91, 147(6) (with s. 144); S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(o)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Typology and Environmental Standards
  4. 4Environmental standards for priority substances
  5. 5Regulation 5
  6. 6Regulation 6
  7. 7Regulation 7
  8. 8Regulation 8
  9. 9Monitoring
  10. 10Regulation 10
  11. 11Regulation 11
  12. 12Regulation 12
  13. 13Regulation 13
  14. 14Regulation 14
  15. 15Watch List
  16. 16Regulation 16
  17. 17Regulation 17
  18. 18Intermittent Standards
  19. 19Standards for shellfish waters
  20. 20Classification of surface waters
  21. 21Classification of Groundwater
  22. 22Designation of Mixing Zones
  23. 23Inventory of emissions, discharges and losses
  24. 24Transboundary Pollution
  25. 25Coordination Repealed
  26. 26Information to be included in River Basin Management Plan
  27. 27Revocations and Savings
  28. 28Regulation 28
  29. 29Regulation 29
  30. Signature
  31. Schedule 1
  32. Part 1: Criteria for identifying the types of river, lake or transitional water to which the environmental standards specified in Part 2 of this Schedule apply
  33. 1Paragraph 1
  34. 2Paragraph 2
  35. 3Paragraph 3
  36. 4Paragraph 4
  37. 5Paragraph 5
  38. 6Paragraph 6
  39. 7Paragraph 7
  40. Part 2: Environmental Standards
  41. 1Environmental standards for river water quality
  42. 2Paragraph 2
  43. 3Paragraph 3
  44. 4Paragraph 4
  45. 5Paragraph 5
  46. 6Environmental standards for river flows
  47. 7Environmental standards for lake water quality
  48. 8Paragraph 8
  49. 9Paragraph 9
  50. 10Paragraph 10
  51. 11Environmental standards for protection of inland lake water levels
  52. 12Environmental standards for transitional and coastal water quality
  53. 13Paragraph 13
  54. 14Environmental standards for specific pollutants
  56. Environmental Standards for River Water Quality
  58. Environmental Standards for Lake Water Quality
  60. Environmental Standards for Transitional and Coastal Water Quality
  62. Environmental Standards for Specific Pollutants
  64. Environmental Standards for Priority Substances and other Substances
  65. Paragraph
  66. Part 3: Boundary values for biological quality elements
  67. 1Boundary values for aquatic plants and animals in rivers
  68. 2Paragraph 2
  69. 3Paragraph 3
  70. 4Paragraph 4
  71. 5Boundary values for aquatic plants and animals in lakes
  72. 6Paragraph 6
  73. 7Paragraph 7
  74. 8Paragraph 8
  75. 9Paragraph 9
  76. 10Boundary values for aquatic plants and animals in transitional and coastal waters
  77. 11Paragraph 11
  78. 12Paragraph 12
  79. 13Paragraph 13
  80. 14Paragraph 14
  81. 4Intermittent Discharge Standards
  82. Schedule 2
  83. Part 1: Determining Ecological Status of Surface Waters that are not designated Heavily Modified or Artificial
  84. 1Paragraph 1
  85. 2Paragraph 2
  86. Part 2: Determining Chemical Status of Surface Waters
  87. 1Paragraph 1
  88. Part 3: Determining Ecological Potential of Heavily Modified and Artificial Water Bodies
  89. 1Paragraph 1
  90. 2Paragraph 2
  91. 3Paragraph 3
  92. Part 4: Determining High Status for Morphological Elements
  93. 1Paragraph 1
  94. 2Paragraph 2
  95. Part 5: Determining Overall Status of Surface Water Bodies
  96. 1Paragraph 1
  97. Schedule 3: Determining Quantitative status of Groundwater
  98. 1Paragraph 1
  99. Schedule 4Presentation of monitoring results and classification
  100. Schedule 5
  101. 1Shellfish Waters Standards
  102. Part 2: Microbial Guideline Value
  103. 1Microbial Guideline Value
  104. 2Compliance with the microbial guideline value
  105. 3Sampling and analysis
  106. Schedule 6: Modifications of Directives
  107. Part 1: Modifications of the Water Framework Directive
  108. 1Paragraph 1
  109. 2Paragraph 2
  110. 3Paragraph 3
  111. 4Paragraph 4
  112. 5Paragraph 5
  113. 6Paragraph 6
  114. 7Paragraph 7
  115. 8Paragraph 8
  116. 9Paragraph 9
  117. 10Paragraph 10
  118. 11Paragraph 11
  119. 12Paragraph 12
  120. 13Paragraph 13
  121. Part 2: Modifications of the Directive
  122. 1Paragraph 1
  123. 2Paragraph 2
  124. 3Paragraph 3
  125. Part 3: Modifications of Directive 2009/90/EC
  126. 1Paragraph 1
  127. 2Paragraph 2
  128. Explanatory note