On the EPA Geoportal Download page (https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download) please follow the instructions below to obtain the data you request:
- Go to https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download
- Go to the ‘Water / Water Framework Directive’ section
- Go to the ‘Pressures’ section
- Tick the ‘WFD Significant Pressure – 16/07/2021’
- Go to the bottom of the page > Enter and re-enter your email and tick the ‘I’m not a robot’ > Hit ‘Send’
- This will provide you with a spreadsheet of all current WFD significant Pressures for each waterbody type. There is a field within this spreadsheet called ‘EU_CD’.
- Go to https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download
- Go to the ‘Water / Water Framework Directive’ section
- Go to the ‘Cycle 3 Waterbodies’ section
- Download each of the Water Bodies
- This will provide you with a shapefile for each waterbody. There is a field within each shapefile called ‘EU_CD’
- You can now join the WFD Significant Pressure data to each waterbody type shapefile using the ‘EU_CD’ field.