Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), public authorities, including Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) are obliged to make information available to the public. This includes information placed in the public domain in response to a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations.
This disclosure log lists NI Water’s responses to notable information access requests, both Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and primarily Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) requests, since April 2024.
NI Water are initially focusing on requests regarding wastewater emissions to water bodies and requests regarding Lough Neagh, but as the Scheme expands, the content too will broaden.
We don’t publish personal information as this is exempt from release under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018.
We aim to review and refresh the disclosure log every few months.
You can see the responses to the requests for information by clicking the links in the ‘Request & Response’ column.
If you cannot find a specific request that you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact NI Water Information Management Unit and we will do our best to make available all the information that the legislation allows the Company to disclose.
Further information
Guide to freedom of information | ICO
Guide to the Environmental Information Regulations | ICO
NI Water response times to information requests (five years data)
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Radiation detection and monitoring at Moyola and Lough Fea WTWs
Various queries related to Water Quality and testing for radioactive substances.
Seeking information relating to apprentice programme and vacancies
Various queries related to NI Water apprenticeships, including any current staff shortages or vacancies in areas for each of the various categories of craft workers, tradespersons or other occupations for which…
Details on supply from Moyola WTW
Various queries relating to Moyola Water Treatment Works.
Queries about testing for phosphorous in drinking water
Various queries related to testing for phosphorus before it is distributed to homes and any results, including any incidents where they reach between 5mg/l and 49 mg/l, and the total number…
Information about staff disciplinaries over the past five years
Various queries related to disciplinaries withing the last five years.
Water Quality queries re PFAs in drinking water and entering Lough Neagh
Raising concerns regarding PFAS's in drinking water and PFAS's entering Lough Neagh and request of any testing results of concentrations within the lough.
Including queries relating to communications between NI…
Discharges of untreated sewage into watercourses in Northern Ireland
Various requests for information pertaining to discharges of untreated (raw) sewage into watercourses in Northern Ireland.
Requesting the total number of planning applications NI Water has recommended for refusal on the basis of current infrastructure constraints since May 2024. Please break this down by council area please.
The current number of properties currently in its pre-planning enquiry stage not able to connect to the system, due to improvements or increased capacity being required. If possible can you break this information down into council areas.
The number of developments which can proceed but only with self-funding from developers.
