Official Statistics: Wales Bathing Water Report: 2016

NRW is the statutory monitoring authority for bathing waters in Wales.




Barony project goes worldwide

Staff from SRUC’s Barony Campus presented their multi-award winning project at the recent Moodle (MoodleMoot UK & Ireland) online learning platform conference.




Notice: Canal and River Trust (NPS/WR/021595): application made to abstract water

The Environment Agency consults the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These notices explain:

  • what the application is about
  • which Environment Agency offices you can visit to see the application documents on the public register
  • when you need to comment by



National Statistics: Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics report: October to December 2016

This report presents provisional information on the quantities of local authority collected municipal waste managed in Northern Ireland. It provides information on the quantities and rates of local authority collected waste arisings, sent for preparing for reuse, for dry recycling, composting, energy recovery and sent to landfill. Some of these measurements are key performance indicators. These are used to assess progress towards achieving waste strategy targets and where appropriate this is highlighted in the tables and charts.




Passive seismic monitoring

In 2012 the BGS acquired a modern passive seismic measurement unit (Tromino) to complement the existing suite of near-surface geophysical equipment.