Environmental Pollution Incidents
This dataset contains details pollution incidents reported to Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Only substantiated and closed environmental protection incidents are included. Where these data indicate an incident occurred on a particular site or property no inference should be drawn that the site or property owner necessarily was responsible.
- Identification
- Extent
- Distribution
- Quality
- Keywords
- Spatial Reference System
- Content
- Constraints
- Maintenance
- Metadata
Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS116253
- Alternative Title
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- AfA138 Environmental Pollution Incidents
- Metadata Language
- English
- Lineage
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Details of all pollution incidents reported to NRW are held on the Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS). Data was stored and collect from 2013-04-01 to 2016-02-29 in National Incident Recording System (NIRS) and from 2016-03-01 to present Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS).
Where these data indicate an incident occurred on a particular site or property no inference should be drawn that the site or property owner necessarily was responsible.
Incidents are categorised as follows:
Category 1: High Major or Major Incident
Category 2: High Minor or Significant Incident
Category 3: Low or Minor Incident
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2025-04-11
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 2013-04-01
- Topic category
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- Environment
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Distribution
Distribution
- Format Type and Description
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Documents
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)
- Specification
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Excel
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Documents
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)
- Resource Locator
- Download Data and Web Services ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
Quality
Data quality
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Explanation
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
- Degree
- false
- Lineage
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Details of all pollution incidents reported to NRW are held on the Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS). Data was stored and collect from 2013-04-01 to 2016-02-29 in National Incident Recording System (NIRS) and from 2016-03-01 to present Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS).
Where these data indicate an incident occurred on a particular site or property no inference should be drawn that the site or property owner necessarily was responsible.
Incidents are categorised as follows:
Category 1: High Major or Major Incident
Category 2: High Minor or Significant Incident
Category 3: Low or Minor Incident
Keywords
Keywords
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- pollution Incidents
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-01-08
Keywords
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IPSV Subjects List
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- Air pollution
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-11-18
Keywords
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NRW SMNR Keywords
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- Soil and Land (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Water Resources (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Air (SMNR)
- Waste (SMNR)
- Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
- Soils (SMNR)
- Water Quality (SMNR)
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-26
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
- Restriction type
- Other restrictions
Access Constraints Directive
- Limitations
- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
- Other constraints
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There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Use Constraints
- Use constraints type
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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© CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
Attribution Statement
- Other constraints
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.
Licence
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313136323533 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Parent Identifier
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Environmental Incident data held in Wales Incident Recording System (WIRS)
NRW_DS117602
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2025-04-22T11:18:40.423Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0