Publications

Providing NI Water stronger powers to manage water shortages; This proposal seeks to provide NI Water with wider powers to tackle water shortages by increasing the number of areas for which it can restrict the use of a hosepipe beyond the watering of a private garden or washin

The policy is intended to improve water, flooding and sustainable drainage services for everyone. This should benefit all S75 categories.

Providing the Department for Infrastructure a power to introduce arrangements to encourage the developers to use Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) as the preferred drainage system in new developments.

Providing NI Water, powers to register Article 161 adoption agreements in the Statutory Charges Register.

The intended aim is to provide NI Water with stronger powers to deal with drain and sewer misconnections. The intended outcome is for NI Water to be able to more quickly address drainage misconnections.

An annual report on Sustainable Water is published each year highlighting the programmes and plans that have been put in place to tackle areas of drinking water quality, flood risk, environmental requirements and water and sewerage services.

The Department for Infrastructure has completed a public consultation exercise on nine policy proposals to improve how water, sewerage and flooding services are delivered in Northern Ireland.

An annual report on Sustainable Water is published each year highlighting the programmes and plans that have been put in place to tackle areas of drinking water quality, flood risk, environmental requirements and water and sewerage services.

The Department for Infrastructure is responsible for the maintenance and development of critical infrastructure in Northern Ireland. Through its focus on water, transport and planning public services, the Department is seeking to manage and protect £32 bn of public

The aim of this policy is to use the powers in the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, as amended, to extend the power to pay a subsidy to NI Water in lieu of domestic water charges.

The Second Cycle Northern Ireland Flood Risk Management Plan (FRMP) 2021 - 2027 is a requirement under The Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009.

This document seeks your views on the draft secondary legislation required to further commence and implement the key elements of the management and maintenance regime for reservoir safety provided by the Reservoirs Act (NI) 2015 (the Act).

Infrastructure Minister speaks at the Power of Water event when NI Water launched their Power of Water report.

An annual report on Sustainable Water is published each year highlighting the programmes and plans that have been put in place to tackle areas of drinking water quality, flood risk, environmental requirements and water and sewerage services.

At present NI Water has to receive and grant consent for various functions such as Article 161 Agreements, Trade Effluent Agreements, and New Connections “in writing.” They would like to be able to accept and grant consent through a digital online portal as well as

An annual report on Sustainable Water is published each year highlighting the programmes and plans that have been put in place to tackle areas of drinking water quality, flood risk, environmental requirements and water and sewerage services.

The Plan will take a new long-term strategic approach to drainage by:

The purpose of this document is to provide the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation with guidance on the key environmental and social policies that the Minister for Infrastructure expects it to contribute to in carrying out its role in regulating the water industr

DfI/2019-0388: EIR Request for details of all Schedule 6 discharge consents at the development site known as Crossgreen, Carrickfergus, into an adjacent watercourse.

DfI/2019-0324: EIR Request for information about NI Water’s plans for an abstraction point and pumping station on the River Faughan. Specifically: