Ards and North Down
Water quality for 14 rivers, lakes and coastal waters in Ards and North Down, from DAERA/NIEA Water Framework Directive ecological status.
Official classifications in this county
- Good
- 2
- Moderate
- 7
- Poor
- 3
- Bad
- 2
- Ards Penninsula, PortavogieGood
- Ballyholme River, BangorBad
- Belfast Lough Inner, CultraModerate
- Belfast Lough Outer, GroomsportGood
- Blackstaff (Ards) River, KircubbinBad
- Blackwater (Ards) River, BallygowanModerate
- Comber Tributary, BallygowanPoor
- Crawfordsburn River, CrawfordsburnModerate
- Cully's Burn, NewtownardsModerate
- Cunning Burn, NewtownardsModerate
- Enler River (Comber), ComberModerate
- Ganaway Burn, BallywalterPoor
- Mill Burn (Ards), MillislePoor
- Strangford Lough North, GreyabbeyModerate
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Official classifications on this page contain DAERA/NIEA Water Framework Directive classification data © Crown copyright, licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0.