Water Heritage Day: Share a Story, Make a Connection – Sunday August 26th
Water Heritage Day concludes Heritage Week on Sunday, 26th August. This day is a celebration of our most precious natural […]
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River Derg catchment: pilot cross-border grant scheme in Donegal and Tyrone helps farmers protect rivers and drinking water
An innovative and exciting new pilot cross-border Land Incentive Scheme has been launched in the River Derg catchment, which will […]
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Results-based payments for farming: delivering high quality biodiversity and other public goods
Paying farmers to deliver better environmental outcomes is the focus of the Results-based Agrienvironmental Pilot Scheme (RBAPS). Dolores Byrne tells […]
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River Basin Management Plan 2018-2021
On 17 April 2018, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy, T.D., launched the River Basin Management […]
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Source to Tap project in the Erne and Derg catchments launched
Lisa Stewart tells us about a major €5.3 million cross-border project to improve water quality in rivers and lakes in […]
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Hydrology National Conference, November 2018 – hydrology and community involvement
This year, Ireland’s national hydrology conference has a theme of Hydrology and Community Involvement and will be held on Tuesday 20th […]
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St. Joseph’s Foroige, Streamstown – award-winning work to reduce pesticide use
St. Joseph’s Foroige, Streamstown Co Westmeath recently won a gold medal for their project on weed killer at the Aldi […]
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Slovenian delegation visits Ireland to learn about turloughs and Irish LIFE projects
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Waters and Communities Office Community Water Officer, Ruairí Ó Conchúir, was delighted to host a delegation from Slovenia to […]
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Minister Murphy launches River Basin Management Plan 2018-2021
Plan to result in the protection and improvement of water quality in approximately 726 water bodies in Ireland €1.7 billion […]
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Kilteevan River – Our Living Heritage
Mr Denis Naughton, Minister for Communications, Climate Acton and Environment, unveiled a new sign titled Kilteevan River – Our Living […]
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Quite simply, everyone in Ireland has a role to play. This can be from something as simple as making sure you don’t pollute your local stream, or a local community working together to establish a Rivers Trust to enhance the rivers and lakes in their area, to a Government Department or Agency helping a Minister implement a new policy to help protect and enhance all our water bodies.
This website has been developed and is maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency, and is a collaboration between the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Local Authority Waters Programme.
Local Authority Waters Programme
The Local Authority Waters Programme coordinates the efforts of local authorities and other public bodies in the implementation of the River Basin Management Plan, and supports local community and stakeholder involvement in managing our natural waters, for everyone’s benefit.
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is responsible for coordinating the monitoring, assessment and reporting on the status of our 4,842 water bodies, looking at trends and changes, determining which waterbodies are at risk and what could be causing this, and drafting environmental objectives for each.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
The Department is responsible for making sure that the right policies, regulations and resources are in place to implement the Water Framework Directive, and developing a River Basin Management Plan and Programme of Measures to protect and restore our waters.