The Rivers Trust Annual Conference: Water at the heart of climate resilience
The Rivers Trust joins with Westcountry Rivers Trust to deliver its conference online for the first time on 16 and […]
Read MoreThe Rivers Trust joins with Westcountry Rivers Trust to deliver its conference online for the first time on 16 and […]
Read MoreBelow, you can find some of the EPA’s 2020 work on water. This included holding our largest ever water conference […]
Read More15 December 2020: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today published the Water Quality Indicators Report 2019 which provides an […]
Read MoreCormac McConigley from the Local Authority Waters Programme tells us about work on the Blue Dots programme. This programme is […]
Read MoreA recent evaluation of Irish stonefly has seen two stonefly species added to the Red List of species threatened with […]
Read MoreGroup Water Schemes are community owned rural groups supplying drinking water to their local members. Adrian Smyth tells us how […]
Read MoreThe Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) launched its Community Water Development Fund 2021 on Saturday 28 November at Communities Caring […]
Read MoreSheevaun Thompson from the Local Authority Waters Programme tells us about the Community Water Development Fund. In 2020, this fund […]
Read MoreThis year’s Irish Rivers Trust and Catchment Community Groups Seminar: Communities Caring for Water is going online and takes place […]
Read MoreThe EPA recently launched a monthly hydrometric bulletin which will provide a national summary of river flow, lake and groundwater […]
Read MoreQuite 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.
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.
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.
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.