Galway Waterways Foundation – celebrating, preserving & enhancing Galway’s rivers & canals
The Galway Waterways Foundation is working to celebrate, preserve and enhance Galway’s rivers and canals. Philip James tells us about […]
Read MoreThe Galway Waterways Foundation is working to celebrate, preserve and enhance Galway’s rivers and canals. Philip James tells us about […]
Read MoreIn July 2018, the Source-to-Tap project launched an innovative and exciting new pilot cross-border Land Incentive Scheme in the River […]
Read MoreFran Igoe tells us how the local community in Duncannon, County Wexford have been working together to understand their local […]
Read MoreSmart Farming, the resource efficiency programme run by IFA in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency has launched updated water […]
Read MoreThe National Biodiversity Data Centre has launched a new marine citizen science project called ‘Explore Your Shore! The project focuses […]
Read More[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht’s National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) – along with The Marine […]
Read More[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mr. Eoghan Murphy T.D. Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, invites submissions, observations and comments on the Draft Climate […]
Read MoreCelebrate water during National Heritage Week, August 17 – 25. Each year National Heritage Week takes place over the last […]
Read MoreThe National Biodiversity Data Centre has today launched a new all-Ireland survey of dragonflies and damselflies as part of an […]
Read MoreThe Waters and Communities Special Award is now open for applications with a deadline of 17th May 2019. The Award […]
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.