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LAWPRO Updates: Upcoming Public Meetings on Water Quality

The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) works with communities to protect and restore good water quality in Ireland’s rivers, lakes, estuaries, ground and coastal water. Under the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland, LAWPRO carries out work in areas where water quality needs restoration and/or protection called Priority Areas for Action (PAA) to support targeted water quality improvements with other stakeholders.

The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) is inviting communities to attend upcoming public meetings focused on water quality and local actions. These meetings are an opportunity to learn more about the health of your local rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, and to share your views on how we can work together to protect and improve them.

Upcoming Meetings:

Westport-Belmullet Municipal District (North)

Date: 13th November, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Venue: Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, F26 W5H0
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Westport-Belmullet Municipal District (South)

Date: 27th November, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Venue: Westport Library, The Crescent, Westport, Co. Mayo, F28 HE26
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Thurles Municipal District

Date: 25th November, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Venue: Murphy’s Bar, Main Street, Templemore, Co. Tipperary, E41 CX45
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Learn more:

Two Public Meetings Announced on Water Quality in Westport-Belmullet Municipal District – Local Authority Waters Programme

Public Meeting Announced on Water Quality in Templemore – Local Authority Waters Programme

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EPA Catchments Unit

Administrator

The EPA Catchments Unit is based in Dublin, and the team is involved with catchment science, chemistry, ecology, hydromorphology, modelling, Geographic Information Systems and planning. We work with the wider EPA, all of our local authorities, the Local Authority Waters and Communities Office, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, and other public bodies and Departments to ensure we have the best available data and information about our catchments.

Who is involved?
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.