LAWPRO Opens Grants Scheme for Heritage Week 2025
Community groups are invited to host an event to celebrate Water Heritage Day 2025 Wednesday, 25th June 2025: The Local Authority Waters Programme […]
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Catchment News
Hydrology Summary Bulletin – May 2025
Hydrology Summary Bulletin outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake and turlough levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over […]
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Call for Papers: 2025 Irish National Hydrology Conference
The 26th Irish National Hydrology Conference will take place on Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone. […]
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Report of the Sludges and Organic Fertilisers Working Group
This report details the findings and recommendations of the Sludges, Biosolids and other Organic Fertilisers Working Group. A Sludges, Biosolids […]
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Hydrology Summary Bulletin – April 2025
Hydrology Summary Bulletin outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake and turlough levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over […]
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Barrier Mitigation Fund: Expressions of Interest Now Open
The Barrier Mitigation Fund is a key initiative under Inland Fisheries Ireland’s (IFI) National Barrier Mitigation Programme, NBMP. Its goal […]
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Nature Based Solutions Conference – 4th and 5th June, 2025
Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan TD, welcomes the Nature-based Solutions Conference – To Protect and […]
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Farming for Water Case Study
Willow Beds – A nature-based solution to reduce overland runoff and pollution in Kerry The Farming for Water Project is […]
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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.