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 […]
Read MorePlan to result in the protection and improvement of water quality in approximately 726 water bodies in Ireland €1.7 billion […]
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Read MoreThe Local Authority Waters & Communities Office are pleased to announce the launch of an open call for applications to […]
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Read MoreThe Water Systems and Services Innovation Centre (WSSIC) at the Nimbus Research Centre in Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) is [...]
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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 waterbodies.
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The EPA is responsible for coordinating the monitoring, assessment and reporting on the status of our 4829 waterbodies, looking at trends and changes and determining which waterbodies are at risk and what could be causing this, and drafting environmental objectives and measures 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 that will be implemented after public consultation, and sign off by the Minister.