Due to COVID-19 and the restrictions people faced during the public consultation period, Mr. Eoghan Murphy T.D., Minister for Housing, […]
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Around 500,000 households in Ireland have a wastewater system that includes septic tanks and packaged systems. About 137,000 of these […]
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On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference. This year’s theme […]
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The National Biodiversity Data Centre today launched our Rocky Shore Safari which is a new survey under our Explore Your […]
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This webinar was given by Jenny Deakin of the EPA Catchments Unit on 5 June 2020 as part of the […]
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The EPA runs a national hydrometric monitoring programme which measures the flow in rivers, lake levels and groundwater levels at […]
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The EPA National Water Event ‘Restoring our waters’ will be streamed via a web-based app on 17 & 18 June. […]
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The EPA has today published the Bathing Water in Ireland report for 2019 which sets out the quality of bathing […]
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 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 4,829 water bodies, looking at trends and changes, 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.