The Local Authority Waters Programme Catchment Assessment Team
Alan Walsh tells us how the new Local Authority Waters Programme Catchment Assessment Team will be working in Priority Areas […]
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Catchment News
Understanding our catchments: Water Framework Directive characterisation
In this article from the Winter 2018 Catchments Newsletter, Jenny Deakin from the EPA Catchments Unit outlines how we carried […]
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Catchment Management Network – 2018 meeting presentations
The EPA Catchments Unit held its 2018 annual Catchment Management Network Meeting on 14 November. All our local authorities and […]
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Water Quality in 2017: an indicators report
The EPA has today released the Water Quality in 2017: An Indicators Report for Ireland. The 16 indicators in the [...]
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Failure to treat waste water properly is damaging our rivers and coastal waters
Waste water treatment at 28 of Ireland’s 179 large towns and cities failed to meet standards set to prevent pollution [...]
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Working together to protect and improve our rivers, lakes & coastal waters: upcoming public meetings
The River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018 – 2021 (RBMP) sets out a new approach for the protection and [...]
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Irish National Hydrology Conference: hydrology and community involvement, 20 November 2018
The National Committees of the International Hydrological Programme and the International Committee on Irrigation and Drainage are holding the 19th […]
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A local initiative to control invasive plant species along the River Suir Blueway attracts International volunteers.
An exciting community led initiative kicked off this summer to control and eradicate non-native invasive plants that are currently spreading [...]
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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 waterbodies.
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 and Communities Office.
Environmental Protection Agency
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.
Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
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.