EPA publishes Bathing Water Quality in Ireland report for 2024
High standards achieved for Bathing Water quality in 2024, but challenges remain during heavy rainfall 8 May 2025: The Environmental […]
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EPA Water Conference 2025 – Registration Open! CPD Approved
Registration is now open for the EPA Water Conference 2025. (CPD Approved) The EPA Water Conference 2025 will highlight the […]
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Rivers Trust Conference 2025: Videos Now Available Online
The Rivers Trust’s Annual Conference was held on 9 April, 2025 and examined the vast impacts of blue-green algal blooms […]
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EPA Report: Mitigating Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality through Research and Knowledge Exchange
This research report explores improving water quality affected by agricultural practices using a multi-disciplinary approach. The WaterMARKE project investigated ways […]
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Public Consultation on the Designation of Heavily Modified Water Bodies for Ireland’s third cycle River Basin Management Plan
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage invites submissions, observations and comments on the designation of heavily modified water […]
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Early insights indicator report: Nitrogen concentrations in selected major rivers, January-December 2024
The EPA has published an early insights bulletin into nitrogen levels in major rivers in Ireland for the period January […]
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Public consultation on the EPA’s proposed assessment methodology and hydrological limits for identifying significant water abstractions
An abstraction is the removal or diversion of water from a river, lake, stream, spring, groundwater well, or borehole, for […]
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Time to rewild? – a view from across the Irish Sea
Alastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain, gives his views on the potential for rewilding in the UK, including natural water […]
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Creating a vision for Dundalk Bay Rivers
Dundalk Bay is an important area for shellfish, wetland birds and a range of marine and coastal habitats including vegetated […]
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Pesticides – modelling catchment management solutions
Throughout the UK, water companies are detecting pesticide concentrations above the regulatory drinking water standard in surface waters supplying their […]
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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.