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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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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Local Authority Waters Programme hold a Catchment Conversation workshop to develop a water quality community forum
The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) held a workshop on public participation in water catchment management in the Meadow Court […]
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LAWPRO are hiring – scientists, environmental health and safety engineer, and data/GIS managers
LAWPRO’s Water Framework Directive team as well as in the new awarded Waters EIP project team are now hiring. LAWPRO […]
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Public meetings on the draft River Basin Management Plan 2022-2027
The Local Authority Waters Programme have organsied a series of online public meetings will take place in February and March […]
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Survey on Arctic char
Researchers are looking for feedback from the public to better understand attitudes towards Arctic char and how they might be […]
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Conference: Communities caring for water – 20 November 2021
Communities Caring for Water Conference 2021 is a joint initiative between The Rivers Trust and the Local Authority Waters Programme […]
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TidyTowns Waters and Communities Special Award 2021
The TidyTowns Waters and Communities Special Award is now open for applications with a closing date of Friday 23 July […]
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LA Waters Programme – calendar of public meetings around Ireland
The Local Authority Waters Programme’s supports local communities to get involved in caring for their local waters and to participate […]
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Community Water Development Fund awards grants to benefit communities and their local water catchments
Community Water Development Fund grants for 2021 issued at the end of April. The fund was introduced four years ago […]
Read MoreWho is involved? 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.