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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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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Ireland’s freshwaters: a world of wonder and discovery awaits you
Ireland’s freshwaters are host to an amazing world of animals, plants and other organisms. These organisms, many of whom are […]
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The Nore Vision Project
How do you get from ‘A’ to ‘B’? If ‘A’ is a catchment with deteriorating water quality and ‘B’ represents […]
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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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Nutrient modelling indicates most nutrient losses to surface waters are from diffuse sources
New estimates indicate that diffuse sources outweigh point sources in most sub-catchments. The main cause of unsatisfactory water quality in […]
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Open waters, open hearts in Thomastown
A Community River Trust in County Kilkenny is inspiring local love for its waterways. In the small kitchen of a […]
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River Camac Community Clean-up
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 7th, 2017, a large community clean-up was held along the River Camac in Clondalkin to promote awareness of […]
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.