The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive requires the assessment of potential environmental impacts resulting from the implementation of plans (e.g. […]
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The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) launched its Community Water Development Fund 2021 on Saturday 28 November at Communities Caring […]
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Sheevaun Thompson from the Local Authority Waters Programme tells us about the Community Water Development Fund. In 2020, this fund […]
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Thomas Carolan from the Local Authority Waters Programme tells us how Stoneybatter’s community became Ireland’s first pollinator friendly community, and […]
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On 25 November the EPA published Ireland’s Environment – An Integrated Assessment 2020 which provides an assessment of the overall quality […]
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The Water Forum are holding an online panel discussion at 10:00 on Friday 4 December on CAP Reform and water […]
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The National Federation of Group Water Schemes (NFGWS) is the organisation for community-owned Rural Water Supplies in Ireland. The NFGWS is a […]
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Gretta McCarron from An Fóram Usice tells us about the barriers to public involvement in decision making processes and governance […]
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This year’s Irish Rivers Trust and Catchment Community Groups Seminar: Communities Caring for Water is going online and takes place […]
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The EPA report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2019, released today, highlights that delays in upgrading treatment systems around […]
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 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.
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 4,842 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.
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.