Water events for Heritage Week (13-21 August) and Water Heritage Day, Sunday 21 August
There are events on all around the country next week to celebrate Heritage Week. National Heritage Week 2022 will focus […]
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Catchment News
Third Cycle Draft River Basin Management Plan 2022-2027 – Consultation Report
The Third Cycle Draft River Basin Management Plan 2022-2027 Consultation Report has been published. This report presents a summary of […]
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Ireland’s Water Framework Directive regional governance structures – what do they do?
Fran Igoe, Regional Coordinator for the South East and South West Regions with LAWPRO, explains how implementation of Ireland’s River […]
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Source to Sea – educational videos and resources for primary schools created by Scoil na Mara in Cork
Source to Sea is a series of primary school educational videos and class room activities about water quality and biodiversity. […]
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Kilteevan TidyTowns helps their community enjoy Moments by the Water
Eileen Fahy, Chair of Kilteevan TidyTowns, reflects on a project they worked on called Moments by the Water. Kilteevan’s wetland […]
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Designation of Heavily Modified Waterbodies (HMWBs) for the third River Basin Management Plan
The EPA has now completed our technical review of the heavily modified waterbodies as required under the Draft River Basin […]
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Watch the EPA Water Conference 2022 on YouTube now
The EPA Water Conference took place in Galway and online on 18 and 19 May 2022. You can now watch […]
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TidyTowns Waters and Communities Special Award 2022
The Waters and Communities Special Award is now open for 2022, with a closing date of Friday 10 June. This […]
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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 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.