Citizen Scientists: Can you help map river obstacles?
Reconnect is an EPA-funded project being undertaken by a team of researchers from University College Dublin. Its aim is to […]
Read MoreReconnect is an EPA-funded project being undertaken by a team of researchers from University College Dublin. Its aim is to […]
Read MoreSecuring the National Apple Collection with Shankill Tidy Towns and UCD On a clear, cold February morning, several members of […]
Read MoreThe Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, has announced the launch of an Open Call under […]
Read MoreCommunity spirit is alive and well in Waterford city. On Saturday 29th September a diverse collection of community groups and […]
Read MoreThe EPA has recently published the results of Research 194: AgImpact Project: A Systematic and Participatory Review of Research on the […]
Read MoreRivers users, wildlife experts, water professionals and the local community in Ardfinnan put on a Family Funday spectacular along the […]
Read MoreThis presentation from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) was given by Nova Sharkey and Linh Trieu Nolan at the Irish […]
Read MoreThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has partnered with The Wheel to produce the Sustainable Communities guidebooks series, providing up to […]
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.