The EPA Catchments Unit is based in Dublin, and the team is involved with catchment science, chemistry, ecology, hydromorphology, modelling, Geographic Information Systems and planning. We work with the wider EPA, all of our local authorities, the Local Authority Waters and Communities Office, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, and other public bodies and Departments to ensure we have the best available data and information about our catchments.
The 42nd Annual IAH (Irish Group) Groundwater Conference: “Groundwater: Making the Invisible, Visible” will be held over two half-days on Tuesday […]
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The EPA has published the EPA Research Report 406: Sharing Lessons Learned from Water Governance. Like many other environmental challenges, […]
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Register now to join ‘Stories from the Waterside’, an evening of storytelling on Zoom to celebrate World Water Day and […]
Read More The 2022 EPA Water Conference will take place in person in Galway on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 May 2022. […]
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The purpose of this consultation is to seek your views on the designation of heavily modified waterbodies, and the review […]
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Despite abundant rainfall, over 12,000 lakes and 84,000 km of river channel, Ireland’s water supply is under pressure. In each […]
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Catchments.ie makes use of EPA Water Framework Directive structured data to publish information about water quality in Ireland. This experimental […]
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22 February 2022: The EPA has released the Drinking Water Quality in Private Group Schemes and Small Private Supplies 2020 report. Drinking […]
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Nature-based Catchment Management means working with nature and using natural processes where possible to protect and improve water quality in […]
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The Dublin Urban Rivers Life project aims to improve water quality by making it quicker and easier to find domestic […]
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.