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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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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EPA Research 406: Sharing Lessons Learned from Water Governance
The EPA has published the EPA Research Report 406: Sharing Lessons Learned from Water Governance. Like many other environmental challenges, […]
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Nature-based Catchment Management – working with nature to benefit biodiversity, water and the climate
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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Dublin Urban Rivers LIFE: finding bad plumbing and building wetlands to keep wastewater away from local rivers
The Dublin Urban Rivers Life project aims to improve water quality by making it quicker and easier to find domestic […]
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Inside the EPA – Episode 1: Hydrometric and Groundwater Unit
“Inside the EPA” is a new series that shows a day in the life of our talented EPA staff as […]
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Catchments Newsletter – sharing science and stories about water in Ireland.
Every six years, Ireland prepares a River Basin Management Plan. The draft Plan for 2022-2027 is currently open for public […]
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Public meetings on the draft River Basin Management Plan 2022-2027
The Local Authority Waters Programme have organsied a series of online public meetings will take place in February and March […]
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Webinar: Nature-based surface water management and planning
This Webinar focused on how we move to a nature-based approach to urban rainwater management. The importance of managing urban […]
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Community Water Development Fund now open for 2022
Grants are available from the Local Authority Waters Programme for communities to deliver water, biodiversity, and climate action initiatives. Your […]
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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.