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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EPA launches the report on Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems Inspections for 2021 – the delays in fixing failed septic tanks are unacceptable
30 June 2022: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the report on Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems Inspections in 2021. […]
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The Story of the Mountain Water – Part 2: restoring a Blue Dot
Part 1 of The Mountain Water’s story If rivers could talk, which was written from the river’s perspective, appeared in […]
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Catchment Communities: Cloughaneely Angling Association’s critical source identification project
In 2019, Cloughaneely Angling Association’s (CAA) Catchment Management Group prepared a 5-year plan for the Ray and Tullaghobegley catchments in […]
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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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EPA Factsheet: how we assess water quality
The EPA Has published an updated factsheet on how we assess and classify water quality under the Water Framework Directive. […]
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Teagasc organic demonstration farm walks, June + July 2022
Teagasc, Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine and organic organisations invite all farmers and members of the public to […]
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EPA publishes report on Bathing Water Quality in Ireland in 2021
On 13 May 2022 the EPA published the Bathing Water in Ireland report for 2021 which shows that 78% of […]
Read MoreWho is involved?
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.