Mr. Eoghan Murphy T.D. Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government has published the draft timetable and work programme […]
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Plan to result in the protection and improvement of water quality in approximately 726 water bodies in Ireland €1.7 billion […]
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Minister Michael Creed T.D. and Minster Eoghan Murphy T.D. launch the ‘Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme’ The Minister for Agriculture, […]
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The overarching aim of the Water Framework Directive is to achieve at least good status for all water bodies. It […]
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As environmental hydrology continues to grow in importance, both researchers and practitioners remain on the look-out for investigative techniques to […]
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So ……we know that a rural stream is polluted (e.g. Ecological Quality value = 3-4; mean phosphate concentrations = 0.05 and […]
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The EPA has published the results of research by researchers at Dublin Institute of Technology: “Towards an Integrated Policy Framework […]
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.