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Catchments Newsletter – sharing science and stories. Summer 2024.


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In this issue:

Waters and Communities News:

Winners of LAWPRO's 'My Favourite Waterbody' photography competition; Lough Masks' Arctic Char mosaic; East Corrib Alliance restore their river; Restoring Drummin Bog in Carlow; Cabragh Wetlands Trust restoring semi-natural floodplains; Slaney workshop on a catchment community forum; Middleton GAA club use the Green Club Water Action Fund; LAWPRO's Community Water Development Fund and Catchment Support Fund.

Articles:

The Water Action Plan 2024; Water Quality in 2023 - an indicators report; watch the 2024 EPA Water Conference Online; EPA update on the Significant Pressures impacting water quality; updated Catchment Assessments and master spreadsheet available; ESRI research on farmers knowledge, attitudes and intentions towards water quality; New map EPA available on Targeting Agricultural Measures; the Farming for Water EIP, including a willow bed case study; Waters of Life - trialling water quality solutions; national implementation strategy for nature-based solutions; Water Forum educational modules for schools; FarmPEAT - working with farmers on midlands raised bogs; An Taisce launch The Irish Pond Manual; and finally, a discussion piece on drained peaty soils.

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EPA Catchments Unit

Administrator

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.

Who 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.