Hydrology Summary Bulletin – October 2024
The EPA hydrology bulletin for October is now available to download. October was relatively dry for most of the country […]
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Catchment News
2025 Catchment Support Fund: supporting community organisations working to improve water quality
Saturday 9 November 2024: LAWPRO has launched the 2025 Catchment Support Fund at the Communities Caring for Water conference in […]
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Ballineen and Enniskeane Tidy Towns in County Cork win the top prize for water quality in SuperValu TidyTowns National Awards
Ballineen and Enniskeane Tidy Towns in Co. Cork have been announced as the overall winner of the Waters and Communities […]
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Targeting measures for water quality outcomes – analysis of the gap to achieving Water Framework Directive Environmental Objectives
The EPA has published an analysis of the likely water quality outcomes that may be achieved as a result of […]
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Urban Wastewater Treatment in 2023
This EPA report provides an overview of urban wastewater treatment in Ireland during 2023. It highlights the priority issues that […]
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How spongy is your school? Join An Taisce’s rainfall and flooding citizen science project to find out…
Registration for An Taisce’s third Rainfall and Flooding Campaign Spongy Schools, is now open. Schools will be sent a rain […]
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State of the Environment Report 2024: Water
Every four years the EPA publishes its flagship State of the Environment report. Progress, economic prosperity, and health all threatened […]
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Ireland’s State of the Environment Report 2024
Progress, economic prosperity, and health are all threatened unless Ireland increases the scale, pace, and ambition of environmental action. The […]
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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.