Stories from the waterside
A new website has been launched to share Stories from the Waterside, collecting stories about people and their connections to […]
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Catchment News
Celebrate World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2021 – events, resources and photo competition
World Wetlands Day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the […]
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EPA Research 364: Learning from Group Water Schemes: Community Infrastructures for Sustainable Development
The EPA has published the EPA Research 364: Learning from Group Water Schemes: Community Infrastructures for Sustainable Development. The quality […]
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‘Stories from the waterside’ – readings and website launch on 2 February for World Wetlands Day
The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) will launch a new website dedicated to ‘Stories from the waterside’ at an online […]
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The Rivers Trust Annual Conference: Water at the heart of climate resilience
The Rivers Trust joins with Westcountry Rivers Trust to deliver its conference online for the first time on 16 and […]
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EPA Launches ‘The Story of your Stuff’ competition for secondary schools: show us how the choices you make everyday affect our environment
The EPA today launched The Story of Your Stuff, a competition aimed at secondary school students, which seeks to empower young […]
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2020: Our year in review
Below, you can find some of the EPA’s 2020 work on water. This included holding our largest ever water conference […]
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Nature on our Doorsteps: Volume 1
Many of us of a certain generation who have an interest in nature and conservation most likely grew up searching […]
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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.