An Fóram Uisce: Domestic water conservation needs serious consideration to build water supply resilience
Despite abundant rainfall, over 12,000 lakes and 84,000 km of river channel, Ireland’s water supply is under pressure. In each […]
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Catchment Stories
Visualising Ireland’s Water Framework Directive Status
Catchments.ie makes use of EPA Water Framework Directive structured data to publish information about water quality in Ireland. This experimental […]
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Nature-based Catchment Management – working with nature to benefit biodiversity, water and the climate
Nature-based Catchment Management means working with nature and using natural processes where possible to protect and improve water quality in […]
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Dublin Urban Rivers LIFE: finding bad plumbing and building wetlands to keep wastewater away from local rivers
The Dublin Urban Rivers Life project aims to improve water quality by making it quicker and easier to find domestic […]
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Inside the EPA – Episode 1: Hydrometric and Groundwater Unit
“Inside the EPA” is a new series that shows a day in the life of our talented EPA staff as […]
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Public consultation: have your say on the EPA draft strategic plan for 2022-2026
The Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of developing a new strategic plan for the period 2022-2026. A public […]
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World Wetlands Day – Wednesday 2 February 2022
World Wetlands Day is an opportunity to coordinate global, national and local efforts to raise awareness about wetlands. Events are […]
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Catchments Newsletter – sharing science and stories about water in Ireland.
Every six years, Ireland prepares a River Basin Management Plan. The draft Plan for 2022-2027 is currently open for public […]
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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.