Time to rewild? – a view from across the Irish Sea
Alastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain, gives his views on the potential for rewilding in the UK, including natural water […]
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Creating a vision for Dundalk Bay Rivers
Dundalk Bay is an important area for shellfish, wetland birds and a range of marine and coastal habitats including vegetated […]
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Pesticides – modelling catchment management solutions
Throughout the UK, water companies are detecting pesticide concentrations above the regulatory drinking water standard in surface waters supplying their […]
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Developing the next River Basin Management Plan: a collaborative approach involving communities, stakeholders and public bodies
A River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) requires a clear understanding of what is happening in the rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries […]
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Reanimation of functional wetlands and application of the ‘Integrated Constructed Wetland’ (ICW) concept
River basins typically comprise a diversity of catchments that intercept precipitation. Each catchment is circumscribed by topographical boundaries involving a […]
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Engaging communities on local waters and the draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What do your local rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries and coastal waters mean to you? This question was asked of […]
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The Suir from Source to Sea – a public engagement pilot
Background Flooding has been high on both the public and political agendas since the major flooding episodes in 2015. Most […]
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Explaining the Catchment Characterisation Outcomes – Finding the Appropriate Words
Over the last few months, Catchment Unit staff have given numerous presentations as part of the catchment characterisation process. While […]
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Groundwater source protection terminology used in Ireland
This article aims to explain and clarify technical terms used for groundwater source protection. There are several terms used in […]
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Developing the concept of catchment services for progress towards integrated water management in Ireland
In a previous article, Donal Daly introduced the concept of catchment services (the benefits received by ecosystems and humans from […]
Read MoreWho 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.