Rivers Trust Conference 2025: Videos Now Available Online
The Rivers Trust’s Annual Conference was held on 9 April, 2025 and examined the vast impacts of blue-green algal blooms […]
Read MoreThe Rivers Trust’s Annual Conference was held on 9 April, 2025 and examined the vast impacts of blue-green algal blooms […]
Read MoreThis research report explores improving water quality affected by agricultural practices using a multi-disciplinary approach. The WaterMARKE project investigated ways […]
Read MoreRegistration is now open for the EPA Water Conference 2025. The EPA Water Conference 2025 will highlight the latest policy, […]
Read MoreThe Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage invites submissions, observations and comments on the designation of heavily modified water […]
Read MoreThe EPA has published an early insights bulletin into nitrogen levels in major rivers in Ireland for the period January […]
Read MoreAn abstraction is the removal or diversion of water from a river, lake, stream, spring, groundwater well, or borehole, for […]
Read MoreAlastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain, gives his views on the potential for rewilding in the UK, including natural water […]
Read MoreDundalk Bay is an important area for shellfish, wetland birds and a range of marine and coastal habitats including vegetated […]
Read MoreThroughout the UK, water companies are detecting pesticide concentrations above the regulatory drinking water standard in surface waters supplying their […]
Read MoreA River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) requires a clear understanding of what is happening in the rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries […]
Read MoreThe 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.
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.
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.