The Community Water Development Fund helps local communities deliver projects and initiatives related to water and nature. These projects deliver local benefits by enhancing the water environment and wider benefits by helping to meet water quality objectives of the national River Basin Management Plan. The fund is open to all community and voluntary groups interested in Read More…
Tidy Towns Special Award 2019 – ‘Waters & Communities’ award.
The Waters and Communities Special Award is now open for applications with a deadline of 17th May 2019. The Award is run in conjunction with SuperValu TidyTowns Awards. The Waters and Communities Special Award 2019 aims to get communities more involved with the natural heritage in their local areas by helping to protect, maintain and Read More…
Farming Mitigation Conference 17th January 2019 – Presentations
09:00 Welcome & Introduction – Sean Keating, LAWPRO 09:05 Opening Address Jack Nolan, Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine 09:30 Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Regulations measures to protect water quality – Tim Hyde, Teagasc 10:00 Water Friendly Farming – Lessons Learned from the Allerton Project – Chris Stoate, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Leicestershire 11:30 Read More…
Have your say on the development and implementation of the River Basin Management Plans.
Timetable and Work Programme for the Third-Cycle River Basin Management Plan 2022-2027. This public consultation sets out the main steps and milestones for the development of the third River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) for Ireland, and seeks the views of the public with respect to those steps. In addition, comments are being sought from stakeholders and the public on governance Read More…
Community Water Development Fund 2019
Click Here for 2019 Guidelines The Local Authority Waters Programme are pleased to announce the launch of an open call for applications to a Community Water Development Fund 2019. Closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 12th February 2019 at 7.00pm. The Community Water Development Fund aims to support communities in progressing water related Read More…
Report on Local Consultations on the Draft River Basin Management Plan
Click here to open the RBMP Report Public consultation on the Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018 – 2021 was delivered via 124 local meetings between February and August 2017. These meetings were facilitated by your local Community Water Officer to provide information on the draft plan and to open public conversations on Read More…
Community Information Meetings on the Priority Areas for Action
The River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018 – 2021 (RBMP) sets out a new approach for the protection and management of water quality in our rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwater, and coastal waters. The RBMP is underpinned by a strong evidence base due to the work of the EPA, Inland Fisheries Ireland and local authorities in assessing Read More…
Areas for Action for the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018 – 2021
The River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018 – 2021 sets out measures and priorities aimed at ensuring its implementation over the next four years will achieve objectives of the EU Water Framework Directive. To support these objectives the catchment characterisation work undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has informed criteria for prioritisation for Read More…
TidyTowns Waters and Communities Special Award 2018
The Waters and Communities Special Award is open for applications with a deadline of 23rd May 2018. The Award is run in conjunction with the main SuperValu TidyTowns Awards, which this year celebrates its 60th year of encouraging and rewarding community effort. The Waters and Communities Special Award 2018 aims to encourage communities to get Read More…
River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018 – 2021
The Government published the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018-2021, which sets out actions that will be taken to improve water quality in rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwater and coastal areas across the entire country. Developing the RBMP involved three separate public consultation processes, as mandated under the EU Water Framework Directive, these were: The Read More…