The Local Authority Waters Programme continues to monitor the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As the situation continues to change rapidly, our top priority remains the health, safety, and well-being of our staff, their families, our interlocutors and our communities. To that end and in line with official HSE advice, planned public meetings will 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 science and a strong evidence base, resulting from the water quality assessment work of the Environmental Protection Agency, Inland 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…
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…