To mark the launch of the River Basin Management Plan, Cycle 3 Water Action Plan, the EPA Catchments Unit published 46 Catchment Assessment Summary Reports. These assessments provide an overview of the latest data available in each catchment and includes:
- A Water Quality Summary
- Details of High-Status Objective waterbodies
- Water Quality Changes (including status changes from 2010 to 2021)
- Water Framework Directive Risk (at risk, not at risk, in review)
- Significant Pressures
- Action planned for the catchment
The Appendix in each report includes a list of all waterbodies (rivers, lakes and coastal waters) in the catchment and provides waterbody scale information such as its ecological status changes from 2010 to 2021, if it is at risk of not meeting Water Framework Directives and why this might be so. The responsible Local Authority is also identified. Links are included to view the data on maps in www.catchments.ie
How to access the Cycle 3 Water Action Plan Catchment Assessments
- Go to the catchments.ie & Select Data page: https://www.catchmennts.ie/data/
- Type in the name of the catchment you are looking for in the Data search box, or click on the catchment you want to know about on the map of Ireland
Once the page for your catchment is opened, you will see a link to the PDF of the Catchment Assessment.
