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Water Education Resources issued for National Science Week

This is National Science Week 2024 and the Water Forum has made available water education module resources for teachers and students. The resources can be used through-out the secondary school

Natural Capital Ireland make recommendations for nature restoration funding

Natural Capital Ireland have published recommendations on how to fund nature restoration. With the EU Nature Restoration Law adopted by the European Council on 17th June 2024, the Irish Environmental

World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Report 2024

The report published this week, finds that over the past 50 years (1970–2020), the average size of monitored wildlife populations has shrunk by 73%, as measured by the Living Planet

Newsletter No. 17 Autumn 2024

An update on the work of the Water Forum over the past 3 months in included in our Quarterly Newsletter.   Autumn 2024 Newsletter

ESRI research identified a need for communications on well testing and septic tank maintenance

The Economic and Social Research Institute research was carried out in partnership with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and is based on a survey of over 1,800

Only marginal improvement in Urban Wastewater Treatment in 2023

Today, the EPA published the Urban Wastewater Treatment Report for 2023. While there have been some improvements there is still a long way to go. Ten large towns and cities,

EPA State of the Environment Report is published

Every four years the Environmental Protection Agency produce an integrated assessment report on the Irish environment. The report published this week covers the past four years, and presents the most recent

New Catchment Summary Reports are made available on www.catchments.ie

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

Local Authority Waters Programme have launched the Community Water Development Fund for 2025

To support the delivery of measures identified in the Water Action Plan launched on by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on 5th September, LAWPRO has launched the

Big River Watch Survey is underway – get involved now

Would you like to help provide a better understanding of the health of our rivers? The Rivers Trust are providing a free and easy, Big river Watch survey that is

Water Action Plan has been launched

The Water Forum welcomes the inclusion of its recommendations in the third River Basin Management Plan, but urgent implementation of this Water Action Plan is essential to achieve outcomes. The

EPA Nitrates and Phosphorus monitoring report issued this week

Nutrient losses from agriculture are one of the significant drivers for waters not meeting their environmental objectives under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The most recent ecological status assessment (2016-21)

Heritage week begins this weekend ending with Water Heritage Day Sunday 25th

Heritage Week starts this weekend National Heritage Week is an initiative by the Heritage Council that celebrates all things heritage. It brings together communities, families, organisations, cultural institutions, academics and

Charting a new approach to public participation in water management is available now

The Water Forum commissioned research to: Review of best practices (National and International) in public participation in environmental management, with policy recommendations for the protection and restoration of water bodies.

Newsletter No. 16 Summer 2024 is now available

Find out about the work of the Water Forum over the past 3 months. We went on a number of field trips to learn about the work of Group Water

Progress on Programme for Government water commitments could be improved

Ireland’s 2020 Programme for Government (PfG) (Department of the Taoiseach, 2020) set out 297 environmental commitments, 28 of which relate to water quality or water services and 20 of which

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