The communities in 21 small towns and villages have very good news this week as upgrades for their wastewater treatment plants have all been given the go-ahead. It will provide
The public consultation on Ireland’s draft 3rd River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) 2022-2027 was launched by Ministers Darragh O’Brien, T.D. and Malcolm Noonan, T.D at Turvey Nature Reserve in Donabate.
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr Charlie McConalogue T.D., and Ms Pippa Hackett, T.D., launched a major investment of €10 million in a pilot Soil Sampling and
Ireland’s water quality is declining. In 53% of water bodies at risk of not achieving good ecological status, agriculture is the single biggest pressure contributing to water pollution, according to
An Fóram Uisce has extended the closing date for the Early-stage Researcher Bursary Call and broadened the eligibility criteria to include all research institutes in the Republic of Ireland. The
Ireland’s first Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) came into operation in 2006. Giving effect to the Nitrates Directive the NAP was designed to prevent pollution of surface waters and groundwater from
The United Nations 2030 Agenda encourages countries to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into planning and policy, on both a national and international level. As a whole-of-government initiative overseen
This second report on how Ireland’s climate is changing was published by the EPA, Met Eireann and the Marine Institute following on the IPCC report last week. It states that
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) published a new report on Monday Aug. 9. The report shows temperatures rising more quickly than expected and show the long-term effects of
The consultation will be open for submissions to Friday 10 September 2021. Work is commencing on the development of the next SDG National Implementation Plan which will set out arrangements
An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum) has launched an Open Research Call on ‘An assessment of policy coherence and conflicts for water and environmental management’. An Fóram Uisce is the
The Forum's Summer newsletter reports on our work over the past 3 months and this issue includes an report on the webinar on Peatlands held in May and a summary
An Fóram's submission to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on Expanding Ireland’s Marine Protected Area Network public consultation makes 14 important recommendations. The Forum’s Recommendations included: The
On 28th July 2021, Irish Water has changed its customer contact numbers Irish Water has changed its customer contact numbers to non-geographic prefixes 1800 (free) and 0818 numbers (standard rates).
The Water Advisory Body (WAB) published its second quarter report of 2021 today. The WAB reports on how Irish Water is performing against its own Strategic Funding Plan. In Quarter
Currently there are water restrictions and recommendations for conservation measures in many counties in Ireland. With the heat and dry weather, water supplies are under pressure. In many areas there
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