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World Water Day 2022, 22nd March 2022 Groundwater – making the invisible visible

World Water Day is on 22nd March every year. It is an annual United Nations Observance, started in 1993, that celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2 billion people

Heavily Modified Water Body Public Consultation is launched by the EPA

EPA launches public consultation on the designation of Heavily Modified Water Bodies Heavily modified water bodies (HMWB) are surface waterbodies that have had their physical characteristics, or hydromorphological conditions, modified

The resilience of Ireland’s water supply is discussed on Eco Eye

The Eco Eye programme aired on RTE on Monday last explored building resilience in Ireland’s water supply. Despite having lots of freshwater resources many areas of the country experienced water

A Framework for Improving Domestic Water Conservation in Ireland – Research Report

The implementation of Water Conservation Orders (hosepipe bans) in 2018 and again in 2020 and further locally-based water supply restrictions such as reduced pressures and night time restrictions prompted the

Ireland has still a lot to do to achieve its environmental SDG targets

Social Justice Ireland published Measuring Progress: The Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which ranks comparable EU countries based on their delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Written by Prof

‘A urine revolution – how pee can save the world’ from the science journal Nature

The Science Journal Nature published an article this week on how pee can help save the world. According to the article scientists say that urine diversion would have huge environmental

Water Forum webinar presentations are available

The Water Forum webinar on public participation generated much debate yesterday. There was a very good attendance of over 400 people from local authorities, agencies, department personnel, Forum members and

Report on Global Wetland Outlook 2021 highlights the urgent need to halt wetland loss

The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, published the Global Wetland Outlook: Special Edition 2021 report to celebrate the Convention’s 50th anniversary. The report aims to highlight the importance of

The Water Forum’s Winter 2021 Newsletter is available now

The Water Forum's Winter Newsletter gives details of our work in the 4th quarter of 2021. A summary of the Forum's policy submission on the draft CAP Strategic plan including

Webinar Discussion on Public Participation in Catchment Management 3rd February 10:00-12:30

The draft River Basin Management Plan 2022-2027 is currently out for public consultation. As part of that consultation process the Water Forum is hosting this webinar to discuss best practice

Water Advisory Body Quarterly Report No. 4 2021

The Water Advisory Body use a set of performance indicators selected to represent the activity of Irish Water to monitor how well Irish Water is performing, and this is reported

Webinar – Public Participation in Catchment Management – 3rd February 2022 10:00-12:30

In 2021, the Irish Government has reviewed and developed a raft of policies and action plans with a view to protecting Ireland’s natural environment, including, the Climate Action Plan, the

draft River Basin Management Plan 2022-2027 consultation is ongoing

Every 6 years, Ireland prepares a River Basin Management Plan that sets out targets to address water quality issues including the protection, improvement and sustainable management of Ireland’s water environment.

Irish Water seeks public feedback on its draft Eastern Midlands Water Resources Plan

Irish Water seeks public feedback on its draft Easter Midlands Regional Water Resources Plan This week they published the draft plan that sets out: the needs within the 134 public

EPA Drinking Water Quality in Public Supplies 2020 Report

The EPA launched its Drinking Water in Public Supplies 2020 Report today. While the report states that 99.7% of publicly supplied drinking water is compliant with biological and chemical standards

Report on the management of Invasive Alien Species in Ireland with key policy recommendations

The Water Forum recently commissioned a scoping study to provide strategic guidance on the management of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Ireland. The research aimed to provide insight into how