Year: 2021
This plain English factsheet outlines the work done by the EPA monitoring aquatic invertabrates in our rivers.
Year: 2021
This plain English factsheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring phytobenthos in rivers and lakes.
Year: 2021
This plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring phytoplankton in lakes.
Year: 2021
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for February 2021outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland.
Year: 2021
This document presents Ireland’s national WFD monitoring programme for surface and groundwater bodies.
A bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows. , February 2021
Year: 2021
The majority of meteorological stations recorded monthly rainfall totals above their long-term average for January. It was wettest in the west, south west, north west and the Wicklow Uplands. River flows remained high in the west, north east and east of the country with average monthly flows above normal or particularly high at 47% of sites analysed.
Year: 2021
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for December 2020 outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland
Year: 2020
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for November 2020 outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland
Council Directive of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (91/676/EEC), December 2020
Year: 2020
This report provides the information from Ireland to the European Commission, as required under Article 10 of the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC), with respect to the seventh reporting period (2016-2019). The report comprises: a description, with maps, of the evolution of water quality in groundwater and surface waters; a statement on the adoption of a Whole Territory Approach with respect to the designation of nitrate vulnerable zones; a summary of agricultural activities and an account of the implementation of the agricultural Code of Good Practice and a summary of the principal measures and an evaluation of the National Action Programme for limiting nitrate inputs from agricultural sources.
Year: 2020
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for October 2020 outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland
Year: 2020
This report was submitted to the European Commission and shows how Ireland intercalibrated the UK developed classification tool, Lake Acidification Method Metric (LAMM) for the pressure acidification in the Irish situation using Irish lake invertebrate data. It shows how Ireland successfully intercalibrated the class boundaries of the LAMM adapted for the Irish situation using IE Data with those agreed in the Northern Geographical Intercalibration Group N-GIG intercalibration exercise following the Common Implementation Strategy Guidance Document No. 30 “Procedure to fit a new or updated classification method to the results of a completed Intercalibration Exercise” (EC, 2015 – 085).
Year: 2020
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for September 2020 outlining flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels and groundwater levels at a network of over 300 stations across Ireland.
Year: 2020
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for August 2020 outlining flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels and groundwater levels at a network of over 350 stations across Ireland.
Year: 2020
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for July 2020 outlining flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels and groundwater levels at a network of over 350 stations across Ireland.
This Plain English fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring aquatic plants in Irish lakes., July 2020
Year: 2020
Aquatic plants are good at showing if the quality of the water is good or bad and play an important role in lake ecology by providing food and a habitat for many smaller plants, animals and birds.
Year: 2020
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for June 2020 outlining flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels and groundwater levels at a network of over 350 stations across Ireland.
Year: 2020
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for May 2020 outlining flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels and groundwater levels at a network of over 350 stations across Ireland.
Year: 2020
This report provides an update on the results of water quality monitoring to support the assessment of the impact of the nitrate’s derogation on Irish waters, as required under Regulation 38 of the European Union (Good Agricultural Practices for the Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations.
This map shows the water quality status of each identified bathing water for the 2019 bathing season., May 2020
Year: 2020
This map shows the water quality status of each identified bathing water for the 2019 bathing season.
Bathing Water Quality Infographic 2019, May 2020
Year: 2020
Bathing Water Quality Infographic 2018
