Water Quality & WFD Reports

Ireland

River Basin Management Plans:

• River Basin Management Plans:
  • Eastern RBDMP (21MB)
  • Neagh Bann RBDMP
  • North Western RBDMP
  • Shannon RBDMP (3.5MB)
  • South Eastern RBDMP (2.9MB)
  • South Western RBDMP (3.5MB)
  • Western RBDMP (8.5MB)

• Draft River Basin Management Plans 2008
• Water Matters – Have your say! Significant Water Management Issues
• Working Together- Managing Our Shared Waters
• Habitats Assessment
• Freshwater Pearl Mussel Plans

EPA Reports: 

Environment:   

• State of the Environment Report 2008, EPA

Water Quality 

• Water Quality in Ireland 2007-2008:Key Indicators of the Aquatic Environment
• Water Quality in Ireland 2004 -2006
• Water Quality in Ireland 2006: Key Indicators of the Aquatic Environment
• Water Quality in Ireland 2005: Key Indicators of the Aquatic Environment
• Water Quality in Ireland 2001-2003
• Water Quality Management Planning in Ireland

River Water Quality  

• 2005 River Water Quality Report

Estuarine and Coastal Water Quality   

• Estuarine and Coastal Water Quality Map 2001 – 2005

Ground Water  

• Ground Water Monitoring Programme

Drinking Water  

• The Provision and Quality of Drinking Water in Ireland. A Report for the Years 2008 – 2009
• EPA Handbooks on the Implementation of the European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007
• The Provision and Quality of Drinking Water in Ireland – A Report for the Years 2007-2008

Bathing Water  

• The Quality of Bathing Water in Ireland 2009
• Bathing Water Quality Map of Ireland for the 2009 Bathing Season

Waste Water  

• Urban Waste Water Discharges in Ireland for Population Equivalents Greater than 500 Persons – A Report for the Years 2006 and 2007

Phosphorus & Dangerous Substances 

• Dangerous Substances Regulations – National Implementation Report 2005.
• Phosphorus Regulations National Implementation Report, 2005

 Failte Ireland:

• Determination of Waters of National Tourism Significance and Associated Water Quality Status. Failte Ireland, 2009

EU

• Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), Guidance document No. 24 RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE; Technical Report – 2009 – 040 (2.16 MB)
• WFD and Agriculture linkages at the EU level. Final report about Rural Development Programmes (0.38MB)
• The Water Framework Directive – Tap into it! (0.21MB)
• Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). Moving to the next stage in the Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive. Progress and work programme for 2005 and 2006 (0.61MB)
• ‘Tips & Tricks’ for Water Framework Directive Implementation A resource document for environmental NGOs on the EU guidance for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (1.95MB)

WISE Water Notes:  

• WISE Water Note 1: Joining Forces for Europe’s Shared Waters – Coordination in international river basin districts
• WISE Water Note 2: Cleaning up Europe’s waters – Identifying and assessing surface water bodies at risk
• WISE Water Note 3: Groundwater at Risk – Managing the water under us
• WISE Water Note 4: Reservoirs, Canals and Ports – Managing artificial and heavily modified water bodies
• WISE Water Note 5: Economics in Water Policy – The value of Europe’s waters
• WISE Water Note 6: Monitoring programmes – taking the pulse on Europe’s waters
• WISE Water Note 7: Intercalibration – a common scale for Europe’s waters
• WISE Water Note 8: Pollution – Reducing dangerous chemicals in Europe’s waters
• WISE Water Note 9: Integrating water policy – linking all EU Water legislation within a single framework
• WISE Water Note 10: Climate change – Addressing floods, droughts and changing aquatic ecosystems
• WISE Water Note 11: From rivers to the sea – Linking with the new Marine Strategy Framework Directive
• WISE Water Note 12: A Common Task – Public Participation in River Basin Management Planning