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Ballindaggin Audit 27/11/2024

Year: 2025

Report of an audit carried out at Ballindaggin public drinking water supply Co. Wexford on 27/11/2024

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Carrick on Suir (Crotty's Lake) Audit 05/12/2024

Year: 2025

Report of an audit carried out at Carrick on Suir (Crotty's Lake) public drinking water supply Co. Tipperary on 05/12/2024

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Gowna Audit 14/11/2024

Year: 2025

Report of an audit carried out at Gowna public drinking water supply Co. Longford on 14/11/2024

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Granard Audit 07/11/2024

Year: 2025

Report of an audit carried out at Granard public drinking water supply Co. Longford on 07/11/2024

Research 474

Research 474: STEP_WISE: Spatiotemporal Epidemiology of Primary Waterborne Infections – Cryptosporidium and VTEC

Authors: Authors: Paul Hynds, Jean O’Dwyer and Martin Boudou, January 2025

Year: 2025

Ireland regularly reports the highest annual crude incidence of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) enteritis and cryptosporidiosis in Europe, it is typically 5–10 times the European average. Drivers of infections include short-term hydrometeorological conditions, elevated levels of pastoral agriculture and high reliance on septic tanks and private domestic groundwater sources. Forecasts suggest that Ireland will experience significant hydrometeorological pattern changes due to global warming. The STEP_WISE project focused on increasing scientific understanding of the spatiotemporal mechanisms associated with waterborne VTEC enteritis and cryptosporidiosis in Ireland, and determining how these findings could be translated into enhanced environmental, infrastructural and healthcare policies. The research findings provide policy actors with valuable information to address transmission sources, pathways and source–pathway interactions associated with both infections in Ireland.

December 2024

Hydrology Summary Bulletin - December 2024

Hydrology bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows for December 2024., January 2025

Year: 2025

Hydrology Summary Bulletin outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake and turlough levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland for the month.

EPA Oversight and Performance Delivery Agreement 2024-2026

Oversight and Performance Delivery Agreement 2024-2026 , January 2025

Year: 2025

Oversight Agreement 2024-2026 between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

River Flow Estimates HydroTool - Read Me

Year: 2025

This document explains how to use HydroTool

Purchase Orders Quarter 4 2024 Over €20k

Year: 2025

The public sector reform plan required that all Departments and Agencies start publishing quarterly reports on-line detailing purchase orders of value greater than €20,000. The EPA purchase orders over €20,000 for Quarter 4 2024.

Withdrawal Notice

Year: 2025

Advisory Committee Meeting 24th July 2024

Year: 2025

Advisory Committee Meeting held on 24th July 2024

Advisory Committee Meeting 21st October 2024

Year: 2025

Advisory Committee Meeting held on 21st October 2024

EPA Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct for EPA Directors and Staff, January 2025

Year: 2025

This document sets down the general principles and standards which govern the professional activities and conduct of directors and staff of the Environmental Protection Agency

Food Systems: Food Vision Dashboard

Year: 2025

Presentation by Aidan Gormley, Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine at the European Environment Agency Ireland country visit 17 October 2024.

FOI Disclosure Log to end December 2024

Details of non-personal requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, January 2025

Year: 2025

Details of non-personal requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, published on a quarterly basis.

EPA Audit Report on Tipperary County Council 17/10/2024.

EPA Audit Report on Tipperary County Council 17/10/2024., January 2025

Year: 2025

Radon Remediation Services Registration Form

Registration form and guidelines for companies wishing to register as a remediation service with the EPA, January 2025

Year: 2025

Registration form, requirements and guideline notes for companies wishing to register as a remediation service with the EPA

Research 473

Research 473: Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration (CLEAR)

Authors: Brendan O’Connor, Geoff Oliver, Tony Cawley, Cilian Roden, Philip Perrin, Rutger de Witt, Kevin McCaffrey and Aisha O’Connor, January 2025

Year: 2025

Lagoons of good conservation status are dominated by benthic macrophytes rather than phytoplankton blooms. Lady’s Island Lake in Wexford is one of Ireland’s largest lagoons, it is also one of our most eutrophic lagoons, this contrast with the 1980s when clear water was matched by a well-developed benthic sward of widgeon grass. This research conducted a suite of investigations into the reasons for the decline and compared the results with a less impacted saline lagoon. The results show severe degradation in Lady’s Island Lake with over 10 times higher chlorophyll a levels. Runoff of excessive nutrient inputs of nitrogen and possibly phosphorus from agriculture are identified as the main cause of eutrophication. A proposal to replace sea barrier breaching with a pipe also poses a serious risk to reducing lagoonal salinity. The research proposes a range of remedial measures to protect and improve the benthic quality of Lady’s Island Lake and other saline lagoons in Ireland.