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Office of Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring

The office of radiation protection and environmental monitoring is responsible for waste water enforcement and enforcement of the drinking water regulations and monitoring of air quality, chemical water quality and radiation in the environment.  The office also delivers on the EPA's radon and citizen science programmes.  It coordinates across the EPA on chemicals, its interactions between our environment and health as well as market surveillance of chemicals used in products.  It supports the EPA's emergency preparedness function.  The office also delivers on the EPA's Strategic Environmental Assessment role and coordinates the preparation of the State of the Environment Report.

The Office is split into three areas.  The drinking water and wastewater enforcement programme, the environmental monitoring programme, and the environment and health programme

Environmental and health programme

The environment and health programme delivers its services through the following activities:

Environmental monitoring programme

The environmental monitoring programme delivers its services through the following activities:

Drinking water and wastewater enforcement programme

More about us:

  • We have a radiation testing laboratory located in Dublin
  • We have four accredited water testing laboratories located in Castlebar, Dublin, Kilkenny and Monaghan
  • We manage an extensive network of ambient air monitoring stations across Ireland
  • We undertake routine monitoring of ambient radioactivity in the Irish environment including air, drinking water, soil, food and the marine