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the EPA Ireland Water Quality in Ireland 2013-2018 report released today: Just 20 of Ireland’s rivers are ‘pristine’, down from 500 in 1980s (via The Irish Times) irishtimes.com/news/environme…

The main findings from our latest Water Quality in Ireland 2013-2018 report EPA Catchments EPA Ireland Local Authority Waters Programme

Shane O Boyle highlights the main findings from the EPA's Water Quality in Ireland 2013-2018 report in the video below. The report shows that river water quality is deteriorating, with only 53% of our surface water bodies having satisfactory water quality.

You can read the full #Water Quality report here: epa.ie/pubs/reports/w… …

Ireland now has just 20 pristine river water bodies - less than 1% of all the river sections examined by the Environmental Protection Agency. | bit.ly/35kyRy4

In an interview with George Lee RTÉ News , EPA ecologist Hugh Feeley explains how invertebrates and insects tell the story of the quality of our rivers and catchments. And Mary Gurrie explains the findings of the EPA Water Quality report 2013-2108. EPA Catchments

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Please be advised that EPA Ecology will close on the 28th February 2020. Future news and updates from us will now appear on our EPA Ireland account. Please follow EPA Ireland to continue to receive notifications pertaining to ecology.

Data collected by EPA Ireland ecologists has been included in a new assessment of stoneflies in Irish rivers and lakes. With one species now extinct & a further 11% of species threatened with extinction our work has never been more important. For more info:npws.ie/publications/r…

A new index to assess hydromorphology in estuaries (transitional waters) and coastal waters around Ireland - just published #openaccess research from EPA Ireland ecologists John Keogh, Robert Wilkes & Shane O'Boyle. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Looking forward to Ear To the Ground this evening - 7pm, RTE 1. You can read a summary of the EPA Report 'Water Quality in Ireland 2013-2018', which showed a continued decline in river water quality, in the Winter 2019 Catchments Newsletter: #ettg catchments.ie/catchments-new…

Our EPA Ireland ecologist Neasa McDonnell meets Ella McSweeney on Ear to the Ground RTÉ One at 7pm today.

Tonight 7pm, @rteone, water pollution and intensive agriculture. Local Authority Waters Programme EPA Catchments Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)

You can watch Ella McSweeney talk about water quality with EPA Ecology Neasa McDonnell and EPA Catchments Jenny Deakin on the RTÉ Player now: rte.ie/player/series/…

Predicting ecological status from space #Copernicus #Sentinel2 satellite images can be used to expand knowledge from #WFD monitoring giving a more holistic catchment assessment in Ireland Our new paper from EPA Ireland ecologists rdcu.be/b1KAc #freeaccess RT Gary Free

.Ruban Kumaar final workshop on the potential use of drones to collect water samples in lakes. EPA Research News 1/2

.Ruban Kumaar final workshop on the potential use of drones to collect water samples in lakes. Deminstration n a shortened tether because of wind, high lake levels n overhanging trees. EPA Research News 2/2

A new species of Irish mayfly, Baetis atlanticus, was recently discovered by our EPA Ireland ecologist Hugh Feeley & confirmed by Craig Macadam of Buglife; the first new Irish mayfly species in 120 yrs. New paper forthcoming in the Irish Naturalists' Journal (Vol. 37 (1))