The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO), working on behalf of Ireland’s 31 local authorities to protect and restore good water quality is holding a community information meeting on water quality and water related issues in Feakle, County Clare on Wednesday, October 8th.
Under the Water Action Plan 2024 – A River Basin Management Plan for Ireland, LAWPRO carries out work in areas identified as having poor water quality called Priority Areas for Action (PAAs) to support targeted water quality improvements by state bodies and local authorities. The community information meeting is being held to increase awareness about water quality work in the area and to encourage as much engagement as possible with all stakeholders right across the community including key agencies, special interest groups, voluntary, public and private sectors.
Feakle Community Centre, Feakle, County Clare on Wednesday, October 8th at 7:30pm – V94X2V0
Since 2018 LAWPRO has been working in the Bleach and Lough Graney, Lower Graney and Broadford PAAs in the Killaloe Municipal District area in County Clare as part of delivery of the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018 to 2021 (2nd cycle) and on the night LAWPRO catchment scientists will take you through the work that has been carried out and what is being planned under the 3rd cycle Water Action Plan 2024.
There will also be opportunities for the public to ask questions and talk to members of the Waters of Life Project, the Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme (ASSAP) programme, and the Farming for Water European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project.
Ahead of the community information meeting, Barry Deane, Regional Coordinator with LAWPRO said: “As we expand our work into new priority areas for action under the Water Action Plan, we would encourage members of the public to come along to this information and find out more about the work ongoing in their local waterbodies.”
“We hope to engage as many people as possible at the meeting as public participation is key to helping make water quality improvements. We would also like to thank all those, whether in a voluntary or paid capacity, who work in their local areas and help to make a difference to their natural waters and the biodiversity that lives in and around them,” he said.
All are welcome to come to the meeting and there will be refreshments available afterwards.
To find out more about the work of the Local Authority Waters Programme please visit: www.lawaters.ie
