The SWRBD Water Matters booklet is a preliminary overview of our main water related issues and the actions suggested to address these issues. The booklet is available from the project office or can be downloaded below.

SWRBD Water Matters Report.pdf (1.3mb)
SWRBD Cursai Uisce.pdf (2.2mb)

To date a series of public meetings have been held to allow you to give your views on the report. Presentations from these public meetings are available from the SWRBD Downloads page.

Much work has gone into finding out the facts: identifying all the waters in the district, finding out their current status and condition, listing the uses made of the waters and the pressures on them. That work is continuing, but there is enough information at this stage to put the preliminary findings in a booklet.

Water Matters Feedback Form

Background Documents
Throughout the report there are a number of documents which are referenced or mentioned. These are available below:

Note: To download a file (below), click on the relevant link and choose 'Save'. Then simply browse to where you would like to save the file and click on the 'save' button.

Legislation Report (758kb)
SWRBD Summary Report (1.7mb)
(Detailed National Characterisation Report is available from the National WFD website WFD Ireland)
Register of Protected Areas (9.2mb)

Wastewater and Industrial Discharges
Municipal & Industriial Regulations (80kb)
Urban Pressures Study (2.14mb)
Groundwater Risk from Urban Pressures (250kb)

Wastewater from Unsewered Properties
Onsite Wastewater treatment systems (2.7mb)

Forestry
Forest and Water Measures and Standards 2007 (1mb)

Usage and Discharge of Dangerous Substances
Dangerous Substances Study (293kb)
Groundwater Risk from Diffuse Mobile Organics (293kb)

Physical Modifications
Fresh Water Morphology Study (293kb)
Heavily Modified & Artificial Water Bodies Study (293kb)
Marine Morpholgy (142kb)

Abstractions
Abstraction Pressure Assessment.pdf (621kb)