Water quality - action and support
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The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), is working with a range of stakeholders to protect water quality in Northern Ireland, with a special focus on tackling Blue-Green Algae in Lough Neagh and beyond.
You can explore this section for practical tips, inspiring local stories and how you can get involved in protecting our water for all to enjoy.
Communities making a difference to local water quality
Read about how local organisations, with the support of funding from DAERA and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), through the Carrier Bag Levy, are making a difference to water quality in their local areas
- Omagh Anglers deliver improvements to local water quality
Find out how Omagh Anglers Association, supported by DAERA funding, improved their local water quality. - Educating the community in the Burndennett Valley on water quality
Read about how Dennett Valley Health Network and Dennett Anglers Association, supported by DAERA funding, educated the local community on water quality. - Connecting a local community to their river in Co Tyrone
Learn more about how the Speedwell Trust is working to improve the environment and local water quality, supported by DAERA funding.
Practical measures to improve water quality
- Find out about what Northern Ireland Water is doing, through its work with landowners, to protect and enhance raw water quality in its drinking water catchments SCaMPNI | Sustainable Development | Northern Ireland Water
Monitoring and improving our water quality: What DAERA and NIEA are doing
- Learn more about how water quality in Lough Neagh is monitored
- Find out how specialist teams in the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) are working to improve water quality, and how your actions can make a positive difference
Lough Neagh Partnership videos
- Lough Neagh Report & Action Plan - in July 2024 the Northern Ireland Executive agreed an action plan of 37 interventions for the restoring of the water quality of Lough Neagh.
- Tackling Invasive Species - learn more about innovative methods are being used to tackle the spread of invasive species on Lough Neagh.
- Habitat Protection on Lough Neagh - Lough Neagh Partnership is an organisation working hard to protect the habitat of Lough Neagh.