Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022 (No. 48 of 2022). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Legislation Date 2022 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the regulation of water abstractions and their associated impoundments; to give further effect to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 20001 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy; to provide for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to regulate water abstractions not requiring a licence; to provide for the Minister to make regulations to exempt certain categories of water abstraction from certain requirements of the Act; to provide for the establishment of a register of water abstractions; to provide for licensing of water abstractions; to provide for the Minister to specify by order the daily rate of an abstraction that requires registration and licensing; to provide for the conferral of licensing and certain enforcement functions on the Environmental Protection Agency; to give further effect to Directive No. 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 20112 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 20143 ; to provide for Irish Water to carry out abstractions for the purpose of the performance of its functions; to provide for certain temporary and emergency abstractions required to be carried out by Irish Water and for those abstractions to be exempt from certain requirements of the Act; to provide for compensation for certain abstractions carried out by Irish Water; to provide for abstractions by Irish Water from reservoirs of the Electricity Supply Board; to provide for particular arrangements relating to abstractions from canals or navigable waters; to confer certain enforcement functions on local authorities; to repeal the Water Supplies Act 1942 and certain provisions of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1964 and the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977 and to revoke the European Union (Water Policy) (Abstractions Registration) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. No. 261 of 2018 ); to amend the Canals Act 1986 , the Shannon Navigation Act 1990 and the Planning and Development Act 2000; and to provide for related matters. Subject Water Keyword Basic legislation Freshwater resources management Water abstraction Water rights Registration Groundwater EIA Sustainable development Water shortage/drought Enforcement/compliance Institution Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act mainly provides new regulation of water abstraction in Ireland. The Act consists of 166 sections divide into 11 Parts: Preliminary and General (1); Regulations for Certain Abstractions (2); Exemptions (3); Register of Abstractions (4); Licensing of Abstractions (5); Abstraction by Irish Water (6); Waterways Ireland (7); Electricity Supply Board (8); Enforcement (9); Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions (10); Amendment to other Acts (11). Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Implements Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Legislation | European Union | 2011 (2014) Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Cultural heritage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. Legislation | European Union | 2000 (2014) Keyword: Marine pollution, Potable water, Toxicity/poisoning, Food quality control/food safety, Basic legislation, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Data collection/reporting, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Water conservation zone, Registration, River basin institution, Institution, Basin/catchment/watershed, Right to water, Transboundary effects, International relations/cooperation, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Pesticides, Human rights, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977. Legislation | Ireland | 1977 Keyword: Marine pollution, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Authorization/permit, Institution, Freshwater pollution, Sewerage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Act No. 30 of 2000). Legislation | Ireland | 2000 (2021) Keyword: Expropriation, Land-use planning, EIA, Coastal zone management, Institution, Cultural heritage, Basic legislation, Waterworks, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1964. Legislation | Ireland | 1964 Keyword: Local government, Water supply, Water abstraction, Water rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Water Supplies Act, 1942. Legislation | Ireland | 1942 (2000) Keyword: Water supply, Institution, Freshwater pollution, Basic legislation, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Union (Water Policy) (Abstractions Registration) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 261 of 2018). Legislation | Ireland | 2018 Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Water abstraction, Water rights, Registration, Groundwater Source: FAO, FAOLEX