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Dublin City Council National Development Plan

The Draft River Basin Management Plan was published on 22nd December 2008.It was then open for six month public consultation process which ended on 22nd June 2009. Since that time, all submissions received were reviewed and incorporated into the Plan where appropriate.

The River Basin Management Plan for 2009 to 2015 and the associated Programmes of Measures for 2009 to 2015 can be downloaded for free (below). If you would prefer a hardcopy of either document the costs are as follows:

River Basin Management Plan 2009-2015 €57.21

Programmes of Measures 2009-2015 €107.93

Both documents on CD €1.96

Please note that costs are based on a medium sized print run and are inclusive of VAT. Postage or courier is not included but will be charged at cost. Please email info@erbd.ie with your requests for hardcopies.

River Basin Management Plan


  • River Basin Management Plan - 6 July 2010 (Full Document - 21 MB)
  • Appendices A to E


  • Chapter 1 - Introduction
  • Chapter 2 - General Description of the Eastern River Basin District
  • Chapter 3 - How Healthy are our Waters
  • Chapter 4 - What are the Problems
  • Chapter 5 - Protected Areas in the ERBD
  • Chapter 6 - What are the Objectives
  • Chapter 7 - Types of Measures
  • Chapter 8 - River Basin Management Planning
  • Chapter 9 - Proposed Measures
  • Chapter 10 - Target Objectives Exemptions Implementation of Measures
  • Chapter 11 - Strategic Environmental Assessment
  • Chapter 12 - What Happens Next
  • Chapter 13 - Implementation of the Plan


    Programmes of Measures



  • Programmes of Measures (Full Document - 19 MB)


  • Chapters 1 to 3
  • Chapter 4 - River Water Bodies
  • Chapter 4 - Lake Water Bodies
  • Chapter 4 - Transitional Water Bodies
  • Chapter 4 - Coastal Water Bodies
  • Chapter 4 - Groundwater Bodies
  • Chapter 5