Protecting Shared Waters Project

14/08/2026

Are you local to the River Fane Catchment?

Join our free Educational Community Outreach (ECO) Programme and learn how you can help protect local rivers, lakes, wetlands and drinking water sources.

Through workshops, field visits and expert support, you will discover practical ways to improve water quality and develop community led environmental projects.

Open to participants from Northern Ireland and Ireland
Free 14-week programme
Starting September 2026.

Scan the QR code to find out more and complete an Expression of Interest form

More information: niwater.com/media/zfvle4ep/protecting-shared-waters-eco-programme.pdf

Sign up: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=EP6LcBU9OEOk1swux-HcRecrt53pu2pDspwcevmZRIVURFBKMEEwRElTVDdHNjRBSjFRMlRFRUFPRi4u

28/07/2026

Are you local to the Fane Catchment?

Join us at our free Who’s Who event next week to meet local organisations, learn about efforts to improve water quality, and discover how you can get involved in our Educational Community Outreach (ECO) Programme.

01/05/2026

📣 Job Opportunity – Communications Officer

NI Water is seeking a Communications Officer to work on the Protecting Shared Waters Project which is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)

This exciting project brings communities and partners together across Northern Ireland and Ireland to improve shared waters through nature‑based solutions, while promoting peace, collaboration and community involvement.

The role will involve:

✅ Creating social media, newsletters and press content
✅ Supporting and promoting community and stakeholder events
✅ Working with project partners and a communications consultant
✅ Helping deliver a strong communications and engagement strategy
🌍 Some travel across NI and border counties is required.

If you’re passionate about communications, environmental projects and making a difference, this could be the role for you.

📍 Location: Westland House, Belfast or Seagoe Office, Craigavon
📅 Apply by: 10am Tuesday 5th May 2026
👉 For further details and to apply, please refer to our candidate brief: https://www.niwater.com/careers/jobs

09/03/2026

Some of our project team were delighted to attend the official launch of the PEACEPLUS funded CALM project recently in Carlingford. The project sits alongside Protecting Shared Waters in Investment Area 5.3 of the PEACEPLUS Programme and we wish the project every success and look forward to working with the team over the next few years.

03/03/2026

Our project team recently welcomed pupils from St Brigid’s Primary School Mountfield near Omagh to come and see the peatlands restoration work in action at the site, followed by an interactive session in the classroom about the importance of peatlands for water quality, biodiversity and climate change.

Thanks to our future scientists and water quality experts from Mountfield Primary school for coming along to see work in action!

https://www.niwater.com/about-us/news/exciting-discovery-at-a-recently-restored-peatlands-site-east-of-omagh

20/02/2026

Our project has got off to a great start, with an exciting discovery at a recently restored peatlands site east of Omagh!

A neolithic or bronze age burial Cairn, estimated to be around 3000-5000 years old was discovered at The Murrins Area of Special Scientific Interest, near Omagh, during our peatland restoration works, to enhance drinking water quality in the Fane and Strule catchments.

Find out more about this important work here: https://www.niwater.com/about-us/news/exciting-discovery-at-a-recently-restored-peatlands-site-east-of-omagh

17/02/2026

Welcome to the Protecting Shared Waters project page!

Led by Northern Ireland Water, this is a €7.5 million project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and endorsed by both DAERA in Northern Ireland and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in Ireland - marking a significant step forward in collaborative water management across the island of Ireland

The project will pilot Nature based Solutions (NbS) and demo water conservation measures in selected sub-catchments of the Fane and pilot NbS and nutrient management in selected sub-catchments of the Strule river systems. The aim is to reduce environmental pressures on shared water bodies, helping to enhance drinking water quality for communities on both sides of the border.

We are excited to work on this important project with our key partners: Uisce Éireann, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Ulster Wildlife, The James Hutton Institute and The Rivers Trust.

https://www.niwater.com/about-us/news/peaceplus-funded-west-project-plants-the-seeds-for-improved-water-quality-in-lough-melvin

Special EU Programmes Body - SEUPB
Uisce Éireann Irish Water
Ulster Wildlife
The Rivers Trust
The James Hutton Institute

06/02/2026