Rivers and watercourses

Rivers Agency operates scheduled inspection and maintenance to help ensure that watercourses are free-flowing.

Discharging into watercourse - what to do?

If you expect to discharge into a watercourse, or intend to carry out works that will impact upon the free-flow of a watercourse, approval is required from Rivers Agency. In such cases you should contact the relevant Rivers Agency office: on one of the numbers below, or by e-mail on:

• rivers.registry@dardni.gov.uk

Eastern Region

The Lisburn office is responsible for Antrim, Ards, Banbridge, Ballymena, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Down, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownabbey and North Down.

• Phone: 028 9260 6100

The Craigavon office is responsible for Armagh, Craigavon, Dungannon and Newry & Mourne.

• Phone: 028 3839 9111

Western Region

The Omagh office is responsible for Cookstown, Magherafelt, Omagh and Strabane.

• Phone: 028 8225 4900

The Coleraine office is responsible for Ballymoney, Coleraine, Limavady, Londonderry and Moyle.

• Phone: 028 7034 2357

The Ballinamallard office is responsible for Fermanagh.

• Phone: 028 6638 8529

More useful links

• Dealing with emergencies (government, citizens and rights section)
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• Your local environment (environment and greener living section)
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