Other sites – Learning from Group Water Schemes

NFGWS Conference 13.09.2018

watersite — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 17:04:43 +0000

In September, we attended the NFGWS’s Annual Conference. The busy and lively meeting was this year focused on source protection and was held in Claremorris, Co.Mayo. We met many individuals working in group water schemes, scientists in government agencies working on source protection, and members of local authorities through the day. We also heard many fascinating presentations. You can find some of our reflections here.

GSI 11.10.2018

watersite — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 12:46:32 +0000

In October, we went to the GSI offices in Dublin to meet with members of the groundwater team. There we learned about the history of the GSI’s involvement in studying and mapping zones of contribution (ZOCs) for group water schemes with groundwater sources. We also had a basic introduction to karst features and karst landscapes and saw how the GSI is using GIS and geospatial tools to represent and analyze these features.

DkIT 16.11.2018

watersite — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:12:41 +0000

In November, we went to the Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT)to meet to talk about integrated catchment management and the group water schemes with Alec Rolston. We learned about his experiences and gained some valuable insights based on his involvement in preliminary assessments of group water schemes with surface water sources over the last five years, in addition to a number of other projects involving integrated catchment management.

EPA 22.10.2018

watersite — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:56:16 +0000

In October, we visited EPA’s offices in Dublin to meet with members of the Catchment Team, the Groundwater Team, and the Drinking Water Team. In these interviews, we learned about the impact of EU and Irish legislation on the ways that the agency thinks about and helps to manage water resources–both for its ecological health and as a source of drinking water. In these histories, we learned about how and why ‘catchment’ thinking was introduced in Ireland and the what effects of the recast of the Drinking Water Directive will have.

National Ploughing Competition 20.09.2018

watersite — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:46:04 +0000

In September, we attended the 2018 National Ploughing Competitions to learn more about the role that agricultural plays culturally and economically in rural Ireland. You can read more about this experience here.