This presentation was given at the 2019 Catchment Management Notwork meeting, which was held on the 11 October in Tullamore. All our local authorities and other bodies responsible for implementing the Water Framework Directive in Ireland attended to share knowledge and learn from each other.
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen in Transportation - An Introduction
4. Local Catchment Assessment in Priority Areas for Action - Carol McCarthy, lawpro
1. Local Catchment Assessment
in PAAs – Progress to-date
Catchment Management Network Meeting
Tullamore
11th October, 2019
2. LAWPRO – Stats to-date
Priority Areas for Action – 190
• Desk Studies – 113
• Community Meetings – 83 (plus ~20 to EOY)
• Farmer Engagement Events – 68 (+160 ASSAP
discussion groups)
• Local Catchment Assessments – 84
• Reporting
• Referrals ongoing
• Action Plan
• Implementation of Mitigation Actions
3. Findings
• Collaboration working very well
• Widespread, poor land management practices
• Loss of nutrients to waters
• Loss of soil to waters
– Land drainage, drain maintenance or land reclamation
– Poorly managed legacy forests, peat or construction
activities
• Impact of herbicides /chemicals
– Awareness and advice on proper use and disposal
• Impact on protected areas – drinking water sources,
bathing waters, shellfish waters etc.
5. Process
• Desk Study
• Community Information Meeting
– 23rd January, 2019 (28 attendees)
– WWTP, direction of flow, disappearing rivers, historic mines
• Farmer Engagement Event
– 9th September, 2019
• Local Catchment Assessment
– March, May and September
• Referrals
• Reporting
• Action Plan
6. Mining in Slieve Ardagh Coalfields
The agent, told me they did not employ
children—that they were of no use; they
required strong able lads of 17 or 18 years
old to do their work, of whom about 80
were employed. They work from eight to
twelve hours daily, and, as the work is all
task-work, there are no regular meal-times;
but he informed me that the people
generally took bread with them when they
had their meals under ground.
I am told the Irish are not clever at
sinking shafts, but are pretty good
miners, so long as they have some
experienced Cornishmen working with
them, or to direct them—being
comparatively a new field for them, they
do not generally understand the
operations of mining, except the simple
one of getting the ore or coal.
At the Mardyke Colliery is a
temperance hall, a lending
library and reading room, a
saving society, and a
school-room about to be
built by subscription of the
company and colliers.
14. Draft Recommended Actions
Waterbody
Significant
issue
Pressure Pressure type Locations Referral Mitigation Action
Killenaule
Stream_010
Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land
Upstream Killenaule
Stream_010_002
ASSAP Management of CSA’s
Killenaule
Stream_010
Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land
Killenaule
Stream_010_006
ASSAP
Management of
identified CSA
Killenaule
Stream_010
Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land
Upstream Killenaule
Stream_010_002
ASSAP
Avoid application at high
risk places (CSA’s)
Killenaule
Stream_010
Phosphate,
Sediment
Agriculture Runoff from land
Upstream Killenaule
Stream_010_002
ASSAP
Riparian Buffers -
Fenced/Unfenced
Killenaule
Stream_010
Phosphate,
Sediment
Agriculture Drains
Upstream Killenaule
Stream_010_006
ASSAP
Ditch/drain maintenance
and management
Killenaule
Stream_010
Nitrate
Killenaule
WWTP
Killenaule WWTP Killenaule WWTP
EPA /
Irish
Water
Reduce N losses.
Killenaule_10
6 actions
15. Waterbody
Significant
issue
Pressure Pressure type Locations Referral Mitigation Action
Clashawley_010 Phosphate Agriculture
Runoff from
land
Upstream
Clashawley_010_004
ASSAP Management of CSA’s
Clashawley_010
Phosphate,
Sediment
Agriculture
Runoff from
land
Upstream
Clashawley_010_004
ASSAP
Riparian Buffers -
Fenced/ Unfenced
Clashawley_010
Phosphate,
Sediment
Agriculture Drains
Upstream
Clashawley_010_006
ASSAP
Ditch/drain
maintenance and
management
Clashawley_010 Phosphate Agriculture
Runoff from
land
Upstream
Clashawley_010_004
ASSAP
Avoid application at
high risk places (CSA’s)
Clashawley_010 Nitrate Agriculture
Ground water
nutrient
transport
High N susceptibility areas
around and d/s of
Clashawley_010_004
ASSAP
Informing and
educating farmers
Clashawley_010 Nitrate Agriculture
Ground water
nutrient
transport
High N susceptibility areas
around and downstream of
Clashawley_010_004
ASSAP
Implementation of
Nutrient Management
Plan
Clashawley_010 Nitrate Agriculture
Ground water
nutrient
transport
High N susceptibility areas
around and downstream of
Clashawley_010_004
ASSAP
Avoid application at
high risk times
Clashawley_10
7 actions
16. Waterbody
Significant
issue
Pressure Pressure type Locations Referral Mitigation Action
Ballintemple
Stream_010
Phosphate Agriculture Silage effluent
Upstream
Ballintemple
Stream_010_002
ASSAP
Improved
management of
collection and
storage of farm
wastes
Ballintemple
Stream_010
Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land
High Phosphate
susceptibility areas
ASSAP
Riparian Buffers -
Fenced/Unfenced
Ballintemple
Stream_010
Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land
High Phosphate
susceptibility areas
ASSAP
Management of
Critical Source
Areas (CSA’s)
Ballintemple
Stream_010
Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land
High Phosphate
susceptibility areas
ASSAP
Avoid application
at high risk places
(CSA’s)
Ballintemple
Stream_010
Phosphate
Domestic
Waste
Water
Single house
discharges
Single house
discharges with a
high and very high
potential impact for
P
Household
owners
Send letters to
household owners
with single house
discharges of high
and very high
potential impact
for P.
BallintempleStream_10
5 actions
20. Farmer attitudes &
behaviour
In your opinion, does the farmer Very
Low
Low Mod-
erate
High Very
High
Understand how water quality will
improve by carrying out the measures?
6 36 144 156 73
Have the skills to carry out the
mitigation measures?
4 36 112 200 62
Have experience of carrying out
mitigation measures (or similar
practices)?
6 97 137 129 45
Want to improve water quality by
carrying out mitigation measures?
4 26 120 196 68
Think that most farmers support
carrying out mitigation measures?
4 41 248 107 15
Have the time, money and resources to
carry out the mitigation measures?
50 92 108 133 32
21. Risk Status of Blue
Dot waters
Water Body
Type
High Status
Objective
At Risk Review Not at Risk Within PAA
River (FPM) 319 (28) 112 (15) 3 (2) 204 (11)
60(13)
Within 45 PAAs
Lake 37 12 2 23 4
Transitional 12 9 2 1 0
Coastal 16 2 7 7 0
Totals 384 135 14 235 64
22. Blue Dot Catchments
Programme
• “Waters of Life” IP
• Blue Dot co-ordinator
• Steering committee
• Meetings
• Fieldtrip – Oughterard
• Programme
development