Water Quality resources
An Introduction to the work of the Inishowen Rivers Trust, Co. Donegal
A short introduction to the work of the Inishowen Rivers Trust, Co. Donegal, featuring Project Officers John Duffy and Trish Murphy. John discusses the Trust's aims of connecting community to and through our rivers and the footage shows some of the Trust's work on nature based solutions.
Filmed by Startacus as part of the Awareness Raising Initiatives for Social Enterprises (ARISE) 2022 project with Inishowen Development Project and funded through the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Winter Water Workshop 3 – Surface Water Quality
The Inishowen River Trust invites you to the third of our Winter Water Workshops where we will hear from Water Chemist Lisa Cronin from Sligo Bay Catchment Rivers Trust on how we can understand water quality data to protect and improve our local water bodies.
The presentation will look at statutory water quality monitoring programs and how we can access this data, as well as water microbiology.
Lisa is a lecturer in water and wastewater science at ATU Sligo and lectures across several programs in the Dept. of Environmental Science and the Dept. of Civil Engineering & Construction. Prior to joining the ATU in 2018, she spent 20 years working in the water services sector in Ireland and has particular expertise in the area of catchment management and drinking water safety planning, water supply monitoring in both public supplies and group water schemes and the development and implementation of potable water monitoring programs. She is currently researching the impact of extreme weather events on river water quality in a catchment in the west of Ireland using novel techniques and sensors that monitor water quality continuously.
Winter Water Workshop 2 Rivers of Knowledge
Empowering communities through Citizen Science
The Inishowen Rivers Trust invite you to the second of our Winter Water Workshops. We welcome Carol Quish from the Maigue Rivers Trust who will present on the findings of their citizen science project on water quality.
CRIBZ Culdaff Riparian Buffer Zone: Water Quality on the Farm including CSSI
Water Quality on the Farm including CSSI
Water Chemistry in Rivers 5: Nitrates and Phosphates
Join LAWPRO catchment scientist Aisling Reilly and Inishowen Rivers Trust Project Officer Trish Murphy as they discuss different aspects of water chemistry on the rivers of Inishowen. In this fifth installment we revisit nitrates and phosphates but this time in a slow moving river beside pasture.
Funded by Rethink Ireland.
Water Chemistry in Rivers 4: Nitrates & Phosphates
Join LAWPRO catchment scientist Aisling Reilly and Inishowen Rivers Trust Project Officer Trish Murphy as they discuss different aspects of water chemistry on the rivers of Inishowen. In this fourth installment we look at a river with a sewage discharge and test for nitrates and phosphates using field test kits.
Funded by Rethink Ireland.
Water Chemistry in Rivers 3: pH and Conductivity
Join LAWPRO catchment scientist Aisling Reilly and Inishowen Rivers Trust Project Officer Trish Murphy as they discuss different aspects of water chemistry on the rivers of Inishowen. In this third installment we look at pH and why it might fluctuate in a river and what conductivity can tell us.
Funded by Rethink Ireland.
Water Chemistry in Rivers 2: Sedimentation
Join LAWPRO catchment scientist Aisling Reilly and Inishowen Rivers Trust Project Officer Trish Murphy as they discuss different aspects of water chemistry on the rivers of Inishowen. In this second installment we discuss sediment, how it gets into rivers and how it impacts on water quality.
Funded by Rethink Ireland.
Water Chemistry in Rivers 1: Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen
Join LAWPRO catchment scientist Aisling Reilly and Inishowen Rivers Trust Project Officer Trish Murphy as they discuss different aspects of water chemistry on the rivers of Inishowen. In this first installment we measure dissolved oxygen and temperature in an Inishowen river and discuss the significance of the results.
Funded by Rethink Ireland.