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Water Chemistry in Rivers 4: Nitrates & Phosphates

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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.
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Water Chemistry in Rivers 3: pH and Conductivity

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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.
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Water Chemistry in Rivers 2: Sedimentation

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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.
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Water Chemistry in Rivers 1: Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen

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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.
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Silt trap for woodlands

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Wetlands expert Féidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Féidhlim visits a recently felled plantation that has been replanted with native woodland. Local forester Ross Buchanan chats to Féidhlim and describes how a pond was installed to trap silt from the old plantation and run off from the fields nearby.
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Leaky Dams Clonmany, Inishowen

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Wetlands expert Féidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Féidhlim visits the Inishowen Rivers Trust natural flood management project in Clonmany to see the newly installed leaky dams. These dams aim to slow the flow of water through the Ballyhallan River catchment and form part of a network of dams on streams and drains. Féidhlim explains how the dams work.
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(Domestic) Constructed Wetlands System in Inishowen

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Wetlands expert Feidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Feidlhim visits a constructed wetland system for a single domestic house and explains how the system works.
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Ponds for Biodiversity

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Wetlands expert Féidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Féidhlim visits a farm in Tremone, along the north coast of Inishowen where several ponds have been installed to provide for biodiversity and trap silt. Féidhlim explains how to site and maintain the pond and what plants work well around the pond edge.
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Nature Based Solutions on Farm Drains

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Wetlands expert Féidhlim Harty (FH Wetlands Ltd) visits Inishowen, Co. Donegal to advise on nature based solutions for farms, ponds and forests. In this video Féidhlim visits Breslin's farm in Redcastle and gives us a quick demo on how to improve a drainage channel to capture more silt and benefit biodiversity while still allowing the drain to function effectively.
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Donagh River Walk, Carndonagh

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A short video highlighting this special area along the Donagh River in the town of Carndonagh, Inishowen, Co. Donegal. Filmed as part of the ECO Carn project to promote awareness of biodiversity and prepare a Biodiversity Action Plan for Carndonagh. A community driven project funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland. Narrated by Aengus Kennedy. Footage by Ed @ Northern Lights.
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