Water Quality - Research
The aim of the Teagasc Water Quality Research Programme is to understand the hydrological and biogeochemical processes that govern the transport of pollutants to water. This understanding underpins the development of new technologies to reduce losses.
Teagasc work with a wide range of organisations both within and outside Ireland on researching water quality issues.
WaterMARKE
Mitigating Agricultural impacts through Research and Knowledge Exchange
The project connects the areas of biophysical science, socio-economics, behavioural psychology and implementation science in a unique and novel framework. Find out more
Roadrunner
Roadway Runoff and Nutrient-loss Reduction
The objective of this project is to evaluate the extent, connectivity and nature of roadways and their role in nutrient transport. In time the project will devise and test mitigation strategies including best management practices and engineering solutions. Find out more
Cosaint
Cattle exclusion from watercourses: Environmental and socio-economic implications Find out more
WaterProtect: towards sustainable herbicide use
The Irish section of a major European research project will examine pathways of herbicide movement in an Irish field setting to ascertain its occurrence in water sources. Read more on WaterProtect: PDF)
Harmony
Harmony is catchment based project that integrates research on soils and hydrology with socio-economic factors to derive locally relevant measures for agriculture in sensitive catchments. Find out more
SMARTER_BufferZ
SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT AND ROBUST TARGETING OF RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES
The SMARTER_BufferZ project aims to ensure optimal targeting and management of riparian buffers for the effective management of Irish rivers. Find out more
Water Quality Research Highlights from Johnstown Castle
- Investigating Microbial Risks in Water Used in Food Production and Preparation
- Assessing the risk of phosphorus transfer in high ecological status rivers (PDF)
- Emerging Organic Contaminants Arising in Rural Environments Investigations in Karst and Fractured Bedrock Aquifers (PDF)
- Marie Curie ITN - INSPIRATION (PDF)
- Nutrient mobilisation and transfer pathways(PDF)
- Sustainable land use management for the conservation of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel - sediment flux and provenance (PDF)
- The impact of acute and chroic hydrochemical disturbances on stream ecology (PDF)
T-Research Water Quality Articles
- Practice change and water quality response (PDF) Autumn 2018
- WaterProtect: owards sustainable pesticide use (PDF) Summer 2018