Latest Research Publications
Water Framework Directive: Identification And Ranking Of Nature Conservation Designated Areas, Where The Status Of Water Is An Important Factor
Final Report - ERTDI Report 24 - Ó Riain et al , May 2005
Year: 2005
The development of a methodology for identifying water-dependent habitats and hence protected areas with such habitats. It recorded these sites in digital form within a combined database and mapping system and recorded the water-dependent habitats and the species they contain.
Production Of Organo-Mineral Fertilisers From Mixtures Of Composted Pig Slurry Solids And Other Biodegradable Wastes
Final Report - ERTDI report 28 - Stewart, May 2005
Year: 2005
The project examined a potential solution to some aspects of the problem of slurry disposal from large-scale intensive pig units.
Environmental Economics: Fertiliser Taxes – Implementation Issues
ERTDI Report 23 - Scott, May 2005
Year: 2005
Examines the implementation of a fertiliser tax as an incentive to farmers to apply fertilisers more sensitively with the objective of reducing contamination.
Eutrophication From Agricultural Sources: Small Plot Study On The Impact Of Grazing Animals On Nutrient Losses To Water
Final Report - ERTDI Report 41 - Kurz et al , May 2005
Year: 2005
Project measuring the impact of cattle on soil physical properties relevant to the hydrological characteristics of a site, and assessing whether their presence is likely to influence the quality of the overland flow produced at a site.
Eutrophication From Agricultural Sources: Phosphorus Chemistry Of Mineral And Peat Soils In Ireland
ERTDI Report 38 - Final Report - Daly et al , May 2005
Year: 2005
An examination of the impact of soil chemical properties on P sorption and desorption, so that a risk assessment of P loss from soil types could be developed using identifiable soil chemical characteristics.
Nutrient Levels And The Zebra Mussel Population In Lough Key - Final Report
Final Report (2000-MS-5-M1) - Lucy et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
This study aims to quantify the total number and biomass of zebra mussels and assess changes to the population during the course of the study. Relevant water parameters and phytoplankton samples were analysed; direct ecological changes were also noted during the project.
An Investigation Into The Performance Of Subsoils And Stratified Sand Filters For The Treatment Of Wastewater From On-Site Systems
Synthesis Report - ERTDI Report 27 - Gill et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
The results from four separate field trials at separate sites covering a range of different subsoil types, whereby two sites were discharging septic tank effluent into conventional percolation areas and the other two were discharging secondary treated effluent from a peat filter into similar percolation areas.
Water Framework Directive – The Application Of Mathematical Models As Decision-Support Tools (2002-W-DS-11) Final Report
Final Report (2002-W-DS/11-M1)- Irvine et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
Identifies and reviews many situations where mathematical modelling can be a useful tool to assist in the understanding of hydrological and chemical transport and processes that occur in catchments, and the ecological response to anthropogenic alterations that affect them.
Water Framework Directive: Characterisation Of Reference Conditions And Testing Of Typology Of Rivers
Final Report - ERTDI Report 31 - Kelly-Quinn et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
A survey of 50 sites previously classified as high quality by the EPA, to determine whether they were of high ecological status (and thus could be used as reference conditions) and to use these spatial reference sites to develop the river typology for the Water Framework Directive.
Endocrine Disruptors In The Irish Aquatic Environment - Final Report
Final Report (2000-MS-2-M2)- Tarrant et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
A study that asks whether Irish rivers contain estrogenic compounds. If so, at what concentrations? Are these levels likely to pose a threat to aquatic ecosystems, particularly wild fish? Is there a risk to drinking water supplies?
Endocrine Disruptors In The Irish Aquatic Environment - Final Report
Final Report (2000-MS-2-M2)- Tarrant et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
A study that asks whether Irish rivers contain estrogenic compounds. If so, at what concentrations? Are these levels likely to pose a threat to aquatic ecosystems, particularly wild fish? Is there a risk to drinking water supplies?
Eutrophication From Agricultural Sources: A Comparison Of SWAT, HSPF And SHETRAN/GOPC Phosphorus Models For Three Irish Catchments Final Report
Final Report (2000-LS-2.2.2-M2) - Nasr et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
Report on the use of modelling non-point phosphorus loss from rural catchments in terms of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives. The study focuses on physically based catchment-scale models which to date have not been applied to model phosphorus losses in Ireland.
Environmental Attitudes And Behaviour: Values, Actions And Waste Management
Final report - Davies et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
Findings of the research project Environmental Attitudes and Behaviour: Values, Actions and Waste Management
Water Framework Directive: Identification And Ranking Of Nature Conservation Designated Areas, Where The Status Of Water Is An Important Factor
Final Report - ERTDI Report 24 - Ó Riain et al , January 2005
Year: 2005
The development of a methodology for identifying water-dependent habitats and hence protected areas with such habitats. It recorded these sites in digital form within a combined database and mapping system and recorded the water-dependent habitats and the species they contain.
The Macro-Economic Effects of Using Fiscal Instruments to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ERTDI Report 21 - Bergin et al., May 2004
Year: 2004
Examines the proposal for a tax applied on the carbon content of all forms of energy consumed in Ireland.
Carbon Taxes: Which Households Gain Or Lose?
ERTDI Report 40 - Scott et al., May 2004
Year: 2004
Analyses the effects of the introduction of a carbon tax in order to see how it would affect different households. The report focuses especially on vulnerable households.
Water Framework Directive: Development Of A Methodology For The Characterisation Of Unpolluted Groundwater
Final Report (2002-W-DS/7-M1) - Buss et al , January 2004
Year: 2004
The principal aim of this project was to develop a methodology for the derivation of the natural background quality for Irish groundwater bodies (it was not the intention to determine the composition of pristine groundwater bodies). International groundwater characterisation methodologies were also reviewed.
Assessment And Development Of A Waste Prevention Framework For Ireland
Synthesis Report - ERTDI Report 22 - Coakley et al , January 2004
Year: 2004
Developing a framework for Ireland's waste prevention policies and programmes
Characterisation Of Non-Household Municipal Waste In Ireland And the Development Of An Approach To Tracking Municipal Waste Composition
Final Report - Hogan et al , January 2004
Year: 2004
Project to develop methodology for determining the waste character of non-household municipal waste nationally.
Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Collection Trials In Ireland
Synthesis Report - ERTDI report 19 - Wilkinson et al , January 2004
Year: 2004
Collection trials in five locations throughout Ireland in order to characterise and quantify WEEE arisings, and to examine outlets for collected WEEE.