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Research 153: Identifying the Biological and Geographical Origins of Faecal Contamination

Year: 2015

The aim of this project was to develop a tool box, Microbial Source Tracking (MST), to enable water quality managers to identify the biological and geographical sources of faecal pollution of water bodies.

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Research 152: Cryptosporidiosis: Human, animal and environmental interface

Year: 2015

The aim of this study was to investigate the monthly prevalence of Cryptosporidium in farm animals during March–June over two years in two catchments – the Liffey and Lough Gill – in the east and west of Ireland.

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Research 151: CapE-Capture, Extract, Amplify: A rapid method for monitoring large water volumes for pathogenic contaminants

Year: 2015

This 2-year research and development project focused on validating a rapid and convenient method for screening large volumes of water for the presence of VTEC.

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Research 150: Assessment of exposure to metallic nanoparticles, focusing on silver on marine and fresh water model organisms at a cellular and genetic level

Year: 2015

With the advent of industrial utilisation of ENMs, it is now of the utmost importance that exposure risk scenarios in relation to increasing and unnatural NPs, where their function and interaction with their environment is unpredictable, are monitored, assessed and, if required, that regulatory guidelines are implemented early in their application.

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Research 145: Development of a pulsed light approach as a novel solution in drinking water treatment

Year: 2015

The aim of this study was to determine if a novel PUV system provides a suitable means of disinfecting water, with particular emphasis on parasite species.

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Research 144:The Protection of Water Resources:Developing Novel Sensor Materials

Year: 2015

The research described herein sets out to develop polymer-coated, membrane-based technologies that could be used to detect organic contaminants, nitrates or heavy metals, namely chromium and copper, in aqueous systems. The membranes were modified so as to investigate their potential in the required sensing capacity.

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Research 137: Towards developing a Cryptosporidium monitoring protocol

Year: 2015

The prevalence and persistence of Cryptosporidium – particularly with respect to drinking water supplies – is one of the key environment and health issues for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Research Report: 129: Are we willing to pay for good river Water Quality?

Willingness to pay for achieving good status across rivers in the Republic of Ireland, , September 2014

Year: 2014

One of the main objectives of this research was to examine public attitudes towards water quality related issues and the importance that the general public places on these compared with other potential environment issues.

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Research 134:Biological Effects and Chemical Measurements in Irish Marine Waters

EPA and Marine Institute and Trinity College Report, September 2014

Year: 2014

The overall aim was to increase Ireland’s capacity for the generation of integrated monitoring of biological effects and chemical measurement data and for the completion of a pilot scale assessment of the quality of the Irish marine environment at a number of selected locations.

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Research Report 127: What’s our water worth? Estimating the Value to Irish Society of Benefits Derived from Water-Related Ecosystem Services

Research Report 127: Estimating the Value to Irish Society of Benefits Derived from Water-Related Ecosystem Services: A Discrete Choice Approach, August 2014

Year: 2014

Research Report 127 Dr Stephen Hynes NUIG

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STRIVE 123 - Management Options for the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sludge Derived from Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems

STRIVE 123 - Michael F. Joyce and Dr Kathryn Carney, March 2014

Year: 2014

This report looks at options for managing sludge from septic tanks

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STRIVE 125 - Supporting the Concept of Early Warning Analysis

Dr Ioannis M. Dokas, March 2014

Year: 2014

This project looked at developing early warnings systems for safety issues in drinking water plants

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STRIVE 121 - Mapping the spatio-temporal distribution of underwater noise in Irish Waters

Gerry Sutton, Mark Jessopp, Thomas Folegot and Dominique Clorenec, February 2014

Year: 2014

This project looks at mapping the effects of noise generated by humans on the marine environment

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STRIVE 121 - Mapping the spatio-temporal distribution of underwater noise in Irish Waters

Gerry Sutton, Mark Jessopp, Thomas Folegot and Dominique Clorenec, February 2014

Year: 2014

This project looks at mapping the effects of noise generated by humans on the marine environment

Norovirus in wastewater and shellfisheries- Summary of findings

STRIVE 109 - Bill Dore, John Flannery, Sinead Keaveney, Paulina Rajko-Neneow, February 2014

Year: 2014

This project looks at the effect of waste waster discharges containing Norovirus on shelfish

Summary of findings: Assessment and Monitoring of Ocean Noise in Irish Waters

2 page summary of findings for STRIVE 120 - Assessment and Monitoring of Ocean Noise in Irish Waters, January 2014

Year: 2014

Sources of anthropogenic (man-made) ocean noise include noise emitted from activities such as shipping, seismic surveying, geophysical surveying, construction, oil drilling and production, dredging, sonar systems, acoustic deterrents and most recently from the construction and operation of renewable energy platforms.

STRIVE 120 - Assessment and Monitoring of Ocean Noise in Irish Waters

STRIVE 120 - Suzanne Beck, Ian O'Connor, Simon Berrow, Joanne O'Brien, January 2014

Year: 2014

Sources of anthropogenic (man-made) ocean noise include noise emitted from activities such as shipping, seismic surveying, geophysical surveying, construction, oil drilling and production, dredging, sonar systems, acoustic deterrents and most recently from the construction and operation of renewable energy platforms. Anthropogenic ocean noise can elicit a range of physical, physiological and behavioural effects on marine animals.

STRIVE 109 - Norovirus in Wastewater and Shellfish

STRIVE 109 - Bill Dore, John Flannery, Sinead Keaveney, Paulina Rajko-Neneow, December 2013

Year: 2013

This project looks at the effect of waste waster discharges containing Norovirus on shelfish

STRIVE 117 - Monitoring of Priority Substances in Waste Water Effluents

STRIVE 117 - Fiona Regan, Ambrose Furey, Kevin James, Micheal Cahill, Lisa Jones, James Chapman, Antoin Lawlor, Mary Stack, December 2013

Year: 2013

This project represents an important collaboration between two research centres (Dublin City University and Cork Institute of Technology) with analytical expertise, and three councils (Fingal, Cork and Dublin Councils), building capability to establish risk factors for PSs and PHSs.

Regional-Scale Assessment of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Using Remote Sensing

Development of Remote Sensing as a Tool for Detection, Quantification and Evaluation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) to Irish Coastal Waters, October 2013

Year: 2013

Recent advances in remote sensing provide an affordable tool with which to evaluate contamination of coastal waters from Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD).

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