10th Annual Rural Water Services Conference
The 10th Annual Rural Water Conference was held on Thursday, 15th September 2011 in The McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, County Mayo.
FIRST SESSION
Groundwater Study - Limerick / Cork Source Catchment Delineation Pilot Project (8.23MB) - Monica Lee, Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI)
WSTG Training Programmes for GWS personnell & WSTG Training Centre Services (3.78MB) - Peter O'Reilly, WSTG and Final County Council
Agricultural Catchments Research Programme / Implications for Source Management (8.6MB) - Noel Meehan, Teagasc
Final recommentations of the National Source Protection Pilot Project (2.31MB) - Dr Suzanne Linnane, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Centre for Fresh Water Studies
Second Session
Contaminants of emerging concern in the irish Aquatic Environment (5.16MB) - Dr Dearbhaile Morris, NUIG
Comprehensive cleaning of distribution networks (6.64MB) - Sean Corrigan, Manager, Ballycroy, Kileen and Kilmeena GWSs, County Mayo
Telemetric bulk metering : costs and benefits (1.42MB) - Elaine Hyland, Manager, Ballacolla GWS, County Laois
Final Session
Trihalomethanes (THMs) in Drinking Water : The next challenge (736KB) - Niall Dunne, Office of Environmental Enforcement, EPA
Update on Rural Water Upgrade strategy 200 to 2011 (2.32MB) - Jean Gibson, NFGWS
Closing Address - Maria Graham, PO, Water Services Section, Department of Environment Community & Local Government
The conference was organised by the Local Authority Services National Training Group (LASNTG) in association with the National Federation of Group Water Schemes (NFGWS).