NIEA Water Framework Directive Catchment Conference 2019
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NIEA hosted a conference for Stakeholders on the Water Framework Directive at CAFRE Greenmount Campus in Antrim on Wednesday 23 October 2019.
The main focus of the day was on water quality and collaborative working and, to capture the large volume of issues, the day centred on three key themes. The first session concentrated on Government updates of ongoing work within our freshwater and marine environments. NIW also gave an update on their future spending plans throughout Northern Ireland.
A second session focussed on partner-lead projects. Topics were wide ranging and covered our undervalued groundwater resources, nutrient management on farms and European funded cross border initiatives.
The final session highlighted emerging issues facing our global and local water quality. These concerns included antimicrobial resistance and pollution from plastics. This session also championed some of the local projects designed to help tackle such pollution.
For water-related queries, please refer to the contact list for water issues below.
Documents
- Agenda - NIEA WFD Stakeholder Conference 2019
- Silke Hartmann: Next Cycle Plans and Programme of Measures
- Mary Toland: Catchments Team update for 2019 Conference
- Tim Mackie: Strangford - WFD Catchment Conference 2019
- Paul Harper: From Strategy to Plan (NIW)
- Art Niven: NASCO WFD Linkages - WFD Catchment Conference
- Paul Wilson: The Value of Our Groundwater Resources
- Alex Higgins: Field to catchments scale carrying capacities to limit soil P risk to water
- Andrew Griggs: Overview and Update of Catchment CARE Project
- Ray Thomas: Baseline Study on Antibiotics in relation to Antimicrobial Resistance
- Philip McMurray: Can the SUP Directive Win the War on Plastic?
- Andrew Moore: Low Order Urban Streams of Belfast Lough & Lagan Catchment
- Simon Webb: An Environment Strategy for NI
- Useful Contact List for General Water Issues
- Questions and Answers from 2019 WFD Conference
- Mark Horton: Catchment-based Interventions to Protect Shared Drinking Water Sources