4. Local Catchment Assessment in Priority Areas for Action - Carol McCarthy, lawpro
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This presentation was given at the 2019 Catchment Management Notwork meeting, which was held on the 11 October in Tullamore. All our local authorities and other bodies responsible for implementing the Water Framework Directive in Ireland attended to share knowledge and learn from each other.
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4. Local Catchment Assessment in Priority Areas for Action - Carol McCarthy, lawpro
- 1. Local Catchment Assessment in PAAs – Progress to-date Catchment Management Network Meeting Tullamore 11th October, 2019
- 2. LAWPRO – Stats to-date Priority Areas for Action – 190 • Desk Studies – 113 • Community Meetings – 83 (plus ~20 to EOY) • Farmer Engagement Events – 68 (+160 ASSAP discussion groups) • Local Catchment Assessments – 84 • Reporting • Referrals ongoing • Action Plan • Implementation of Mitigation Actions
- 3. Findings • Collaboration working very well • Widespread, poor land management practices • Loss of nutrients to waters • Loss of soil to waters – Land drainage, drain maintenance or land reclamation – Poorly managed legacy forests, peat or construction activities • Impact of herbicides /chemicals – Awareness and advice on proper use and disposal • Impact on protected areas – drinking water sources, bathing waters, shellfish waters etc.
- 4. Clashawley
- 5. Process • Desk Study • Community Information Meeting – 23rd January, 2019 (28 attendees) – WWTP, direction of flow, disappearing rivers, historic mines • Farmer Engagement Event – 9th September, 2019 • Local Catchment Assessment – March, May and September • Referrals • Reporting • Action Plan
- 6. Mining in Slieve Ardagh Coalfields The agent, told me they did not employ children—that they were of no use; they required strong able lads of 17 or 18 years old to do their work, of whom about 80 were employed. They work from eight to twelve hours daily, and, as the work is all task-work, there are no regular meal-times; but he informed me that the people generally took bread with them when they had their meals under ground. I am told the Irish are not clever at sinking shafts, but are pretty good miners, so long as they have some experienced Cornishmen working with them, or to direct them—being comparatively a new field for them, they do not generally understand the operations of mining, except the simple one of getting the ore or coal. At the Mardyke Colliery is a temperance hall, a lending library and reading room, a saving society, and a school-room about to be built by subscription of the company and colliers.
- 11. Significant pressures at Desk Study Stage Waterbody Significant Pressure from Initial Characterisation Significant Issue from Desk Study Additional Potential Pressures (including source) Killenaule Stream_010 Agriculture (pasture) Phosphate Nitrate Killenaule WWTP (public & desk study) Historic Mines (public) Clashawley_010 Agriculture (pasture) Unknown (no chemistry data) Ballinunty WWTP (public & desk study) Quarry (desk study) Peatland (desk study) Ballintemple Stream_010 Domestic Waste Water (waste water discharge) Agriculture (agriculture) Unknown (no chemistry data) NA
- 12. Fieldwork stats • 3 water bodies • 14 days • 76km channel assessed • 9 SSIS • 8 rapid assessments • 16 water samples • 2 stream walks
- 13. WB Name Significant pressure Identified by LCA Significant issue associated Killenaule Stream_010 Agriculture Phosphate Killenaule WWTP Nitrate Clashawley_010 Agriculture Phosphate & Nitrate Ballintemple Stream_010 Agriculture Phosphate DWWTS Phosphate Preliminary significant pressures after fieldwork
- 14. Draft Recommended Actions Waterbody Significant issue Pressure Pressure type Locations Referral Mitigation Action Killenaule Stream_010 Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land Upstream Killenaule Stream_010_002 ASSAP Management of CSA’s Killenaule Stream_010 Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land Killenaule Stream_010_006 ASSAP Management of identified CSA Killenaule Stream_010 Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land Upstream Killenaule Stream_010_002 ASSAP Avoid application at high risk places (CSA’s) Killenaule Stream_010 Phosphate, Sediment Agriculture Runoff from land Upstream Killenaule Stream_010_002 ASSAP Riparian Buffers - Fenced/Unfenced Killenaule Stream_010 Phosphate, Sediment Agriculture Drains Upstream Killenaule Stream_010_006 ASSAP Ditch/drain maintenance and management Killenaule Stream_010 Nitrate Killenaule WWTP Killenaule WWTP Killenaule WWTP EPA / Irish Water Reduce N losses. Killenaule_10 6 actions
- 15. Waterbody Significant issue Pressure Pressure type Locations Referral Mitigation Action Clashawley_010 Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land Upstream Clashawley_010_004 ASSAP Management of CSA’s Clashawley_010 Phosphate, Sediment Agriculture Runoff from land Upstream Clashawley_010_004 ASSAP Riparian Buffers - Fenced/ Unfenced Clashawley_010 Phosphate, Sediment Agriculture Drains Upstream Clashawley_010_006 ASSAP Ditch/drain maintenance and management Clashawley_010 Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land Upstream Clashawley_010_004 ASSAP Avoid application at high risk places (CSA’s) Clashawley_010 Nitrate Agriculture Ground water nutrient transport High N susceptibility areas around and d/s of Clashawley_010_004 ASSAP Informing and educating farmers Clashawley_010 Nitrate Agriculture Ground water nutrient transport High N susceptibility areas around and downstream of Clashawley_010_004 ASSAP Implementation of Nutrient Management Plan Clashawley_010 Nitrate Agriculture Ground water nutrient transport High N susceptibility areas around and downstream of Clashawley_010_004 ASSAP Avoid application at high risk times Clashawley_10 7 actions
- 16. Waterbody Significant issue Pressure Pressure type Locations Referral Mitigation Action Ballintemple Stream_010 Phosphate Agriculture Silage effluent Upstream Ballintemple Stream_010_002 ASSAP Improved management of collection and storage of farm wastes Ballintemple Stream_010 Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land High Phosphate susceptibility areas ASSAP Riparian Buffers - Fenced/Unfenced Ballintemple Stream_010 Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land High Phosphate susceptibility areas ASSAP Management of Critical Source Areas (CSA’s) Ballintemple Stream_010 Phosphate Agriculture Runoff from land High Phosphate susceptibility areas ASSAP Avoid application at high risk places (CSA’s) Ballintemple Stream_010 Phosphate Domestic Waste Water Single house discharges Single house discharges with a high and very high potential impact for P Household owners Send letters to household owners with single house discharges of high and very high potential impact for P. BallintempleStream_10 5 actions
- 17. ASSAP 35% 14% 28% 16% 7% 0% Pressures identified in PAAs P Loss (difuse) N loss (difuse) Sedimentation Point Source Losses Toxicity & Pesticides Ammonium
- 18. Farmer Actions • 635 farm visits by ASSAP advisors – 96% of farmers engaged • 3688 issues identified – 762 farmyard issues – 1538 land management issues – 1388 nutrient management issues • Over 3,000 actions agreed
- 19. Map for farmer
- 20. Farmer attitudes & behaviour In your opinion, does the farmer Very Low Low Mod- erate High Very High Understand how water quality will improve by carrying out the measures? 6 36 144 156 73 Have the skills to carry out the mitigation measures? 4 36 112 200 62 Have experience of carrying out mitigation measures (or similar practices)? 6 97 137 129 45 Want to improve water quality by carrying out mitigation measures? 4 26 120 196 68 Think that most farmers support carrying out mitigation measures? 4 41 248 107 15 Have the time, money and resources to carry out the mitigation measures? 50 92 108 133 32
- 21. Risk Status of Blue Dot waters Water Body Type High Status Objective At Risk Review Not at Risk Within PAA River (FPM) 319 (28) 112 (15) 3 (2) 204 (11) 60(13) Within 45 PAAs Lake 37 12 2 23 4 Transitional 12 9 2 1 0 Coastal 16 2 7 7 0 Totals 384 135 14 235 64
- 22. Blue Dot Catchments Programme • “Waters of Life” IP • Blue Dot co-ordinator • Steering committee • Meetings • Fieldtrip – Oughterard • Programme development