SloWaters.eu – The research will assess the benefits of Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) for agricultural catchments in Ireland.

The research will assess the benefits of Nature based Solutions (NbS) for water quality and quantity on agricultural catchments in Ireland.

Using GIS-based mapping techniques, topographic indices, hydrological modelling, and full-scale field demonstrations to develop a portfolio of potential approaches and methodologies to reduce flood risk and generate co-benefits including sediment and nutrient attenuation and ecosystem enhancement.

Research sites will show how to design, build and instrument NBS for water quality and water quantity. Scaling up methodologies will use hydro-geomorphic patterns to investigate NBS in other Irish catchments, at a range of spatial scales.

The project outputs will specifically provide recommendations for the management of specific catchment types relevant to the Irish environment by quantifying the magnitude of NbS required to reduce flood peaks.

The research will underpin policy by identifying across scale measures that are most effective at targeting flood flows, providing beneficial ecosystem functions whilst having minimum effect of farm economics.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

This project is funded under the EPA Research Programme 2021-2030 and co-funded by OPW. The EPA Research Programme is a Government of Ireland initiative funded by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.