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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Impact Assessment of Highway Drainage on Water Quality |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Michael Bruen |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University College Dublin (UCD) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.30859, -6.22577 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/12/2001 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/09/2006 |
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| Project Keywords | Highway Drainage; Water Quality; Monitoring; Runoff |
| Project Abstract | Objectives: The project's objectives are divided into two components 1(a). Review existing practice with respect to road drainage design and maintenance for rural dual carriageways and motorways in Ireland and the assessment of any environmental impacts of such runoff. Set this practice in the context of current practice elsewhere in Europe. 1(b). Identify suitable candidate sites for monitoring flow and quality of road drainage waters. Select at least two for detailed monitoring. 2(a). Set up and operate at least two representative road drainage sub-catchments with instrumentation for monitoring rates of runoff and corresponding quality for a range of indicative parameters. 2(b). Analyse flow, rainfall and quality data, so as to be able to predict likely runoff peaks, volumes and quality from predetermined design rainstorms. 3. A baseline hydrobiological/ecological survey of receiving waters will be undertaken to establish basic ecological states, this will include macroinvertebrates, fish and aquatic flora. Thereafter macroinvertebrate samples will be collected at regular intervals and at additional periods following specific hydroenvironmental events. 4.Rainfall will be collected and analysed for the same parameters as the stream water quality samples. |