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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Pilot River Basin |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Garrett Kilroy |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.34449, -6.25867 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 02/12/2002 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 02/12/2005 |
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| Project Keywords | Water Framework Directive; Pilot River Basin; Catchment management; Implementaion |
| Project Abstract | The Water Framework Directive (WFD) will for the first time provide a comprehensive legislative basis for the protection, enhancement and regulation of water quality and quantity for rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters and ground waters in the European Union. Fundamental to the successful implementation of the WFD will be the establishment of River Basin Districts and River Basin Management Plans, which will ensure an integrated approach to catchment management. The development of guidance documents from Working Groups at EU level will form the basis for a common strategy for the WFD. To ensure coherence between the different guidance documents and cross applicability, the guidance documents will be tested in selected pilot river basins (PRB). The proposed PRB Fellowship will contribute, from an Irish perspective, to ensuring that the guidance documents are applicable to and workable within all River Basin Districts across Europe. Ireland has proposed the Shannon River Basin as the PRB. Key to the assessment of these guidance documents will be collaboration with participants of the Shannon River Basin District Project. In addition, contact will be required with WFD Working Groups, representatives from other PRB and other related international projects. Several projects initiated by Phase 1 and 2 of the ERTDI programme will have a direct relevance to the implementation of the WFD. Communication with representatives of these projects will provide an opportunity to incorporate findings of these studies to the assessment of the guidance documents. |