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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Towards Integrated Water Management (TIMe) |
| Research Area | Water |
| Project Acronym | TIMe |
| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Alec Rolston |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.98489, -6.39346 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 09/02/2015 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 08/02/2016 |
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| Project Keywords | Water management; Integrated approach; Sustainability; Engage local communities; Bottom-up |
| Project Abstract | An integrated approach in water management is required between different sectors to achieve future actions on water and sustainable development. This Towards Integrated Water Management (TIMe) Project aims to connect science, policy, managers and local communities for the integrated management of Ireland's water resources to deliver improvements in environmental status, water quality and water management. TIMe will analyse sound, robust international methodologies and assess their potential application in Ireland. TIMe will examine solutions to promote Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in Ireland with a particular focus on "bottom-up" approaches that can lead to more engaged and motivated local communities with regards to water management. This will be achieved through (1) literature reviews of current best practice in both IWRM and community engagement (CE); (2) Undertaking cost-benefit analysis of current best practice methods; (3) Assessing current water managers and local communities' understanding and opinion on IWRM; (4) Assessing the feasibility of current best practice source protection planning at the larger catchment scale; and (5) Delivering a Best Practice IWRM workshop. Project recommendations will focus on CE and on-ground delivery of IWRM to motivate communities to become actively involved in local water management ultimately benefiting IWRM at the national level. |