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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Protection of groundwater resources |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Dr. Gerard Hamill |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Lead Country | United Kingdom |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 54.58443, -5.93460 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Geological Survey of Ireland |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 30/06/2008 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 06/07/2014 |
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| Project Keywords | Groundwater; Anthropogenic impact; Poorly Productive Aquifers; Fracture Flow |
| Project Abstract | This research seeks to provide a better understanding of Ireland's poorly productive aquifers and to evaluate the impact of human behaviour on groundwater and how this affects the wider environment. Monitoring wells have been installed to study areas such as the Glencastle River Catchment (Co. Mayo), the Gortinlieve catchment (Co. Donegal), the Mattock catchment (Co. Louth) and at Oughterard (Co. Galway). |