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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | De-sludging rates and mechanisms for domestic wastewater treatment system sludges in Ireland |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Laurence Gill |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.3437967,-6.2567603 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 31/01/2017 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 30/01/2018 |
| Project Website (if any) | |
| Links to other Web-based resources | Not Applicable |
| Project Keywords | Innovative water technologies; domestic wastewater treatment systems; Water Services Act; sludge management; greenhouse gas emissions; geospatial decision support tool model; |
| Project Abstract | The project will provide independent evidence of the necessity to operate and manage domestic wastewater treatment systems (DWWTS), including the appropriate de-sludging frequency; the proper de-sludging mechanisms; as well as associated costs of proper operation and maintenance of systems to provide advice to homeowners on how to comply with the Water Services Act 2007 and Water Services (Amendment) Act, 2012. This will feed directly into the outreach plan to rural dwellers as currently being developed by the NIECE Engagement Strategy Working Group. This will be achieved by a combination of international best practice review as well as analysis of existing data from previous research studies in Ireland of 20 field studies by the TCD research group. The project will then also target additional field study derived information to provide baseline information to back up the previous guidelines as well as to feed into a strategic assessment of DWWT sludge management for Ireland. The proposal therefore is to: quantify sludge accumulation rates in existing DWWTS; quantify greenhouse gas emissions from DWWTS (currently being carried out by a parallel project); and then develop a geospatial decision support tool model in order to compare different strategic options for DWWTS sludge management in Ireland. |