Filter CategoriesAll NewsWater Institute NewsWater Institute Bulletin April 20, 2022 Centennial Citizen Science project continues its success in Mountrath, Co. Laois A citizen science partnership between DCU's Water Institute and the Nore River Catchment Trust which began in Durrow, Co. Laois in March continued to ... Read More March 23, 2022 Eurachem webinar: The practical and analytical challenges of water monitoring. The DCU Water Institute was delighted to take part in a webinar on analytical challenges of water monitoring hosted by Eurachem, in conjunction with A... Read More March 23, 2022 Will Sarni, World Water Day Water Café To celebrate World Water Day, the Water Institute had the privilege of hosting Mr. Will Sarni, founder and CEO of the Water Foundry for a special edit... Read More March 15, 2022 Eurachem webinar - Modern problems require modern solutions 11 am GMT March 22nd - World Water Day The Water Institute is excited to co-host a webinar on overcoming water monitoring challenges with E... Read More March 15, 2022 World Water Day - March 22nd, 2022 Water Institute Agenda Making the invisible, visible 11am - 12pm - Eurachem & Water Institute Webinar ALL WELCOME - To Register eurachem@statelab.ie 1pm -... Read More March 15, 2022 Engineers Week 2022: Secondary Students visit water treatment research rig at DCU Alpha The DCU Water Institute was delighted to welcome a group of 19 secondary school students from around Ireland. The visit was part of a range of activit... Read More March 12, 2022 Citizen Science water quality project launched in Durrow A citizen science partnership between DCU’s Water Institute and the Nore River Catchment Trust was launched on Saturday 12th March at the River Erkina... Read More March 2, 2022 Caifé Uisce, Feabhra 2022 Clíodhna Ní Ghríofa as Nua Na Mara - SDG14 In this strategically delayed February edition of the Water Cafe, we began Seachtain Na Gaeilge with a fantastic presentation from Clíodhna Ní Ghríofa... Read More February 28, 2022 Nemo Project holds its first webinar to introduce the project team Read More February 25, 2022 Citizen science project aimed at improving water quality in Laois launched A citizen science partnership empowering citizens to take part and collect data in a programme of water quality testing on the River Nore and its trib... Read More February 4, 2022 DCU Water Institute & Nore River Catchment Trust Working together to improve water quality with Citizen Science Dublin City University’s Water Institute and the Nore River Catchment Trust are delighted to announce an upcoming citizen science partnership empoweri... Read More February 1, 2022 EurEau - Europe’s water framework gatekeeper In this month’s Water Café we were joined by Caroline Greene, Communications Manager for EurEau. Caroline introduced us to EurEau, The Eu... Read More January 23, 2022 Water Café January 2022 Join us on Thursday the 27th of January for the first Water Café event of 2022! We will be joined by Caroline Greene of EurEau, The European Federa... Read More January 14, 2022 Citizen Science change makers Citizen Science seeks to employ data-collecting volunteers to bridge the gap between academics, researchers, and the general public in a bid to tackle... Read More December 21, 2021 EPA Drinking Water Report – Opinion By Fiona Regan This week the EPA published the 2021 Drinking Water Report showing the data relating to 2020. The summary information is an important insight to the q... Read More December 17, 2021 Autumn-Winter Newsletter 2021 We are delighted to bring you our 2021 newsletter. Read the Water Institute’s latest newsletter here: Water Institute May Newsletter Read More December 17, 2021 EU-Funded TechOceanS Project Developing New Microsensors for Environmental Ocean Monitoring The EU-funded project, TechOceanS (Technologies for Ocean Sensing) is developing innovative microsensors that have the potential to revolutionise how ... Read More December 6, 2021 Shady waters Researching corruption and integrity in the Water and Sanitation Sector During a research exchange conference co-hosted by the Water Integrity Networ... Read More December 1, 2021 Viva Voce This past week marked an extremely important milestone in the career of one of the Water Institute’s rising stars. PhD candidate Molly Williams ha... Read More November 26, 2021 Waterways in still In this month’s Water Café, Paul Carroll joined us for an excellent and moving discussion on his work and how Irish people and communities inter... Read More November 26, 2021 DCU Water Institute & Dublin Under Sail Set Course to a New Marine Learning Collaboration The DCU Water Institute and Dublin Under Sail recently collaborated on a unique and innovative project to develop a marine education and research prog... Read More November 25, 2021 I-SECURE Project update After a very busy 2021 we are delighted to bring an update on I-SECURE (Irish Marine Screening & Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Coastal an... Read More November 24, 2021 EMPIRE virtual workshop Modern problems require modern solutions. The date is set for the very first workshop on the EMPIRE-DCU project. Join the team on the 30th of Novembe... Read More November 19, 2021 International Toilet Day Mindful waste management Every year, the 19th of November celebrates the creation of one of humanity's most important inventions. Upon this modern ma... Read More November 14, 2021 Inspiring progress at COP26 The first week of COP26 in Glasgow saw a rallying of around 120 World Leaders to uphold the Paris agreement and “Keep 1.5 Alive”, to limit global temp... Read More November 3, 2021 Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2020 The EPA issued its report on urban wastewater treatment for 2020. It is acknowledged that there have been improvements however, the failings are si... Read More October 27, 2021 A New Frontier for Climate Action The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), dually hosted by the UK and Italy, will commence in Glasgow on the 31st of October 2021.... Read More October 27, 2021 DCU Water Institute & Educational Trust awarded Glas Communities Fund 2021 The Water Institute in partnership with the DCU Educational Trust is delighted to be awarded the Glas Communities Fund 2021. The Glas Communities Fun... Read More September 30, 2021 Predicting future changes in water quality How maxon helped Dublin City University engineer new technology for monitoring aquatic environments As the impa... Read More September 27, 2021 September Water Cafe with Ella McSweeney Friday the 24th of September marked the weekend of #WorldRiversDay. We celebrated the occasion by holding our monthly virtual Water Café and had the ... Read More September 8, 2021 2021 World Water Week Closing Message - Political Will & Investment The 2021 world water week hosted by SIWI ended on the 27th of August with a strong message: we have many solutions to fix the water crisis and tackle ... Read More August 23, 2021 World Water Week 2021 Welcome to world water week 2021 - World Water Week commences today 23th August 2021. Hosted by SIWI the conference will run for 1 week and cover a v... Read More August 9, 2021 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report Released The first Climate Change scientific report published by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 2013 has just been released today. The ... Read More August 3, 2021 DCU’s Water Institute to work with GOAL and Water-Share Ireland to address water issues in Africa Dublin City University’s Water Institute, in collaboration with humanitarian aid agency GOAL and members of the Irish water sector through Water-Share... Read More July 16, 2021 WaterBlitz 2021 gives snapshot of the health of Ireland’s waterways Dublin City University’s Water Institute and Earthwatch have today published the results of its second WaterBlitz. The WaterBlitz is a survey of water... Read More July 16, 2021 WaterBlitz 2021 Report WaterBlitz 2021 Report Published The Water Institute are delighted to announce the publication of the WaterBlitz 2021 report. This is a compilation... Read More June 14, 2021 Water Café with Evelyn Cusack With continuous demand for a consecutive series of Water Cafes this month, we were delighted to welcome the very well known Evelyn Cusack, Head of For... Read More May 17, 2021 Water Blitz 2021 The 2021 WaterBlitz has once again been an incredible success. We have received nearly 600 sample results over the four days - this is outstanding, an... Read More May 13, 2021 EPA release 2020 Bathing Water Report The EPA released the 2020 Bathing Water report today. The highlights include calls from the EPA for year round beach monitoring as more people take t... Read More May 7, 2021 PhD studentship in the SENSUS (Sensing Nutrients for Agronomic Advice and Sustainability Measures) Read More May 7, 2021 PhD studentship in the SENSUS (Sensing Nutrients for Agronomic Advice and Sustainability Measures) Read More April 11, 2021 Virtual Water Cafe & WaterBlitz 2021 Launch As part of Citizen Science Month, the Water Institute will be hosting its Water Cafe this Friday, the 16th of April 2021. We will have two excellent g... Read More April 9, 2021 Question marks over the quality of the water, in some areas around Dublin https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21934926 Read More April 8, 2021 Irish sea swimmers could soon benefit from water quality testing all year round. Scientists in DCU have developed a tool that would allow bathing waters to be tested for bacteria such as e-coli rapidly and regularly. It comes am... Read More March 22, 2021 DCU Water Institute - Spring Newsletter 2020 Read More March 22, 2021 #WorldWaterDay 2021 On 22 March, 2021, World Water Day will be celebrated in an online event. The World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the global wate... Read More March 15, 2021 Pouring cold water onto the Gulf Stream: the consequences of climate change The image above is part of an amazing interactive graphic in a New York Times article describing the alarming changes in the Gulf Stream which may... Read More March 11, 2021 #LoveWater Fiona Talks to Tom Freyberg and Will Sarni about valuing water In a podcast In this week’s episode, Fiona joins Will & Tom of The Stre... Read More March 8, 2021 Response on the Water Services Strategic Plan (WSSP) A Plan for the Future of Water Services Herein find a response from members of the DCU Water Institute to the open consultation on the Water Services Strategic Plan. The areas of focus incl... Read More March 3, 2021 February 2021 Water Café Our 2nd Water Café was held just last week and it too attracted great interest. Sinead O’Brian of SWAN was our guest speaker on the day. Sinead has ... Read More
Filter CategoriesAll NewsWater Institute NewsWater Institute Bulletin April 20, 2022 Centennial Citizen Science project continues its success in Mountrath, Co. Laois A citizen science partnership between DCU's Water Institute and the Nore River Catchment Trust which began in Durrow, Co. Laois in March continued to ... Read More March 23, 2022 Eurachem webinar: The practical and analytical challenges of water monitoring. The DCU Water Institute was delighted to take part in a webinar on analytical challenges of water monitoring hosted by Eurachem, in conjunction with A... Read More March 23, 2022 Will Sarni, World Water Day Water Café To celebrate World Water Day, the Water Institute had the privilege of hosting Mr. Will Sarni, founder and CEO of the Water Foundry for a special edit... Read More March 15, 2022 Eurachem webinar - Modern problems require modern solutions 11 am GMT March 22nd - World Water Day The Water Institute is excited to co-host a webinar on overcoming water monitoring challenges with E... Read More March 15, 2022 World Water Day - March 22nd, 2022 Water Institute Agenda Making the invisible, visible 11am - 12pm - Eurachem & Water Institute Webinar ALL WELCOME - To Register eurachem@statelab.ie 1pm -... Read More March 15, 2022 Engineers Week 2022: Secondary Students visit water treatment research rig at DCU Alpha The DCU Water Institute was delighted to welcome a group of 19 secondary school students from around Ireland. The visit was part of a range of activit... Read More March 12, 2022 Citizen Science water quality project launched in Durrow A citizen science partnership between DCU’s Water Institute and the Nore River Catchment Trust was launched on Saturday 12th March at the River Erkina... Read More March 2, 2022 Caifé Uisce, Feabhra 2022 Clíodhna Ní Ghríofa as Nua Na Mara - SDG14 In this strategically delayed February edition of the Water Cafe, we began Seachtain Na Gaeilge with a fantastic presentation from Clíodhna Ní Ghríofa... Read More February 28, 2022 Nemo Project holds its first webinar to introduce the project team Read More February 25, 2022 Citizen science project aimed at improving water quality in Laois launched A citizen science partnership empowering citizens to take part and collect data in a programme of water quality testing on the River Nore and its trib... Read More February 4, 2022 DCU Water Institute & Nore River Catchment Trust Working together to improve water quality with Citizen Science Dublin City University’s Water Institute and the Nore River Catchment Trust are delighted to announce an upcoming citizen science partnership empoweri... Read More February 1, 2022 EurEau - Europe’s water framework gatekeeper In this month’s Water Café we were joined by Caroline Greene, Communications Manager for EurEau. Caroline introduced us to EurEau, The Eu... Read More January 23, 2022 Water Café January 2022 Join us on Thursday the 27th of January for the first Water Café event of 2022! We will be joined by Caroline Greene of EurEau, The European Federa... Read More January 14, 2022 Citizen Science change makers Citizen Science seeks to employ data-collecting volunteers to bridge the gap between academics, researchers, and the general public in a bid to tackle... Read More December 21, 2021 EPA Drinking Water Report – Opinion By Fiona Regan This week the EPA published the 2021 Drinking Water Report showing the data relating to 2020. The summary information is an important insight to the q... Read More December 17, 2021 Autumn-Winter Newsletter 2021 We are delighted to bring you our 2021 newsletter. Read the Water Institute’s latest newsletter here: Water Institute May Newsletter Read More December 17, 2021 EU-Funded TechOceanS Project Developing New Microsensors for Environmental Ocean Monitoring The EU-funded project, TechOceanS (Technologies for Ocean Sensing) is developing innovative microsensors that have the potential to revolutionise how ... Read More December 6, 2021 Shady waters Researching corruption and integrity in the Water and Sanitation Sector During a research exchange conference co-hosted by the Water Integrity Networ... Read More December 1, 2021 Viva Voce This past week marked an extremely important milestone in the career of one of the Water Institute’s rising stars. PhD candidate Molly Williams ha... Read More November 26, 2021 Waterways in still In this month’s Water Café, Paul Carroll joined us for an excellent and moving discussion on his work and how Irish people and communities inter... Read More November 26, 2021 DCU Water Institute & Dublin Under Sail Set Course to a New Marine Learning Collaboration The DCU Water Institute and Dublin Under Sail recently collaborated on a unique and innovative project to develop a marine education and research prog... Read More November 25, 2021 I-SECURE Project update After a very busy 2021 we are delighted to bring an update on I-SECURE (Irish Marine Screening & Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Coastal an... Read More November 24, 2021 EMPIRE virtual workshop Modern problems require modern solutions. The date is set for the very first workshop on the EMPIRE-DCU project. Join the team on the 30th of Novembe... Read More November 19, 2021 International Toilet Day Mindful waste management Every year, the 19th of November celebrates the creation of one of humanity's most important inventions. Upon this modern ma... Read More November 14, 2021 Inspiring progress at COP26 The first week of COP26 in Glasgow saw a rallying of around 120 World Leaders to uphold the Paris agreement and “Keep 1.5 Alive”, to limit global temp... Read More November 3, 2021 Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2020 The EPA issued its report on urban wastewater treatment for 2020. It is acknowledged that there have been improvements however, the failings are si... Read More October 27, 2021 A New Frontier for Climate Action The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), dually hosted by the UK and Italy, will commence in Glasgow on the 31st of October 2021.... Read More October 27, 2021 DCU Water Institute & Educational Trust awarded Glas Communities Fund 2021 The Water Institute in partnership with the DCU Educational Trust is delighted to be awarded the Glas Communities Fund 2021. The Glas Communities Fun... Read More September 30, 2021 Predicting future changes in water quality How maxon helped Dublin City University engineer new technology for monitoring aquatic environments As the impa... Read More September 27, 2021 September Water Cafe with Ella McSweeney Friday the 24th of September marked the weekend of #WorldRiversDay. We celebrated the occasion by holding our monthly virtual Water Café and had the ... Read More September 8, 2021 2021 World Water Week Closing Message - Political Will & Investment The 2021 world water week hosted by SIWI ended on the 27th of August with a strong message: we have many solutions to fix the water crisis and tackle ... Read More August 23, 2021 World Water Week 2021 Welcome to world water week 2021 - World Water Week commences today 23th August 2021. Hosted by SIWI the conference will run for 1 week and cover a v... Read More August 9, 2021 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report Released The first Climate Change scientific report published by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 2013 has just been released today. The ... Read More August 3, 2021 DCU’s Water Institute to work with GOAL and Water-Share Ireland to address water issues in Africa Dublin City University’s Water Institute, in collaboration with humanitarian aid agency GOAL and members of the Irish water sector through Water-Share... Read More July 16, 2021 WaterBlitz 2021 gives snapshot of the health of Ireland’s waterways Dublin City University’s Water Institute and Earthwatch have today published the results of its second WaterBlitz. The WaterBlitz is a survey of water... Read More July 16, 2021 WaterBlitz 2021 Report WaterBlitz 2021 Report Published The Water Institute are delighted to announce the publication of the WaterBlitz 2021 report. This is a compilation... Read More June 14, 2021 Water Café with Evelyn Cusack With continuous demand for a consecutive series of Water Cafes this month, we were delighted to welcome the very well known Evelyn Cusack, Head of For... Read More May 17, 2021 Water Blitz 2021 The 2021 WaterBlitz has once again been an incredible success. We have received nearly 600 sample results over the four days - this is outstanding, an... Read More May 13, 2021 EPA release 2020 Bathing Water Report The EPA released the 2020 Bathing Water report today. The highlights include calls from the EPA for year round beach monitoring as more people take t... Read More May 7, 2021 PhD studentship in the SENSUS (Sensing Nutrients for Agronomic Advice and Sustainability Measures) Read More May 7, 2021 PhD studentship in the SENSUS (Sensing Nutrients for Agronomic Advice and Sustainability Measures) Read More April 11, 2021 Virtual Water Cafe & WaterBlitz 2021 Launch As part of Citizen Science Month, the Water Institute will be hosting its Water Cafe this Friday, the 16th of April 2021. We will have two excellent g... Read More April 9, 2021 Question marks over the quality of the water, in some areas around Dublin https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21934926 Read More April 8, 2021 Irish sea swimmers could soon benefit from water quality testing all year round. Scientists in DCU have developed a tool that would allow bathing waters to be tested for bacteria such as e-coli rapidly and regularly. It comes am... Read More March 22, 2021 DCU Water Institute - Spring Newsletter 2020 Read More March 22, 2021 #WorldWaterDay 2021 On 22 March, 2021, World Water Day will be celebrated in an online event. The World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the global wate... Read More March 15, 2021 Pouring cold water onto the Gulf Stream: the consequences of climate change The image above is part of an amazing interactive graphic in a New York Times article describing the alarming changes in the Gulf Stream which may... Read More March 11, 2021 #LoveWater Fiona Talks to Tom Freyberg and Will Sarni about valuing water In a podcast In this week’s episode, Fiona joins Will & Tom of The Stre... Read More March 8, 2021 Response on the Water Services Strategic Plan (WSSP) A Plan for the Future of Water Services Herein find a response from members of the DCU Water Institute to the open consultation on the Water Services Strategic Plan. The areas of focus incl... Read More March 3, 2021 February 2021 Water Café Our 2nd Water Café was held just last week and it too attracted great interest. Sinead O’Brian of SWAN was our guest speaker on the day. Sinead has ... Read More
