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  • WI welcomes Dr Gezim Visoka
    September 29, 2023
    WI welcomes Dr Gezim Visoka
    The Water Institute warmly welcomes Dr Gezim Visoka, a talented and enthusiastic newcomer to our team. We are excited to have Gezim join our research ...
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  • WI welcomes Dr Enda McGlynn
    September 29, 2023
    WI welcomes Dr Enda McGlynn
    The Water Institute extends a warm and enthusiastic welcome to Dr Enda McGlynn, a seasoned academic with a wealth of expertise and a remarkable track ...
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  • WI welcomes new member Dr Brian Freeland
    September 29, 2023
    WI welcomes new member Dr Brian Freeland
    A warm and enthusiastic welcome to Dr Brian Freeland, our newest addition to the DCU Water Institute. Brian joins us with a wealth of experience and e...
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  • WI welcomes Dr Linda Holland
    September 29, 2023
    WI welcomes Dr Linda Holland
    We would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr Linda Holland, one of our newest members to the DCU Water community. Linda comes to us with experience an...
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  • WI Welcomes Dr David O'Connor
    September 29, 2023
    WI Welcomes Dr David O'Connor
    We are delighted to announce a recent addition to the DCU Water Institutes vibrant community. David based in the school of chemical sciences brings ex...
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  • WI welcomes Dr Ali Intizar
    September 29, 2023
    WI welcomes Dr Ali Intizar
    We would like to extend a warm and wholehearted welcome to Dr Ali Intizar, one of our newest academic members joining the DCU Water Institute. Ali is ...
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  • WI Welcomes Dr Niamh Cullen
    September 29, 2023
    WI Welcomes Dr Niamh Cullen
    A warm welcome to Dr Niamh Cullen from the school of history and geography in St Pats is our latest addition to the DCU Water Institute. Niamh has a r...
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  • WI welcomes Dr Marcos Dias
    September 29, 2023
    WI welcomes Dr Marcos Dias
    A hearty welcome to our newest academic member, Marcos Dias. We’re delighted to have him join our cross faculty membership, and we’re eage...
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  • WI welcomes new member Dr Janine Silga
    September 29, 2023
    WI welcomes new member Dr Janine Silga
    We are thrilled to extend a warm and enthusiastic welcome to our newest member Janine Silga who has joined our esteemed research centre. With a passio...
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  • Postdoctoral Research Position
    September 12, 2023
    Postdoctoral Research Position
    The economic, environmental, and social feasibility of implementing gravitational energy storage systems in Ireland Role profile Dublin City Universit...
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  • Three River Water Blitz report published
    September 8, 2023
    Three River Water Blitz report published
    The Water Institute are thrilled to announce the publication of the inaugural Three-River Water Blitz report, conducted by the dedicated citizens of C...
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  • World Water Week 2023 - Day 1
    August 22, 2023
    World Water Week 2023 - Day 1
    Delving into the core of innovation and its vital role, the official World Water Week Opening Ceremony, hosted today, illuminated two pivotal dimensio...
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  • World Water Week 2023
    August 21, 2023
    World Water Week 2023
    We are thrilled to participate in World Water Week 2023, a significant event dedicated to addressing global water challenges. Our esteemed Water Innov...
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  • Research Positions at DCU Water Institute & School of Chemical Sciences
    August 1, 2023
    Research Positions at DCU Water Institute & School of Chemical Sciences
    Research positions in DCU School of Chemical Sciences and DCU Water Institute:  2x post-doctoral research positions 2x PhD positions 2x MSc research ...
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  • Water Institute members success at EPA Research Call
    June 26, 2023
    Water Institute members success at EPA Research Call
    Left to right: James Carton, David O’Connor, Susan Hegarty, Fiona Regan, Danny Marks, Darren Clarke Dr. Danny Marks and Dr. Darren Clarke are br...
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  • Call for citizen scientists in Dublin for 2 year water quality project
    June 8, 2023
    Call for citizen scientists in Dublin for 2 year water quality project
    Urban Citizen’s 6.3.2 has received funding from the Irish Research Council, to carry out a two-year project working with local communities to monitor ...
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  • DCU Water Institute hosts ECIU partners
    May 10, 2023
    DCU Water Institute hosts ECIU partners
    On the 5th of May 2023, DCU hosted their ECIU collaboration partners from Europe to continue to develop and work on their Smart er pilot CARE https://...
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  • SEATAC 2023 - Dylan O'Flynn Update
    May 10, 2023
    SEATAC 2023 - Dylan O'Flynn Update
    Study of the influence of seasonal conditions on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in Irish surface waters Small-molecule pharmaceuticals play an incr...
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  • SEATAC 2023 - Chloe Richards PhD Update
    May 10, 2023
    SEATAC 2023 - Chloe Richards PhD Update
    This week I got the opportunity to present our research in the form of two poster presentations at SETAC 2023 at the Convention Centre Dublin. My firs...
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  • Water Ireland Conference 2023
    May 2, 2023
    Water Ireland Conference 2023
    The Water Institute attended the Water Ireland 2023 last week in Co. Laois. The aim of the conference was to bring together all the key stakeholders i...
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  • Communicating Environmental Water Literacy through Active Engagement
    April 25, 2023
    Communicating Environmental Water Literacy through Active Engagement
    The 43rd annual IAH Irish Group groundwater conference: “Groundwater & Planning”, was held in the Tullamore Court Hotel on April 18th and 19th, 2...
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  • WI host World Water Day Events - March 22nd 2023
    March 27, 2023
    WI host World Water Day Events - March 22nd 2023
    World Water Day 2022 The UN World Water Day was celebrated across the globe on March 22nd, 2023. This year saw an extremely important turning point fo...
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  • ECIU pan-European Citizens Arenas WaterBlitz Kicks Off
    March 19, 2023
    ECIU pan-European Citizens Arenas WaterBlitz Kicks Off
    As part of the week in which World Water Day (22nd March) is being held the DCU Water Institute are delighted to be hosting a pan-European Waterblitz ...
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  • New Citizen Science Project Launches
    March 19, 2023
    New Citizen Science Project Launches
    Urban citizen’s 6.3.2 calling on citizens to monitor water quality in four Dublin rivers Urban Citizen’s 6.3.2 has received funding from the Irish Res...
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  • Centennial Report on River Nore - Key Findings
    March 19, 2023
    Centennial Report on River Nore - Key Findings
    The Centennial Project took place across the Nore catchment in Laois from March to October 2022 in a collaboration between Nore River Catchment Trust ...
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  • Historic agreement reached with Ocean Treaty agreement
    March 7, 2023
    Historic agreement reached with Ocean Treaty agreement
    After a battle for decades, nations have finally reached an agreement to protect the worlds oceans.  Signed off at the UN Headquarters in New York the...
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  • Post Doctoral Opportunity
    February 20, 2023
    Post Doctoral Opportunity
    An excellent DCU Water Institute #postdoc opportunity to work with Susan Hegarty & Fiona Regan on a really interesting project that brings #Citize...
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  • Book Chapter Published in Instrumentation and Measurement Technologies for Water Cycle Management
    February 15, 2023
    Book Chapter Published in Instrumentation and Measurement Technologies for Water Cycle Management
    Book Chapter Published in Instrumentation and Measurement Technologies for Water Cycle Management DCU Water Institute members, Dr. Joyce O’Grady, Dr. ...
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  • EMPIRE Research Project Update 2023
    February 15, 2023
    EMPIRE Research Project Update 2023
    Funded under the EPA Research Programme 2014-2020, the EMPIRE Project aims to revolutionise environmental risk assessment by utilizing effect-based an...
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  • WI seeking post graduates for EPA funded water projects
    February 9, 2023
    WI seeking post graduates for EPA funded water projects
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  • Water Institute secure EPA research funding
    January 27, 2023
    Water Institute secure EPA research funding
    Today, the EPA announced €10.7 million of research funding for 42 research projects addressing climate change and other emerging, complex environmenta...
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  • lab, helena, water testing,
    A year-long study of contaminants of emerging concern in Irish waters
    January 23, 2023
    A year-long study of contaminants of emerging concern in Irish waters
    The DCU Water Institute in collaboration with Imperial College London have worked closing on a very interesting project on contaminants of emerging co...
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  • New Publication: Livelihood vulnerabilities facing Bangkok aquaculture farmers
    January 19, 2023
    New Publication: Livelihood vulnerabilities facing Bangkok aquaculture farmers
    A new publication has just been released by Danny Marks, Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak and John Connell titled Increasing livelihood vulnerabilities to coas...
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  • WaterBlitz 2022 Competition Winners!
    November 15, 2022
    WaterBlitz 2022 Competition Winners!
    The Waterblitz photo and video competition brings to life an array of fun, interest, love and dedication we all have for our waterways across Ireland....
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  • DCU Postgraduate Graduation 2022
    November 9, 2022
    DCU Postgraduate Graduation 2022
    L-R Dr  Joyce O’Grady, Dr Imogen Hands, Prof. Fiona Regan and Dr Chloe Richards      The 24th of October celebrated the graduation of...
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  • Climate Action Week 2022: Water Café Welcomes John Matthews
    October 28, 2022
    Climate Action Week 2022: Water Café Welcomes John Matthews
    Monday, October 10th, marked the beginning of Climate Action Week. Through celebrating Climate Action Week, we aim to mitigate climate change by provi...
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  • WaterBlitz 2022: Thats a wrap!!
    October 24, 2022
    WaterBlitz 2022: Thats a wrap!!
    Photo Left to Right  Jamie Cudden – Smart Dublin, Roy O’Connor  – Dublin City Council, Thomas Carolan – LAWPRO, Daire Keogh &#...
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  • A Test Platform deployed in Dublin Bay for The Next Evolution in Materials and Models for Ocean Energy Project (NEMMO)
    October 11, 2022
    A Test Platform deployed in Dublin Bay for The Next Evolution in Materials and Models for Ocean Energy Project (NEMMO)
      How innovative materials can improve longer term ocean energy device development Climate related events mean that energy supply from renewable ...
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  • Water Blitz Up and Running Day 2
    October 8, 2022
    Water Blitz Up and Running Day 2
    This is now day 2 of the #WaterBlitz and we are up and running. Sample results are trickling in from every corner of Ireland and we have some prelimin...
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  • 2022 WaterBlitz is here!
    October 7, 2022
    2022 WaterBlitz is here!
    The #WaterBlitz has kicked off across Ireland today. With over 70 groups signed up to take part, it’s going to be a very exciting weekend. The groups ...
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  • 2022 WaterBlitz Kicks off tomorrow!
    October 6, 2022
    2022 WaterBlitz Kicks off tomorrow!
    DCU Water Institute partnering with EarthWater to host the 2022 WaterBlitz It’s the 6th of October and it’s the eve of the 2022 #WaterBlitz. The DCU W...
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  • Citizen scientists asked to take part in the 2022 WaterBlitz
    September 23, 2022
    Citizen scientists asked to take part in the 2022 WaterBlitz
    Dublin City University’s Water Institute asks the public to test the water quality in their local rivers, streams and lakes The 2022 WaterBlitz hosted...
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  • Water Institute kick off ECIU SMART-ER Citizen Science Project
    September 23, 2022
    Water Institute kick off ECIU SMART-ER Citizen Science Project
    Prof. Fiona Regan and Ruth Clinton from the DCU Water Institute set off to UAB on 12th of September for the very first face to face kick off meeting o...
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  • Citizen scientists asked to take part in the 2022 WaterBlitz
    September 19, 2022
    Citizen scientists asked to take part in the 2022 WaterBlitz
    Dublin City University’s Water Institute asks the public to test the water quality in their local rivers, streams and lakes Pictured at the Launch in ...
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  • World Water Week 2022 - A Review of Day 1
    September 2, 2022
    World Water Week 2022 - A Review of Day 1
    Source: worldwaterweek.org Kicking off August 23rd, World Water Week 2022 came at a time when the urgency of tackling the global water crisis is incre...
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  • World Water Week 2022: Seeing the Unseen
    August 24, 2022
    World Water Week 2022: Seeing the Unseen
    Source: worldwaterweek.org Commencing on the 23rd of August, World Water Week 2022 is held on the theme “Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water”. Organ...
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  • MONITOOL Sampling Campaign (2022) in the Irish Coastal Region
    August 12, 2022
    MONITOOL Sampling Campaign (2022) in the Irish Coastal Region
    Martin Nolan of DCU, A, collecting a spot sample, B, deploying a DGT device Researchers Martin Nolan MSc, and Dr. Chloe Richards from Dublin City Uni...
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  • Update on Citizen Science Project Centennial, August 2022
    August 8, 2022
    Update on Citizen Science Project Centennial, August 2022
    The two photos above show the River Nore at Poorman’s Bridge near Abbeyleix, Co. Laois (photos courtesy Tadhg Carroll) which is being sampled as part...
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  • Water Institute Spring/Summer Newsletter 2022
    July 8, 2022
    Water Institute Spring/Summer Newsletter 2022
    It takes time, consideration and a lot of sweat  to combine all of our news, events, and updates into one place and to try and tell our story about wh...
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  • Water Institute 2022 Research & Publications
    July 6, 2022
    Water Institute 2022 Research & Publications
    Back L-R: Dylan O’Hagan, Belinda Huerta, Adrian Del Gado, Dr Louis Free,  Weili Guo Front L-R: Chloe Richards, Imogen Hands, Sean Power, Bianca...
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