Filter CategoriesAll NewsWater Institute NewsWater Institute Bulletin 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 We are delighted to bring you our 2021 spring newsletter. Read the Water Institute’s latest newsletter here: Water Institute Winter Newsletter 2021 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 February 11, 2021 LoveWater LoveWater LoveWater is DCU Water Institutes campaign to encourage people, businesses and government to think about and love every drop of w... Read More February 9, 2021 Hacker attempts to poison tap water in Florida hacking the system Authorities in Florida's Pinellas County were able to stop a hacker last Friday from poisoning the water at a local treatment plant with a drastic inc... Read More February 1, 2021 Phthalates in the Irish Environment and their Effects on Human Health Phthalates are a group of chemicals that have been used in the plasticisation of PVC in vehicles, furniture, mackintoshes, medical equipment, toys and... Read More January 28, 2021 Importance of citizen scientists in monitoring water quality highlighted in new research The importance of citizen scientists has been highlighted in a new study, Citizen Science and Water Quality Monitoring: Evidence from Dublin and Beyon... Read More January 28, 2021 Water Cafe Dublin City University, 28 January 2021 The first virtual Water Café of 2020 took place on January 28th with guest speak Brian MacDomhnaill of the National Federation of Group Water Schemes.... Read More January 15, 2021 The State of the Art on the Potential Human Health Impacts of Microplastics and Nanoplastics The EPA has published the EPA Research 361: The State of the Art on the Potential Human Health Impacts of Microplastics and Nanoplastics. Human exposu... Read More January 12, 2021 The European Parliament Adopts an Agreement to Improve the Quality of Tap Water and Reduce Plastic The drinking water directive adopted by the Parliament will allow better access to high quality tap water, also for vulnerable groups. On Tuesday, Par... Read More November 20, 2020 Friday November 20th ALICE Workshop Accelerate Innovation In Urban Wastewater Management for Climate Change The main focus of the webinar today is the wastewater-energy nexus:... Read More November 12, 2020 New EPA Report shows delays and failures in managing wastewater in Ireland Today the EPA released a report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2019. The report highlights major issues relating impacts on water quality and the ... Read More November 9, 2020 The Academic Response to COVID -19 COVID-19 has posed an unprecedented challenge to the international scientific community. Along with the disruption faced by most of the world’s popula... Read More October 20, 2020 Environ 2020 begins today Environ is the longest running and largest forum for environmental researchers in Ireland. It provides a high-visibility platform for young and experi... Read More October 20, 2020 DCU Water & ESAI launches ENVIRON 2020 Well what a morning its been! A superb plenary opening of the #Environ2020 conference with Daire Keogh Fiona Regan Anne Morrissey Liam McCar... Read More October 6, 2020 Post-Doctoral Fellowship in environmental analytical science for marine chemical screening Irish Marine Screening and Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Coastal and Transitional Environments (I-SECURE) is a collaborative project, led by ... Read More October 1, 2020 Water Resources of Ireland module kicks into action We were very excited to see Water Institute member Dr. Susan Hegarty out and about gathering some footage for one of her modules this year “Wate... Read More September 22, 2020 The problems with Irish water Opinion: reliable safe water and sanitation for all are necessary for public health, but climate change is making our water problems even worse The... Read More September 11, 2020 Lessons from World Water Week 2020 Lessons from World Water Week 2020 Many participants from international organisations, universities, governments, and companies took part i... Read More August 19, 2020 Oil/Hydrocarbon Detection & Monitoring Oil/Hydrocarbon Detection & Monitoring Detection & continuous monitoring of the evolution of oil spills in coastal areas One of the focus area... Read More August 5, 2020 Back to the Water Hub After 20 weeks away from the DCU campus the Water Institute team were delighted to get back on site last week. Whilst away from campus the teams have ... Read More July 6, 2020 Digital know-how for cohesive water monitoring in areas linked with urban expansion The future of water in Ireland goes digital The Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics and the Water Institute at DCU are collaborating... Read More June 23, 2020 Mairead McGuinness discusses the European Green Deal at DCU´s Virtual Water Cafe First Vice-President of the European Parliament Mairead McGuinness today spoke about the European Green Deal at DCU’s Virtual Water Cafe. Discussing t... Read More June 18, 2020 Webinar “Post Lockdown Path for Climate & Biodiversity Action” hosted by WI & ESAI A very thought provoking and stimulating webinar on the topic of “Post Lockdown Path For Climate & Biodiversity Action” was hosted this morning by... Read More June 9, 2020 LawPro Presents at Virtual Water Cafe Today June 9th 2020 the Water Institute held their June Virtual Water Cafe where the guest speaker was Thomas Carolan from LawPro (Local Authority Wat... Read More June 8, 2020 World Oceans Day 2020 World Oceans Day 2020 By Adrian Delgado Jun. 08, 2020 15:20 GMT 2020 is a key year for the oceans. These are the largest ecosystems on our plan... Read More June 7, 2020 Let's Step Up the Pressure to Preserve our Precious Water More hot weather could result in a hosepipe ban, but short-term fixes are not enough. Major changes are needed, especially in the wake of Covid-19, wr... Read More June 3, 2020 The EXEMPLAR Project: First Demonstration of Hydrophobic Membranes for the Removal of Ammonia Molecules from Rendering Condensate Wastewater An industry based collaborative project referred to as The EXEMPLAR Project was successfully completed in the summer of 2018. The project investigated... Read More May 29, 2020 Water Institute - May, 2020 - Newsletter We are delighted to bring you this month newsletter of 2020. Read the Water Institute’s latest newsletter here: Water Institute May Newsletter ... Read More May 22, 2020 DCU Water Institute Asking Public to Map Littering of Waterways The DCU Water Institute is this week asking people to document and map the littering of Ireland’s waterways 5km from their homes as part of their new ... Read More May 11, 2020 PhD Position Available MarTERA ERA-NET Cofund Scheme NEMO: New Biomimetic Lab-on-Chip Device for Marine Water Monitoring MarTERA ERA-NET Cofund Scheme NEMO: NEw biomimetic Lab-on-Chip device for marine water MOnitoring Background In order to sustain surface and marine w... Read More May 7, 2020 Professor Pat Brereton speaks at the Royal Irish Academy Conference on The Global Politics of Climate Emergency On April 29th 2020 a conference was held entitled: The global politics of climate emergency at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin Prof. Pat Brereton, S... Read More May 1, 2020 Citizen Science Month As April is officially citizen science month and before it comes to a close, we would like to acknowledge and thank all of our citizen scientists frie... Read More April 28, 2020 We are delighted to bring you the second newsletter of 2020 We are delighted to bring you the second newsletter of 2020. Read the Water Institute’s latest newsletter here: Water Institute April Newsletter Read More April 27, 2020 A collaboration with Alltech European Bioscience Centre on the Modelling of Anaerobic Digestion of Whiskey Distillery/Brewery Wastes – a recent publication Dr Burcu Gunes The number of Irish Craft Breweries and Distilleries increasing day by day corresponding to the increasing global demand. However alcoh... Read More April 20, 2020 RTEs #BUILDINGIRELAND BUILDING IRELAND is an award-winning TV series for RTÉ1 that explores and explains how Ireland’s great building and engineering achievements came to b... Read More April 17, 2020 NEWSKIN Project Launch Dublin City University has secured over €1.2m in funding from the EU as part of a €15m H2020 Open Innovation Test Bed project which is coordinated by ... Read More April 15, 2020 The Next Evolution in Materials and Models for Ocean Energy. NEMMO Project By Adrian Delgado Apr.15, 2020 19:26 GMT Controlling the strength of flowing water is one of the oldest ways to generate energy. However, new technolo... Read More April 9, 2020 TechWorks Marine & DCU WI DTIF project well under way The DCU Water Institute and TechWorks Marine are in the process of delivering the first phase of their project Advanced Water Monitoring System (A-WaM... Read More April 7, 2020 The Links Between Corruption and the Coronavirus Excellent article in today’s RTE news about corruption links to COVID-19 by Water Institute member Rob Gillanders Dublin City University ... Read More April 6, 2020 Water and COVID-19 By Dr. Jenny Lawler & Adrián Delgado Apr. 06, 2020 17:10 GMT In the midst of this global health crisis, water is an indispensable resource... Read More April 1, 2020 Citizen Science Month As April is officially citizen science month and before it comes to a close we would like to acknowledge and thank all of our citizen scientists frien... Read More March 30, 2020 EMPIRE Project. The analysis of the effects of pharmaceuticals on surface water basins in Ireland. By Adrian Delgado Mar. 30, 2020 20:17 GMT Over the past 20 years, concentrations of pharmaceuticals have increased in freshwater sources around ... Read More March 20, 2020 Water Institute take #WorldWaterDay virtual #WorldWaterDay is 22nd March – Today Friday 20th March we will celebrate it by having plenty of virtual activities taking place so stay tuned by takin... Read More March 16, 2020 Can COVID-19 Be Spread By Water? By Adrian Delgado Mar. 16, 2020 10:21 GMT Although the persistence of COVID-19 in drinking water is possible, no evidence has been found of its ... Read More March 9, 2020 7 Women Scientists to Celebrate International Women's Day By Adrián Delgado Mar. 09, 2020 20:14 GMT Alber Einstein, Issac Newton or other great researchers are the best-known scientists... Read More March 6, 2020 Lead in Drinking Water By Adrián Delgado Mar. 05, 2020 09:00 am GMT Lead in drinking water is a recognised health concern. Irish Water treat public wat... Read More March 2, 2020 World Water Day By Adrián Delgado Mar. 02, 2020 09:00 am GMT World Water Day is celebrated every year on March 22nd, an event that has been held since 1993 ... Read More February 28, 2020 The Most Advanced Bioprocessing Techniques in the Distillation Industry by Assist. Prof. Burcu Gunes; School of Biotechnology Biography Dr Burcu Gunes holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Ankara University and an industrial PhD in Environment Technologies Group from... Read More February 25, 2020 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer Joins Water Institute Name: Sean Power Discipline: Mechanical and Manufacturing engineering Background: Engineer with degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineeri... Read More February 12, 2020 DCU Students Survey the Irish Sea for Plankton DCU Students from ED8032 Environmental Systems: the Marine Environment set out early to survey the Irish Sea (Bay of Fingal) ploughing a path from Mal... Read More February 5, 2020 World Wetlands Day By Adrián Delgado Feb. 5, 2020 11:52 am GMT World Wetlands Day is a day celebrated worldwide every year on February 2nd. This event is an initia... Read More January 31, 2020 Chinese Environmental Regulations are Effective on Water Quality By Adrián Delgado Jan. 31, 2020 14:49 pm GMT The quality of China's inland surface waters has improved significantly since pollution regulations... Read More January 28, 2020 Environmental Problems with the Proposed Tesla Factory in Germany Tesla plans to build 500,000 electric vehicles a year at its new factory outside Berlin, which will create about 10,000 jobs. Construction will begin ... Read More January 16, 2020 Bushfires Threaten the Safety of Drinking Water by Preventing its Consumption Even in the Long Term Bushfires have large short and long-term impacts on the quality of drinking water. They can cause serious damage to water supply infrastructure, water... Read More January 16, 2020 An Early Warning Tool to Predict The Risk of Violent Water Conflicts One Year in Advance. Researchers from six organizations have developed an early warning and artificial intelligence tool to predict water-related conflicts with the aim of... Read More January 9, 2020 Irish Water Aware of Bacteria Risk in Leixlip for Years An assessment of works required in the water treatment plant at Leixlip in July 2014 noted that filters had begun to fail and may not be removing bact... Read More January 9, 2020 Plants Sprout Again in Australia's Forests - Even Without Rain The fact that there are large forest fires in Australia is something we have been used to for years. Images of the country in flames are a media class... Read More January 9, 2020 Swan Census 2020 to Involve Irish Citizens The international swan census is carried out every five years to get an idea of how migratory swan species in Ireland (the Whooper Swan and Bewick’s S... Read More January 1, 2020 DCU Water Institute Champion Environ 2020 The Water Institute are delighted to announce that we are to champion this year’s Environ. The 30th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium will be... Read More December 18, 2019 PI Profile: Dr Susan Hegarty Biography and Background: What does my role involve? The answer depends on what role! I am a lecturer in Geography in the School of History and Geo... Read More December 13, 2019 Water Institute Represented in Oireachtas Pairing Scheme The Water Institute are delighted to have Prof Fiona Regan participating in the Royal Irish Academy’s Oireachtas Pairing Scheme, a collaborative proje... Read More December 12, 2019 Water Europe Re-Branded Website Launched The Water Institute are proud members of Water Europe, part of the European Technology Platform and promoter of water-related innovation and research ... Read More December 11, 2019 EPA Report Finds Water Quality in Ireland Worsening The EPA have issued their Water Quality in Ireland 2013 – 2018 report, which outlines that nearly half of Ireland’s surface waters are in moderate, po... Read More December 9, 2019 International Anti-Corruption Day 2019 The UN are marking 09th December 2019 as for International Anti-Corruption Day. Every year an estimated $2.6 trillion are stolen annually through corr... Read More December 6, 2019 Water Institute Represented at ICRAPHE Conference Masters student Dylan O’Flynn this week presented ‘Lifecycles Assessment of Pharmaceuticals in Irish Surface Waters’ at the second International Confe... Read More December 6, 2019 Dr. Ciprian Briciu-Burghina Congratulations to Dr. Ciprian Briciu-Burghina on making the front cover of Analytical and Bionanalytical Chemistry! The front cover of the paper feat... Read More December 6, 2019 Water Institute November Newsletter Stay up to date with news, upcoming events, and research projects that we hope you will enjoy. Read the Water Institute's latest newsletter : Wate... Read More November 29, 2019 Untapped - Promoting Tap Water in Europe A report issued by the European Association of Public Water Operators has urged more people to drink tap water instead of bottled water. Consumption o... Read More November 29, 2019 Water Institute Visit Rediscovery Centre Ballymun The Water Institute team visited the Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun last Wednesday 27th November. The Rediscovery Centre is the National Centre for th... Read More November 29, 2019 Water Institute Present at Green Schools Training The Water Institute were delighted to present at the Dublin Green Schools Water Ambassador Training Day 2019. Topics covered included the wide backgro... Read More November 29, 2019 EW Technologies & Water Institute Collaborate to Gather Information The Water Institute were delighted to work together over the past number of months with EW Technologies on the very interesting topic of ‘Hardness in ... Read More November 22, 2019 SaltGae Solution Project Comes to Close On the 30th of November 2019, the 4 year SaltGae Solution project (saltgae.eu) will come to an end. The SaltGae Solution is an EU funded Horizon 2020... Read More November 15, 2019 Celtic Voyager Visit Water Officer Ruth Clinton and Dr Ciprian Briciu-Burghina visited the Celtic Voyager in Galway this month. The visit was organised by Enterprise Irela... Read More November 15, 2019 Research Overview: Alignment With Sustainable Development Goals Last month Dr. Jenny Lawler and Dr. Blánaid White featured at the conference and workshop ‘DCU and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Recognising a... Read More November 15, 2019 Water Intern Aaron Brogan Graduates with First Class Degree We were delighted for the Water Institutes recent intern, Aaron Brogan who graduated last week here in DCU with a first class honours degree in Chemic... Read More November 12, 2019 Australia Approaches Water Deficit Amidst Bush Fires Australia is facing a water crisis. In September it was declared that dozens of towns in eastern Australia were facing Day Zero – the day when water s... Read More November 11, 2019 Water-Saving Tips for Science Week 2019 Water Institute Director Prof. Fiona Regan featured on RTÉ’s ‘What Planet Are You On?’ series this week. Prof. Regan told viewers how Irish water user... Read More November 5, 2019 Prof. Patrick Brereton Publishes on the Role of Film in Environmental Communication Water Institute Member Prof. Patrick Brereton has published in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. The official journal of ... Read More November 1, 2019 Water Institute Present at SWIG Conference 2019 The Water Institute’s Dr. Ciprian Briciu attended this years Sensing in Water Conference and Exhibition, addressing the issue of catchment monitoring.... Read More October 31, 2019 Audit of Leixlip Water Treatment Plant Released The Leixlip Water Treatment plant responsible for a boil water notice was audited by the EPA, with the findings issued this morning. The findings note... Read More October 30, 2019 WaterBlitz 2019 Summary Report Released The summary report of initial findings from the WaterBlitz launched in September have been released. The WaterBlitz ran from the 20th to the 23rd of S... Read More October 24, 2019 Celtic Pure Suffer Second Bottled Water Recall Following a recall of its products in early August of this year due to high levels of arsenic, a range of Celtic Pure products have again been recalle... Read More October 23, 2019 Boil Water Notice Affects Over Half a Million in Leinster A boil water notice was issued with immediate effect by Irish Water yesterday evening the 22nd October 2019 relating to drinking water that supplies o... Read More October 22, 2019 Prof Dionysios D Dionysiou Presents at Water Café The Water Institute welcomed Prof. Dionysios D Dionysiou from the University of Cincinnati to this months Water Café where he addressed staff and stud... Read More October 16, 2019 Marine Science Student Joins Water Institute Name: Adrián Delgado Ollero Where do you come from: Madrid, Spain. What have you worked on before coming to the Water Institute? Recently I... Read More October 15, 2019 Dr Robert Gillanders Appointed to EU Anti-Corruption Network Dr. Gillanders, an Assistant Professor of Economics at DCU Business School will act as the local research consultant on corruption to the European Com... Read More October 14, 2019 Prof Regina Connelly awarded Inaugural 2019 LERO Director’s Prize Water Institute member Prof. Regina Connelly of the DCU Business School received the Director’s Prize for Diversity & Inclusion in recognition of ... Read More October 4, 2019 Professor Fiona Regan Recieves Prestigious RSC Award Professor Fiona Regan, a professor of Chemistry in DCU and Director of the DCU Water Institute, received the ‘Water for Life’ Award this week from the... Read More October 4, 2019 Water Institute Represented at Business Matchmaker and Research Showcase 2019 Water Officer Ruth Clinton represented DCU Water Institute last Tuesday 1st October at the annual Business Matchmaker and Research Showcase 2019 in th... Read More October 3, 2019 Prof Fiona Regan Addresses Annual Environment Ireland Conference Water Institute Director Prof. Fiona Regan presented at the annual Environment Ireland conference in Croke Park this October. The conference is Irelan... Read More September 30, 2019 Argo Floats | Marine Institute European Contribution The international Argo programme begun in 1999 as a project endorsed by a branch of the World Meteorological Organisation and Intergovernmental Oceano... Read More September 26, 2019 Planet Ocean 2019 Interdisciplinary Workshop The Planet Ocean Interdisciplinary Workshop took place in All Hallows Campus DCU last Saturday 21st September. The event, co-organised by DCU, NUIG, t... Read More September 23, 2019 TechWorks Marine and Water Institute Annonce Disruptive Technologies Project TechWorks Marine and the DCU Water Institute announce their collaboration on a 3 year project following the joint award of €1.1M from Project 2040’s D... Read More September 20, 2019 WaterBlitz Begins - Samples With Help of CityKayaking The WaterBlitz began today Friday 20th September with nearly 400 people across the country set to get involved. Our citizen scientists will be taking ... Read More September 16, 2019 Water Sampling in Dublin City Visiting Professor Rosa Maria Penalver took several water samples with the help of PhD student Brian Brennan last Wednesday 11th September. Rosa is a ... Read More September 12, 2019 WaterBlitz Preparation at the Water Institute Preparation for the WaterBlitz is in full swing here at the Water Institute, with fresh water testing kits about to be sent out to citizen scientists ... Read More September 10, 2019 World Water Week 2019 The DCU Water Institute were based in Stockholm during the Annual World Water Week conference in later August. This conference is organised by the S... Read More September 6, 2019 Crayfish Plague Outbreak in River Nore The National Biodiversity Data Centre has updated the status of crayfish plague in Ireland following a recent outbreak in the River Nore, Kilkenny. Th... Read More September 2, 2019 Evelyn Cusack & Seamus Walsh Launch WaterBlitz at Water Café The Water Institute were delighted to have Evelyn Cusack and Séamus Walsh - Heads of Forecasting and Climatology & Observations Divisions at Met É... Read More September 1, 2019 BACKDROP Citizen Scientist Training At the end of August the Water Institute held a training session for new citizen scientists as part of BACKDROP, a project aimed at regularly monitori... Read More August 29, 2019 Shoppers and Supermarkets Reducing Plastic Waste When it comes to waste, grocery shopping is a major contributor to unnecessary plastic. It’s estimated that we can currently recycle a third of our la... Read More August 27, 2019 Fishing Stocks in Light of Brexit In the 1970’s, North Sea cod stocks peaked at 270,000 tonnes. In 1998, North Sea cod stocks were on an endangered list. In 2006, stocks fell to 44,000... Read More August 26, 2019 Research Needed into Human Consumption of Microplastics The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more research into the consequences of ingesting microplastics in a recent report. Although it said... Read More August 26, 2019 Water Institute Represent Ireland at World Water Week in Stockholm The DCU Water Institute are based in Stockholm this week attending the Annual World Water Week conference. This conference is organised by the Swedish... Read More August 21, 2019 Molecules Publication Excellent work by PhD student Chloe Richards on recent work published in the Materials Section of the publication Molecules. The piece is titled 'Asse... Read More August 21, 2019 DCU and DkIT Business Matchmaker and Research Showcase 2019 This event is an opportunity for companies to meet face-to-face with experts at Dublin City University (DCU) and Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT... Read More August 20, 2019 Water Institute and DCU Marketing Shoot Video for Dublin WaterBlitz Today was a day well spent shooting on location at the Tolka River for the 2019 Dublin Water Blitz. The WaterBlitz is run in coordination with FreshWa... Read More August 16, 2019 Water Conservation at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Drogheda Irish Water are advising Fleadh Cheoil attendees to ‘think before you flush’ as part of their awareness campaign on the problems involved in managing ... Read More August 16, 2019 Arsenic in Bottled Drinking Water on Irish Shelves The Food Safety Authority of Ireland issued a series of recalls last week on bottled water. It was found that many of the bottles contained higher tha... Read More August 15, 2019 Congratulations to Prof. Dermot Diamond on Honorary Doctorate The Water Institute would like to congratulate Water Institute member Prof. Dermot Diamond on receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (DLit... Read More August 15, 2019 Prof. Fiona Regan Discusses Water Resources with Technology Networks Water Institute Director Prof. Fiona Regan of the Water Institute spoke with Technology Networks recently about water safety and protecting our valuab... Read More August 15, 2019 Microplastic Particles In Air Drifting As Far As Arctic Microplastics, pieces of plastic less than 5 millimetres in size, have been discovered in snowfall samples in the Arctic. Particles arising from plast... Read More August 14, 2019 Lead Found in Drinking Water of Multiple Irish Properties Several properties in the country have exceeded the limit on the amount of lead allowable in drinking water. Under the Freedom of Information act, it ... Read More August 14, 2019 Multiple Bathing Water Bans Across Ireland The Forty Foot in Dublin has been reopened to bathers this week, while a bathing water ban for four other sites in south Dublin have reopened as of to... Read More August 13, 2019 Liffey swim run despite poor water quality Over 600 swimmers competed in the Liffey swim on Saturday 03rd August 2019, despite findings of poor water quality. Levels of pollution found in sampl... Read More August 9, 2019 Post-doctoral researcher (Optical sensor development) Position Post title Post-doctoral researcher (Optical sensor development) Research Centre DCU Water Institute, Dublin City University Level on Fram... Read More July 26, 2019 Water Institute Summer Newsletter Stay up to date with news, upcoming events, and research projects that we hope you willl enjoy. Read the Water Institute's latest newsletter : Wat... Read More July 5, 2019 Ocean Wealth Summit 2019 Ocean Wealth Summit 2019 kicked off in Cork City Hall on the 10th & 11th of June. The WI not only exhibited but also contributed in presenting our... Read More July 2, 2019 DCU - Certified Water Stewards We are delighted to congratulate DCU Estates on receiving their Digital Badge for completing the recent Certified Steward Programme, developed by Cent... Read More June 27, 2019 Sample collecting in the Liffey Following up to the recent spillage of Ringsend Wastewater treatment plant, a team lead by a MSc student, 6 samples were gathered at different points ... Read More June 24, 2019 DCU Water Institute Helps with RBC's Earthwatch Training Day We are so proud to announce that a group of employees from the Royal Bank of Canada, Dublin where the first group of people to sign up as Citizen Scie... Read More June 20, 2019 Water Institute Technical Intern The Water Institute are seeking an enthusiastic candidate with a MEng or MSc. in Engineering, Analytical Science, Physics, Environmental Science or eq... Read More June 17, 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher Vacancy Please note the following vacancy has been advertised on the external vacancies website today,17th June 2019. Applications are welcome from suitably q... Read More June 14, 2019 Microplastics; From Fish to Humans Plastics are everywhere nowadays. This gives rise to a problem called microplastics. Microplastics are small pieces of plastic found in the environmen... Read More June 10, 2019 Sewage Overflow causes Swimming Ban in Dun Laoghaire Sewage Overflow causes Swimming Ban in Dun Laoghaire All beaches in Dun Laoghaire to Rathdown, Dublin has been issued week-long swimming bans by Dún L... Read More June 7, 2019 Our Ocean Wealth Summit 2019 Some of our people at the Water Institute are excited to be attending this year's Our Ocean Wealth Summit event in the City Hall, Cork. During the ev... Read More June 4, 2019 BlueTech Forum 2019 This week, Dr Fiona Regan & Ruth Clinton are attending this year's BlueTech Forum. The event will take place in the Kew Gardens in London, UK. The... Read More May 31, 2019 DCU Water Institute BACKDROP Project The Water Institute's project BACKDROP was launched in May 2019. The project is part of the global programme of EarthWatch (sponsored by RBC Dublin) w... Read More May 30, 2019 Water Institute launches its new project; BACKDROP Today, the Water Institute launched its new project BACKDROP at the Royal Bank of Canada Dublin. The project is part of the global programme of FreshW... Read More May 23, 2019 Water Institute May Newsletter Stay up to date with news, upcoming events and research projects that we hope you willl enjoy. Read the Water Institute's latest newsletter : Wate... Read More May 23, 2019 PhD Opportunity in Water Analysis by Next-Generation Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies Joined supervisors: Prof. Fiona Regan (Water Institute @ DCU) and Prof. Jens Ducrée (FPC@DCU) Water represents a key resource of our lives and its quality has major impact on our health, environment and economies. The water we access through in... Read More May 23, 2019 DCU Water Institute PhD IN MARINE BIOFOULING: A study investigating community impacts on biofilm formation on bio-inspired textured materials. Studies will involve development of textured surfaces... Read More May 23, 2019 European Council takes the Final Step on banning Single-Use Plastics The European Council approved a single-use plastics ban, which will come into force in Ireland by 2021. This includes the top 10 plastic items that ar... Read More May 22, 2019 PhD Opportunities The Water Institute is looking for enthusiastic PhD candidates to take part in some projects that we are currently undergoing! These projects are a Ph... Read More May 20, 2019 Pesticide exceedances in Drinking Water On May 13th 2019, Irish Water issued a press release regarding the exceedances of pesticides. Pesticides have been found to be present in numerous sou... Read More May 17, 2019 Truly Inspirational! Inspirefest 2019 commenced on Thursday May 16th at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and the DCU Water Institute exhibition was very well received by atten... Read More May 16, 2019 DCU Hosts a Conference about the UN Sustainable Development Goals DCU recently held a one-day conference about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The day consisted of scholars across all faculties of the un... Read More May 13, 2019 FOG collaboration aims to hit all Stakeholders The Water Institute is delighted to have collaborated with FOG.ie through an Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher Scheme over the past number of mont... Read More May 7, 2019 The 4th Water Café Hosted by the Water Institute The Water Institute hosted its 4th Water Café with guest speaker Kathy Grassick, Sales Operating Manager for the Irish & UK division of Agilent. T... Read More May 2, 2019 Sustainable Development Goals conference taking place in DCU DCU will tomorrow (May 2nd) host a one-day conference and workshop, DCU and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Recognising and Enhancing our Res... Read More April 18, 2019 TOBIN Consulting Engineers & Water Institute Cement Piping Scope Success! Following a collaboration through an Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher, the DCU Water Institute and TOBIN Consulting Engineering are delighted to ... Read More April 17, 2019 The public urged to help in preventing "Fatberg" occurrences It was issued by Irish Water to householders to stop pouring fats, oils, and grease (FOG) down drains to prevent sewers being blocked all across Irela... Read More April 16, 2019 Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Tapwater Tests from Irish Water showed that lead levels in drinking water were above the limit by 15 in the North Dublin area, and is found to be unsafe in oth... Read More April 12, 2019 Irish Water moves closer to a sewage free Ireland Irish Water is closer to completely removing raw sewage in Cork Lower Harbour with the Cobh to Monkstown Estuary Crossing contract award. This is amaz... Read More April 10, 2019 Water Fleas as a Pollutant Warning https://dcuwater.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mp4-large.mp4 The researchers we have at DCU continue to work on groundbreaking subjects! We are wor... Read More April 8, 2019 €10m fund launched to protect native Pearl Mussel The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D on 29th March, launched a new €10m scheme t... Read More March 22, 2019 Technology, bio-design and data analytics to the fore on World Water Day as Institute launch ambitious new plan A new three year strategic plan launched by the Dublin City University Water Institute today (Friday, March 22nd) has prioritised harnessing the poten... Read More March 21, 2019 WI and EWT collaboration on Water Hardness Project The DCU Water Institute is delighted to partner with EW Technologies for a very interesting water-health related project. The aim of the project is ca... Read More March 15, 2019 Headline - DCU now a member of UN SDSN Dr. Rob Gillanders and Dr. Roisin Lyons recently made a successful application to the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network and very are hap... Read More March 13, 2019 Monitool Newsletter The MONITOOL project aims to provide a robust database of dissolved and labile metal concentrations in transitional and coastal waters for adapting th... Read More March 8, 2019 WI wins double at Irish Lab Awards Last night, the place to be was at the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin where the fully packed prestigious annual Irish Laboratory Awards took place. The imp... Read More March 6, 2019 #Engsweek2019 - SaltGae - First of its kind in Saline WWT SaltGae is developing and demonstrating a techno-economically viable solution for the treatment of saline wastewater from Food & Beverage industry... Read More March 4, 2019 #Engweek2019 kicks off with WI showcase of Projects NEMMO - Next Evolution in Materials and Models for Ocean energy The DCU Water Institute in partnership with the Advanced Processing Technology Centre... Read More March 3, 2019 World Water Day 22nd March 2019 This month is we will be holding a series of themed events around World Water Day which will take place on March 22nd. We will be holding our Water Ca... Read More February 27, 2019 Dublin Bay Raw Sewerage Leaks - WI call for immediate action A failure at the waste water treatment facility at Ringsend, Dublin occurr... Read More February 22, 2019 WI Celebrates Engineering Talent As it is #engineersweek in the USA this week and we are thrilled to give an overview of our Engineering Laboratory and celebrate the amazing skill set... Read More February 20, 2019 Bulletin No. 13 View the Christmas Newsletter here. Read More February 18, 2019 PhD Opportunity in Water Analysis by Next-Generation Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies Joined supervisors: Prof. Fiona Regan (Water Institute @ DCU) and Prof. Jens Ducrée (FPC@DCU) Water represents a key resource of our lives and its ... Read More February 11, 2019 Dr. Jenny Lawler - Nominated - Young Leader of the Year This week and last week we focused a lot of our news on the talent, skills and connectivity as a University and we demonstrated our partnership with D... Read More February 4, 2019 Water Institute Expand Team We are pleased to announce the recent hiring of Dr. Ivan Maguire to the position of technical consultant at the Water Institute in DCU. Dr. Ivan Magui... Read More January 18, 2019 Water Institute Member awarded SIRG Water Institute member Dr. Konstantinos Gkrintzalis has been awarded an SFI Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG). The SFI Starting Investigator... Read More January 15, 2019 Applications for Enterprise Ireland Innovation Vouchers Its been a very busy start to the year for the Water Institute but want to let all of our contacts know that the applications are now open for Enterpr... Read More December 13, 2018 TOBIN Consulting Engineers & DCU Water Institute announce research collaboration In a joint effort to address a particular drinking water distribution issue, TOBIN Consulting Engineers, an Irish en... Read More December 5, 2018 Dr. Jenny Lawler represents DCU Water Institute as part of a strategic delegation to Qatar Water pressures in the gulf co-operation countries remain challenging, with minimal fresh water sources and grave concerns over security and sustainab... Read More November 30, 2018 "Xylem-leads insights at DCU Water Café" Xylem kicked off the November #DCUWaterCafe with some really interesting topics of discussion at DCU today. Ben Johnson - Technical Sales Manager ... Read More November 21, 2018 DCU Water Institute Showcase highlights the power of collaboration When you set up an Institute to bring people together under a common theme – in this case the global need for clean and safe water – it’s encouraging ... Read More November 12, 2018 Water Institute holds first Water Café The Water Institute held its first Water Café last week where the sun shone and allowed us to hold it on the Invent sun terrace. The speaker on the da... Read More November 8, 2018 Water Institute train with Nordic Networks for future projects The DCU Water Institute principle investigators Dr Yan Delauré and Dr Rob Gillanders met with colleagues from the Nordic Water Network at TU Berlin to... Read More October 16, 2018 Water Institute & Ambisense Joint Venture Awarded Small Business Innovation Research Fund A Water Institute and Ambisense collaboration has been awarded the Enterprise Ireland Small Business Innovation Research fund (SBIR). The fund will al... Read More October 9, 2018 DCU Water Institute partnership with University of South Australia continues to grow…. Ivan Maguire PhD student visits the South Australian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF-SA) Initially, a visit to the Sou... Read More September 27, 2018 Project title: IMPACT - Innovative monitoring to prioritise contaminants of emerging concern for Ireland Project Partners: KCL, TCD, CSIC, Lead PIs: Blánaid White, Fiona Regan Funded by: EPA Project Summary: This project will provide a detailed insi... Read More September 5, 2018 Hosepipe bans are too little, too late - read Prof. Fiona Regan, Director Hosepipe bans are too little, too late - read Prof. Fiona Regan, Director https://bit.ly/2wEEKXF Read More August 22, 2018 DCU Water Institute chosen as a Global Team for GCSO project The Water Institute at DCU is one of 4 internationally recognised universities to take part in the project Facilitating Evidence-based Decision-making... Read More August 22, 2018 DCU Water Institute to attend World Water Week Ruth Clinton our Water Innovation Officer will be attending World Water Week in Stockholm on starting 26th August 2018. World Water Week consists of m... Read More August 21, 2018 Commemoration of Marine Biologist Maude Delap - Victorian Jelly Fish Expert at Kerry Festival The Chamber Music Festival on Valentia Island Co. Kerry between 16th and 19th August 2018. During the festival there was a commemoration of Maude Dela... Read More August 17, 2018 DCU Water Conservation Campaign DCU Water Institute and DCU Estates have joined forces to initiate a campaign on conserving water throughout all of the campus'. It is estimated that ... Read More July 31, 2018 Bulletin No. 12 July 2018 PhD Position Available at DCU Water Institute A collaborative project that will look at the use of data for catchment scale water management... Read More July 17, 2018 PhD Position Available at DCU Water Institute This is a collaborative project that will look at the use of data for catchment scale water management. It will explore opportunities in digitising in... Read More July 17, 2018 Chloe Richards - Visit to Université de Toulon Research student Chloe Richards, is visiting Université de Toulon in France on Monday the 16th. She will visit there while Prof. Fiona Regan is a visi... Read More July 2, 2018 Seafest 2018 The Water Institute attended the Our Ocean Wealth Summit 2018 and Trade Show to demonstrate some of our current marine based projects. Chloe Richar... Read More June 7, 2018 MONITOOL celebrates its second partners meeting under the frame of IPSW2018 MONITOOL project members at Dublin City University during the 2nd partners’ meeting (May 2018). The second partners meeting of MONITOOL took place ... Read More May 29, 2018 Bulletin No. 11 May 2018 Researcher Highlight: Alisson Dégousée Alisson carried out her Master internship with the DCU Water Institute where she worked on the prepara... Read More May 28, 2018 Researcher Highlight: Alisson Dégousée visits the DCU Water Institute from Mont Blanc, France Alisson Dégousée graduated with a BSc in Chemistry from University Savoie Mont Blanc, France in 2017. She continued on her academic career, undertakin... Read More May 22, 2018 Delighted to have hosted the 10th IPSW conference on passive sampling at DCU this May 9-11th The 10th International Passive Sampling Workshop and Symposium was a great success. Over 100 delegates from across the world gathered to exchange t... Read More May 9, 2018 10th International Passive Sampling Workshop (IPSW) May 9th - 11th The 10th annual International Passive Sampling Workshop and Symposium (IPSW) is currently being hosted in DCU. Experts on passive sampling from all ov... Read More May 3, 2018 DCU Water Institute's Dr Jenny Lawler on how “Membranes could help tackle microplastics problem in drinking water” Dr Jenny Lawler of DCU is fascinated by how membranes work, and her research is helping to filter out the bad from the good. To find out more from ... Read More April 5, 2018 Spring Graduation Ceremony DCU Water Institute Celebrates Dr Gillian Duffy graduates with PhD in water sensing Gillian completed her PhD in the School of Chemical Sciences in water quality sensing having d... Read More March 22, 2018 Celebrate World Water Day March 22nd - Solutions in Nature for Wastewater Management Learn about our work on technologies for wastewater management in agriculture The main objective of the EXEMPLAR project is to improve wastewater treatment in meat processing plants with a focus on sustainability, cost efficienc... Read More February 21, 2018 Post Doctoral Research Position at DCU Water Institute Read More February 5, 2018 PhD Positions in IMPACT at DCU Water Institute We are seeking to recruit 2 PhD students as part of the EPA funded IMPACT project. The successful students will form part of a multi-institute interna... Read More December 14, 2017 DCU UniSA Sensors Workshop November 28th- 29th 2017 DCU and University South Australia discuss sensing technologies The presence of established channels that allow effective com... Read More November 22, 2017 MARIABOX - Marine algal toxin sensor tested with SmartBay Galway A collaborative EU project to build biosensors to protect seawater from algal blooms In our sea waters globally, there currently exists a myriad of... Read More October 24, 2017 Underwater Discovery Being Made Easier by DCU Water Institute Researchers Cabled observations are used in order to relay compromised data to scientists, particularly when located in remote parts of the ocean. They are ocean ... Read More September 14, 2017 MONITOOL Partners Visit DCU Today in DCU we welcome partners on the Interreg project MONITOOL: New tools for monitoring the chemical status in transitional and coastal waters und... Read More July 27, 2017 Bulletin No. 10 Message from The Water Institute The DCU Incorporation Programme, the coming together of St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Mater Dei Institute of Educ... Read More July 18, 2017 ALICE Project News As part of collaboration between the ESIPP and ALICE (H2020 RISE) projects, Dr Lorna Fitzsimons has been on secondment to Northern Ireland Water for 4... Read More July 18, 2017 Congratulations Water Institute PI Lorna Fitzsimons Congratulations to Water Institute PI Lorna Fitzsimons on the publication of her article entitled "Design and implementation of a performance assessme... Read More July 5, 2017 Field Testing of Optical Phosphate Sensor in Indiana As part of our Naughton Fellowship project "Development and optimisation of optical sensors for continuous, real-time monitoring of eutrophying nutrie... Read More June 23, 2017 Bulletin No.9 DCU’S WATER INSTITUTE: SOLVING GLOBAL PROBLEMS Water Institute Director, Prof Fiona Regan is featured in the online website www.dublin.ie detailing t... Read More June 22, 2017 16th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment This year marked the 16th ICCE conference and was hosted by the Norwegian Chemical Society (NKS) in Oslo, Norway. The conference addressed scientist... Read More June 19, 2017 Water Institute shortlisted for Marine Industry Awards! We are delighted to announce the shortlisting of MESTECH @ The Water Institute, Dublin City University in two categories in this years prestigious Mar... Read More June 19, 2017 The European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) Water Institute PI Dr. Lorna Fitzsimons attended the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) in Stockholm last week, where she presented h... Read More June 6, 2017 Workshop on Spectroscopy and Optics for secondary level students The School of Physical Sciences at Dublin City University will host a workshop on Spectroscopy and Optics for secondary level students.The workshop wi... Read More May 30, 2017 MONITOOL Heartfelt congratulations to Water Institute PI's Blanaid White and Fiona Regan on their success in achieving funding for their Interreg proposal MONI... Read More May 16, 2017 Collaboration agreement between University South Australia and DCU Water Institute We are delighted to announce the collaboration agreement between University South Australia and DCU Water Institute, to pave the way for future collab... Read More May 15, 2017 Bulletin No.8 World Water Day March 22nd 2017 DCU Water Institute celebrated World Water Day on March 22nd, with a day of events here in DCU featuring internal and ... Read More March 22, 2017 Happy World Water Day today, March 22nd We look forward to seeing you all at our events which kick off at 1pm today in Stokes Building Foyer! Read More March 22, 2017 IBM & DCU announce new Internet of Things Collaboration to mark World Water Day To mark World Water Day, IBM and DCU Water Institute have today announced a collaborative research pilot to leverage Internet of Things (IoT) technolo... Read More March 21, 2017 Research & Innovation Conference, Citywest Great conference with some great and informative talks. Delighted to catch up with old colleagues from the Irish Research Council and thoroughly enjoy... Read More March 21, 2017 Detecting Peatland Drains with Object Based Image Analysis We are delighted to announce the publication Detecting Peatland Drains with Object Based Image Analysis by our DCU Water Institute PI, Dr. John Connol... Read More March 21, 2017 Congratulations to our DCU Water Institute PI Dr. Lorna Fitzsimons Congratulations to our DCU Water Institute PI Dr. Lorna Fitzsimons on the recent coverage of her work in Resource consumption and process performance ... Read More March 11, 2017 Journal of Materials Science Publication Great work! DCU Water Institute's Director, Prof Fiona Regan is published in the Journal of Materials Science. The influence of surface topography ... Read More March 10, 2017 Bulletin No. 7 Our latest edition of the DCU Water Institiute Bulletin focuses on sustainability in water. Growing pressure on water resources, from population and e... Read More February 16, 2017 Bulletin No. 6 DCU Water Institute is delighted to announce a number of new project awards that have been recently won by our Principal Investigators. The projects f... Read More February 15, 2017 DCU Water Institute Chapter Publication DCU Water Institute researcher Dian Zhang is celebrating the publication of his chapter in Geo for Marine and Coastal Management. Geoinformatics fo... Read More February 13, 2017 Bulletin No. 5 Message from DCU Water Institute DCU Water Institute is excited to commence 2017 and to continue to grow our Institute on both a national and internat... Read More February 12, 2017 New Water Institute Publication Well done to DCU Water Institute PI Jenny Lawler on her recent publications on ultrafiltration membranes: Antifouling hybrid ultrafiltration membranes... Read More January 21, 2017 New Water Institute Principal Investigators DCU Water Institute are delighted to announce three new Principal Investigators who are joining DCU Water Institute. The three new members hail from S... Read More January 9, 2017 Happy New Year from DCU Water Institute! Read More December 13, 2016 Bulletin No. 4 Welcome to our Water Institute December bulletin DCU Water Institute have been busy amassing multiple projects since our official university recogniti... Read More October 30, 2016 Bulletin No. 3 Welcome to our Water Institute November bulletin. Our recent DCU Water Institute conference, “IWA Regional Conference on Diffuse Pollution and C... Read More September 4, 2016 World Water Week DCU Water Institute’s Project Manager, Jane Wall, attended World Water Week in Stockholm this week. The event commenced on August 28th and ran until S... Read More August 2, 2016 Silicon Republic Article on DCU Sensor Researchers in the Arctic DCU Researcher Senses Marine Change in Extreme Conditions The whole world’s a lab for DCU researcher Dr Margaret McCaul, who is working on sensor tec... Read More June 8, 2016 European Success for Water Institute Saltgae - Demonstration project to prove the techno-economic feasibility of using algae to treat saline wastewater from the food industry. The DCU ... Read More June 2, 2016 Congratulations to our Water Institute Principal Investigators on the publication of their Report Wastewater treatment is a resource-intensive process that utilises several inputs, such as energy, chemicals and water, to produce an effluent that me... Read More May 5, 2016 Bulletin No. 2 Read More May 5, 2016 Water Institute PI, Dr Greg Foleys Article in Engineers Journal Membrane filtration – a versatile suite of technologies, but no panacea - Greg Foley outlines the application of membrane filtration in an engineering... Read More February 18, 2016 EPA Launches Strategic Plan EPA Launches its Strategic Plan 2016-2020 - 'Our Environment, Our Wellbeing' Introduction from Laura Burke, EPA Director General This Strategic ... Read More January 23, 2016 Silicon Republic Article DCU Water Institute takes place on Monday 25th - 29th January, in DCU, Engineering Building. The events of the week, along with coverage of WI PI Jenn... Read More December 22, 2015 PSP - Adios Mexico - Feliz Navidad! The end of the trip; 5 currencies, 4 languages, 6 timezones and 11 flights. This last weekend was all about seeing as much of Mexico City as possible.... Read More December 15, 2015 Congratulations Dr. Ciprian Heartfelt congratulations to Ciprian Briciu-Burghina on the successful completion of his Viva earlier today! Read More December 7, 2015 PSP – Cuba Libre! In the middle of all this water sampling there was just enough time to pop across the Caribbean to Cuba for a week. A nice break from water sampling, ... Read More November 3, 2015 Huge Congratulations to Water Institute P.I Dr. Jenny Lawler!! Dr. Jenny Lawler just received word that her medium scale EPA Project Proposal has been successful. The project title is “The Occurrence and Impact of... Read More
