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IT Sligo Research Capability in Water &Wastewater Dr Billy FitzgeraldHead of Department of Environmental Science
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Brief Background
• 40 years experience in the area of
Environmental Science/Management and
Environmental Engineering
• Significant success with Open & Distance
Learning (ODL) and on-line courses
• Courses available from Levels 6 - 10
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• Principal Investigators in this Strategic Research
Centre are Interdisciplinary
• CERIS is internationally engaged in water and
wastewater research through collaboration with
industries, agencies and other academic institutions
€1.54 M in research funding
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Thematic Areas
•Agroecology•Ecosystem Management and Restoration•Ecosystem Services•Invasive Species•Molecular Ecology
Applied Ecology
•Water and Wastewater Management•Energy Management•Bioremediation of soils•Nutrient Management•Sustainability systems
Resource Manageme
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R&D Collaborations to date• EPA• Inland Fisheries Ireland• Teagasc• Bord na Mona• Northern Ireland Water• Local Authorities• Numerous Industrial Sectors
– Water & Wastewater Treatment Companies– Invasive Species Control– Chemical & Pharmaceutical– Energy Production– Biomass Production
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Examples of R&D Projects
• Optimisation of Management of Wastewater Treatment Plants
• Wastewater Treatability Studies (Pilot Plants)
• Phosphorus Recovery from On-Site WWTPs
• Environmental Public Health: Monitoring of Cryptosporidium,
Giardia, harmful algal blooms (HABS)
• Toxic Cyanobacteria: Health, Ecological dynamics & Water Quality
• Catchment management planning-minimising risk of nutrient
export to water resources (specialist expertise in agricultural
systems)
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Examples of R&D Projects
• Aquatic Invasive Species: Risk analysis, monitoring, control
and management
• Ecological assessments of surface waters (WFD)
• Ecosystem management and restoration
• Restoration of degraded peatland and wetland ecosystems
- improving water regulatory and C sequestration services
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- Biological indicators for lake trophic status assessment- Community succession, lake connectivity and mesoscale dispersion dynamics- Analysis of hepatotoxin and neurotoxin producing species in Irish water bodies- Molecular community fingerprinting and toxic chemotype succession
TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA : HEALTH, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS & WATER QUALITY
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Invasive Species Research
Sara Meehan: Zebra mussel control
Rory Sheehan: Asian clam survey
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• Catchment management planning-minimising risk of nutrient export to water resources (specialist expertise in agricultural systems)
• Restoration of degraded peatland and wetland ecosystems - improving water regulatory and C sequestration services
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Photocatalysis for disinfection: How does it work?
Pillai et al, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 125, 2013, 331– 349
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US-Ireland R&D Partnership (Supported by NSF (USA), SFI and InvestNI; Funding US$1.1 million)
China
London
Degradation mechanism of Cyanotoxins Using Novel Visible Light-Activated Titania (TiO2) Photocatalysts
http://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/algal_toxins/Graham, 2010, Environmental Science and Technology, 44 (19):7361–7368
Binder Lake, Iowa, USATotal [microcystin]=40 µg/L