Our Multidisciplinary Approach to Water and Wastewater Projects
“Water is one of the most essential substances on earth, critical for human health, the production of food and for industrial activity. The provision of clean drinking water and a reliable wastewater service, in a manner that protects the natural environment, is critical to a country’s economic and social development.” – Irish Water Business Plan TOBIN […]
Natural Flood Risk Management- A Resilient Future
Flood risk is an area of global and national concern, with a vast history of flooding across Ireland. While flooding is a natural phenomenon, development within the floodplain has exacerbated the impact of flooding on people, the economy, and the environment, with further intensification due to the impacts of climate change. The 2020 UN publication […]
A Sustainable Ireland… are we there yet?
The 1987 United Nations (UN) Brundtland Report defined sustainable development as ‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Forty-five years later, a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2022) speaks to how current failures in providing sustainable solutions […]
Active Travel and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans
The December 2015 Climate Conference in Paris (COP21) set as its target the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 20% between 2021 and 2030 across the European Union. This target was increased to 30% in the Glasgow Climate Pact at COP26 in November 2021. The transport sector roughly accounts for approximately one-quarter of the current […]
The Importance of Ireland’s Blanket Bogs
Blanket bogs are the most extensive of Ireland’s peatlands, originally covering an area of c.7750km2, and accounting for 8% of the world’s blanket bogs. But why exactly are they so important…? Where did they come from? Bogs represent compacted masses of unconsolidated organic matter derived from the accumulation of organic remains in water-logged environments. Blanket […]
Seawater Desalination – the solution to the global water shortage?
It is difficult to comprehend that across many countries worldwide there is severe drought and a scarcity of fresh drinking water, while here in Ireland we are prone to rainfall year-round and many of us have fresh drinking water from the turn of a tap. Water covers 71% of our planet’s surface, but of this […]