Hosted by the CIWEM Republic of Ireland branch
Event description
An evening webinar looking at the characteristics of Irish karst aquifers.
Karstified carbonate aquifers provide drinking water to approximately 25% of the global population. These important aquifers are vulnerable and complex systems. It is crucial to understand the functioning of karst aquifers in terms of land use management, the mitigation of contaminant input and transfer (i.e. source protection, etc.) and groundwater flooding.
The talk will summarise key findings of a four-year PhD project carried out by Trinity College Dublin and the Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (ICRAG). Our speaker for the evening, Dr Philip Schuler will provide an overview of groundwater recharge and flow in Irish karst, which control the dynamics of springs.
The presentation will illustrate the functioning of three karst aquifers: a low-lying catchment in interaction with a river; a coastal-upland catchment impacted by the tide and discharging as submarine and inter-tidal groundwater discharge; and an upland-lowland catchment.
Register for the evening webinar