Understanding Wastewater Quality in Ireland | WEBINAR

Hosted by the CIWEM Republic of Ireland branch

Event description

This webinar will explore the latest developments in wastewater quality treatment across Ireland. It will showcase ongoing upgrades to wastewater treatment facilities and discuss future opportunities for enhancement, including the potential to implement screening and filtration for pharmaceuticals in the treatment process.

Part of the CIWEM Environmental Quality and Pollution and Wastewater and Biosolids series.

Who should attend this webinar

• Wastewater Engineers (All Levels)
• Civil Engineers (All Levels)
• Water Quality Scientists (All Levels)

Why you should attend this webinar

• To stay informed on current wastewater treatment system plans
• To discuss how future upgrades could be made to the system
• Networking with others in the industry

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About the speakers

Fiona Regan | Professor in Chemistry and Director of the DCU Water Institute | School of Chemical Sciences , Dublin City University (DCU)

Fiona Regan obtained her PhD in Analytical Chemistry in 1994 at Dublin City University (DCU) after which she took up her first academic position at Limerick Institute of Technology. In 2006 she joined the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU and took on the award of Beaufort PI in Sensors and Communications Technology and coordinator of SmartBay Ireland (2009-2016) – Ireland’s marine test and demonstration platform.

Fiona has served as a scientific and technical advisor with the WaterJPI for six years and she is the chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Board of the Water4All Partnership. She is the current chair of the Royal Irish Academy’s Climate Change and Environmental Science Committee, a role she took up in 2023.

Fiona serves as a member of the Chemical Safety subcommittee of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, she is an advisor to Aquawatch Australia and is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Water Science Forum.

She was awarded the RSC-WSF Water for Life Award in 2019.

Fiona’s research interests include water monitoring using new bio-and chemical sensing technologies, eDNA, marine and freshwater contaminants of concern and climate-related water quality impacts.

Ronan Kane | Chartered Engineer | Uisce Éireann

Ronan is a chartered engineer who specialises in environmental experience with a focus on hydrology, water quality and flood risk. He has experience in collaborative working with regulators and stakeholders at local, national and European level.

He is currently responsible for overseeing water quality impact assessments for Uisce Éireann and supports the delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure in Ireland.

Alan Forster | Associate Coastal Specialist | AECOM

Alan Forster is an experienced coastal scientist who has used numerical models to study coastal processes around the world over the past 30 years. His work has included providing environmental design conditions to projects for new infrastructure, such as harbours and reclamations or sediment transport studies in support of EIAs.

Since 2019 he has been supporting Uisce Éireann on water quality projects relating to their discharges to the environment. He has co-authored the Technical Standard for Marine Modelling, developed numerical models to investigate water quality in coastal areas and reviewed reports by other consultants to support the work of Uisce Éireann.

Jo Bradley | Director of Operations UK | Stormwater Shepherds

Jo Bradley has worked in the field of pollution control for over 30 years. She was at the Environment Agency for much of that time, working with various industrial sectors to identify pollution control and prevention best practice.

In recent years, she has focussed on urban pollution, particularly pollution from highways. She joined the charity Stormwater Shepherds UK in 2000, and she has been doing small amounts of research to provide data and pictures which allow her to tell the story of urban pollution, and she uses that content and knowledge to deliver many presentations, and to publish guidance and information. She also meets with highway drainage professionals, regulators and highway operators to update them on her findings.

In 2024, in her role at Stormwater Shepherds, Jo worked with CIWEM to produce the Highway runoff and the water environment report, which shines a light on the toxic cocktail of pollutants that runs off the UK’s road network and into our rivers and water sources every time it rains.

Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM. The webinar is hosted on the Zoom platform and will be recorded.

Please register your place by clicking on the registration button. Non-members who have not registered for the CIWEM system can create an account on the booking page in order to reserve their place. This should not take more than two minutes.

If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact branches@ciwem.org.

Please note that registrations will close at 09:00 on the day of the event. If you have not registered before that time, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Micheál Ó Flatharta at moflatharta@iece.ie.