I sampled the same spot today as I did a fortnight ago. Same results N: 1, P: 0.02. “this waterbody has a very good ecological status”. I also removed some Skunk Cabbage 🥬 non native invasive species. Lots more still to remove in future weeks.

Another test this evening, water quality good although the nitrates were a little high!

Beautiful day today. I sampled the river Slaney just upstream of the old bridge on the swimming pool side. Results surprisingly good! (On my coffee break I might add) 😂.

I sampled Borodale this afternoon! Results similar to previous was undecided on 1 -2 or 2-5 plenty of agri upstream and heavy rain so went 2 to 5

Welcome @Noreen and @Lucy. If you would like some testing kits and a demo of how to do the test please let me know!

Did my first water test today. Bit fiddly & took longer than I expected. Should be a bit quicker next time. Results good “this waterbody has a very good ecological status”. 😊

Thanks Irene for showing me the ropes this morning! We did one location near Slaney nature walk I'm going to to Borodale and a couple of locations in town this week!!

If anyone is interested in carrying out some tests on water bodies in your area just let me know and I'll get the materials to you! To log your results you will need to join the ESRI group using the instructions attached and then download Survey123 from the app store.

Hi All,

so I have carried out two tests to get started! Nitrates were high but all the rest looked good.

Action plan:

Timeline:

We are starting our project in March to run for a year, our team will meet fortnightly initially to get the project running and then monthly thereafter to carry out testing and awareness activities.

We hope to have at least two public meetings in May and September in conjunction with the Local Authorities Water Programme co-ordinator.

Budget: At this stage we expect to spend the seed money on promotional activities, meetings, posters, and public events. However this may change slightly as the project evolves. The remaining funding will be spent on raising awareness of the final results.

Impact:

One of the goals of Sustainable Enniscorthy is to highlight the importance of the Slaney for the community as a blue space and re-enforce the importance of maintaining good quality water for the Town. We will measure impact through our public engagement on our social media and at local events. We expect to run two events with attendance of at least 50 at each. We will also measure increase in web traffic to our website and the Freshwater project page that we will set up.

Location: The events will take place in the local library and at the banks of the River Slaney in the town, we don't need any special permission for these.

Action plan:

Timeline:

We are starting our project in March to run for a year, our team will meet fortnightly initially to get the project running and then monthly thereafter to carry out testing and awareness activities.

We hope to have at least two public meetings in May and September in conjunction with the Local Authorities Water Programme co-ordinator.

Budget: At this stage we expect to spend the seed money on promotional activities, meetings (€100), posters (€60), and public events (€260). However this may change slightly as the project evolves. The remaining funding will be spent on raising awareness of the final results.

Impact:

One of the goals of Sustainable Enniscorthy is to highlight the importance of the Slaney for the community as a blue space and re-enforce the importance of maintaining good quality water for the Town. We will measure impact through our public engagement on our social media and at local events. We expect to run two events with attendance of at least 50 at each. We will also measure increase in web traffic to our website and the Freshwater project page that we will set up.

Location: The events will take place in the local library and at the banks of the River Slaney in the town, we don't need any special permission for these.

We've recieved our test kits now and will be picking 2 locations to test the water so that we can start testing before the end of the month!
Keep an eye out for a Slaney talk coming soon as well.