https://donegal.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=56cb8a0142ad4fb893d64a522bd57d13
https://keep.eu/projects/20732/CatchmentCARE-EN/
https://www.seupb.eu/iva-overview
The CatchmentCARE project aims to establish three cross-border, fresh water quality improvement projects in the Finn (Donegal—Tyrone); the Arney (Fermanagh-Leitrim-Cavan); and the Blackwater (Armagh-Tyrone-Monaghan) Catchments; as well as installing 51 boreholes across the region.
Maps
River Works
| Caring for River Catchments – Pressures and Solutions Caring for River Catchments – YouTube Video Riparian works to improve water quality Improvement works on the Cummirk River, Finn Catchment |  |
River Works in Blackwater Catchment
One of the main outputs of the CatchmentCARE project is to deliver a range of riparian and in-stream works aimed at helping improve existing water quality across the project’s three catchments.
Riparian and in-stream works around the Ballygawley area, which suffers badly from silt deposition / runoff and excessive nutrient loading.
‘Ballygawley Phase 1’ will entail a range of measures being implemented, including:
– Installing fencing along rivers to help decrease erosion of banks by cattle;
– Supplying and installing livestock drinkers for local farmers;
– Installing field gates and stiles to provide access for farmers and local user groups;
– Planting native species of trees and riverside vegetation to help stabilise riverbanks and create a buffer strip between the river and agricultural land;
– Installing bank revetments and other in-stream works such as rubble mats and flow deflectors (to create a more diverse flow and habitat in the river channel). This work will involve partnership with DEARA Fisheries.
Funding €13,792,435 (ERDF & MATCH)
LEAD PARTNER: Donegal County Council
Start Date: 01/10/2017
End Date: 31/10/2022
Public RFT – A Multi-Supplier Framework for the Provision of Groundwater Monitoring Borehole Drilling Works for CatchmentCARE Project