May 2021
LAWPRO
Agriculture and land drainage
There is no OPW scheme or drainage district scheme in this waterbody, however there are a significant number of land drains feeding into the main river channel
A0105 Ballymoe WWTP
Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
Jiggy (Hind) Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
Jan 2020
LAWPRO
WWTP
Landfill waste (Roscommon Landfill, closed)
Urban Run-off
Combined sewer overflows
The main pathway in the urban environment will be pipes in the form of primary or secondary discharges from WwTp, Combined Sewer overflows, pumping stations and misconnections.
Hydromorphology (the river has been heavily modified for flood risk)
Owenriff Priority Area for Action Desktop Report
Jan 2020
LAWPRO
The main pressure in this waterbody is hydromorphology from channelisation, which changing the hydrological and morphological dynamics of the river.
In terms of hydro morphology, there are historic OPW arterial drainage schemes, liaising with the OPW will be required to determine how to restore the waterbodies affected in the Owenriff PAA to their natural habitat. There are also historic land drains leading into the four river waterbodies in the PAA that maybe transporting volumes of sediment to the waterbodies, drain blocking will be required in these cases.
Forestry and peat extraction