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SEMINAR BOOKINGS AND COST
Demand for places at the Seminar held last year
was high. Places are allocated on a first-come
basis, and pre-booking is essential (using the
form provided overleaf).
FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
The cost of attendance at the seminar is €125 per
person, including a copy of the papers,
refreshments and lunch. Invoices will be issued
following receipt of registration forms requesting
the reservation of a place. Receipts will only be
issued upon demand.
NATIONAL HYDROLOGY
SEMINAR - 2004
Please note that we regret that there will be no
refund or waiver of invoice for cancellations
received later than 12th November, including
registered delegates who do not attend on the
day.
WATER FRAMEWORK
DIRECTIVE
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REGISTRATION
To register, please complete the registration form
and return (with payment to confirm a booking)
to:
John Martin
Office of Public Works
17-19 Lower Hatch Street
Dublin 2, Ireland
Telephone:
Fax:
Email:
(01) 647 6742
(01) 676 1714
john.martin@opw.ie
Cheques should be made payable to:
The Office of Public Works
ORGANISERS
International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
The UNESCO international scientific co-operative
programme in hydrology and water resources, the
IHP, was established to act as a catalyst to
promote co-operation and research in the
management of water resources, an issue which
had been identified as a significant limiting factor
for harmonious development in many regions and
countries of the world.
International Commission on Irrigation and
Drainage (ICID)
The mission of the ICID is to stimulate and
promote the development of the management of
water and land resources for irrigation, drainage,
flood control and river training applications,
including research and development and capacity
building.
MONITORING AND MODELLING
ISSUES FOR RIVER BASIN
MANAGEMENT
Tuesday, 16 November, 2004
Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore,
Co. Offaly
Organised by the Irish National
Committees of the IHP & ICID
12:10
INTRODUCTION
SEMINAR FORMAT
The National Committees of the International
Hydrological Programme and the International
Commission on Irrigation and Drainage have the
pleasure to invite you to participate in the fifth
National Hydrology Seminar to be held on 16th
November 2004 in the Tullamore Court Hotel.
The programme will consist of the oral
presentation of papers and a poster / display
session. Participants are invited to contribute
through posters and oral presentations.
12:30
12:50
13:00
“Western River Basin District – Use of GIS in
Characterisation” Sharyn McMenamin, Patrick
Kavanagh (ESBI)
“HiFlows UK Project” Peter Spencer (River
Modelling Manager, Environmental Agency, North
West Region), Noel Higginson, (Rivers Agency,
Belfast), Tim Palmer (Black & Veatch, Chester),
Paul Wass (JBA Consulting, Newcastle).
Discussion
LUNCH
SEMINAR PROGRAMME
SEMINAR OBJECTIVE
The Water Framework Directive is now in Irish
legislation and implementation will involve
significant work for a range of professionals
associated with water over the coming years,
involving the development of a thorough
understanding of the aquatic environment.
The existence of high-quality data on relevant
parameters and of sufficient spatial and temporal
coverage is required for the development of such
an understanding. Modelling is a tool to further
such understanding by simulating the impacts of
future policy changes or other natural occurrences.
The objective of the Seminar is to examine the
practical and theoretical issues associated with the
monitoring and modelling of water quality and
quantity that will be required to implement the
Water Framework Directive.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
 Local Authority Engineers
 Professionals involved with monitoring and
modelling of water quality and quantity
 Hydrologists and Environmental Engineers
 Other parties interested in the Water
Framework Directive
The programme provided below is accurate at the
date of printing, but may be subject to change.
09:00
REGISTRATION (Tea, Coffee and Pastries)
10:00
Welcome - Mr. Tom Parlon T.D., Minister of State
at the Department of Finance (with responsibility for
the Office of Public Works)
SESSION 1: INVITED SPEAKERS - RIVER BASIN
MANAGEMENT
10:10
10:35
11:00
11:25
11:30
“International Hydrological Programme Initiatives”
Andras Szöllösi-Nagy (Deputy Assistant Director
General, UNESCO; Secretary, International
Hydrological Programme)
“Implementing the Water Framework Directive in
Ireland, the Role of the Environmental Protection
Agency” Larry Stapleton, Paul Toner
(Environmental Protection Agency)
“Quantifying the Fine Sediment Budgets of River
Basins” Des Walling (Department of Geography,
University of Exeter)
Discussion
Tea/Coffee
SESSION 2: RIVER BASIN CHARACTERISATION
11:50
“Shannon River Basin District – Risk Assessments
for the Preparation of WFD Article V
Characterisation Reports” Alan Barr (Kirk
McClure Morton), Enda Thompson (Shannon RBD
Project Co-ordinator)
SESSION 3: MODELLING OF WATER QUALITY
AND QUANTITY
14:30
“The application of mathematical modelling to the
implementation of the Water Framework Directive”
Kenneth Irvine (Department of Zoology/Centre for
the Environment, Trinity College, Dublin)
14:50
“Physically-based, distributed, catchment modelling
for estimating sediment and phosphorus loads to
rivers and lakes: Issues of model complexity,
spatial and temporal scales and data requirements”
M.Bruen, A.Nasr (UCD)
15:10
“Catering for uncertainty in a conceptual rainfall
runoff model: model preparation for climate change
impact assessment and the application of GLUE
using Latin Hypercube Sampling” C. Murphy, Dr
R. Charlton, Dr. J Sweeney, R. Fealy. (Irish
Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS),
Geography, NUI Maynooth)
15:30
Discussion
15:40
Tea/Coffee
SESSION 4: MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF
WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY
16:10
“The hydrology and hydraulics of a pumped polder
in North Kerry – a case study in hydroinformatics”
J Philip O’Kane, Luca Migliori, (UCC)
16:30
“South Eastern River Basin District – Identification
and Monitoring of Priority Substances and Relevant
Pollutants Under the WFD” Grace Glasgow (Kirk
McClure Morton), Colin Byrne (SERBD Project
Co-ordinator)
16:50
Discussion
17:00
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