16/04/2021
Results of first WaterBlitz in 2019 found that Dublin’s waterways were heavily littered
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Dublin City University’s Water Institute has again partnered with Earthwatch Europe for the second Dublin WaterBlitz, taking place from May 7th - 10th.
The project encourages Dubliners to test the water in rivers, lakes, streams and canals around the capital so that a snapshot of the health and state of Dublin’s waterways can be taken. The survey is easy to do and the records collected will help direct conservation action.
The first WaterBlitz,
which took place in September 2019, found that over one third of locations surveyed were littered, with 18% of rivers tested had high levels of nutrient nitrates but that Dublin had the lowest levels of pollutants of the four European areas surveyed (Paris, London, Luxembourg).