€7.5M PEACEPLUS Cross-Border Catchment Initiative
Protecting
Shared Waters
The objective of the Protecting Shared Waters project is to jointly develop transferable catchment management solutions that will contribute to water quality and quantity improvements and benefit cross-border communities, landowners, stakeholders, peace and prosperity in the region.
About the project
The Protecting Shared Waters project is a €7.5 million cross-border partnership project which seeks to address the challenge of high nutrient, pesticide and sediment concentrations in sub-catchments of the Strule river catchment and the Fane cross-border river catchment.
Read the project backgroundThe project will also raise awareness of the importance of protecting water quality and quantity and share learnings with communities and stakeholders.
The Protecting Shared Waters Project is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
Your Route In
Farmers & Landowners
Working with farmers and landowners is at the centre of the Protecting Shared Waters project. Over the course of the project, we will work closely with local farming communities to identify practical and effective nature-based solutions (NbS) that can help protect our rivers and streams while fitting around the needs of the farm.
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Water Professionals
Protecting Shared Waters is generating practical evidence, piloting innovative solutions and working closely with communities to support more effective water management across shared catchments.
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Communities
It is envisaged that this new community-led programme will encourage people to take practical actions using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and water conservation measures to help improve water quality conditions and water quantity resilience.
Get involved locally ↗Strule and Fane catchments
One of the aims of the Protecting Shared Waters project is to improve the quality of river water that is received by the Glenhordial Water Treatment Works (WTW), just northeast of Omagh town.
The River Fane catchment, covering an area of approximately 356km2, is a strategically important cross-border catchment spanning parts of Counties Armagh, Monaghan and Louth.
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Right Measure,
Right Place
Nature-based solutions (NbS) use natural features to help manage water across the landscape. They can help address floods, droughts and water quality by slowing, storing and filtering water within the landscape.
The jointly developed approach therefore focuses on putting the right measure in the right place. Combining different measures at appropriate points across a catchment can create a series of opportunities to slow, store and filter water through a treatment train approach.
What We’ll Deliver
News and Events
Exciting Discovery at a recently restored Peatlands Site East of Omagh
A neolithic or bronze age burial Cairn, estimated to be around 3000-5000 years old, has been discovered at The Murrins Area of Special Scientific Interest, near Omagh, during major peatland restoration works to enhance water quality in the Fane and Strule catchments.
Read full articleOur Partners
The partnership is made up of six partners working collaboratively with each bringing their own experience and expertise to the project. There are also three associate partners who are supporting the project.
Lead Partner
Project Partners
Associate Partners
Supported by PEACEPLUS
The Protecting Shared Waters Project is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
Contact Us
Find us: Protecting Shared Waters, Drinking Water Regulation, Northern Ireland Water