Below are links to sites to the EHHTIWQ project. A short description of the site will appear in the panel on the right when the mouse is over the link.

• The Environmental Change Institute
  
  The Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at the National University of Ireland, Galway was founded in September 2000 through a commitment of €9.6m in funding from both private sources and Ireland's Higher Education Authority under Cycle II of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI). The ECI is a research centre within the Institute for Environmental Studies, a co-operative initiative between the three western Irish seaboard Universities (NUI, Galway, UCC and UL), which together form the Atlantic University Alliance.
• Microbiology Departmental Research Units, NUI Galway
  
  The Department of Microbiology at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI,Galway) is situated at the back of the New Concourse on the west bank of the river Corrib. This building includes 11 newly renovated independent research laboratories for the departmental staff members, specialised research facilities for tissue culture, microscopy, a radiochemical suite, and a fermentation suite. The Department also contains dedicated laboratories and lecture theatres for undergraduate courses.
• The Molecular Ecology Lab, Dept. of Microbiology, NUI Galway
  
  The Microbial Ecology Laboratory was founded in 1999 by Dr. Vincent O'Flaherty. In 2000 the lab moved to its present location in the environmental wing of the Microbiology dept., NUI Galway. Initially, postgraduate research in the lab focused on the microbial ecology of Methanogenesis, Anaerobic Digestion and Biofilm Formation in lab-scale reactors. In September 2000, research interests broadened to include the study of the Methane Cycle in the environment (Peatland soils) and also Biodiversity of microbial communities in the terrestrial environment. Since 2000, the Microbial Ecology Laboratory has been closely associated with both the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) and the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES).
• Dept. of Bacteriology, NUI Galway
  
  The NUI Galway Department of Bacteriology is affiliated to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and also to the Faculty of Science. The Department provides teaching on all aspects of Clinical Microbiology to medical and nursing students and contributes to a number of other post graduate courses. The Department also has a program for postgraduate students progressing towards PhD degree. Those with an honours degree in Microbiology or a related discipline may be eligible to undertake a PhD by research in the department.
• The Irish Western Health Board Public Health
  
  Public Health is the branch of the Health Services which deals principally with Promotion, Protection and Prevention. It deals with the health of the population, rather than with individuals, as is the case with other branches of the health sector. Prevention of illness comes about through a thorough understanding of the causes of disease. Screening, vaccination and early intervention all play a part in disease prevention. In addition, Public Health examines the social and behavioural causes of illness, including poverty, drug and alcohol use, and environmental hazards. Public Health practitioners, along with other health professionals, play a part in Health Promotion, that is in encouraging healthy lifestyles and in bringing about changes in the environment that will increase people's health.
• Dept. of Health Promotion, NUI Galway
  
  The Department is the only one of its kind in Ireland and was established with the support of the Department of Health and Children as part of a revised National Structure for Health Promotion. Its brief is twofold: i) to develop training and education courses in the field of health promotion and ii) to carry out relevant research. The Centre for Health Promotion Studies has an active multidisciplinary research programme in place.
• Biosystems Engineering, UCD
  
  Biosystems Engineering (DN076) is one of the newest academic offerings in UCD's Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, and the only engineering programme of its type in Ireland. The programme has evolved in response to the growth of the life sciences industry in Ireland and around the world. This "industry of the 21st century" will require engineers who are both skilled in engineering sciences and design and who have a fundamental understanding of living (i.e., biological) systems and products. Biosystems Engineering is, thus, an engineering discipline based on the science of biology, analogous to the relationship between Chemical Engineering and chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and physics, etc.
• The Environmental Protection Agency
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency is directly responsible for a wide range of functions, including the regulation of large or complex activities that have significant polluting potential; for monitoring and reporting on environmental quality; and enforcing compliance with environmental protection legislation in Ireland.
• EPA Water Reports and Publications Page
  
  The latest reports on various aspects of water quality and monitoring of water by the EPA. Additional online reports deal with: river quality, lake quality, bathing water, drinking water, urban waste water discharges, ground water monitoring and the design of monitoring programmes. Water Quality in Ireland Reports are published every three years dealing with all aspects of water quality.
• EHHTIWQ Project Login Page
  
  “Sustainable access to safe drinking water” is universally recognised as a key issue in human health and development. Treatment of water intened for human consumption to eliminate recognised infectious and toxic contaminants plays a central role in ensuring access to safe drinking water but it is not sufficient to rely only on conventional treatment. It is important to protect water sources against bacterial contamination and to consider also the adverse health impacts of contamination of water with antimicrobial substances and non-bacterial pathogens such as protozoans.