Celtic Water in a European Framework: Pointing the way to quality

The Third Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and Management of Water Resources was held at the National University of Ireland, Galway - 8th - 10th July 2002

Organised under the aegis of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences with the support of the Irish National Committees for IHP, IAHS and ICID, of the National IAHS Committees of the United Kingdom and France and of the British Hydrological Society.

The fourth will take place inMuho, Portugal, July 2005

Publication and enactment of the European Union Water Framework Directive set challenging targets for Member States in relation to the long-term management of European water resources. By the year 2016 water quality of all surface and ground waters in member states must, through a combination of planning, treatment and remediation be returned to their original pristine state - a formidable challenge indeed! Some of the issues involved in this task were addressed at this Colloquium.

Call for papers

Papers were invited on all relevant topics and especially on the following:

1. Water Quality - pressures and responses - past, present and future

2. Integrated River Basin Management - planning for the future

3. The Scientific support for management: Hydrological processes and models - limitations and uncertainties.

4. Risk assessment, perception and management: extreme rainfalls, floods, droughts and climate change

5. Social history of water use in Celtic lands

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Languages

Papers were accepted in a Celtic language, English or French with the abstract in two of these languages.

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Scientific and Organising Committees

Scientific Committee:-

Professor J.C.I. Dooge (UCD, Dublin),

Professor P. Hubert (Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris),

Professor Alain Jigorel (Rennes),

Dr. J.A.A. Jones (Aberystwyth),

Dr. Z. Kundzewicz (Warsaw),

Prof. J.P. Lobo-Ferreira (Lab. Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal),

Professor Paul Merot (Rennes),

Mr. W. McCumiskey (EPA, Wexford,

Dr. J.S.G. McCulloch (Abingdon),

Professor P.E. O’Connell (Newcastle),

Professor J.P. O'Kane (UCC),

Professor J.C. Rodda (IAHS),

Prof. A. Werritty (University of Dundee),

Organising Committee:-

Professor C. Cunnane (Galway),

Professor K.M. O'Connor (Galway),

Mr. J. A. Smyth (OPW, Dublin),

Mr. M. Adamson (OPW, Dublin),

Dr. T. Bree (ESBI, Dublin),

Dr. M. Bruen (UCD, Dublin),

Mr. M. MacCarthaigh (EPA, Dublin. )

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Location

The city of Galway, population c. 70 000, with its natural sheltered harbour is located on the inner edge of Galway Bay and has been an active trading city for many centuries. The famous explorer Christopher Columbus is said to have visited the city some years prior to his famous voyage to America. The city was granted a Royal Charter in 1484 and was a walled city until about 200 years ago. It is the social and cultural capital of the West of Ireland and its hinterland includes the Connemara Gaeltacht which contains the largest remaining concentration of Gaelic speakers in Ireland.

The National University of Ireland, Galway was founded in 1845, on the western banks of the river Corrib, as Queen's College, Galway and now has a student population of c 11,000 students, 10% of whom are from overseas - approximately 50 countries are represented. The campus is located at about 10 minutes walking distance from the centre of the city.

The Department of Engineering Hydrology was founded in the 1970s by the late Professor J.E. Nash. During the period 1979 - 2000 the Department's International Postgraduate Hydrology Courses educated more than 350 students from 55 countries.

The conference venues were in the recently completed Award Winning Millennium Arts Building in the centre of the campus.

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Other Information

Field Trips

A very enjoyable field trip led by Mr. Paul Johnson of Trinity College, Dublin took place after the Colloqium. Sites visited included the South Galway scenes of the 1995 flooding and parts of the Burren landscape in Co. Clare.

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