Payments for water protection to be piloted in river catchment areas
Forestry is the main pressure in these areas, around the Avonmore River in Co Wicklow. Picture: Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie
Results-based payments for water quality protection and improvement are on the way to landowners in two Co Cork areas.
The payments scheme will be piloted in the Shournagh area near Tower and Blarney in Co Cork, and the Awbeg area near Kanturk, Co Cork.
