Teagasc launches Blackwater Catchment Action Plan

The Blackwater is one of eight priority catchments, along with the Boyne, Slaney, Barrow, Nore, Suir, Lee, and Bandon-Ilen rivers where they are working towards water quality improvements

(Left to right) Pat Clancy, chairperson of Dairygold, Philip Murphy, Teagasc Blackwater Catchment co-ordinator, Michael Harte, chief executive of Dairygold, Professor Pat Dillon, Teagasc director of research, Professor Frank O'Mara, Teagasc director, Billy Cronin, Dairygold head of Member Services and Engagement, Orlaith Tynan, Dairygold head of Sustainability and Environmental Strategy, Dr Stan Lalor, Teagasc director of Knowledge Transfer and Liam Herlihy, Teagasc chairman in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, at the launch of the Blackwater Catchment Action Plan. Picture: O'Gorman Photography.

The Blackwater Catchment Action Plan was launched this week as part of the ‘Better Farming for Water’ Campaign by Teagasc.

The purpose of the Blackwater Catchment Action Plan is to support farmers to adopt the eight Actions for Change with the aim of improving water quality in the Blackwater catchment, where agriculture is a pressure.