The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established this project to develop a decision-making framework for the management of groundwaterdependent terrestrial ecosystems (GWDTEs) at risk of ?significant damage?, as required by the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), in collaboration with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The principal aims of this project were: To identify the locations of groundwater-dependent habitats and species within a selection of candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) by undertaking a desk survey of available data and subsequently to generate a GIS map of the location of GWDTEs in SACs. To support the WFD Groundwater Working Group and NPWS staff in their attempts to assess groundwater dependency, sensitivity and significant damage to GWDTEs by developing a framework for their assessment and integration into river basin management plans.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=99
Resource Keywords	Groundwater Turlough peatland bog ecosystems mapping Water Framework Directive
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	Not Applicable
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Water Quality
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	The authors of the report and the full details of this report must be cited properly in any derived works.
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	2
Project Start Date	Thursday 1st January 2004 (01-01-2004)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Thursday 1st January 2004 (01-01-2004)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Thursday 31st May 2007 (31-05-2007)
Published on SAFER	Tuesday 23rd December 2008 (23-12-2008)
Date of Last Edit	Tuesday 23rd December 2008 at 17:12:32 (23-12-2008)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Tuesday 23rd December 2008 at 17:12:32 (23-12-2008)

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Description of Geographical Characteristics of This Project or Dataset
Three contrasting wetlands typical of the Irish environment (Pollardstown Fen, Caranavoodaun Turlough and Clara Bog) are examined in this chapter as a basis for developing a conceptual framework for managing groundwater-dependent wetlands. All three wetlands have been previously studied intensively, the water supply mechanisms are reasonably well understood and all contain priority habitats in Annex I of the Habitats Directive. Pollardstown Fen is a SAC located in Co. Kildare and situated in a sand and gravel aquifer. Caranavoodaun Turlough is wholly groundwater fed and is within a larger SAC complex located in Co. Galway and situated in a Carboniferous Limestone karst aquifer. Clara Bog is a SAC located in Co. Offaly and situated in a glacial till basin underlain by a poorly productive Carboniferous Limestone aquifer.

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The following is a list of projects, datasets, and resources on SAFER-Data from which users downloaded attachments from soon after downloading attachments from this resource A Framework for the Assessment of Groundwater - Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems under the Water Framework Directive. You can view the full description for projects, datasets, and resources by using the links supplied.

• Water Framework Directive: Recharge and Groundwater Vulnerability View Full Metadata Description
• Towards a National Soil Database View Full Metadata Description
• An Improved Understanding Of Phosphorus Fate And Transport Within Groundwater And The Significance For Associated Receptors View Full Metadata Description
• Soil Geochemical Atlas of Ireland View Full Metadata Description
• Phosphorus, Nitrogen and Suspended Sediment loss from Soil to Water from Agricultural Grassland View Full Metadata Description

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