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Limerick, Clare and Roscommon County Councils are jointly leading a project to establish a management system for the Shannon River Basin District. The aim of the management system is to set up a monitoring network to identify the pressures on water quality in the region and to devise a programme of measures to tackle the various sources of pollution. This project will look at the entire Shannon catchment from the source in County Cavan to the estuary, which is bounded by Counties Limerick, Clare and Kerry. All water bodies will be examined, including surface waters, ground waters, estuarine and coastal waters and wetland habitats. The management system will take approximately four years to establish and the estimated cost is € 8.25 million. Fundamental to the success of the project is the involvement of sectoral interests including fisheries, forestry, industry, agriculture, local authorities and state agencies. There are 18 participating local authorities in the project. The joint lead authorities are Limerick, Clare and Roscommon County Councils and Limerick will be the contracting authority.
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The setting up of River basin districts on a national level is a requirement of the EU Water Framework Directive – 2000/60/EC.
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