Funding: HEA Landscape PhD Funding Programme
PhD candidate: Hammond Antwi Sarpong (view profile)
Collaborators: PIs; Dr Suzanne Linnane (PI, DkIT: view profile), Dr David Getty (PI), Dr Alec Rolston (collaborator Goyder Institute for Water Research, Australia), Prof. Jill Slinger, TU Delft (collaborator),
Overview: Recent restructuring of water governance in Ireland has attempted to facilitate a more integrated national approach to the management of Irish water resources. Changes include the establishment of Irish Water and the introduction and subsequent repeal of charges for water and waste water services; and changes in governance to be facilitated through the second River Basin Management Plan. This research is providing the first known assessment of the socio-economic impact of past, present and future water resources policy and governance in Ireland through three key objectives: 1) a description of historical and current water policy and governance in the Republic of Ireland; 2) an assessment of the socio-economic value of water in the Republic of Ireland and how this has been affected by recent policy and governance change; and 3) An assessment of the social value of water and the social implications of changes in water resources availability in Ireland under future climate change scenarios.
Some publications related to this study:
- Antwi, S. H. et al. (2022) ‘Communicating water availability to improve awareness and implementation of water conservation: A study of the 2018 and 2020 drought events in the Republic of Ireland’, Science of The Total Environment. Elsevier, 807, p. 150865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150865
- Antwi, S. H., Linnane, S., et al. (2021) ‘River Basin Management Planning in the Republic of Ireland: Past, Present and the Future’, Water 2021, Vol. 13, Page 2074. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 13(15), p. 2074. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13152074
- Antwi, S.H., D.Getty,S.Linnane, A.Rolston (2020). COVID-19 water sector responses in Europe: A scoping review of preliminary governmental interventions. Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143068
A chapter of this research on communicating water availability was adjudged the “BEST MESSAGE AWARD” at the 2022 Netherlands Center for River studies Conference held at TU Delft, The Netherlands.
The PhD student has also received grants from the American Geophysical Union and An Fóram Uisce | The Water Forum to support research activities and dissemination.
