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How Healthy is our Local River
Organization(s):Rockford Manor Secondary School
Country:Ireland
Student(s):Ananya Ingleshwar
Eve Wallace
Sarah dSilva
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Educator(s):Tanya Kelly
Contributors:The Globe Program
Globe Ireland - Aileen Bright and Sabrina Moore
Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Freshwater Macroinvertebrates, Nitrates, pH, Water Temperature, Water Transparency
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Language(s):English
Date Submitted:03/05/2025
Transition year and leaving cert applied students at Rockford Manor have taken part in the Globe Ireland Citizen Science River Ecosystem Campaign and have carried out a study of their local river at Deansgrange, Co Dublin. Visual inspections of the river have been conducted and the water has been sampled to measure temperature, pH and nutrient phosphate and nitrate concentrations. Kick sampling has also been conducted. Results show that the river water quality may be in the “poor quality” category due to high nitrate levels, presence of pollutant-tolerant aquatic invertebrate species along with the absence of pollutant-sensitive species.