Acclimatize: addressing the pollution-risk of bathing waters in Ireland and Wales by monitoring and reducing vulnerability of coastal communities.
Project Coordinator: Professor Wim Meijer (University College Dublin)

Project Contact: Joanne Chadwick, Operation Manager (joanne.chadwick@ucd.ie)

Description: Acclimatize is a €9.2 million project that will bridge the knowledge gap in relation to the pollution of at-risk urban and rural bathing waters in Ireland and Wales by identifying and quantifying pollution streams and determining the impact on these waters through a dynamic period of climate change.

Practice partners: Ireland – Dublin City Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Fingal County Council, Environmental Protection Agency, Irish Water, Dublin Bay Biosphere Project; Wales – Natural Resources Wales, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, Welsh local government and the Welsh Government, Water Health Partnership for Wales

Website: www.acclimatize.eu
Acclimatize researchers taking water samples at Sandymount Strand, Dublin. Credit: Acclimatize.
Acclimatize researchers taking water samples at Sandymount Strand, Dublin. Credit: Acclimatize.