The National Federation of Group Water Schemes is delighted to offer a watch back service for the Rural Water Services Conference 2025, held on Thursday, 11 September at the Clayton Hotel, Co. Galway.
This year’s conference, themed “Quality and Quantity: Building Resilience in a Changing Environment,” brought together community leaders, technical experts, and policymakers for a day of insightful presentations, lively panel discussions, and the prestigious GWS Excellence Awards.
Whether you want to revisit key moments or catch up on sessions you missed, the watch back service gives you access.
You can download a copy of the conference programme here.
Each presentation can be watched back below and on our YouTube channel:
Session one:
Building Resilience in Rural Water: The Role of the DHLGH - Douglas Kelly, Principal Officer, Rural Water Unit, DHLGH
Water Forum: Bringing Science and Stakeholder Input to Policy — Dr Triona McGrath, Research and Policy Lead, An Fóram Uisce
Session two:
Abstraction Regulations and the New Licensing Process — Ann Marie Donlon, Inspector, Environmental Licensing Programme, Office of Environmental
Sustainability, EPA
Learning from Group Water Schemes: Water Demand Management & Climate Action — Eddie Sheehan, Manager, West Limerick Group Water Scheme
Innovative Tools to Control Organic Matter & Disinfection By-products in Drinking Water — Dr Valerie McCarthy, Assistant Professor in Ecology and Biodiversity, intoDBP project, DCU
Session three:
Addressing Pesticide Prevalence in Waterbodies — Ann Williams, Administration & Education Executive, Animal & Plant Health Association
Risk Assessments and Risk Management in Source Catchments: A Practical Guide — Jean Rosney, Senior Development Co-ordinator, NFGWS, Sarah Mannion, Source Protection Officer, NFGWS and Shane Curley, Manager, Glinsk Creggs Group Water Scheme, County Galway
The National Federation of Group Water Schemes would like to thank all presenters, session chairpersons and attendees for what was a wonderful day for the rural water sector.
