Soil and Water Quality

Karen Daly; Karl Richards; Per Erik Mellander; Phil Jordan; Daire Ó hUallacháin; Sophie Sherriff; Sara Vero; Owen Fenton

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71189-8

Soil and Water Quality

Karen Daly, Karl Richards, Per Erik Mellander, Phil Jordan, Daire Ó hUallacháin, Sophie Sherriff, Sara Vero, Owen Fenton

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Ireland has a diverse physical landscape of upland and lowland inland waters represented by 13,200 km of river and 12,000 lakes framed by an estimated 3171 km of coastline providing a range of freshwater ecosystem services. The quality and quantity of water flowing through Ireland's inland and coastal waters are determined by the complex interaction of anthropogenic activities with soil and climate. It is the mosaic of soils that characterise the catchment draining a waterbody that regulates the flow of water through a catchment and the movement of nutrients and contaminants. In this chapter, we describe the role of soil as the matrix through which, water and contaminants can be transported and retained within the Irish landscape, and the impacts on water quality in Ireland. Here we reference current water quality policies relating to diffuse of pollution from soils and describe processes and functions identified in Irish soils that influence nutrient and sediment transport to affect water quality in Ireland.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Soils of Ireland
Editors	Rachel Creamer, Lilian O'Sullivan
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	16
Pages	235-242
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319711898
ISBN (Print)	9783319711881
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71189-8
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Name	World Soils Book Series

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 15 Life on Land

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