Protecting Our Water Environment in Ireland

Dr Wayne Trodd, Senior Scientific Officer at the EPA (to December 2024). Wayne has a BSc and PhD in zoology from University College Dublin. Wayne is a freshwater ecologist with over 20 years’ experience of surveying rivers and lakes around Ireland. Wayne managed the Ecology Monitoring and Assessment Unit in the Environmental Protection Agency up to December 2024. The Unit is responsible for monitoring, assessing and reporting on the ecological health of Ireland’s waters. Wayne Trodd now works as a Water Scientific Policy Adviser in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
This talk was given at the EPA’s State of the Environment Conference 2024. The conference explored the key findings and recommendations in the EPA’s flagship report on all aspects of Ireland’s environment. You can read the full report at bit.ly/SOER2024