Fish kill and pollution incident investigation.

Water quality monitoring programmes.

Implementation of The Fisheries Acts.

Deployment, programming & servicing of automatic samplers.

Assessment and inspection of wastewater treatment plants, farm waste facilities and other outfalls affecting the fishery resource.

Assessment of the trophic status of lakes and algal bloom investigations.

Logging and investigation of all pollution complaints and incidents.

Review of physical planning & afforestation proposals.

Liasion with Consultants in relation to amelioration measures necessary arising from large scale motorway and gas pipeline developments.

Management of the Boards Laboratory and registration with the E.P.A for specific analysis such BOD, COD, suspended solids, pH, Conductivity, alkalinity, Phosphate and Ammonium.

Integration of environmental data into Boards Geographic Information System.

Liaison with all Government Agencies, Local Authority, EPA, and Farming Organizations on all aspects of Environmental protection.

Application of new technologies such as echo sounding linked to GPS and plotter.

Advance Planning for implementation of E.U. Framework Directive.