EurGeol Kevin T. Cullen PGeo.
On behalf of IGI EIS Working Group
IGI Guidelines for the Preparation of Soils, Geology and Hydrogeology chapters of Environmental Impact Statements
Available to download at;
www.IGI.ie
‘News’
‘Publications’
‘IGI Codes & Guidelines’
EU Directives
Groundwater Bodies
Groundwater Dependent
Ecosystems
Karst
Aquifer Protection
List I & II
Substances
Cone of Depression
Catchment Management Plans
The Mystery of Groundwater
Transmissivity
Structure of IGI EIS Guidelines
• Text......................Describes procedure and content of reports
• Flow Chart...........Sets out the sequence of reporting and assessments
• Matrix..................Links the;
- (i) sensitivity of the geological/ hydrogeological environment and,
- (ii) the activities associated with the development with the
- (iii) scale and range of investigations required
Environments
• Type A – passive geological / hyrdogeological environments
• Type B – Naturally dynamic hydrogeological environments
• Type C – Man made dynamic hydrogeological environments
• Type D – Sensitive geological / hydrogeological environments
• Type E – Groundwater dependent eco-systems