Contractor support to develop an automated/manual process to create a fully connected river network for a pilot WFD Catchment.

Tender description

The EPA Catchments Unit is tendering for contractor support to develop an automated/manual process to create a fully connected river network for a pilot WFD Ireland catchment which will also include the generation of an associated geometric network. The output will be used for producing and improving various modelling tools used within catchment assessments and across the wider EPA for other activities. The output will also be used by other external stakeholders with an interest in the water environment. The primary goal of this project is to create a fully connected river network for a pilot WFD Ireland Catchment which will also include the generation of an associated geometric network – both based on PRIME2. A semi-automated process to capture the steps involved in creating these datasets for the pilot will also be a key output which will allow a subsequent national scale exercise to be completed. A number of intermediate datasets will be required to produce the connected river network and geometric network, and these are required as deliverables from this project.