“As a responsible and environmentally aware farmer I had to look at a more sustainable management system to reduce the nutrient load into the my local river courses. 

I contacted VESI for advice, after a few site visits they came up with a plan. I suggested buffer zones along the open drains to absorb nutrient residues, they had a bigger plan. The principal works for this project consisted of enlarging and reprofiling of the existing open drains, while implementing key ICW design concepts.

This included creating multiple riverine features, such as riffles, pools and glides. Each section of the reprofiled works was densely planted with emergent native helophyte vegetation. In conjunction with ICW elements a woodland corridor was created. This was carried out with the Irish Tree Council.

After all this work was completed we now  represent a sustainable, coherent and novel approach to farmyard and land runoff waters. My thanks to VESI for their professional and practical approach that addressed my concerns, it’s been a huge success and now looking forward to see the ‘wetlands’ mature.”