Invitation to Tender PSW NbS Measures on Farms in Northern Ireland

Protecting Shared Waters (PSW) is a €7.5 million cross-border collaborative project, led by Northern Ireland Water, and involving Agri-food and Bioscience Institute (AFBI), James Hutton Institute, Uisce Éireann (Irish Water), Ulster Wildlife and The Rivers Trust.  The Project is funded by the PEACEPLUS programme, which is managed by the Special EU Programme Body (SEUPB).

This Project aims to develop innovative and transferable solutions to the challenges of degraded water quality and pressures on water quantity in our freshwater environment, focusing on the use of nature-based solutions and community engagement and empowerment.

The Rivers Trust invites tender submissions for installing demonstration Nature-based Solutions (NbS) on private land in a sub-catchment of the River Strule catchment.

The demonstration NbS are located on private farmland in the lowland Camowen sub-catchment of the Glenhordial drinking water catchment which supplies water to areas of Counties Omagh and Fermanagh.

The objective is to reduce nutrient and sediment losses to the watercourse, improve downstream water quality in the receiving watercourse, and enhance catchment resilience using low-impact, nature-based interventions.

Deadline for Tender Submission: 31 July 2026