b'Field Trip Option 3: The Duncannon Blue Flag Farming and Communities SchemeProject RationaleThe elevated bacteria levels of bathing water quality at Duncannon beach together with the loss of its Blue Flag status of environmental excellence in 2007 have had a major impact on thetourism potential of the area. For example, bathing prohibition notices had to be enforced asrecently as August 2017, during the week of the Hooked KiteFest, due to excessive levels ofIntestinal Enterococci (IE) in the bathing water.Project Aims and ObjectivesThe project aims to contribute to the recovery and long-term retention of the Blue Flag status at Duncannon beach, Co. Wexford, by improving the bacterial quality of the two coastal streams that flow onto the beach.To achieve this goal, the project will pursue the following specific objectives within the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) approach:Sustainably restore, protect and enhance the quality of the bathing and riverine waters at Duncannon by reducing pollution (mainly faecal bacteria but also nutrients and sediments) from rural agricultural and domestic sources whilst also protecting farm incomes;Develop an effective model for the future sustainable management of similar catchments;90'