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Can I alter a stream on my property?

  • 09-03-2020 5:25pm
    #1
    cameramonkey
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    I have a small stream that flows through my property in my garden. Both banks of the stream where it flows through my garden are my property. Is it legal for me to place an obstacle in the stream to raise its level upstream or to place a trash screen to stop debris flowing downstream. I talked to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and they said that as it was private property they had no responsibility.


    Does this mean I can do what I want to do with the stream or is there some other authority that may be responsible?


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  • #2
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,412 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Will it flood upstream and cause an issue for somebody else?


  • #3
    Crock Rock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 616 ✭✭✭Crock Rock


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    I have a small stream that flows through my property in my garden. Both banks of the stream where it flows through my garden are my property. Is it legal for me to place an obstacle in the stream to raise its level upstream or to place a trash screen to stop debris flowing downstream. I talked to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and they said that as it was private property they had no responsibility.


    Does this mean I can do what I want to do with the stream or is there some other authority that may be responsible?

    I think you can as long as you don't impede the flow.

    Well done for doing your bit for mother earth by collecting the rubbish in it :)


  • #4
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,806 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    I have a small stream that flows through my property in my garden. Both banks of the stream where it flows through my garden are my property. Is it legal for me to place an obstacle in the stream to raise its level upstream or to place a trash screen to stop debris flowing downstream. I talked to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and they said that as it was private property they had no responsibility.


    Does this mean I can do what I want to do with the stream or is there some other authority that may be responsible?

    You migth look into something like this as well.


  • #5
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    endacl wrote: »
    Will it flood upstream and cause an issue for somebody else?


    If I alter it the it will only rise about 3 inches and the fall on my garden is about 10 inches or more, so normally it would not cause problems upstream however if their was a bigger flow it might.


  • #6
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    GerardKeating wrote: »
    You migth look into something like this as well.


    The flow can be very small some days and other days it can be better but I don't think it would drive something like that most days. I think it is diverted down another course upstream when it rains and the flow is bigger.

    Its a great little machine, thanks.


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