1. Don McEntee
Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) - National University of Ireland
M.Eng.Sc. in Sanitary Engineering - National University of Ireland
Diploma in Management for Engineers - Dublin University
Diploma in Highway and Geotechnical Engineering - Dublin University
Chartered Member of Institution of Civil Engineers
Chartered Member of Institution of Engineers of Ireland
Professional Experience
1993 - 2009 Senior Engineer and Project Manager, Dublin City Council
1984 - 1993 Executive Engineer & Senior Executive Engineer, Dublin Council
Council
1983 - 1984 Senior Site Engineer, De Lap & Waller, Consulting Engineers
1978 - 1983 Head of Design, Lyon Industrial Estates Ltd. &
Technical Director, Hickey Construction Ltd
1967 -1978 Senior Design Engineer & Associate with De Leuw, Chadwick & O’hEocha,
Consulting Engineers, Dublin, Canada, Zambia & Nigeria
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Gained wide experience in the roads, transportation, sanitary, civil and structural and municipal areas
of Engineering and Project and Office Management.
Project Management
Manager for the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study covering seven local authorities in Greater
Dublin Area with a population of 1.2 million. The study came up with a master plan for the foul and
surface water drainage for next 30 years. Five Regional Drainage Policies covering New
Development, Environmental Management, Infiltration and Climate Change were completed as part
of the study.
In conjunction with Office of Public Works project managed flooding studies and implementation of
flood alleviation works for River Tolka and River Dodder.
Sanitary Services
Wide experience on design and analysis surface water and foul sewerage schemes. Analysed the
performance of wastewater treatment plant and designed sludge handling facilities. Involved in design
aspects of water treatment facilities. Promoted the use Sustainable Drainage Systems at Government
and Local Authority level and at Universities.
Roads / Transportation
Completed the alignment design for roads in Ireland, Canada, Zambia, Tanzania and Nigeria; Project
Engineer on traffic studies and bypasses for Sligo, Galway and Kilkenny; Designed and constructed
roads in housing and industrial estates.
Structural / Civil

2. Designed pharmaceutical plants, industrial buildings, commercial buildings, offices, schools,
churches, apartments, pumping stations and culverts. Site Engineer on major construction projects.
Computers
Used computers in the field of road design, drainage design, contract document production, analysis
of flows in existing sewer networks and for site management. Carried out an appraisal into computer
applications for central monitoring and control of sewerage facilities. Developed computer
programme for Contract Management in Dublin Corporation
Office
Managed design office for Consultant and Property Development Company
Day to day management of staff and general administration duties in Local Authorities.
Committees
Member of Dept. of Environment Heritage & Local Government Steering Committee and Technical
Working Group for Integrated Constructed Wetlands.
Country representative for Institution of Civil Engineers
Past Chairman of the Association of Municipal Engineers in Ireland.
Past Chairman of Dublin Local Association of Institution of Civil Engineers
Past Vice Chairman of the IEI’s Local Authority Vocational Group.
Organised seminar on Reed Bed treatment of municipal sewerage.
Organised seminar on Stormwater Management
Current Interests
Integrated Constructed Wetlands [ICW]
I have a continuing interest in the ICW concept. Currently ICWs can be a very cost effective of
dealing with pollution from domestic septic tanks. A paper illustration how this can be applied to
septic tank systems was published in The Engineers Journal in Marsh 2012. Currently a number of
these systems are being constructed.
In 2010 the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government published a guidance
document for the use of Integrated Constructed Wetlands for Farmyard Soiled Water and
DomesticWwastewater Applications. This document is available on the Departments website.
"THE RIVERS DODDER & PODDLE
MILLS, STORMS, DROUGHTS AND THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY".
Over the past nine years I have written this book with Michael Corcoran. It gives a history of
the mills on the rivers and the Waterworks at Bohernabreena
together with anecdotal stories associated with the rivers. This will
be published in November 2015.

3. PUBLICATIONS
"Wetland system promises cost-effective septic tank upgrades" Don McEntee & Aila Carty
(Vesi Environmental Ltd.). Paper published in The Engineers Journal Marsh 2012
"Sewerage treatment in an integrated constructed wetland" - Dan Doody, Rory Harrington,
Mark Johnson, Oliver Hofman & Don McEntee. Paper published in Proceedings of ICE,
Municipal Engineer, December 2009
"Glaslough - Castle Leslie Integrated Constructed Wetland" - Dan Doody, Rory Harrington,
Mark Johnson, Oliver Hofman & Don McEntee. Paper presented at joint meeting of ICE &
Engineers Ireland on 26th
November 2008
"irishsuds.com -New SuDS Website for Ireland" Richard Kellagher & Don McEntee. Article
published in The Engineers Journal, April 2008
"A Constructed Wetland for the Removal of Urban Pollution in the Finglaswood Stream, Tolka
Valley Park, Dublin" - John Collins & Don McEntee. Revised February 2009. Original paper
presented at a joint meeting of ICE and Engineers Ireland, Clyde Road, Dublin (January
2007) and International Conference on Wetland Systems, Padua, Italy ( June 2007)
"Catchment Based Flood Risk Management - Inception to Construction" - Grant Gillespie &
Don McEntee. Paper presented to CIWEM 2007
"Constructed Wetlands - Opportunities for Local Authorities" - Don McEntee . Paper published
in LAN (Local authority News) November 2006.
“Overview of need for stormwater management and outline of Dublin Corporation’s
Stormwater Management Policy” - Don McEntee. Presented at seminar in Dublin in March 2000.
“Telemetry Monitoring and Control of Sewerage Systems in Dublin County” Don McEntee.
Paper presented to a joint meeting of the Association of Municipal Engineers and the Institution of
Engineers of Ireland in November 1993 in Dublin. This paper was published in The Engineers
Journal in May 1994. Awarded a prize for this paper by the Association of Municipal Engineers.
“Drainage in the 1990’s” - Don McEntee. Paper presented to a meeting of the Association of
Municipal Engineers in March 1990 in Dublin and to the Institution of Engineers of Ireland in January
1992 in Donegal.
“Central Monitoring, Analysis and Control of Sewerage Facilities” - Don McEntee. Paper
presented to a seminar organised by the Local Government Computer Services Board in October
1990.