The Long-term Water Strategy: The NIEA Perspective Stephanie Millar - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Long-term Water Strategy: The NIEA Perspective Stephanie Millar

Strategy Development • DRD Lead , NIEA partner in development • Key Principles – Integration – Sustainable and Holistic Planning to Protect our Water Resource • NIEA Involvement

Key Drivers • EU Water Framework Directive • EU Habitats Directive • EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive • EU Floods Directive • NI Sustainable Development Strategy • Planning Policy Statements

Key Action River Basin Management • Plans Catchment Approach • Achieve Good Status •

Part 3: Flood Risk Management and Drainage Storm Water Management Group • To establish and develop an – integrated and catchment based approach to stormwater management. Develop collaborative approaches – to identify innovative and feasible solutions to managing stormwater problems. Underpin the solutions with policy – and statutory regulation where necessary in Northern Ireland,

Ballyclare Pilot Study key objectives include: To reduce operating costs for Northern • Ireland Water. To reduce the costs of (drainage) • development in the proposed housing development. To reduce the number / frequency of • storm overflows. To reduce the quantity of runoff from • existing and new roads/impermeable areas. To protect the capacity of the existing • sewage network and treatment plant,. To lower the flood risk for the Six Mile • River and help resolve localised flooding in Ballyclare. To improve biodiversity and amenity in • this area.

Part 4: Environmental Protection and Improvement • Effective Regulation – Adopting a holistic catchment based approach – Setting conditions which ensure no deterioration or improvement to the waterbody – Enforcement Action for non-compliance • Pollution Response

Part 5: Water and Sewerage Services Price Control Regime: PC 15 • Sustainable Waste Water • Treatment Solutions – Drumkee Willow Plantation

Implementation Implementation Plans