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Gro
undw
ate
r A
bstr
action
Lic
en
sin
g in
No
rth
ern
Ire
land
Peter McConvey –GSNI/EHS
Hydrogeologist
Groundwater Management Team, WMU
Overv
iew
Prior
to r
ecent
legis
lation,
un
less v
ery
larg
e a
bstr
action r
eq
uirin
g E
IA o
r som
e p
lannin
g p
erm
issio
n e
lem
ent,
wate
r co
uld
be a
bstr
acte
d w
ith
limited
to n
o c
onsid
era
tion o
f envir
onm
enta
l im
pacts
Tw
o m
ain
le
gis
lative d
rivers
for
intr
oducin
g r
egula
tion o
f w
ate
rabstr
action
�Water Framework Directive
�O
vera
ll susta
inabili
ty o
f w
ate
r re
sourc
e u
se
�Im
pacts
on s
en
sitiv
e e
cosyste
ms
�Habitats Directive
�Im
pacts
on s
en
sitiv
e e
cosyste
ms o
f in
tern
ational a
nd n
atio
nal im
port
ance
Mechan
ism
ne
eded f
or
man
agin
g im
pacts
fro
m e
xis
ting
ab
str
actions
and
ensuri
ng ‘n
ew
’abstr
action d
oes n
ot
have u
naccepta
ble
im
pact
Le
gis
latio
n
•E
IA (
Ag
ricu
ltu
re)
Re
gu
latio
ns 2
005
Intr
od
uced
to
en
su
re s
up
port
com
plia
nce w
ith
EC
EA
Dir
ective
De
als
on
ly w
ith
agri
cu
ltura
l a
bstr
actio
ns
gre
ate
r th
an
25
0 m
3/d
•W
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n a
nd
Im
po
un
dm
en
t
(Lic
ensin
g)
Re
gu
latio
ns (
No
rth
ern
Ire
land
) 2
00
6
Le
gis
latio
n
AIL
Re
gs c
ove
r b
oth
abstraction
fro
m s
urf
ace
w
ate
rs a
nd g
rou
nd
wa
ter
“Abstraction -the doing of anything whereby water
is removed from a waterway or underground
stratum
”
An
d a
lso
impoundment
of w
ate
r in
surf
ace
wa
ters
“an artificial collection
or storage of water, a body of water
confined”
De
ve
lopin
g R
eg
ula
tio
ns
•D
eve
lop
men
t o
f le
gis
latio
n a
nd
te
chn
ica
l p
roce
dure
s fo
r
assessin
g a
pp
lica
tio
ns a
dop
tin
g r
isk-b
ase
d a
pp
roach
•F
ollo
win
g c
onsu
lta
tio
n a
nd
re
vie
w o
f re
gu
lato
ry r
eg
ime
s in
th
e
rest of th
e U
K a
nd
fu
rth
er
afie
ld, tw
o p
art
str
ate
gy a
dop
ted
�In
tro
ductio
n o
f R
EG
UL
AT
ION
S w
ith
‘gra
ce
peri
od
’fo
r pe
op
le to
reg
iste
r th
eir
exis
tin
g a
bstr
actio
ns w
ith
no
associa
ted
ch
arg
es
�L
ate
r co
nsid
era
tio
n o
f re
qu
irem
en
t fo
r F
EE
S A
ND
CH
AR
GE
S
rela
tin
g to
gen
era
tio
n o
f m
on
ies to
fun
d th
is ‘n
ew
wo
rk’w
hic
h
ha
s a
ssocia
ted
tech
nic
al an
d a
dm
inis
trative
co
sts
Ris
k b
ase
d
Form
al app
lica
tion r
equ
ired,
‘com
ple
x lic
ence’to
be
issued,
ge
nera
lly c
onta
inin
g c
onditio
ns
>100 m
3/d
Form
al app
lica
tion r
equ
ired,
‘sim
ple
lic
ence’to
be issued,
possib
ly w
ith c
onditio
ns a
sso
cia
ted w
ith r
ate
s a
nd
monitori
ng
20 m
3/d
–100 m
3/d
Deem
ed a
uth
orised s
ub
ject
to n
otification t
o E
HS
, P
CA
com
plia
nce
10 m
3/d
–20 m
3/d
Deem
ed a
uth
orised,
no a
ctio
n r
equire
d,
PC
A c
om
plia
nce
< 1
0 m
3/d
Regu
latio
ns
Volu
me
PC
A –
Perm
itte
d C
ontr
olle
d A
ctivitie
s –
essentially
goo
d p
ractice i.e
. w
ate
r
leaka
ge t
o b
e k
ept
at
min
imu
m,
avoid
ing p
ollu
ting w
hen d
rilli
ng,
we
ll-h
ead
main
ten
ance
Se
cto
rs Im
pa
cte
d
•P
ub
lic W
ate
r S
up
ply
•F
oo
d P
roce
ssin
g
•B
ottle
d D
rinks
•A
gri
cu
lture
•Q
uarr
y O
pera
tors
•O
the
rs
Co
nte
xt a
nd
Tech
nic
al C
ha
llen
ge
s
•G
roun
dw
ate
r a
bstr
actio
n is s
ma
ll p
roport
ion
of o
vera
ll p
ub
lic
wa
ter
su
pp
ly in
NI (~
5%
and
fa
llin
g)
•S
eve
ral th
ou
sa
nd
in
dustr
ial, a
gri
cu
ltura
l a
nd
do
me
stic s
ourc
es
•F
or
pu
blic
wate
r sup
ply
, re
serv
oirs, la
kes a
nd
riv
ers
an
d
do
min
ant a
nd r
eg
ula
tio
n e
ffo
rt w
ill th
us b
e focusse
d o
n th
is
•H
ow
ever
still
are
as w
here
th
ere
co
uld
be lo
ca
l a
bstr
actio
n
pre
ssure
s o
n th
e r
eso
urc
e a
nd
in
pa
rtic
ula
r o
n g
rou
ndw
ate
r
de
pe
nd
ent eco
syte
ms
Co
nte
xt a
nd
Tech
nic
al C
ha
llen
ge
s
•R
egu
latio
ns a
re s
uch t
hat
exis
ting a
bstr
acto
rs m
ust
regis
ter/
apply
within
first
year
(pote
ntially
hu
ndre
ds o
r m
ore
app
lications)
tobe c
ert
ain
of
avoid
ing a
ny a
pplic
ation c
harg
e.
•Existing
abstr
actions t
o b
e p
erm
itte
d t
o c
on
tinue o
nce r
egis
ter/
apply
,
with lic
ence a
ssessm
ents
und
ert
aken o
n a
pri
ority
basis
•A
ll new
gro
undw
ate
r abstr
actions a
bove 2
0 m
3/d
will
re
quir
e s
om
e
technic
al asse
ssm
ent
of
pote
ntial fo
r im
pact
and lic
ence d
ecis
ion w
ithin
set
tim
efr
am
e (
4 m
onth
s)
–bu
t num
bers
sho
uld
be m
an
ag
eable
•N
ew
ly f
orm
ed A
bstr
action a
nd I
mpoundm
en
t Lic
ensin
g (
AIL
) te
am
in
EH
S o
n learn
ing c
urv
e a
nd r
ely
on g
roun
dw
ate
r and h
ydro
log
y t
eam
s
(als
o o
n a
learn
ing c
urv
e)
for
technic
al supp
ort
Co
nte
xt a
nd
Tech
nic
al C
ha
llen
ge
s
•N
ee
d fo
r scre
en
ing
too
l fo
r E
XIS
TIN
G a
bstr
actio
n lic
ence
a
pp
lica
tio
ns to
pri
ori
tise
wh
ich
sh
ou
ld b
e r
evie
we
d first w
ith
re
sp
ect to
po
ten
tia
l im
pa
ct th
ey m
ay b
e h
avin
g.
•P
roce
dure
s r
eq
uir
ed
for
an
y a
pp
lica
tio
n r
ece
ive
d fo
r a
NE
W
ab
str
actio
n
•A
ll to
ols
an
d p
roced
ure
s n
ee
d to
co
nsid
er
the
‘tr
ad
itio
na
l’e
lem
en
ts o
f ab
str
actio
n im
pa
ct asse
ssm
en
t (l
oca
l dero
ga
tio
n o
f e
xis
tin
g s
up
plie
s, re
so
urc
e a
va
ilab
ility
.e
tc)
as w
ell
as th
e
requ
irem
en
ts o
f th
e W
FD
an
d H
ab
ita
ts D
ire
ctives
•F
ort
un
ate
ly th
ere
is s
ubsta
ntia
l o
ve
rla
p b
etw
ee
n a
ll th
ree
e
lem
en
ts
Co
nte
xt a
nd
Tech
nic
al C
ha
llen
ge
s
Data
base
Scre
enin
g
tool
GIS
based
Applic
ations
AIL
Team
Ris
k
assessm
ent
Gro
und
wate
r a
nd H
ydro
log
y t
eam
s
Dete
rmin
e
licences
based u
pon
RA
prioritisation
Applic
ant
pro
vid
es
additio
na
l
info
rmatio
n
wh
ere
re
quir
ed
Technic
al G
uid
ance e
.gIG
AR
F,
EA
technic
al
guid
ance,
HIA
min
era
l w
ork
ings,
WF
D q
uantita
tive
cla
ssific
ation p
aper…
etc
Te
ch
nic
al C
ha
llan
ge
s
Pic
ture
of
Aquifer
map
•N
I B
edro
ck h
ydro
ge
olo
gy d
om
ina
ted b
y fra
ctu
re
flo
w a
nd
‘p
oorl
y p
rod
uctive
’a
qu
ife
rs (
als
o ka
rsta
nd
du
al-
poro
sity s
and
sto
ne)
•T
o s
om
e d
eg
ree
se
lf-l
imits a
bstr
action
vo
lum
e/im
pa
cts
bu
t
wh
ere
ne
ed
to
, m
ore
difficu
lt to
in
ve
stiga
te a
nd
pre
dic
t
imp
acts
•W
ha
t va
lues (
or
rang
e o
f va
lue
s)
sh
ould
be
pu
t in
to
pre
dic
tive
equ
atio
ns
•C
oncep
ts b
ein
g p
rop
ose
d b
y E
A a
fter
ma
ny y
ears
do
ing
this
very
use
ful -
co
nsid
er
wh
ere
wate
r b
ein
g a
bstr
acte
d
wo
uld
ha
ve
na
tura
lly e
nd
ed
up
at (d
ischa
rge
zo
nes)
an
d
pro
port
ion
betw
ee
n th
e d
iffe
ren
t lo
ca
l d
isch
arg
e p
oin
ts
Po
ten
tia
l im
pa
cts
Sea
Riv
er
or
lake
Well
Spring-f
ed
wetlan
d
Aquifer
Habitat
impact
Exis
ting U
se
Flo
w /
levels
Dilu
tion/e
co
log
y
Salin
e intr
usio
nA
lso o
vera
ll su
sta
inab
ility
(re
sourc
e b
ala
nce)
as r
equir
ed b
y W
FD
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Test 4
Test 7
Test 8
Test 6
Test 10
Test 9
Test 5
Test 11
Test ‘1
2’
Technic
al
revie
w
Red
–W
FD
gro
un
dw
ate
r b
od
y
sta
tus e
lem
ent
Yello
w–
WF
D a
nd
Habitats
Dir
ective
rele
va
nt
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Test 1 –Volume (maximum daily m3/d
)
<5
0L
ow
(1)
50
-1
00
Mo
dera
te (
2)
10
0-2
50
Mo
dera
te (
3)
25
0-5
00
Hig
h (
4)
>50
0H
igh
(5
)
Ma
y n
eed
to fa
cto
r in
con
su
mp
tive
perc
en
tage
Test 2 –Water Balance
Recharg
e
-A
bstr
action
-E
colo
gic
al flo
w n
eeds
= B
ala
nce (
+/-
)
Very
bro
ad a
ppro
xim
ation
and f
or
most
GW
bodie
s
in
Irela
nd t
here
will
be
ple
nty
of
‘ava
ilable
’w
ate
r
norm
ally
.
Just
overv
iew
check t
o
identify
if
situation is
gett
ing c
lose t
o ‘sensitiv
e’
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Test 3 Surface Water Impact (rivers)
Associa
ted s
urf
ace w
ate
r bod
y (
bo
die
s)
with W
FD
flo
w s
tan
dard
(W
FD
48)
set
as p
art
of
sta
tus a
ssessm
ent
Is F
low
Sta
nd
ard
met
wh
en in
clu
de p
ropose
d a
bstr
action v
olu
me
(assum
e1
00%
connection)?
Yes
-Lo
w (
1)
No –
due t
o p
ropose
d a
bstr
action
-m
odera
te (
3)
No –
alre
ad
y f
aili
ng
-H
igh (
5)
For
‘No’in
vestigate
furt
her
to d
ete
rmin
e if
gro
und
wa
ter
is s
ignific
ant
com
pon
ent
(>=
10%
of
flo
w s
tandard
) of
failu
re.
Dete
rmin
e if
flow
sta
ndard
failu
re is c
ontr
ibuting t
o f
ailu
re o
fS
W b
od
y
ecolo
gy s
tanda
rds
Dete
rmin
e if
ab
str
actions w
ithin
larg
er
catc
hm
ent
unit a
re im
pacting t
he
surf
ace w
ate
r bod
y s
ub-c
atc
hm
ent
Surf
ace W
ate
r
Bod
y T
est
If S
W b
od
y h
as
been a
ssig
ned
‘poor
sta
tus’
under
WF
D f
or
flo
w s
tandard
then h
igher
risk
rating
Undert
ake m
ore
deta
iled
assessm
ent
Abstr
action
bein
g
assessed
Surf
ace
wate
r bod
y
catc
hm
ent
boun
dary
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Test 4 Surface water Impact (lake)
Associa
ted s
urf
ace w
ate
r bod
y (
bo
die
s)
with S
W f
low
sta
nd
ard
(W
FD
48)
Is F
low
Sta
nd
ard
met
wh
en in
clu
de p
ropose
d a
bstr
action v
olu
me
(assum
e 1
00%
connectio
n)
Yes
-Lo
w (
1)
No –
due t
o p
ropose
d a
bstr
action
-m
odera
te (
3)
No –
alre
ad
y f
aili
ng
-H
igh (
5)
For
‘No’in
vestigate
furt
her
to d
ete
rmin
e if
gro
und
wa
ter
is s
ignific
ant
com
pon
ent
(>=
10%
of
flo
w s
tandard
) of
failu
re.
Dete
rmin
e if
flow
sta
ndard
failu
re is c
ontr
ibuting t
o f
ailu
re o
fS
W b
od
y
sta
ndard
s
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Test 5 Protected areas (SAC, SPA, ASSI, NNR)
Pro
xim
ity o
f ab
str
action t
o d
esig
nate
d P
rote
cte
d A
rea (
s)
within
specifie
d s
earc
h r
adiu
s (
5km
)
For
an
y P
A in s
earc
h r
ad
ius
> 2
km
-
Lo
w (
1)
1-2
km
–M
ode
rate
(3)
< 1
km
-
Hig
h (
5)
Furt
her
hydro
geolo
gic
al asse
ssm
ent
will
be r
equir
ed
to d
ete
rmin
ew
heth
er
abstr
action c
ould
influence P
A c
atc
hm
ent
flo
w
Protected Areas
Test
Searc
h r
ad
ii
Ris
k r
ating
depe
nde
nt
upo
n h
ow
clo
se n
eare
st
PA
(GW
DT
E)
Neare
r –
hig
he
r risk
Will
nee
d t
o c
urt
ail
searc
h z
on
es a
t
gro
un
dw
ate
r b
od
y
boun
dari
es a
nd w
hen
revie
win
g,
ap
ply
more
expert
op
inio
n
regard
ing
hydro
geolo
gic
al
sett
ing a
nd p
ote
ntial
for
‘inte
rfere
nce’
Wetland
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Test 6 Saline Intrusion
Does a
bstr
action f
all
with
in s
alin
e intr
usio
n z
one ?
Yes –
Hig
h (
5)
Within
1km
–M
odera
te (
3)
Outs
ide 1
km
–Lo
w (
1)
Test 7 Other abstractions
Pro
xim
ity o
f pro
pose
d a
bstr
action t
o o
ther
exis
ting
gro
und
wate
r
abstr
actions w
ithin
3 k
m r
adiu
s w
ith
in s
am
e g
roun
dw
ate
r b
od
y
Oth
er
abstr
actions w
ithin
1km
–
Hig
h (
5)
Oth
er
abstr
actions w
ithin
3 k
m
–M
odera
te (
3)
No a
bstr
actio
ns w
ith
in 3
km
–
Lo
w (
1)
Other abstractions
Searc
h r
ad
ii
Ris
k r
ating
depe
nde
nt
upo
n h
ow
clo
se n
eare
st
abstr
action is
Neare
r –
hig
he
r risk
Will
nee
d t
o c
urt
ail
searc
h z
on
es a
t
gro
un
dw
ate
r b
od
y
boun
dari
es a
nd w
hen
revie
win
g,
ap
ply
more
hydro
geo
logic
al
opin
ion r
egard
ing
flo
w d
irection,
local
flo
w b
ou
ndari
es .
etc
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Test 8 Cross-border
Is a
bstr
actio
n w
ith
in c
ross-b
ord
er
gro
und
wa
ter
bo
dy
Ye
s a
nd
with
in 1
km
of b
ord
er
–H
igh
(5)
Ye
s b
ut n
ot w
ith
in 1
km
–
Mo
dera
te (
3)
No
t in
cro
ss-b
ord
er
bo
dy –
Lo
w (
1)
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Test 9 Groundwater Levels
Is a
bstr
actio
n w
ith
fa
llin
g g
rou
nd
wa
ter
leve
l zo
ne
or
surf
ace w
ate
r catc
hm
en
t w
ith
re
ducin
g flo
ws?
Yes –
Hig
h (
5)
N
o –
Lo
w (
1)
Test 10 Plume impacts
Is a
bstr
actio
n w
ith
in a
de
fine
d z
on
e o
f pollu
ted
gro
un
dw
ate
r or
with
in 0
.5 k
m o
f co
nta
min
ate
d la
nd
/la
nd
fill
site
?
Ye
s –
Hig
h (
5)
N
o –
Low
(1)
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
•Test 11 Visual Ordnance Survey Map Inspection
Are there non -designated water dependent features within
:
50
0 m
–
Hig
h (
5)
50
0 m
–1km
–M
od
era
te (
3)
> 1
km
< 3
km
–
Lo
w (
1)
Local W
ate
r
Featu
res T
est
Identifies n
on-
desig
nate
d
featu
res w
hic
h
ma
y b
e im
pacte
d
by d
raw
do
wn
Abstr
action
bein
g
assessed
Till
Peat
Bedro
ck
Local W
ate
r
Featu
res T
est
Identifies n
on-
desig
nate
d
featu
res w
hic
h
ma
y b
e im
pacte
d
by d
raw
do
wn
Gro
un
dw
ate
r A
bstr
actio
n S
cre
en
ing
RA
Te
st 1
Resu
lt +
Te
st 2
Re
su
lt +
…T
est n r
esu
lt =
Overa
ll R
isk
Sco
re
(Pri
ori
tisa
tio
n)
Bu
t som
e th
ing
s m
ore
im
port
an
t so
ma
y r
eq
uir
e w
eig
htin
g
An
d/o
r
Ca
n b
e o
ne
cri
tica
l fa
cto
r (t
est)
th
at ne
eds furt
her
co
nsid
era
tio
n
Ne
eds in
itia
l a
ssessm
en
t re
vie
we
d/d
iscu
sse
d a
t te
chn
ica
l re
vie
w m
ee
tin
gs to
bu
ild-u
p in
-ho
use
kno
wle
dg
e a
nd
exp
eri
ence
Gro
un
dw
ate
r L
ice
nsin
g
-N
ew
Ab
str
actio
ns
Ap
plic
atio
n
form
rece
ive
d
Un
de
rta
ke
Scre
en
ing
RA
Ap
plic
an
t
pro
vid
es
tech
nic
al re
po
rt
Lic
ence
issu
ed
(with
co
nd
itio
ns)
/re
fuse
d
EH
S r
evie
w (
inclu
din
g
inte
rna
l a
nd
exte
rna
l
co
nsulta
tio
n w
he
re
ne
ce
ssa
ry)
an
d m
ake
de
cis
ion
Ap
plic
an
t u
nd
ert
ake
s
wa
ter
fea
ture
s s
urv
ey if
no
ob
vio
us r
ea
so
ns f
or
refu
sa
l
Wh
ere
ne
ce
ssa
ry p
um
p
testin
g a
nd
mo
nito
rin
g
as g
uid
ed
by E
HS
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pe
nd
en
t u
po
n
vo
lum
e/s
en
sitiv
ity
ad
ve
rtis
em
en
t m
ay b
e
req
uir
ed
Fu
rth
er
info
rma
tio
n
ma
y b
e
req
ue
ste
d
Gro
un
dw
ate
r L
ice
nsin
g T
ech
nic
al D
eta
il
In t
he c
onte
xt
of
the d
iffe
rent
NI
hydro
ge
olo
gic
alsett
ings
For existing
abstr
actions
•H
ave a
ll re
qu
ired a
bstr
actio
ns r
egis
tere
d
•C
onfirm
wate
r use a
nd c
onsu
mptiveness
•R
evie
w h
ydro
geolo
gic
alsett
ing a
nd c
onceptu
al m
od
el of
where
abstr
acte
d w
ate
r w
ould
have n
atu
rally
dis
ch
arg
ed
•R
equ
ire s
om
e a
pplic
ants
to u
ndert
ake ‘in
vestigatio
n’
•R
efine r
isk a
ssessm
ent
and m
ake lic
ence r
ecom
men
da
tio
ns
For new
abstr
actions
•W
ate
r F
eatu
res S
urv
ey –
wh
at
searc
h r
adiu
s
•P
um
p t
esting
-ho
w lon
g f
or
and w
hat
sho
uld
be m
on
itore
d a
nd is it
wo
rth it
•R
evie
w a
pp
lica
nts
assessm
en
t and m
ake lic
ence r
eco
mm
en
dations
Gro
un
dw
ate
r L
ice
nsin
g in
No
rth
ern
Ire
lan
d
Co
nclu
sio
ns
•T
ES
TS
pro
pose
d c
over
main
co
ncern
s a
nd
su
ppo
rt a
tta
inin
g o
r
ma
inta
inin
g w
ate
r b
od
y g
ood
sta
tus b
ut are
a S
CR
EE
NIN
G T
OO
L
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ill a
lwa
ys n
ee
d a
tech
nic
al re
vie
w
•T
ech
nic
al g
uid
ance
will
ne
ed
to
be
de
velo
pe
d for
bo
th in
tern
al a
nd
exte
rna
l u
se
fo
r con
sis
tency a
nd
tra
nspare
ncy
•C
ha
llen
gin
g n
ew
are
a b
ut m
uch
exp
eri
en
ce
els
ew
here
th
at sh
ou
ld
be
ab
le to
be
ad
op
ted
an
d a
da
pte
d to
ensure
a r
isk-b
ase
d a
nd
pra
gm
atic lic
en
sin
g r
eg
ime
is d
eve
loped
Gro
un
dw
ate
r L
ice
nsin
g in
No
rth
ern
Ire
lan
d
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