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DCU Water Institute Conference WATER: THE GREATEST GLOBAL CHALLENGE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IN IRELAND: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY Mark Adamson Office of Public Works 28 TH November, 2014

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DCU Water Institute Conference

WATER: THE GREATEST GLOBAL CHALLENGE

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IN IRELAND:

THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY

Mark Adamson

Office of Public Works

28TH November, 2014

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

• NATIONAL FLOOD POLICY REVIEW: 2004 – Proactive, Catchment-based Approach

• Flood Mapping • Flood Risk Management Plans

– Flood Risk Management, rather than just Flood Protection (Flood Relief Schemes): • Prevention • Protection • Preparedness (Resilience)

PREVENTION

• PLANNING GUIDELINES – OPW – DoECLG Initiative – Launched: November 2009 – Framework For Sustainable Planning

• Sustainable Planning Critical for Sustainable FRM • Avoids Creation of New Risks & Reduces Future Demands

for Resources • Lot of Work Required to Solve Existing Problems - Let’s

Not Create New Ones!

– Flood Mapping (PFRA, CFRAM) • OPW Web-Mapping Portal

PROTECTION

• Minor Works: – €29m Approved for 430 Projects since 2009

• Major Schemes: – 32 Schemes Completed – 8 Schemes In Construction & 23 Schemes In

Design / Planning

PROTECTION

PROTECTION FEBRUARY 2014 - CLONMEL

PREPAREDNESS (RESILIENCE)

• FLOOD WARNING – Local Flood Warning Systems (Clonmel, Mallow, Fermoy) – National Surge Forecasting Alert System – Waterlevel.ie – Radar-based Flood Forecasting

PREPAREDNESS (RESILIENCE)

• FLOOD WARNING – Local Flood Warning Systems (Clonmel, Mallow, Fermoy) – National Surge Forecasting Alert System – Waterlevel.ie – Radar-based Flood Forecasting

• FLOOD EVENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE – Guidance & Template Plans (MEM Framework)

• AWARENESS, PREPAREDNESS & RESILIENCE – 2005: National ‘Plan, Prepare, Protect’ Campaign &

Floodmaps.ie – Updated 2014 – Bring down to Local Level with CFRAM Mapping

EU ‘FLOODS’ DIRECTIVE – 2007

• TRANSPOSED: SI No. 122 of 2010 • KEY REQUIREMENTS

– Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment – Flood Maps – Flood Risk Management Plans

• Delivery through the National ‘CFRAM’ Programme

PFRA

• BASED ON: – Historical Records – Predictive

Assessment – Consultation (Local

Authorities & Public)

• COMPLETED 2011 • 300 ‘AFAs’

CFRAM PROGRAMME • Scope of Work

– Survey – LiDAR & IFSAR-based DTM – Hydrology – FSU Research: On-Line Tool – Hydraulics / Flood Mapping – 1D-2D

Dynamically Linked Modelling

CFRAM PROGRAMME • Scope of Work

– Survey – Hydrology – Hydraulics / Flood Mapping – Risk Analysis – GIS-based Tools – Flood Risk Management Measures – SEA / Appropriate (Habitats) Assessment – Flood Risk Management Plans

SUMMARY

• TECHNOLOGY EMBEDDED IN FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT, INCL. – Spatial Analysis

• 3-D Digital Terrain Models • Spatially-Based Flood Data (Maps) & Risk Analysis

– Communications • Real-Time Hydrographic Data for Flood Forecasting • Use of Web-Based Dissemination

• BETTER INFORMATION, FASTER FOR MORE EFFECTIVE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

DCU Water Institute Conference

WATER: THE GREATEST GLOBAL CHALLENGE

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IN IRELAND:

THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY

Mark Adamson

Office of Public Works

28TH November, 2014