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WFD Catchment Management Network Meeting

PREPARATION OF THE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS:

COORDINATION WITH THE WFD

Mark Adamson

Office of Public Works

24th February, 2017

EU ‘FLOODS’ DIRECTIVE – 2007

• TRANSPOSED: SI No. 122 of 2010

• KEY REQUIREMENTS

– Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment

– Flood Maps

– Flood Risk Management Plans

• OTHER PROVISIONS

– Coordination with WFD Implementation

– Trans-Boundary Co-operation

– Public Dissemination / Engagement

PFRA

• BASED ON:

– Historical Records

– Predictive Assessment (Fluvial, Pluvial, Coastal & Groundwater Indicative Mapping

+ ‘FRI’ Analysis)

– Stakeholder Consultation

• PUBLIC CONSULTATION

• COMPLETED 2011

• 300 ‘AFAs’

300 ‘AFAs’

‘CFRAM’ STUDIES

• ‘CFRAM’ PROGRAMME

– Outcome of National Flood Policy Review, 2004

– Compatible with FD Requirements, 2007

• Flood Maps

• Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs)

– Pilot Studies:

• Lee, Dodder, Fingal – East Meath: 2005-2011

– National Programme: 2011-2017

CFRAM PROGRAMME

6 Contract Areas- Shannon IRBD

- Eastern RBD

- South-Eastern RBD

- South-Western RBD

- Western RBD

- North-Western & Neagh Bann IRBD

29 UoMs

1 FRMP per UoM

300 AFAs

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• MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES

– National

• National Steering Group

• National Stakeholder Group

• National Technical Coordination Group

– RBD-Level

• Steering Group

• Progress Group

• Stakeholder Group

• MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES– Coordination with WFD

• Cross-Representation:– WFD: OPW Representation on WPAC, National Implementation Group, Working Groups, Catchment Management Network

– FD: WFD Representation on National and RBD Steering / Progress Groups

• Tri-/Bi-Lateral Meetings (DCHPLG/EPA/OPW)

• National / RBD Stakeholder Group

• Information Exchange

• Coordination on Measures

• SCOPE OF WORK

– Survey

• 10,000km2 LiDAR-based DTM

• Appx. 6,500km Channel (topo) Survey

– Data Collection

– Hydrology

– Hydraulics / Flood Mapping

‘CFRAM’ STUDIES

• FLOOD MAPS:

– Current Scenario Mapping

• Extent, Depth, Velocity, ‘Risk-to-Life’, Flood Zone

– Up to 8 Probabilities

• 7 Risk Maps

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‘CFRAM’ STUDIES

• FLOOD MAPS:

– Current Scenario Mapping

• Extent, Depth, Velocity, ‘Risk-to-Life’, Flood Zone

– Up to 8 Probabilities

• 7 Risk Maps

– Future Scenario Mapping

• 2 Representative Climate Futures

– Public Consultation

• Appx. 200 ‘PCDs’ (Community-Level Consultation)

• Formal ‘SI’ Consultation (2015)

FLOOD MAPS

- 300 Communities, Incl 90 Coastal

Communities, Incl Appx. 4,000 kms Detailed

Flood Mapping

- Appx. 2,500 kms Other Mapped River

- Inform Sustainable Planning, Emergency

Response Planning & Resilience

• FRMPs

– Appraisal of Flood Risk Management Options

• Cost-Benefit Assessment (CBA)

• Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)

– Assessment of Benefits and Impacts of Potential Measures across Range of Sectors / Objectives, Incl. Social, Economic and Environmental

– Objectives subject to Public Consultation

– Weightings based on Structured Public Consultation

– MCA Informs Identification of Preferred Measures in Terms of Overall Benefits and Impacts on Balance across the Wide Range of Objectives

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• FRMPs

– MCA Objective 3.a:• “Support the objectives of the WFD – Provide no impediment to the achievement of water body objectives and, if possible, contribute to the achievement of water body objectives.”

– Assessment of Potential Benefits / Impacts re. WFD Objectives• At CFRAM-Level of Assessment

– Inform Art. 4(7) Assessment at Next Stage of Progression for Measures

• FRMPs

– Appraisal of Flood Risk Management Options

• Cost-Benefit Assessment (CBA)

• Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)

– SEA

– Appropriate (Habitats) Assessment

– Public Consultation:

• Formal SI Consultation (Web / LA Offices)

• Appx. 250 PCDs (Options & Draft FRMPs)

• FRMPs

– Status:• FRMP (when approved) is NOT Consent for Construction of Physical Measures

• Measures are NOT Final and Definitive

– Next Step for Physical Measures: • Project-Level Assessment and Development for Planning / Exhibition

• Involve EIA, AA (Screening), Incl. Consideration of Alternatives

• Scope to Assess at Project-Level and Incorporate WFD-FD ‘Win-Win’ Measures / NWRM

• FRMPs – Next Steps:

– Review of Submissions on Draft FRMPs:

• Ongoing

– Prioritisation of Measures

– Final FRMPs to Minister/PER for Approval

• Approve, Make Amendments, Reject

– Councils May Adopt Final FRMPs

WFD Catchment Management Network Meeting

PREPARATION OF THE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS:

COORDINATION WITH THE WFD

Mark Adamson

Office of Public Works

24th February, 2017