Water Services National Training Group and National Federation of Group Water Schemes

1. Water Services National Training Group and National Federation of Group Water Schemes 7th Annual Rural Water Services Conference 18th September 2008

2. 7th Annual Rural Water Services Conference Rural Water Investment Programme 2008 Progress Report Carthage Cusack Dept of Environment, Heritage & Local Government

3. GROUP WATER SCHEMES Private Source = 728 Households = 88,300 • > 10 m3 ( 50 persons) • Commercial or public activity

4. GROUP WATER SCHEMES - 728 Schemes Households Annex 14 451 65,400 Addtl since Annex 14 277 22,900 Total 728 88,300

5. Compliance – Ecoli. Schemes Yes No 728(All) 637 87.5% 91 12.5% DCs 88,344 82,379 93.3% 5,928 6.7%

6. European Court of JusticeFindings • Ireland failed to fulfil its obligations under the Drinking Water Directive by • failure to ensure compliance with the microbiological parameters in certain public and group water schemes. • Article 228(1) of the Treaty establishing the EC • if the ECJ finds that a Member State has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Treaty, the State is required to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgement of the Court.

7. The commission issued Reasoned Opinion under (Article 228 of the Treaty) in relation to the case on 21st March, 2007. Article 228 of the treaty gives the Commission power to act against a Member State that does not comply with a previous judgement of the European Court of Justice. The article also allows the Commission to ask the Court to impose a financial penalty on the Member State concerned.

8. PENALTIES • European Commission may refer a case to the ECJ and specify the level of sanction / penalty to be imposed, including • amount of lump sum • amount of penalty (daily fines) • amount of both

9. Completion of DBO Projects 2009 • 3 Bundled Projects • Galway No2 , Mayo No2 & Roscommon • 82 Group Schemes 4 Public Supplies • 9,800 DCs on groups

10. Rural Water Programme Progress 2008 Subsidy Review Completed Strand A: Subsidy towards the general operational and management costs of all Group Water Schemes. €70.00 per annum for each house supplied from a local authority source; €140.00 per annum for each house supplied from a private source.

11. Strand B: Subsidy towards the costs of “bona fide” Operational & Maintenance (O&M) /Design Build Operate (DBO) contracts. The amount recoupable under this strand of subsidy will cover the Fixed Charge applicable to the provision of services to domestic consumers on group water schemes operating under bona fide DBO / O&M contracts. This strand of subsidy will also meet the Volumetric Charge for water supplied for use by domestic consumers only.

12. Effective Date of implementation - current year. Detailed guidance is being prepared and will issue to Local Authorities in next few weeks

13. Rural Water Programme 2008 Financial Progress

14. Rural Water Programme 2008 Allocated Drawn €M €M %DBO : 25.13 9.00 35.8 Adv. DBO 26.09 15.78 60.5Connect Public mains 6.11 0.68 11.2Takeover 21.16 6.01 28.4New 10.00 3.61 36.2Upgrade 13.36 3.76 28.1Small Schemes 23.15 9.21 39.8EPA (RAL) 10.00 0.00Total 135.00 48.05 38.45No claims from 6 Councils (Sept. 17)

15. Changed Recoupment Procedures ( CircL7/08 14th July 2008) • Expenditure only basis • Claims in excess of €50,000 • Allocations non-transferable between measures • Additional allocations are unlikely • Admin Costs - Realistic claims – • Based on County % of National Activity • Liaison Officers Salaries • Identify where monies will be un-drawn asap

16. Water Services National Training Group and National Federation of Group Water Schemes 7th Annual Rural Water Services Conference 18th September 2008