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River Basin Management Plan Steps, Status and Objectives

River Basin Management Plan Steps, Status and Objectives. Overview of Plan Steps. STEP 1 - What are our key water issues? STEP 2 - What is the status of our waters STEP 3 - What do we plan to achieve? STEP 4 - What actions must we take? STEP 5 - What will basic measures achieve?

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River Basin Management Plan Steps, Status and Objectives

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  1. River Basin Management Plan Steps, Status and Objectives

  2. Overview of Plan Steps • STEP 1 - What are our key water issues? • STEP 2 - What is the status of our waters • STEP 3 - What do we plan to achieve? • STEP 4 - What actions must we take? • STEP 5 - What will basic measures achieve? • STEP 6 - What further actions can we take? • STEP 7 - What will supplementary measures achieve? • STEP 8 - Our objectives in the South Eastern District • STEP 9 - Our plan for the South Eastern District

  3. Ecological Status Biological elements • Macroinvertebrates; Q value system • Phytobenthos; DARES (diatom assessment of river ecological status) • Macrophytes; not be included as classification tool not finalised • Fish; results for 500 sites & CFB expert opinion Supporting elements • Physico-chemical data; 2005-2007 data from Local Authorities/EPA and Roscommon lab • Hydromorphology; Results of RAT (Rapid assessment technique) surveys • Relevant (specific) pollutants; 2007 data from surveillance sites from the EPA e.g. zinc, copper, arsenic, boron

  4. Chemical Status Chemical elements • Priority action substances (33 substances from the Priority Substances Directive plus 8 other substances) • 2007 data from surveillance sites from the EPA • E.g. lead, mercury, benzene, atrazine • will be either pass or fail depending on whether they pass the EQSs which have been proposed by the European Commission

  5. National River Ecological Status Statistics & Map

  6. SERBD River Ecological • Status Statistics & Map

  7. Status

  8. Objective 1 Enable protected areas to achieve their stricter status standards • Drinking Water Abstractions • Economically significant species (shellfish) • Recreational and bathing waters • Nutrient sensitive areas (nitrates & UWWTD sensitive areas) • Protected habitats and species (Freshwater Pearl Mussel) • Measures must achieve these objectives in all protected area cases by 2015 (no derogations)

  9. Objective 2 Prevent deterioration, and in particular maintain high or good status • Provided that WFD objectives are reflected in linked plans and programmes (particularly development and land-use plans) this should provide protection against deterioration in status in all cases

  10. Objective 3 Improve waters where appropriate to achieve at least good standards • Supplementary measures will need to be considered for our key water pressures to restore status

  11. Objective 4 Progressively reduce chemical pollution

  12. Groundwater Objectives Objectives for Groundwater: • To achieve good chemical and quantitative status and ensure no deterioration of status (status objectives) • To “prevent or limit” the input of pollutants • To reverse any significant and sustained upward trends in pollutants

  13. Water Balance Tests • Saline Intrusion • Abstraction • Dependent SW & Habitats

  14. Water Quality Tests • General Chemical

  15. Contaminated Lands & Mines

  16. Surface Water/Groundwater Interactions

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