Chapter 9
Environmental Infrastructure
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Water & Wastewater
Irish Water welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Draft Plan and to acknowledge the considerable level of work that has gone into preparing it. High level updates to their plans and projects as included in the Draft Plan are provided as follows: • Irish Water’s Draft Capital Investment Plan 2020 - 2024 has received final determination by Irish Water’s regulator, the Commission of the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) • Adoption of the NWRP Framework Plan in Spring 2021. • The Full Options Assessment stage (FOA) of the NWRP for the Cork water resource zones is due to be finalised. • The Small Towns and Villages Growth Programme (STVGP) provides funding for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant growth capacity in smaller settlements which are not otherwise provided for in the Capital Investment Plan 2020 to 2024. IW has recently announced funding for the upgrade of the Killeens WWTP as part of the STVGP. • Irish Water has adopted the World Health Organisation (WHO) Water Safety Plan approach. Drinking Water Safety Plans (DWSPs) seek to protect human health by identifying, scoring and managing
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Cork City Council welcomes the submission from Irish Water. Where significant changes or updates are required to the Draft Plan, these are included below. Some of the issues raised may be too detailed for inclusion or outside the scope of the Development Plan. It is considered that the issue of surface water disposal for new development is adequately dealt with in Objective 9.2 as well as the development management standards in Chapter 11 Placemaking and Managing Development. The submission includes updates to the relevant “Plans and Projects” set out in Chapter 9 which will be included in the Draft Plan. It is intended that each Regional Water Resources Plans (RWRP) will apply the framework methodology to the regional group areas of water supplies and develop plan level preferred approaches for all water supplies within these group areas. Recommendation: (i) Amend Section 9.4 as follows: 9.4 Irish Water recently published the National Water Resources Plan (NWRP) - Draft Framework Plan for public consultation, which identifies a move towards achieving a sustainable, secure and reliable public drinking water supply over the next 25 years, whilst safeguarding the environment. It outlines how Irish Water intends to maintain the balance between the supply from water sources around the country and demand for drinking water over the short, medium and long-term. Irish Water’s National Water Resources Plan- Framework Plan - Irish Water’s 25 Year Plan for our Water Assets (NWRP) was adopted in Spring 2021,
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