The River Basin Management plan describes the plan for the entire Eastern River Basin District. We have created Draft Programme of Measures for each river, lake, estuary and lagoon, coast and groundwater. These can be viewed in more detail for your local area at the link below.
A Strategic Environmental Assessment has been completed in parallel to the River Basin Management Plan which ensures that measures are acceptable from a broader environmental perspective.
Additionally an Appropriate Habitats Assessment under Article 6 of the European Communities Habitats Directive has also been completed to ensure the measures will not have a negative impact on our protected habitats.
You are invited to help protect our waters by giving us your views on this Draft Plan at its earliest stage. This is an important stepping stone in the public participation process which is central to making a realistic and successful River Basin Management Plan. Throughout this Draft Plan we have asked you key questions and we encourage you to make comment and tell us your views and opinions on these, or any other issues you may have concerning our waters.
We will be seeking comments for six months on this Draft Plan and associated programme of measures for the Eastern River Basin District . We will gladly accept your comments until the 22 June 2009. Your early response would be appreciated as it would allow us more time to clarify and resolve issues that may arise.
River Basin Management Plan Comments
Project Co-ordinator
Eastern River Basin Project
Dublin City Council
68-70 Marrowbone Lane, 3rd Floor
Dublin 8
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Key Questions Posed in the Draft River Basin Management Plan
Question 1: How would you like to see the monitoring data being provided to a wider group of stakeholders?
Question 2: Do you think that the Classifications fairly reflect the status of waters in the Eastern River Basin District?
Question 3: Do you think that there are any common factors contributing to High Status waters?
Question 4: have we identified all the designated protected areas?
Question 5: Have we identified all existing basic measures? Are there any other Supplementary measures that you think would be helpful? And cost effective?
Question 6: Do you agree that the catchment specific approach to measures is appropriate?
Question 7: Do you think that the proposed measures will achieve good ecological status?
Question 8: Do you agree that pilot studies and careful analysis are a necessary precursor to widespread implementation of measures?
Question 9: How do you think economics should be taken on board in the Plan?
Question 10: Do you think that the exemptions suggested are realistic?
Question 11: What do you view to be the main issues caused by climate change?
Question 12: Have we focused on the right solutions?
Question 13: Do you think the actions suggested to solve the problems, are too strict? Or too lenient?
