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1
Fingal County Council Water Services Department
  • Water Quality Dublin Airport
  • Presentation to Dublin Airport Stakeholders
    Forum
  • by PJ Howell (Director of Services)
  • 20th September 2006

2
Water Quality Dublin Airport Introduction
  • The European Union Water Framework Directive
    requires all
  • Member States,
  • To implement measures to achieve Good Ecological
    Status for
  • surface, ground and coastal waters by 2015
  • Overall Water Quality Objective in context of
    Dublin Airport
  • This presentation will provide an overview of
    this Water Framework
  • Directive Requirement in the context of Dublin
    Airport with
  • reference to the current situation and in
    relation to the development
  • of Dublin Airport.

3
Water Quality Dublin AirportWater Quality -
Legislation and Documentation
  • A list of legislation and documentation governing
    Water Quality
  • are given below,
  • Water Framework Directive
  • Water Pollution Acts
  • Dangerous Substances Regulations
  • Phosphorus Regulations
  • Nitrates Directive
  • Planning and Development Acts
  • Fingal County Development Plan 2005-2011
  • Dublin Airport Local Area Plan

4
Water Quality Dublin Airport Comment on
Legislation/Documentation
  • The Dublin Airport Local Area Plan was prepared
    in the context of the Fingal Development Plan
    2005-2011 (Objective DA01). The Plan is a
    statutory Local Area Plan (LAP) under the
    planning and Development Act 2000. It was
    formally adopted by Fingal County Council in
    June 2006.
  • The Water Framework Directive was adopted into
    Irish Law in December 2003. It requires that all
    member states adopt a comprehensive integrated
    river basin-based approach to water management.

5
Water Quality Dublin Airport Overview of
Rivers/Streams in Fingal
Water Quality Dublin Airport Overview of
Rivers/Streams in Fingal
Sluice River
Dublin Airport
Mayne River
Santry River
6
Water Quality Dublin AirportWater Quality -
Current Situation
  • The stream catchments serving the Airport are
    listed below
  • Forest Little/Wad Stream/Kealys Stream -
    Tributaries Sluice River
  • Ward River - Tributary of Broadmeadow River
  • Mayne River/Cuckoo Stream - discharges to the
    Portmarnock Estuary
  • Santry River - which discharges to Dublin Bay

7
Water Quality Dublin AirportWater Quality -
Current Situation
  • Water Quality Monitoring Required by Legislation
  • Fingal County Council carry out regulatory
    monitoring of rivers/streams under the
  • Dangerous Substances Regulations
  • Phosphorus Regulations.
  • No Regulatory Monitoring points on Airport Lands
  • Water Quality Monitoring at Airport
  • River/Stream Water Quality Monitoring within the
    Airport is overseen by Dublin Airport Authority
    (DAA).
  • Historically monthly water quality monitoring was
    carried out by Enterprise Ireland. More recently
    this work has been managed by DAA Consultants RPS
    Ltd.

8
Water Quality Dublin Airport Water Quality -
Current Situation
  • Water Quality Monitoring at Airport (continued)
  • Results are sent to the Pollution Officer Fingal
    County Council bi-monthly
  • A combination of Water Quality Results supplied
    by DAA and results from regulatory monitoring
    points downstream of the airport allows the water
    quality status to be continuously monitored.
  • Fingal County Council have the capabilities to
    carry out independent sampling any time it is
    considered necessary.
  • Water Quality Results are generally satisfactory,
    elevated BOD, COD, TOC and Ammonia results
    generally coincide with de-icing operations at
    the airport

9
Water Quality Dublin Airport Water Quality -
Current Situation
  • Management of Pollution Incidents at Dublin
    Airport
  • The FCC Pollution Officer attends Dublin Airport
    Pollution Control Committee Meetings.
  • The FCC Water Pollution Team take part in
    Emergency Exercise response carried out every two
    years at the airport. The last exercise took
    place in November 2004.
  • The Pollution Officer is notified of all
    significant pollution incidents at the airport
    and the remedial work carried out. The pollution
    officer decides what level of involvement is
    required by FCC. In addition a full list of more
    minor incidents is furnished to FCC.

10
Water Quality Dublin Airport Trade Effluent
Licensing within the Airport
  • Under the Water Pollution Act there are two types
    of Trade Effluent
  • Discharge License
  • Section 4 - Discharge to Waters (Surface or
    Groundwater) -
  • 1 License Issued
  • Section 16 - Discharge to Foul Sewer
  • Historically one Section 16 License issued to
    Aer Rianta for the Airport - Sample taken from
    foul sewer at Airport Boundary.
  • In 2005 it was decided to license individual
    Food Service Establishments and Vehicle Washbays
    in the Airport
  • 13 Licenses Issued
  • Fingal County Council carry out sampling in
    relation to these licenses to ensure compliance
    with license conditions.

11
Water Quality Dublin Airport Water Quality -
Future Situation
  • The future management of Water Quality at Dublin
    Airport must be in compliance with the
    requirements of the Dublin Airport Local Area
    Plan
  • There are 11 Surface Water Objectives relating to
    Water Quality these are listed here
  • SW01 - To collaborate with the Eastern River
    Basin District Catchment Initiative
  • SW02 - To intercept and collect for separate
    treatment and disposal, runoff contaminated with
    de-icing chemicals in a manner compatible with
    achieving and maintaining salmonid water
    quality in the receiving waters.

12
Water Quality Dublin Airport Water Quality -
Future Situation
  • SW03 - To develop a programme of measures to
    enable Objective SW02 to be achieved in respect
    of existing development by 2008 and to implement
    these measures within the lifetime of this
    Masterplan (2012)
  • SW04 - To develop and implement a stormwater
    management system following the principle of
    Sustainable Urban Drainage and in compliance with
    the recommendations of the Greater Dublin
    Strategic Drainage Study in respect of new
    development and re-development of brownfield
    sites, to interalia attenuate runoff to
    pre-development green field rates.
  • SW05 - To implement, in respect of existing
    developments where practicable recommendations
    arising from flood impact assessments under
    Objective WD034 of the Fingal Development Plan
    2005-2011 within the lifetime of the Masterplan.

13
Water Quality Dublin Airport Water Quality -
Future Situation
  • SW06 - To secure by 2008 a joint study into the
    real level of foul drainage misconnections and
    overflows to the surface water system within the
    airport.
  • SW07 - To secure the implementation of a pilot
    project to develop a procedure to reduce foul
    drainage misconnections and overflows in the most
    cost effective manner and to develop and
    implement a systematic programme of
    rehabilitation works with in the airport within
    the lifetime of the plan.
  • SW08 - To secure the implementation of pollution
    control measures in respect of oil and fuel
    storage handling.

14
Water Quality Dublin Airport Water Quality -
Future Situation
  • SW09 - To secure the implementation of a long
    term surface water quality monitoring system as
    part of an environmental management system.
  • SW10 - To secure the implementation of a
    pollution contingency plan as part of an
    environmental management system
  • SW11 - To require, prior to the commencement of
    all development, that a Sediment and Water
    Pollution Control Plan be submitted in compliance
    with Objective WD036 of the Fingal Development
    Plan 2005-2011

15
Water Quality Dublin Airport Water Quality -
Future Situation
  • The Water Services Department are currently in
    discussions with the Consultants acting for the
    Dublin Airport Authority in relation to their
    proposals for compliance with the Surface Water
    Objectives of the Local Area Plan.

16
Water Quality Dublin Airport Key Issues
  • The implementation of measures to achieve Good
    Ecological Status for surface, ground and
    coastal waters by 2015
  • In Dublin Airport Good Ecological Status of
    river/stream network will be achieved through the
    implementation of the Surface Water Objectives of
    the Local Area Plan.
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