Fingal County Council Water Services Department

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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
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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.