Wales 100%

6 Years ago

52

20

4 4

2009 Predicted Results for Wales

Excellent Good Sufficient Poor

The situation now

82

16

4

2015 Results for Wales

Excellent Good Sufficient

Location Location Location

Challenging locations

How did we do it?

Planning to succeed

• Set up a National BW group

• Identified poorest beaches

• Put action plan in place for each

• Concentrating resources where

highest risk.

• Marginal Gains..

Working in Partnership

• Local Authorities

• Eg Pembrokshire BW Strategy

• Swansea Misconnection project

• Aberystwyth University

• DCWW

• Local Environmental Fora

• RNLI

• Farmers

Resources & Funding

• Day job = not enough!

• EA Internal funding

• External funding

– DCWW

• INTERREG 4A – Smart Coasts

- EUR 4,355,404

- Secured by Aberystwyth University

Science and Evidence

• Standing on the shoulders of giants

• Pinpointing pollution

– Source apportionment

– Tracer studies

• Prediction

• Discounting

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Investment

• > £23 Million investment

• Shift away from storage

• Collaborative working

• Communication NRW-

DCWW

• Future: coastal

investigations

RainScape Llanelli: Queen Mary’s Walk • £850,000

• 220m3 swale – 10,000m3 /yr permanently removed, >125l/s attenuation (1 in 5yr storm)

Making Legislation work

• Getting the best out of the directive

• Step Change

• Abnormal situations

• Prediction & discounting

Example: Swansea

Example: Swansea Bay

• Poor compliance record

• Partnership vital

• Smart Coasts was Key

Pollution Reduction

Misconnection Project

• Partnership CCS/NRW/DCWW

• SCSC informed

• Joint funding

• Dedicated team

• Visited >4000 homes

• 5% to13% misconnected

• Most rectified

Swansea: Prediction & Discounting

• Product of Smart Coasts

• Based on multivariate

regression model

• Three predictions/day

• Operated by Swansea Council

• Confirmation/replacement

samples

• Electronic signs on the way

• Discounting

• Moved from Sufficient to good

Stakeholder Engagement

• Clear Streams Initiative

• DCWW funded

• Misconnections

• Stop the Block

• Baefest

Swansea: DCWW investment

Example: Cemaes

• Applied for Step Change after

installation of UV treatment in

2014.

• Accepted by Welsh

Government and European

agreement

• 2012, 2013 and 2014 data

removed

• Classified on 2015 data alone

Example: Wisemans Bridge

The future

• Why does it always rain on me?

• Will we have the resources?

• Will we need to go beyond sufficient?

• Prediction

• Smart Coasts approach