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Environmental Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE 2018 Climate Change and the Environment: A New Reality Hotel Minella, Clonmel 25th April 2018 1

Climate Change and the Environment: A New Reality LAWCO working with Local Authorities Carol McCarthy Senior Engineer Kilkenny County Council

Local Authority Waters Programme Shared Service Kilkenny / Tipperary Co. Councils Head Office – Clonmel Waters and Communities (LAWCO) Waters Science and Advice (LAWSAT)

LA responsibilities Regulatory and Enforcement Role (RMCEI) Water Pollution Acts, 1977 – 2013 EU (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2017 WM (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations 1998 – 2001 WM (Registration of Sewage Sludge Facility) Regulations, 2010 Water Services Amendment Act, 2012 National Inspection Plan 2018 – 2020

LA Waters Programme Water Policy Regulations 2014 Community engagement Co-ordination of implementation among public bodies Scientific support to EPA and Minister for characterisation; plan development; establishment of environmental objectives; development of POMs

Collaborative Approach Structure Management Committees – LA/EPA Operational Committees – LA/Public Bodies LAWSAT/LA Liaison Committees proposed Areas for Action Maps at www.watersandcommunities.ie 190 areas 729 water bodies

Some Areas of Concern – LA/LAWSAT Farm Inspections – GAP Regulations Cross compliance Farm Inspections – Complaints Industry – Discharges to waters Septic Tanks – Construction & discharges Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture Sewage Sludge Waste Facilities IW – Abstractions, discharges, sludge DW Source Protection

Support and Advice Team Initial Team 5 Senior Executive Scientists 20 Assistant Environmental Scientists 10 Agricultural Scientists 5 Regions Border; West; Midlands-East; South East; South West 10 locations Monaghan, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Dublin, Offaly, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Limerick, Cork

Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advice Programme 20 Teagasc sustainability advisors Free one to one advice for farmers 10 Dairy sustainability advisors Targeting dairy milk suppliers and co-op customers

LAWSAT – Boots on the Ground Catchment Assessment Co-ordination with LA Data gathering Data updating Local knowledge

Climate Change effects Invasives Weather effects on invertebrates / fish Lower water tables in summer – drought Rising sea levels Flooding & other extreme weather events LA Waters Programme - co-ordination with new LA Regional Climate offices (Dublin, Kildare, Mayo, Cork)