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Water Under Pressure – The Challenges in Eastern Region
Dr Charles Beardall
Eastern Area Manager,
Environment Agency
Water Under Pressure - The Challenges in Eastern Region
Setting the Scene
The Challenges
The Future
Setting the Scene – The Eastern Region -AONBs, the Broads, Environmental sites
Setting the Scene – Sources of Water
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Setting the Scene – Sources of Groundwater
Chalk- regional principle aquifer
Crag - locally significant in Suffolk and Norfolk
River terrace gravels - locally significant in Essex
Ely Ouse to Essex Water Transfer
Water Resources – Who uses the water ?
Over 4500 licences in Eastern Region
60 % abstracted from surface waters (rivers), 40% groundwaters
Distribution of Water Licences
62%11%
23%
4%Public WaterSupply
Agriculture
Industry/ PowerGenerated
Other
Setting the Scene - Water Availability
Setting the Scene – Water Framework Directive
Prepared by Integrated Environment Planning© Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100024198© Environment Agency copyright and/or database rights 2013. All rights reserved.
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2012 Overall Status
Poor
Bad
WFD rivers
Challenges – Climate Change
hotter, drier summers
warmer, wetter winters
extreme weather events
rising sea-level
Breaches in Walberswick ridge 2007 Storm surge
DroughtLow flowsCoastal Erosion
Flooding
Challenges –Growth and public water supply
Challenges - Agriculture
Hose-reel gun irrigation
Challenges – The Coast and sea level rise
Shoreline Management Plan policies identify where change is most likely to happen (see map)
Walberswick shingle ridge – 2007 tidal surge
Miinsmere nature reserve – Adapting to sea level rise
Broadland Flood Aleviation Project
Future Solutions
Water Framework Directive ‘Challenges and Choices’ Regional Consultations
Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies
Restoring Sustainable Abstraction
Public Water Supply – Water Resource Management Plans, Demand management, Water Resources East Anglia
Adapting Agriculture and storing water.
Water Bill – Licencing Reform
Partnership Working – Deben Catchment Pilot Holistic Water Management