ADA Showcase: Working for Water Level Management 1

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1 ADA Showcase: By the Introduction to workstream topics 2016 Asset Management Water Transfer Licencing Ecological improvement 1

2 from managing assets to Asset Management from managing assets to Asset Management Realising the Value of our Assets Decision making from a whole life catchment perspective 2

3 from managing assets to Asset Management Value = Stakeholder Expectations + Benefit Stakeholder Expectations Benefit Customer (minimal cost) Regulator (long term sustainability) Hydraulic modelling Benefit Mapping better information = better decisions What is/isn t Asset Management? (An introduction to asset management The Institute of Asset Management) Asset Management: Is a mind set which sees physical assets not as inanimate and unchanging lumps of metal / plastic / concrete, but as objects and systems which respond to their environment, change and normally deteriorate with use, and progressively grow old then fail / stop working / die! Is a recognition that assets have a life cycle Is as important for those working in finance as it is for engineers Is an approach that looks to get the best out of the assets for the benefit of the organisation and/or its stakeholders Is about understanding and managing the risk associated with owning assets One of the challenges with managing an asset is that it is not sentient. It does not keep management edicts. It does not respond to the economy or politics. But it does respond to how it is treated and used. This creates a challenge for management. How do you get the right behaviour from an entity that won t listen? 3

4 What is/isn t Asset Management? (An introduction to asset management The Institute of Asset Management) Asset Management: Is not just about maintenance. Maintenance is part of the stewardship of assets, but so is design, procurement, installation, commissioning, operation, etc. Is not a substitute for quality management. Asset Management, like other management processes, should be subject to scrutiny through a quality process to ensure rigour Is not a project management system Is not just for engineers. Everyone working in a company that owns or operates assets should be interested. This includes those working in procurement, finance, personnel, service, planning, design, operations, administration, leadership, marketing and sales Is not just an accounting exercise. Whilst it may help you understand the deterioration and hence depreciation of an asset, it is of interest to every part of the organisation Is not a purely academic discipline. Whilst it is a worthy subject for academic review and advancement, it is primarily a pragmatic, hands on subject CAPEX + OPEX = TOTEX Organisations often isolate CAPEX and OPEX expenditures To realise maximum value, organisations are now looking at the overall cost envelope for both OPEX and CAPEX Optimising both types of investments together is needed to ensure the optimal mix is selected within the overall cost envelope. A value based decision model is critical to being able to make the appropriate decisions in a TOTEX context. 4

5 from managing assets to Asset Management Water Transfer Licencing 5

6 The Issue The Water Act 2003 has a section on abstraction that the government wish to implement. DEFRA consulted on this intention in More recently they have been consulting on the output of this work ieproposed changes to water abstraction licencing exemptions. The aim of proposed changes are to allow the EA to bring all significant abstractions (including water transfers) into the licencing system. Key IDB Concerns We have no statutory mandate to be involved in water resources, other than in terms of flood risk and conservation. We are effectively the middle man assisting the EA in passing water from main river to an abstractor they have licenced. The current arrangements work well, hence there is potential to end up with something worse and more bureaucratic! There is a proposal to charge 1,500 per licence. The focus is on environmental impact of abstraction on main river, but not on the ordinary watercourses that water is transferred to this is not joined up thinking. 6

7 Steps Taken A meeting was held with DEFRA and EA in which concerns were outlined. Next Steps A letter was sent by ADA objecting to elements of the proposal, setting out reasons for objection. DEFRA have suggested that a further meeting be held. ADA will continue to push for a common sense and workable solution. The future of Licencing Although in the very early stages DEFRA and EA are talking about further changes beyond those currently proposed, which may include the devolution of licencing abstractions to local authorities such as IDBs. 7

8 Ecological Improvement Chris J Manning Alison Briggs, Cliff Carson & Rob Cathcart. Legislation & Policy Land Drainage Act 1991/94 Section 61 (b) to have regard to the desirability of protecting and conserving buildings, sites and objects of archaeological, architectural or historic interest; and (c)to take into account any effect which the proposals would have on the beauty or amenity of any rural or urban area or on any such flora, fauna, features, buildings, sites or objects. 8

9 Legislation & Policy Natural Environment and Rural Land Drainage Act Communities 1991/94 Act 2006 Section 61 Section 40(1) to have regard, so far as (b) to have regard to the desirability of protecting and conserving buildings, is consistent with the proper exercise of sites and objects of archaeological, architectural or historic interest; and those functions, to the purpose of conserving biodiversity. (c)to take into account any effect which the proposals would have on the beauty or amenity of any rural or urban area or on any such flora, fauna, features, buildings, sites or objects. IDB Biodiversity Action Plans Since 2010 Species and Habitats 9

10 Water Vole in IDB Districts Alert Maps = 24.52% Local Key Areas = 25.74% Regional Key Areas = 35.74% Barn Owl 10

11 Biodiversity 2020 Hatfield Moor s lost grasslands reconnecting the NNR with its floodplain. The River Idle Floodplain Grazing Marsh Project Biodiversity 2020 IDB Outcomes 1.A Better wildlife habitats with 90% of priority habitats in favourable or recovering condition and at least 50% of SSSIs in favourable condition, while maintaining at least 95% in favourable or recovering condition 1.B More, bigger and less fragmented areas for wildlife, with no net loss of priority habitat and an increase in the overall extent of priority habitats by at least 200,000 ha; 1.D Restoring at least 15% of degraded ecosystems as a contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation. 11

12 Biodiversity 2020 IDB Outcomes 1.A Better wildlife habitats with 90% of priority habitats in favourable or recovering condition Restoration and least of Thorne 50% of Crowle SSSIs in favourable & Goole condition, while maintaining at Moors least 95% 2.9 in favourable million Water or recovering Level condition Management Plan 1.B More, bigger and less fragmented areas for wildlife, with no net loss of priority habitat and an increase in the overall extent of priority habitats by at least 200,000 ha; 1.D Restoring at least 15% of degraded ecosystems as a contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Biodiversity 2020 IDB Outcomes Outcome 3 Species By 2020, we will see an overall improvement in the status of our wildlife and will have prevented further humaninduced extinctions of known threatened species. 12

13 (TCM) Map from River Great Ouse Catchment Flood Management Plan showing Internal Drainage Boards 13

14 Stewartby Lake Reservoir slowing the flow upstream Internal Drainage Boards delivering whole Catchment Management St. Germans Pump Station lowland flow management /13/14/ of Water Level Management

15 Good at Flood Warning Good at emergency response 1 in 1200 return period 1 in 480 return period The Floods of 2015 Better at Flood Warning Better at emergency procedures The Floods of 2015 & the media reports 15

16 River Restoration Woodland planting Woody debris Soil Management Sediment retention Slowing rural flow Floodplain connection Urban SuDS Partnership co operation Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology overview of balanced approach to a maximum of 6-7 mm day-1 planting shelterbelts across the lower parts of grazed grassland sites could reduce peak flows by between 13 and 48%, conversion of grassland or arable areas to woodland would have no effect on flood risk. converting 25% of the area to broadleaved woodland would only reduce a 1-in-100 year event by 1-2% and delay the flood peak by 15 minutes (JBA, 2007). 16

17 balanced approach to The Partners Risk Management Authorities (EA, IDBs, LAs..) Lead Local Flood Authority Catchment Partnerships (Conservation Trusts ) Land Management & Farming (Defra, NE, RPA, NFU, Farmers.) The Community balanced approach to 17

18 balanced approach to Definition? is defined in the New South Wales Catchment Management Act (1989) as the coordinated and sustainable use and management of land, water, vegetation and other natural resources, on a water catchment basis, to balance resource use and conservation ADA Showcase: Working for Water Level Management 2 By the ADA Policy & Finance Committee 18