Thames Water SEA of WRP
Client - Thames Water
This project involves completing an SEA of Thames Water’s Water Resource Plan using methodology developed by Cascade for UKWIR. The work comprises of the following tasks:
- Completion of scoping report subject to UKWIR methodology and approval by Thames Water
- Review of significance criteria for each E&S topic in order to be able to classify significance of impacts
- Utilisation of updated BPEP output to assess schemes, including carbon footprint where possible
- Preparation of visual evaluation matrix showing type and significance of impacts for each scheme
- Comparison of visual evaluation matrix with AISC/AIC to check scheme ranking for compilation of WR programmes
- Discursive explanation of results and conclusions
- Assessment of cumulative effects of programmes and preparation of CEA visual evaluation matrix for each programme 8) Discursive explanation of results and conclusions
- Review of WRP programmes and need to assess alternatives with lower environmental impact
- Proposal of potential alternative programmes
- Re-assessment of alternative programmes and CEA
- Preparation of Environmental Report, incorporating scoping report; above analysis; signposting where E&S considerations are taken into account in WRMP; and highlighting influence that SEA process has had on plan formulation
- Consultation on Environmental Report alongside draft WRMP
- Preparation of SEA Statement for publication alongside final WRMP.