Severn Trent Water Ltd

Draft Water Resources Management Plan 2019

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Table of contents

Non-Technical Summary ...... iii 1 Introduction ...... 1 1.1 Background and Purpose of Report ...... 1 1.2 Application of SEA to Water Resource Management Planning ...... 1 1.2.1 Overview of Strategic Environmental Assessment ...... 1 1.2.2 Requirement for SEA and HRA of Severn Trent Water’s Water Resources Management Plan ...... 2 1.3 Severn Trent Water Supply Area and Water Resources Management Planning ...... 2 1.3.1 Severn Trent Water Supply Area ...... 2 1.3.2 Area under consideration for the SEA ...... 6 1.3.3 Temporal scope of the SEA ...... 6 1.4 Severn Trent’s Water Resource Management Planning Process ...... 8 1.4.1 Overview and Timetable...... 8 1.4.2 Water Resource Management Plan Development ...... 9 1.4.3 Severn Trent Water’s Feasible List of Options...... 10 1.5 Stages of Strategic Environmental Assessment ...... 13 1.6 Structure of the Environmental Report ...... 15 1.7 Consultation ...... 15 2 Policy context ...... 17 2.1 Introduction ...... 17 2.2 Review of Policies, Plans and Programmes ...... 17 3 Environmental Baseline Review ...... 21 3.1 Introduction ...... 21 3.2 Limitations of the data and assumptions made ...... 21 3.3 Key issues ...... 21 4 Assessment Methodology ...... 24 4.1 Assessment Methodology and SEA Framework ...... 24 4.2 Environmental Assessment Approach for WRMP ...... 28 4.3 SEA Methodology ...... 30 4.4 Assessment Framework ...... 30 4.4.1 SEA Screening of Constrained Options ...... 30 4.4.2 Assessment of Feasible List...... 31 4.4.3 Summarising the effects assessment ...... 36 4.4.4 Secondary, cumulative and synergistic environmental effects ...... 38 4.4.5 Consideration of reasonable alternatives ...... 39 4.5 Limitations of the study ...... 39 5 Screening of Options ...... 40 5.1 Overview ...... 40 5.2 Moving from the Unconstrained option set to the Constrained option set ...... 40 5.3 Moving from the Constrained option set to the Feasible List ...... 41 6 Assessment of Feasible List ...... 42 6.1 Assessment of Options Against SEA Objectives ...... 42 6.1.1 Demand Management Assessment Findings ...... 42 6.1.2 Water Supply Component Assessment Findings ...... 42 7 SEA and Programme Appraisal ...... 72 7.1 Programme Appraisal ...... 72 7.2 Assessment Findings of the Draft WRMP19 Programme ...... 74 7.3 HRA and WFD Assessments Findings ...... 82 7.4 Cumulative Effects of the Draft WRMP19 Programme ...... 82 7.4.1 Demand Management Solutions ...... 82

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7.4.2 Water Supply Solutions ...... 82 7.4.3 Site C WTW and Reservoir Expansion ...... 84 7.4.4 Shustoke Reservoir and Reservoir A Expansions ...... 84 7.4.5 Carsington Water ...... 84 7.4.6 Trent from Dove to Derwent ...... 84 7.5 In-combination Effects of the Draft WRMP19 Programme with Existing Relevant Plans, Programmes and Projects ...... 84 7.5.1 Severn Trent Water’s Drought Plan ...... 85 7.5.2 Neighbouring water companies’ WRMPs and Drought Plans ...... 85 7.5.3 Environment Agency Drought Plans ...... 86 7.5.4 Land Use and Spatial Plans ...... 86 7.5.5 National Policy Statements and National/Regional Infrastructure Plans ...... 87 7.5.6 Major projects ...... 87 8 Mitigation and Monitoring ...... 88 8.1 Overview ...... 88 8.2 Mitigation ...... 88 8.3 Monitoring Requirements ...... 88 9 Conclusions ...... 90 10 Quality Assurance ...... 90

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Non-Technical Summary Introduction

Water companies in England and Wales are required to produce a Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) every five years. Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP 2019 (WRMP19) sets out how the company intends to maintain a balance between the supply and demand for water over the long-term planning horizon in each of the water resource zones making up its water supply area. A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Environmental Report has been prepared in support of the development of Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP19. The SEA has been undertaken in parallel with the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) and Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment to ensure an integrated approach to environmental assessment of the draft WRMP19. SEA became a statutory requirement in the UK following the adoption of Directive 2001/42/EC (the SEA Directive) on the assessment of effects of certain plans and programmes on which could have significant environmental implications. The SEA helps to identify where there are potential impacts and how any negative impacts might be mitigated. The Government has produced SEA guidance which sets out the stages of the SEA process. This, along with specific water industry national guidance for undertaking SEA (and HRA) of WRMPs, has been used to inform this SEA. Background to the Draft WRMP19

Severn Trent Water is one of the largest water and wastewater companies in England and Wales, providing high quality water and wastewater services to over 3.7 million households and businesses over an area of 21,000km2 in the Midlands and mid-Wales, stretching from the Bristol Channel to the Humber. Severn Trent Water provides water to 8 million people, supplying around 1,800 million litres per day (Ml/d) to 4.3 million homes and businesses. Water is supplied through nearly 47,000km of water mains fed from multiple sources including 28 impounding reservoirs and 181 groundwater sites. Groundwater sources, river derived sources and impounding reservoirs provide 35%, 35% and 30% respectively of the total volume of water put into supply. For water resource planning purposes, Severn Trent Water's supply area is divided into 15 Water Resources Zones (WRZs) as shown in the map below, reflecting the different characteristics of the supply areas and associated risks to meeting demand within the supply area.

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In developing its WRMP19, Severn Trent Water has examined the supply/demand balance for each WRZ and determined how any deficits between forecast demand and reliable water supplies should be addressed for the selected planning period over next 25 years (2020-2045). In developing the plan, a very large number of alternative options were identified and assessed to understand their costs, the benefits to the supply-demand balance, the effect on carbon emissions and the environmental and social effects (through the SEA process and associated HRA and WFD assessments, along with monetisation of carbon effects and a certain number of other environmental effects that could be monetised). The options were subsequently compared through advanced investment modelling techniques to derive an optimised investment programme to meet future supply- demand challenges over the planning period. The models allowed Severn Trent Water to test the very long term, holistic investment decisions required to both maintain the performance of the water distribution network and improve the balance between future supply and demand. The approach means that the supply-demand solutions for the draft WRMP19 can be fully integrated into the company’s broader investment plans for future water services. Role of SEA in Development of the Draft WRMP19

Severn Trent Water has followed national water industry guidance on applying SEA to the development of WRMPs. The figure below summarises the overall approach to the application of SEA to the evolution of the draft WRMP19, from the initial screening of a large number of ‘unconstrained’ list of options through to the application of SEA in considering a wide range of alternative programmes produced through the investment modelling approach. Initially, SEA screening was carried out of the very large set of options in the unconstrained list was carried out initially. The screening included consideration of key environmental and social criteria, including: HRA and WFD compliance risks; key risks to the water environment; key risks to important landscape, recreation and heritage features. This identified options with unacceptable adverse environmental effects which were rejected from the options list and were not taken further in the option appraisal process. More detailed environmental and social assessment was then applied to the screening of the ‘constrained’ list of options. HRA and WFD risks were assessed on a scale from negligible to high; other potential effects were assessed against the SEA effects scale ranging from major beneficial to major adverse – beneficial and adverse effects were assessed separately in line with best practice. The screening assessment of the constrained options list was also discussed with the Environment Agency and Natural England, and feedback from these regulatory bodies was used to refine assessments. Options assessed as having unacceptable adverse environmental or social effects were removed from the options list; remaining options were then included in the ‘Feasible’ List of options. The Feasible list options were included in the investment model for consideration for inclusion in the draft WRMP19 Programmes; for each option, the carbon costs and some monetised environmental and social costs were input to model, alongside the construction and operational costs. SEA was carried out of all of the options on the Feasible List, along with HRA and WFD assessments, to provide Severn Trent Water with information on the environmental performance of each option to help inform the appraisal of the various alternative programmes produce from the investment model. In this way, environmental and social effects of different alternative programmes could be assessed and considered by Severn Trent Water in its decision-making process to determine the recommended plan for the draft WRMP19. Through the decision-making process, Severn Trent Water arrived at three feasible alternative supply- demand investment programmes that could be used to secure the long-term supply-demand requirements at very similar overall programme costs, but involving different options. These programmes were assessed for their environmental performance as well through SEA, HRA and WFD assessment, and the findings were used to help reach the final decision on which programme to adopt for the draft WRMP19.

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Approach to the Assessment of Environmental Effects

An ‘objectives-led’ approach to the SEA was adopted. The SEA scoping process included a review of environmental and social objectives established in law, policy or other relevant plans, programmes and a review of the baseline environmental information for the area covering all of Severn Trent Water’s WRZs as well as the river and/or groundwater catchments of those water sources that serve the WRZs but which lie outside their boundaries. This derived more than 80 key policy objectives to be taken into account in the development of SEA objectives. The SEA objectives were categorised under the following topic areas: biodiversity, flora and fauna; population and human health; material assets and resource use; water; soil, geology and land use; air and climate; archaeology and cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. The proposed objectives were subject to public consultation through the SEA Scoping Report and feedback from the consultation was taken into account in developing the final objectives used to assess each option and alternative programme. Consideration and assessment of environmental and social effects (both beneficial and adverse) of the wide range of alternative options for maintaining water supply reliability in each water resource zone was undertaken at each stage of WRMP evolution, with an increasing level of assessment detail applied as the refinement of the list of options progressed through the planning process (see figure below). Detailed SEA, HRA and WFD assessments were carried out for all of the options included in the Feasible List. These assessments have been documented in appraisal framework tables for each component with a colour coded effects summary (ranging from major beneficial effects to major adverse effects) providing a comparative assessment of the residual environmental effects. The findings were used to inform the development of the final programme of measures included in the draft WRMP19. Assessment of the cumulative effects of the option included in the final programme, and in-combination effects with other projects, plans and programmes, was also carried out.

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Assessment of Feasible List Options

Each of the options in the Feasible list was fully assessed against each of the SEA objectives and in compliance with statutory requirements and associated national SEA guidance. The assessments were also supported by the HRA and WFD assessments. In total, 103 different Feasible options were assessed through the SEA, HRA and WFD process. The SEA considered both beneficial and adverse effects of each of the options. Where applicable, mitigation measures were identified as part of the option design and development process to prevent or reduce any identified significant adverse environmental or social effects. Opportunities for enhancing identified benefits were also considered. The assessments were therefore based on the residual effects of each option after application of the mitigation measures and/or enhancement opportunities. The SEA involved detailed consideration of the potential adverse and beneficial effects of the construction/development of each option and its operation against each of the SEA topics and

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objectives using an effects magnitude scale ranging from major beneficial to major adverse. Beneficial and adverse effects were kept separate in line with SEA best practice. A summary of the key findings of the SEA of the feasible list options is provided below. Demand Management Options Demand management options serve to reduce pressure on water resources by reducing customer demand for water (e.g. through water efficient devices, water metering and tariffs, customer behavioural changes) and reducing water leakage from the water supply network and customer properties. In turn, these options help reduce the volumes of water required to be abstracted from the water environment and therefore reduce the amount of energy needed for water abstraction, treatment and distribution. Most of these options have limited and temporary adverse effects associated with vehicle movements during their commissioning phases. They may also cause temporary disruption or nuisance effects because of street works, for example associated with meter installations and leak repair activities. Water Supply Options The findings of the assessments for different types of water supply options in the Feasible list are summarised below: Bulk Water Supply, Water Trading and Water Transfer options range from those that involve minor upgrades to existing water supply assets (e.g. pumping stations and pipelines) to those that require the construction of new, significant lengths of pipeline to make connections between assets, water resource zones and/or with other water companies. The construction activities generate temporary nuisance impacts such as dust emissions and noise/vibration with potential for temporary adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna; population and human health; archaeology and cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. In some cases, there is potential for permanent adverse effects of construction, for example habitat loss or loss of some public open space. Operationally, adverse effects depend on how the water is to be transferred from the source to the area of need. If the transfer is by pipeline, operational effects are limited to those relating to carbon emissions associated with pumping and treatment of water. If the option requires the water to be transferred by river (e.g. from a reservoir discharging into a river for subsequent re-abstraction downstream), there may be adverse effects on the water environment as well those relating to carbon emissions. Beneficial effects of such schemes generally reflect the improved use of existing water resources, transferring water from areas of water resource surplus to those where resources are already fully utilised and supply deficits are forecast. They also improve flexibility in the supply network and therefore contribute to a more resilient, sustainable water resource system which helps to address the effects of climate change. Groundwater Abstraction options include direct abstractions from groundwater for treatment, and commissioning/recommissioning of boreholes. Where these options involve the use of ‘confined’ aquifers that are not connected to rivers or wetlands, the operational adverse effects are often only negligible to minor in magnitude. However, in some cases, it has been identified that some groundwater options may adversely influence local groundwater levels and connected surface water bodies with a risk to water-dependent habitats. Surface Water Abstraction options can be designed to only operate at times of high river flows to minimise adverse effects on the river environment, but otherwise there is a risk of adverse effects on the river flow regime and associated aquatic habitat. Reservoir options range from minor, small-scale expansion of existing reservoirs and the conversion of disused quarries to water storage facilities, through to the construction of large new reservoirs or significant expansion of existing reservoirs. Reservoirs can provide significant water storage for winter rainfall for use in dry summers with low risks to the water environment once operational and therefore provide benefits in respect of resilience to adverse effects of climate change. However, as the size of the reservoir expansion or development increases, the potential for significant adverse effects relating to construction increases along with risks of the potential for permanent adverse effects on landscape, biodiversity, local communities and heritage features. However, reservoirs also provide opportunities

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for environmental and social enhancement through careful design (e.g. habitat creation, recreational and educational facilities). Options to make maximum use of existing assets include asset enhancements, abstraction licence variations, conjunctive use of existing surface and groundwater, and water treatment works improvements. The temporary construction effects of these options vary considerably according to the scale and location of the scheme and whether any additional infrastructure is required. Larger schemes have a greater potential to result in significant, but temporary, nuisance effects on nearby sensitive receptors during the construction phase. However, in operation, many of these options would improve the flexibility and resilience of the supply network, contribute to sustainable resource management and provide beneficial effects in respect of the risks of climate change impacts. Options to make use of treated effluent from wastewater treatment works can involve some temporary adverse effects during construction to provide enhanced treatment facilities to ensure highly treated water is discharged to rivers to augment low flow conditions in rivers. During operation, there may be adverse effects on the water environment due to changes to the river flow regime and river channel characteristics. These options provide beneficial effects through the use of water that would otherwise not be available for abstraction, reducing the pressure on rivers and groundwaters for additional abstraction, and increasing the resilience of the water supply system to climate change. Overall, the assessment of the Feasible options revealed a wide spectrum and scale of beneficial and adverse effects. Large reservoirs (new or expanded) and large long-distance water transfer pipelines through sensitive environments mostly exhibited the greatest magnitude of adverse effects, but equally they provide major beneficial effects in respect of securing significant water supplies that are more resilient to climate change effects than river abstractions. Other options generally have a lower magnitude of adverse effects but also a lower magnitude of beneficial effects. Option location is an important factor in determining the magnitude of adverse effects: those options in proximity to sensitive environmental, built or human receptors will have a greater magnitude of adverse effect. The findings of the detailed environmental assessment of each of the Feasible options was used to help inform the appraisal of alternative programmes and decision-making on the draft WRMP19 Programme for the draft WRMP19. SEA and Programme Appraisal

Severn Trent Water used its Water Infrastructure and supply/demand investment model (WISDM) to test the long term, holistic investment decisions required to maintain the performance of the water distribution network and improve the balance between future supply and demand. The investment modelling process produced a range of different feasible investment programmes which were explored to test the cost implications of maintaining the supply/demand balance while meeting stakeholder expectations. Through this approach, including consideration of the environmental performance of the options within each programme, Severn Trent arrived at three feasible supply/demand investment programmes that would meet the future supply/demand requirements but using different combinations of options from the Feasible list. The environmental performance of these three alternative programmes was considered, alongside other factors such as resilience and customer acceptability, by Severn Trent Water to reach a final decision on the draft WRMP19 programme for maintaining a supply/demand balance across the Severn Trent Water region over the planning period (see table below).

Benefit Ref. Solutions (Ml/d) NOT04 Heathy Lea to North Nottinghamshire transfer solution 25 BHS15 Birmingham BHs conversion to potable supply 15 DOR05 Site C WTW enhancements 9 DOR02 Site I WTW enhancements 2 Site E WTW expansion and transfer main supported by raw water WIL05 augmentation of the River Trent 35

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Benefit Ref. Solutions (Ml/d) LIT01 Site F WTW expansion 10 DOR08 Site B WTW enhancements 3.6 Whaddon (Strategic Grid WRZ) to Forest & Stroud WRZ transfer GRD15 solution 5 UNK07 Improve Site L WTW outputs during low raw water periods 7 GRD18 Peckforton Group BHs rehabilitation and treatment enhancement 6.5 CRO06 River Soar to support Site B WTW 17 WTW05 East Midlands raw water storage (Site CQ) including new WTW 45 Carsington Reservoir support to Site Q WTW with Site Q WTW MEL29 enhancements 30 Reservoir C capacity increase (Size A) with transfer main from Site C DAM07 WTW to Coventry 9 BAM04 Site R WTW to Baslow pipeline capacity increase 20 DAM01 Stanford Reservoir capacity increase (Size A) 2.5 CRO05 Thornton Reservoir to support Site B WTW 12 NOT01 Ambergate to Mid Nottinghamshire transfer solution 30 DAM03 Reservoir A capacity increase (Size A) 2.5 BHS07 Ladyflatte BHs recommissioning 2.7 DAM02 Lower Shustoke capacity increase (Size A) 2.5 GRD19 DVA to Nottingham transfer pipeline capacity increase 15 BHS06 Maximise deployment from Diddlebury WTW and Munslow BH 0.9 WE003B Enhanced Household Water Efficiency Audit 0.30 WE004B Enhanced Social Housing Water Efficiency Audit 0.21 WE005 Leakage Reduction 13.2 WE006 Increased Metering 2 Assessment of the Draft WRMP19 Programme The draft WRMP19 programme was subject to SEA (HRA and WFD assessment) to evaluate cumulative environmental and social effects of the different options within the programme acting in combination with each other, as well as in combination with other programmes, plans and projects. Assessment has taken account of the residual effects after the application of standard best practice construction and operational measures in accordance with national SEA guidance. Visual evaluation matrices have been prepared to summarise the detailed SEA of all the options included in the draft WRMP19 programme, presenting the magnitude of the identified adverse and beneficial effects. The colour coding in these tables reflects the following significance of effect: Red = Major adverse; Amber = Moderate adverse; Yellow = Minor adverse Blue = Negligible adverse Light Green = Minor beneficial; Green = Moderate beneficial; Dark Green = Major beneficial The water demand management measures (water efficiency audit, metering and leakage solutions) included in the draft WRMP19 programme would be implemented across the Severn Trent Water supply area and will in aggregate bring major beneficial effects in respect of reducing demand for water and contributing to sustainable water management objectives. Other beneficial effects are generally

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negligible to minor. Given the scale of demand management programme, some temporary moderate adverse effects are anticipated with respect to temporary street works to repair leaks and install external meters, as well as associated vehicle movements and traffic congestion; remaining effects are negligible to minor). These measures are not shown in the summary assessment tables below which focus on the water supply options included in the preferred programmes for each WRZ. Nottinghamshire As shown in the table below, three water transfer solutions (NOT01, NOT04, GRD19) in this WRZ would cumulatively deliver 70 Ml/d. The solutions involve significant construction activities which are associated with adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna; population and human health; archaeology and cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. Solutions (NOT01 and NOT04) would have major adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna as they involve pipelines that intersect areas of Ancient Woodland, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Local Nature Reserves; this would result in permanent habitat loss. These solutions would also have minor to major adverse effects on archaeology and cultural heritage as well as landscape and visual amenity as they either intersect or are in close proximity to sensitive receptors. Solution GRD19 is anticipated to have minor to moderate adverse effects across the SEA objectives. Further mitigation measures will need to be explored as part of the next stage of the development of these solutions to minimise major and moderate adverse effects, such as optimisation of pipeline routes to avoid areas of Ancient Woodland, SSSIs and Local Nature Reserves. All the solutions in this WRZ have negligible adverse effects on the SEA water environmental objectives as they only require the transfer of water between assets with little interaction with the aquatic environment (subject to careful pipeline design and best practice construction methods to avoid any adverse effects). In terms of beneficial effects, the solutions would have moderate beneficial effects on population and human health by providing a significant volume of water for the Nottinghamshire WRZ, increasing the resilience of the water supply system for customers. Solution GRD19 would also be associated with minor beneficial effects relating to improving the sustainable use of water resources and bringing greater resilience to climate change. Forest and Stroud The Whaddon to Forest and Stroud transfer (GRD15) is the only solution required for this WRZ and would deliver an extra 5 Ml/d. The solution only involves additional pumping of water sourced from the Strategic Grid WRZ, connecting into an existing pumping station. As such, no adverse direct effects on water environmental receptors are anticipated but with minor adverse effects relating to materials and resource use and moderate adverse effects relating to carbon emissions due to the additional pumping of water. The solution would deliver minor beneficial effects relating to population and human health due to the provision of a more resilient and reliable supply of water. The use of an existing pumping station would have minor beneficial effects through making maximum use of existing assets and water resources. North Staffordshire Two WTW upgrade solutions (GRD18 and UNK07) are proposed for this WRZ to increase water treatment capacity to cumulatively deliver 13.5 Ml/d of supply benefit to the zone. These solutions are relatively benign in terms of their potential for adverse effects across the SEA objectives. The solutions would result in minor adverse effects relating to resource use and moderate adverse effects relating to carbon emissions due to the infrastructure upgrades required to implement the solutions (borehole rehabilitation and treatment upgrades). Solution (GRD18) has also been identified as having minor adverse effects in respect of the risk of spreading/introducing invasive species; further mitigation measures will need to be developed during the detailed design stage to address this risk. Both solutions would deliver minor beneficial effects relating to population and human health through the provision of a more resilient and reliable supply of water to customers in the zone.

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Draft WRMP19 Programme Visual Evaluation Matrix: Nottinghamshire, Forest and Stroud, and North Staffordshire Water Resources Zones

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Strategic Grid The findings of the SEA for the Strategic Grid zone are presented in spatial groupings (northern, western, eastern and southern parts of the zone) to facilitate the understanding of potential cumulative, in combination effects of the solutions that might be constructed and/or operated in proximity to each other. There are four solutions in the northern part of the Strategic Grid includes four solutions (MEL29, LIT01, BHS07 and BAM04) that involve increasing water treatment and water transfer capacity, recommissioning boreholes and enabling support from an existing reservoir that would cumulatively deliver 62.7 Ml/d of additional water supplies to the Strategic Grid zone. These solutions present adverse effects ranging from minor to moderate. Solutions (MEL29 and BAM04) have moderate adverse effects relating to resource use and carbon emissions. Solution (LIT01) has been identified as having potential moderate adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna due to construction activities taking place in close proximity to some areas of Ancient Woodland and two SSSIs; construction mitigation measures will need to be developed to ensure no damage to these features. The recommissioning of a borehole for solution (BHS07) would have potential moderate adverse effects on river flow and river water quality in a river that is hydrologically connected to the aquifer from which water will be abstracted. This would bring a risk of WFD status deterioration of the affected water body which will need to be investigated further and mitigation measures identified if the more detailed investigations confirm the risk of WFD status deterioration. All of these solutions provide moderate beneficial effects on human health and population associated with a reliable supply of water, with the exception of the solution (BHS07) which would only deliver minor beneficial effects to supply reliability. There are five solutions in the western part of the Strategic Grid (DAM02, DAM03, BHS06, BHS15 and WIL05) that include reservoir expansion, increasing water transfer capacity, increasing water treatment capacity and a water conjunctive use scheme that would cumulatively deliver 55.9 Ml/d of additional water supplies to the Strategic Grid zone. Adverse effects identified for these solutions range from minor to major magnitude. Solution WIL05 has the potential for major adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna due to the risk of habitat loss/fragmentation in a SSSI and a Local Nature Reserve. This solution would also pose potential moderate adverse effects on water levels/flows and minor adverse effects on water quality in a river resulting from the discharge of treated effluent. Mitigation measures will need to be developed during the detailed design of this solution to reduce the magnitude of these effects, particular in relation to designated sites. Construction of a pipeline for solution BHS15 presents a risk of major adverse effects on archaeology and cultural heritage as there would be a loss of foliage that contributes to the setting of two Registered Parks and Gardens. Optimisation of the pipeline route during the detailed design stage will be needed to avoid this risk. By comparison, the adverse effects for solutions DAM02 and BHS06 are limited to no greater than minor effects. Solution DAM03 may have moderate adverse effects on a SSSI in close proximity to proposed construction activities and the pipeline route should be optimised during the detailed design phase to avoid adverse effects on the SSSI. These solutions provide minor beneficial effects while solutions BHS15 and WIL05 would deliver moderate beneficial effects on human health and well-being due to the provision of reliable water supplies.

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Draft WRMP19 Programme Visual Evaluation Matrix Strategic Grid (northern and western parts of the zone)

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Three solutions in the eastern part of the Strategic Grid (DOR08, CRO06 and CRO05) relate to Site B Water Treatment Works (WTW), including upgrading the WTW and transferring more water to it for the treatment, as well as one solution (WTW05) for using a large disused third party asset for raw water storage. These solutions would cumulatively deliver 77.6 Ml/d of additional supplies to the zone. These solutions have the potential for minor to major adverse effects across the SEA objectives. The construction activities required to deliver solutions CRO05 and WTW05 have the potential for major adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna. This is due to the potential loss/fragmentation of Ancient Woodland and SSSI habitats. The construction phase of solution (CRO05) would also have moderate adverse effects on the setting of a Registered Park and Garden. Additional mitigation measures or design modifications will need to be developed through the detailed design stage to avoid adverse effects on these designated features. Solution WTW05 is presented in the final programme to represent a group of similar options associated with the conversion of large, disused third party quarries for the strategic storage of water abstracted from rivers during periods of high river flow. Several quarries have been investigated and the SEA has identified the need to carefully develop such solutions to avoid adverse effects on geological SSSIs that are present within some disused quarries (as reflected in the precautionary major adverse rating for the SEA geological objective (5.1 in the table below). Further investigations will be required to develop this innovative solution in a sustainable manner so as to minimise adverse environmental effects whilst maximising the potential beneficial effects associated with using large disused quarries for substantial and sustainable water supply benefit, as well as allied recreational and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. This accords with County Council core policies for the sustainable reclamation of former mineral workings. Solutions DOR08 and CRO06 are generally characterised by negligible to minor adverse effects, with the exception of material assets and resource use and greenhouse emissions associated with construction and operational pumping and treatment of water. In terms of beneficial effects, CRO06 provides moderate beneficial effects for population and human health and minor beneficial effects relating to recreation and landscape. Four solutions (DAM01, DAM07, DOR02 and DOR05) are located in the southern part of the Strategic Grid and which would cumulatively deliver 22.5 Ml/d supply benefit to the zone. Two solutions (DAM07 and DOR05) relate to increasing the deployable output of Site C WTW through upgrading the treatment capacity and increasing Reservoir C capacity. The remaining two solutions (DAM01 and DOR02) relate to Stanford reservoir expansion and recovery of deployable output at the Site I WTW. The potential adverse effects identified for these solutions are mostly limited to minor effects, with the exception of moderate adverse effects relating to material assets and resource use and carbon emissions for solutions DAM07 and DOR05. Solution DOR02 is associated with only minor adverse effects. Three solutions (DAM01, DAM07 and DOR05) may give rise to greater adverse effects relating to population and human health; water quality; landscape and visual amenity; and archaeology and cultural heritage. The adverse effects in respect of recreation and landscape objectives associated with the reservoir solutions (DAM01 and DAM07) are of minor magnitude only due to the small scale of the proposed expansion (6-10% increase in storage capacity). These solutions provide greater beneficial effects as the additional water storage they provide will bolster resilience drought events which will become more prevalent due to climate change, as well as provide opportunity for additional recreational amenity and enhancing biodiversity through careful landscaping.

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Draft WRMP19 Programme Visual Evaluation Matrix – Strategic Grid (eastern and southern parts of the zone)

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Mitigation measures As discussed above, further mitigation measures will be necessary to address the risks of major adverse effects identified for biodiversity, flora and fauna; archaeology and cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. The majority of these adverse effects are associated with the construction of new pipelines which have currently only been designed at an outline level. As detailed design of these pipeline proceeds, optimisation of the pipeline routes will take place to, wherever feasible, avoid designated sites and features to reduce the magnitude of environmental effects. Similarly, construction activities associated with other options will need to be carefully planned, with detailed mitigation measures to address the environmental risks identified by the SEA. Design and mitigation measures will be carefully considered as part of the further investigations of the third party asset option as highlighted earlier. Cumulative Effects within Severn Trent’s Draft WRMP19 Programme Cumulative beneficial effects have been identified for all demand management options in the draft WRMP19 relation to these measures acting in combination to increase the overall demand savings, thereby contributing to sustainable abstraction. The cumulative benefits will help reduce stress on the water environment and the water settings of heritage and landscape features, as well as reducing energy use for water pumping and treatment. Identified potential cumulative effects of the different water supply options in the draft WRMP19 include: Site C WTW and Reservoir Expansion The Site C WTW DO recovery (DOR05) and Reservoir C (DAM07) solutions have been identified as having potential cumulative effects on a nearby sensitive environmental receptor. The solutions are both within 300 m of Site C SSSI. Upgrades to the WTW only involve minor works confined to the actual site boundary. The reservoir expansion requires the raising of the existing overflow weir and the bridge in addition to modifications to assets around the dam. The cumulative construction effects (noise disturbance and dust emissions) would not significantly increase the minor adverse effects posed by the solutions individually. Best practice construction techniques and the implementation of specific additional mitigation measures in dialogue with Natural England such as noise abatement barriers and dust dampening would be sufficient to minimise adverse effects on the SSSI during construction to avoid any lasting effects. Shustoke Reservoir and Reservoir A Expansions The Lower Shustoke capacity increase (DAM02) and Reservoir A capacity increase (DAM03) solutions have been identified as having potential cumulative adverse effects on nearby environmental receptors. Construction activities required for solution (DAM03) were identified as having the potential for moderate adverse effects on the River Blythe SSSI due to the risk of nuisance effects such as noise disturbance and dust emissions, for which additional specific mitigation measures will be required in dialogue with Natural England. Construction activities involved for the solution (DAM02) would be over one kilometre away and unlikely to have cumulative effects with the solution (DAM03) on the SSSI. Carsington Water The simultaneous operation of three solutions (MEL29, BHS06 and LIT01) has the potential for cumulative adverse effects on Carsington Water. All three solutions will involve releasing water from Carsington Water during their operation. Currently, Carsington Water fills from River Derwent during the winter and provides releases to the same river during the summer, at a rate of 30 Ml/d. Given the current operational pattern, Carsington Water is assumed to have a significant surplus even during dry weather. The total abstraction volume to be removed from Carsington Water during the operation of the proposed three solutions equates to approximately 0.47% of its capacity (23000 Ml) per day. This is not expected to cause any material decrease in water levels. Overall, there is a negligible to low risk of adverse impact on the reservoir’s ecology due to the increase in drawdown as a consequence of multiple abstractions operating simultaneously.

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Trent from Dove to Derwent The simultaneous operation of solutions (WTW05 and WIL05) has the potential for cumulative adverse effects on the River Trent from Dove to Derwent. Both solutions will involve abstraction from River Trent from Dove to Derwent during their operation, assumed to be all year round. The total abstraction volume to be removed from River Trent (Dove to Derwent) during the operation of both solutions equates to 70Ml/d, of which 20Ml/d will be supported by augmentation with final effluent from Barnhurst Wastewater Treatment Works which discharges to the ‘Penk from Source to Saredon Brook’ WFD water body. The current available volume that can be abstracted upstream of North Muskham gauging station before the hands-off flow conditions are triggered is 150 Ml/d. Therefore, the proposed abstractions could be accommodated within this limit and will not have any significant impact on the flow regime or the aquatic ecology of the water body. Cumulative Effects with Severn Trent’s Draft Drought Plan Severn Trent Water is currently in the process of developing its draft Drought Plan that will be published in early 2018. The SEA Environmental Report of the Final WRMP will consider this plan once it is complete. This report considers Severn Trent Water’s current Drought Plan which was published in 2013. The Drought Plan identifies demand side and supply side measures which could be employed in the event of a drought. The purpose of the Drought Plan is to bring about adaptations to manage drought and its implications effectively. The implementation of the 2013 Drought Plan alongside the draft WRMP19 may cause both beneficial and adverse cumulative impacts, the latter particularly in terms of environmental water stress. However, as part of the Drought Plan implementation process, operational and technical liaison with the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales is increased to determine the best resources to use to minimise environmental impact. The Drought Plan demand-side measures complement the demand management (water efficiency) schemes included in the draft WRMP19. While their implementation may exacerbate some of the potential adverse effects of the leakage management measures, specifically in relation to vehicle movements and associated effects on air quality, transport, community and nuisance, their implementation alongside demand management measures included in the draft WRMP19 should result in an overall beneficial cumulative impact on water resources (with indirect beneficial effects on environmental receptors such as biodiversity) because of the reduced consumption use of water. A review of supply-side options in the 2013 Drought Plan identified one potential operational cumulative effect with the draft WRMP19. There is potential for cumulative effects between Ambergate to Mid Nottinghamshire transfer solution (NOT01) and the River Derwent at Ambergate Drought Permit Option as they both abstract from the River Derwent. However, cumulative effects have been assessed as negligible as solution NOT01 would have no adverse effects on water flows and levels in the River Derwent from Amber to Bottle Brook since the 30 Ml/d abstraction would be fully supported by releases from Carsington Reservoir. In-combination Effects with Other Water Company Plans All of the neighbouring water companies to Severn Trent are in the process of producing draft 2019 plans for publication in early 2018. As such, it is not yet possible to identify confirmed schemes that will be included in these draft WRMPs for incorporation into this review of in-combination effects. This exercise will be carried for the Final WRMP19 SEA Environmental Report. However, WRMP discussions with the neighbouring companies have taken place and these have helped Severn Trent Water reach its decisions on the draft WRMP19, in particular the decision to exclude the Vyrnwy Reservoir import option from its draft plan. Based on these discussions, and assuming the exclusion of the Vyrnwy Reservoir import option, no cumulative adverse effects are currently anticipated from the forthcoming draft WRMPs of the neighbouring water companies. It is likely that all of the neighbouring water companies will include demand management programmes in their draft 2019 WRMPs, similar to those included in Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP. Improved

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water efficiency and leakage reduction across the country will result in beneficial in-combination effects in terms of reducing the need for, or scale of, new water resources thereby helping protect the water environment as well as reducing energy use through reduced water pumping and treatment. No cumulative adverse effects have been identified in relation to the current published Drought Plans of neighbouring water companies. Beneficial effects may arise in respect of the Drought Plan measures for water efficiency and demand management with similar activities in the draft WRMP19. Neighbouring water companies will also be invited to make comments on the draft WRMP19 and Severn Trent Water will also continue to communicate with neighbouring companies regarding the schemes in their draft 2019 WRMPs. In-combination Effects with Existing Relevant Plans, Programmes and Projects Environment Agency Drought Plans Assessment of the potential for in-combination impacts of the preferred plan with drought options listed in the Environment Agency Midlands Drought Plan has been undertaken. The information used to carry out these assessments is the most up to date information available at time of writing, but the assessments should be reviewed at the time of option implementation to ensure that no changes to the Environment Agency’s Drought Plan have been made in the intervening period, and that this assessment therefore remains valid. Drought actions and triggers are given in the Environment Agency’s Drought Plan. Actions described include communications (internal and external), monitoring and potential drought order applications to protect the environment. Of these actions, those which are applicable for in-combination assessment with Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP19 are external communications and potential environmental drought orders. External communications will have positive in-combination effects with Severn Trent Water’s media/water efficiency campaign demand side option in the draft WRMP19, as drought communication messages may reinforce each other, thereby resulting in increased demand savings and greater recognition by the public to use water wisely. No cumulative adverse effects have been identified in relation to the current Environment Agency Drought Plan. The Environment Agency’s drought order for the River Severn Regulation scheme is compatible with the solutions set out in Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP19 options with no cumulative adverse effects anticipated. Land Use and Spatial Plans It is necessary to consider potential in-combination effects with development programmes contained within regional planning frameworks. However, plans, policies and programmes contributing to regional spatial strategies (RSS) were revoked in July 2010 and were abolished following implementation of the Localism Act (2011). Future development is now principally guided by the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Local Development Frameworks (LDFs), in particular Local Plans. The Local Plans are relatively high level policy documents and whilst they identify potential areas for future development and zones for particular activities, the certainty of developments, the precise spatial location and their timing make it difficult to identify any potential cumulative effects with the draft WRMP19. As the WRMP19 solutions are brought forward for promotion, an assessment will need to be carried out of possible construction and/or operational cumulative effects with known local developments in dialogue with the relevant local planning authorities. County Council Minerals Development Frameworks have been considered in respect of the third party asset storage solution and this demonstrates compatibility with the Council’s core policy on asset reclamation, subject to appropriate mitigation and enhancement package being developed and agreed with the Council and other statutory bodies.

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National Policy Statements and National or Regional Infrastructure Plans No in-combination effects have been identified with national policy statements or with national or regional infrastructure plans (including energy and transport sector plans). Major projects The potential for in-combination effects with some of the known significant projects and developments identified in the Severn Trent Water supply area include: High Speed Two (HS2); M42 Junction 6 Improvement Scheme, M54 to M6 Link Road; Avonmouth Deep Sea Container Terminal; Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant and the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro Extension. In-combination effects with these projects are not considered likely as the zones of influence largely do not overlap with the draft WRMP19 schemes due to differing construction periods, or otherwise the impacts have been identified as small-scale and geographically distributed. No cumulative operational effects are anticipated. Habitats Directive and Water Framework Directive Assessments

The Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) has concluded that the draft WRMP19 is compliant with the Habitats Directive, with no likely significant effects on European sites anticipated with the application of appropriate mitigation measures. Severn Trent Water will liaise closely with Natural England as the schemes are brought forward for promotion over the coming years. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessments have concluded that the draft WRMP19 meets the WFD Regulations and associated objectives with the application of appropriate mitigation measures, with one exception. There currently remains some uncertainty surrounding the Ladyflette Boreholes (BHS07) solution which may have potential to cause deterioration between WFD status classes. Further investigation is required to understand these risks in greater detail as part of the next stage of developing this solution. Depending on the conclusions of this further investigation, it may be necessary to consider alternatives to this scheme. An advantage of Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP 2019 process is that it has considered and assessed a wide range of other feasible schemes that are available as a contingency and which could be used as alternatives in the event that the further WFD assessments concludes the scheme should be reduced in operational scale, or replaced entirely by another scheme. Consideration of Reasonable Alternatives

Through the assessment of several alternative programmes, the SEA has identified that feasible alternative schemes exist that could be developed with acceptable environmental and social effects that are comparable to those of the schemes included in the draft WRMP 2019. In this way, substitute schemes are available for consideration if this becomes necessary over the long-term implementation of the draft WRMP19. In particular, two other alternative programmes were assessed which included differing levels of leakage reduction and metering ambition, but both included an option to develop a new water import from United Utilities’ Vyrnwy Reservoir via the River Severn. The overall magnitude of environmental and social effects of this alternative supply option is broadly comparable to the effects associated with the third party asset option which it would be a substitute for. Mitigation

Options have been assessed in the SEA on the basis of residual effects on environmental and social receptors after taking account of the standard mitigation measures included within the outline design of each option. This includes measures such as best practice construction methods, flood storage compensation for options constructed in flood plains and standard noise, screening and pollution control measures during operation. Air quality effects are assumed to be mitigated through transport logistics

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and routing to avoid sensitive areas such as Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs). Opportunities to generate energy from renewable sources are already being taken by Severn Trent Water and further energy recovery and renewable energy opportunities will be explored as part of the detailed development of the strategies during the lifetime of the draft WRMP19. The SEA has however identified some specific additional mitigation measures as described above in relation to some of the solutions included in the draft WRMP19. These particularly include the need for mitigation where major adverse effects have been identified in respect of biodiversity, designated conservation sites, archaeology and cultural heritage, and landscape and visual amenity. Effects on archaeology and cultural heritage due to construction disturbance would be mitigated through detailed design to refine and optimise pipeline routes so as to avoid the identified potential impacts on archaeology or heritage assets, as well as through further site investigations and liaison with Historic England, local authorities and local heritage organisations to develop feature-specific mitigation measures. Effects on landscape and visual amenity will need to be addressed during the detailed design and optimisation of pipeline routes and location of above ground assets so as to avoid adverse effects on key landscape features (natural and built assets), and working with planners and local interest groups to return the visual and physical integrity of the landscape as closely as possible to its previous condition following construction. Where options result in the development of permanent facilities within the landscape, the detailed designs will carefully consider ways to blend the facilities in with the existing landscape as far as possible, including through careful selection of construction materials and appropriate screening and landscaping of the site. The mitigation measures described above would, in some cases, be implemented through Environmental Impact Assessment where required, and through the town and country planning processes. Construction Environmental Management Plans would be developed to ensure the mitigation measures (and associated effects monitoring) are in place during construction activities. In this way, effective mitigation plans can be developed to minimise many of the residual major adverse effects currently identified in the SEA. In some cases, uncertainty remains around the scale and magnitude of potential effects and therefore further investigations will be needed first before determining the precise nature of the mitigation measures that may be required. Monitoring of Effects During Plan Implementation

The natural, built and human receptors potentially impacted by development and operation of the options included in the draft WRMP19 strategies and possible indicators of effects have been set out in the table below. These proposed indicators would form the core component of a monitoring programme to assess whether the identified effects in the SEA are occurring as anticipated, or whether it is giving rise to greater or lesser effects (adverse or beneficial). In turn, the monitoring may identify changes to the mitigation measures necessary to minimise adverse effects and/or modifications to scheme design or operation to further augment beneficial effects.

Impacted Receptor Monitoring Indicators

Proportion of surface waters and groundwater waterbodies at ‘Good’ WFD status Water resources, Specific species and habitats surveys water quality, biodiversity Condition of European Sites and SSSIs according to Natural England condition assessments Progress against the Severn Trent Water biodiversity action plan Net greenhouse gas emissions per Ml (million litres) of treated water (kg Climate Factors CO2 equivalent emissions per Ml) reported annually by Severn Trent Water

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Impacted Receptor Monitoring Indicators

Transport fleet fuel consumption, emissions and mileage, as monitored Transport routinely by Severn Trent Water Scheme level community disruption due to construction works / during operation (where applicable) would be monitored through an Environmental Management Plan agreed as part of the planning permission process Complaints logged with Severn Trent Water and Local Authority Nuisance/ Community Environmental Health Officers or equivalent Amenity Effects Responses gauged through customer satisfaction surveys and reported in Severn Trent Water’s annual performance processes Surveys of recreational and other amenities likely to be affected, including assessment of the success of agreed mitigation measures. Responses gauged through customer satisfaction surveys and reported in Severn Trent Water’s annual performance processes Scheme-specific monitoring during construction works / during operation (where applicable) would be monitored through an Environmental Air Quality Management Plan agreed as part of the planning permission process Changes in air quality as monitored by the Defra Automatic Urban and Rural Network, including using this data to establish the baseline conditions Baseline, construction phase and operational phase Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments or equivalent assessment techniques of sensitive landscapes (including townscapes where applicable) and visual amenity identified in the SEA (and subsequent planning Landscape and visual application submissions) as being at a major or moderate adverse amenity effect. Assessments to be carried out in consultation with appropriate bodies, such as the relevant AONB committees and Natural England. These surveys will aid planning and evaluation of the success of proposed mitigation measures to reduce adverse effects on landscape and visual amenity. Condition of buried archaeology would be monitored during construction works as part of a Watching Brief and associate response measures as set out in the Environmental Management Plan agreed as part of the planning permission process Consultation with Historic England, heritage asset owners and other Cultural Heritage relevant stakeholders to ensure adverse impacts are minimised and opportunities sought for heritage discovery and/or maintenance. Reference to Historic England’s monitoring of heritage assets such as Listed Buildings and Scheduled Monuments, Registered Battlefields, Registered Parks and Gardens, in particular the ‘Heritage at risk’ register.

As options are brought forward for development, further specific monitoring requirements may be set out in detailed designs and plans accompanying scheme development (including, where applicable, formal applications for any required environmental permits or abstraction licences, planning permission, as well as any scheme-specific HRA and WFD assessments). These will be discussed with relevant regulatory and statutory bodies and stakeholders to agree the appropriate scale and duration of such scheme-specific monitoring activities proportionate to the assessed environmental risks.

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Conclusions

Through application of the SEA process (and associated HRA and WFD assessments) from the very outset, Severn Trent Water has actively considered environmental and social effects throughout the development of its draft WRMP19 and consulted regularly with regulators, stakeholders and customers to seek their views on the emerging findings from the effects assessment. The SEA process complies with the regulatory requirements and national best practice guidance. The assessments have been based on a broad range of objective environmental and social criteria, developed through public consultation, to ensure all options were considered on a consistent basis, in line with the meeting the requirements of the SEA Directive and national SEA Regulations. By integrating environmental and social assessment into the development of the draft WRMP19, a long- term, sustainable plan has been produced that maintains water supply reliability for Severn Trent Water’s customers without unacceptable adverse effects on the environment or local communities, subject to the application of appropriate, specific mitigation measures as identified by the SEA findings. As well as protecting the environment, the draft WRMP19 provides opportunities for environmental enhancement through various measures, in particular:

• reducing water abstraction from a number of existing water sources where there is a risk of adverse effects on the water environment. • includes a new scheme to purchase a third party asset and develop it into raw water storage to help meet long term supply / demand needs. This is an innovative solution to develop strategic raw water storage and there are opportunities, through careful planning and dialogue with stakeholders, to develop recreational amenities and enhance biodiversity through asset reclamation activities in line with County Council policies. • actively pursuing further water efficiency measures to substantially reduce leakage from the water supply system and customer properties, reducing the amount of water required to be abstracted from the environment. • significantly extending water metering to more customers and helping customers reduce their demand for water to achieve a material reduction in water consumption SEA Statement

On adoption of the Final WRMP 2019 after approval by the Secretary of State, Severn Trent Water will publish a SEA ‘Post Adoption’ Statement setting out how the SEA and any views expressed by the consultation bodies or the public have influenced the Final WRMP 2019. Consultation

Severn Trent Water started engagement with the Environment Agency, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales on the unconstrained options and associated screening criteria in December 2016. Meetings were then undertaken to review the screening process and comments on the constrained list of WRMP options. In January 2017, the constrained list was reissued with supporting assumptions to for comment. Comments provided in response were used to inform the ongoing WRMP options screening and scoping process. Additionally, a series of stakeholder consultation workshops have been held during the development of the draft WRMP19 to share emerging findings from the SEA, HRA and WFD assessment processes. Customer engagement activities have also been held to explain the key features of the draft WRMP19 and to seek feedback on the alternative options available to balance supply and demand. SEA statutory consultation bodies, stakeholders and the public were invited to express their views on the Scoping Report in January and February 2017. The feedback from this consultation helped to shape and finalise the assessment methodology and SEA objectives, as well as informing the appraisal of the draft WRMP19 options.

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The public, SEA statutory consultation bodies, regulatory bodies and stakeholders are now invited to express their views on this SEA Environmental Report, and can use it as a reference point in expressing their wider views on Severn Trent Water’s draft 2019 Water Resources Management Plan. Comments on this Environmental Report should be sent by post to: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs WRMP, c/o Water Resources Policy, Area 3D Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR

Or by email to [email protected] with ‘WRMP Consultation’ in the subject box.

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1 Introduction

1.1 Background and Purpose of Report Water companies in England and Wales are required to produce a Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) every five years. The Plan sets out how the company intends to maintain the balance between supply and demand for water over the long-term planning horizon in order to ensure security of supply in each of the water resource zones making up its supply area. This Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Environmental Report has been prepared in support of the development of Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP which is being issued for public consultation in early 2018. Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) and Water Framework Directive (WFD) has also been carried out in parallel. SEA is a statutory requirement for plans or programmes which could have significant environmental implications, and helps to identify where there are potential impacts and how any negative impacts might be mitigated. More information about SEA, and its role in supporting the development of the draft Water Resources Management Plan, is provided in Section 1.2. This Environmental Report is the second output of the SEA process. In January 2017, the SEA Scoping Report was issued for consultation which summarised the environmental baseline and set out the proposed assessment framework. The comments and issues raised by consultees are provided in Appendix A (restricted access) and have been considered in preparing this Environmental Report. The Environmental Report summarises the review of relevant policies and plans (Section 2, presented in full in Appendix B (restricted access)) and the baseline environment information (Section 3) that set the context for the assessment that has been carried out in accordance with the assessment methodology (Section 4). High level environmental screening to establish the constrained and feasible list of options is described in Section 5. The potential effects of alternative Water Resources Management Plan options are described in Section 6, with assessment of the Draft WRMP19 Programme, cumulative effects between solutions and other activities, programmes and plans set out in Section 7. Information regarding mitigation and monitoring is provided in Section 8. Section 9 discusses the conclusions of this Environmental Report. The SEA quality assurance is discussed in Section 10 and provided in Appendix C (restricted access). This SEA Environmental Report accompanies the submission of Severn Trent Water’s draft Water Resources Management Plan to Defra. Section 1.7 provides details of how to comment on this Environmental Report. 1.2 Application of SEA to Water Resource Management Planning 1.2.1 Overview of Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA became a statutory requirement in the UK following the adoption of Directive 2001/42/EC (the SEA Directive) on the assessment of effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment. The Directive was transposed into national legislation by The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 (referred to as the SEA Regulations)1. The objectives of SEA are set out in Article 1 of the SEA Directive as follows: ‘to provide for a high level of protection of the environment and to contribute to the integration of environmental considerations into the preparation and adoption of plans with a view to promoting sustainable development’.

1 The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 (Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 1633) apply to any plan or programme which relates solely or in part to England.

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The SEA Directive requires preparation of an Environmental Report in which the likely significant effects on the environment of implementing the plan or programme, and reasonable alternatives taking into account the objectives and geographical scope of the plan or programme, are identified, described and evaluated. It should be noted that, as stated in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) SEA Guidelines2, “it is not the purpose of the SEA to decide the alternative to be chosen for the plan or programme. This is the role of the decision-makers who have to make choices on the plan or programme to be adopted. The SEA simply provides information on the relative environmental performance of alternatives, and can make the decision-making process more transparent. The SEA process has therefore been used to help inform decisions making, including the selection of options, and the timing and implementation of Water Resources Management Plan options within the plan, as well as the consideration of appropriate monitoring and mitigation of identified environmental and social effects. The range of environmental and social issues to be included in an SEA is set out in the SEA regulations, and includes biodiversity, population, human health, fauna, flora, soil, water, air, climatic factors, material assets, cultural heritage, and landscape. As identified above, the Government has produced SEA guidance which sets out the stages of the SEA process. This, along with specific guidance for undertaking SEA and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) of WRMPs3, are used to inform the SEA of Severn Trent Water's WRMP19. The 2016 Final Water Resources Planning Guideline4 (WRPG) also provides guidance on the role of SEA within the water resources management planning process. These guidance documents and regulations have all informed Severn Trent Water’s Draft Water Resources Management Plan 2019 and the SEA. 1.2.2 Requirement for SEA and HRA of Severn Trent Water’s Water Resources Management Plan The SEA Scoping Report issued in 2017 set out the reasons why an SEA of the Severn Trent Water’s Water Resources Management Plan was required. The conclusion was that SEA is required taking into account a precautionary approach and uncertainties associated with whether the plan is likely to set a framework for future development consent and the risk that the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) would identify the potential for likely significant effects on certain Natura 2000 sites. A HRA has since been undertaken which accompanies the draft Water Resources Management Plan and which has informed the SEA. Undertaking a SEA of the Water Resources Management Plan has aided its development and Severn Trent Water’s decision-making on the options to be included in the plan, their timing and phasing taking account of the assessed environmental and social effects (adverse and beneficial). The application of the SEA (and HRA) have helped ensure strategic decisions affecting the environment have been made early on in the Water Resources Management Planning process. 1.3 Severn Trent Water Supply Area and Water Resources Management Planning 1.3.1 Severn Trent Water Supply Area Severn Trent Water is one of the largest water and wastewater companies in England and Wales, providing high quality water and wastewater services to over 3.7 million households and businesses over an area of 21,000km2 in the Midlands and mid-Wales, stretching from the Bristol Channel to the Humber. Severn Trent Water provides water to 8 million people, supplying 1.8 billion litres per day to 4.3 million homes and businesses. Water is supplied through nearly 47,000km of water mains fed from multiple sources including 28 impounding reservoirs and 181 groundwater sites. Groundwater sources, river derived sources and impounding reservoirs provide 35%, 35% and 30% respectively of the total

2 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2005) A Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive. 3 UKWIR (2012) Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulation Assessment – Guidance for Water Resources Management Plans & Drought Plans (12/WR/02/A). 4 Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales (2017) Water Resources Planning Guideline: Interim Update

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volume of water put into supply. For water resource planning purposes, Severn Trent Water's supply area is divided into 15 independent Water Resources Zones (WRZs) reflecting the different characteristics of the supply areas and associated risks to meeting demand within the supply area. The 15 WRZs are shown in Figure 1.1. The following sections summarise the characteristics of each WRZ. 1. Strategic Grid By far the largest WRZ, the Strategic Grid extends from the Peak District in the north, encompassing most of Derbyshire and Leicestershire. The WRZ then extends south-west through Warwickshire to Gloucester, and then north-west covering most of Worcestershire and some of Shropshire. The strategic grid is made up of 14 major water treatment works (WTW), five reservoir complexes, three major grid booster pumping stations and a number of strategic pipeline network connections and aqueducts. The WRZ serves a population of 5 million (65% of the total population supplied by STW). 2. Nottinghamshire The Nottinghamshire WRZ is supported by inter-linked groundwater sources and can also receive transfers from the Strategic Grid. The zone is largely supplied from a sandstone aquifer, which is a large unit that responds slowly to abstraction and drought pressures. The WRZ serves just over 1 million people (13% of the total). 3. Newark The Newark WRZ is supplied from local boreholes and imports from Nottinghamshire WRZ. The WRZ serves a population of 45,000 (0.6% of the total). 4. North Staffordshire This WRZ extends from a reservoir in the Peak District south-west towards Market Drayton. The WRZ is well connected and flexible. Water is routinely transferred from Site L WTW to support the groundwater supplied areas to the south-west of the zone. Similarly, when Site L output is reduced, demand in the North Staffordshire area can be met by increased output from the groundwater sources. This allows the conjunctive use of ground water and surface water resources. The WRZ serves a population of 520,000 (6.8% of the total). 5. Stafford There are four borehole groups which supply the distribution reservoirs in the zone, allowing an even distribution of water throughout the zone. The zone has no defined connections to the surrounding WRZs under normal operation. The WRZ serves a population of 91,000 (1.2% of the total). 6. Whitchurch and Wem This WRZ lies on the English side of England-Wales border and extends from Whitchurch southwards to Wem. The WRZ is supplied from local boreholes. There are no connections with surrounding WRZs under normal operation. The WRZ serves a population of 31,000 (0.4% of the total). 7. Kinsall This WRZ lies to the west of the Whitchurch and Wem WRZ. The WRZ is supplied from local boreholes. There are no connections with surrounding WRZs under normal operation. The WRZ serves a population of 12,000 (0.2% of the total). 8. Mardy This WRZ runs along the Welsh border encompassing Oswestry. The zone is supplied from a local borehole. There are no connections to the surrounding WRZs under normal operation. The WRZ serves a population of 8,200 (0.1% of the total). 9. Ruyton The zone is supplied from a local borehole and a limited connection from the Shelton WRZ. The WRZ serves a population of 12,300 (0.2%).

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10. Shelton This WRZ spans the England-Wales border extending from Gwynedd towards Wolverhampton. The zone is connected by a strategic link from Shelton to Telford that allows water resources to be effectively utilised throughout the zone from Shropshire to west Staffordshire. The WRZ serves a population of 470,743. 11. Wolverhampton The zone is supplied with water from Severn Trent Water’s shared South Stafforshire Asset, with support from a number of local groundwater sources. The WRZ serves a population of 232,000 (3% of the total). 12. Llandinam and Llanwrin This WRZ is supplied from local boreholes which are operated conjunctively. There are no connections with surrounding WRZs under normal operation. The WRZ serves a population of 42,000 (0.5% of the total). 13. Bishops Castle The zone is supplied from local boreholes. There are no connections to the surrounding WRZs under normal operation. The WRZ serves a population of 8,000 (0.1% of the total). 14. Rutland This zone on the eastern edge of the supply area receives all of its water from bulk supply transfers from Anglian Water. The WRZ serves a population of 32,000 (0.4% of the total). 15. Forest and Stroud This zone is supplied with water from Site K WTW, which can be distributed throughout the zone, and local groundwater and spring sources. The WRZ serves a population of 130,000 (1.7% of the total). Further details about the Severn Trent Water supply system are provided on the Severn Trent Water website (www.stwater.co.uk).

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Figure 1.1 Seven Trent’s Supply Area and Water Resource Zones

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1.3.2 Area under consideration for the SEA Development of the WRMP has involved a sequential process to determine the draft WRMP19 programmes of water supply and demand management schemes to maintain a supply-demand balance in each WRZ. The draft WRMP19 Programmes for each WRZ together make up the WRMP. Sections 4 and 5 explain in more detail the feasible list of options currently under consideration for the WRMP. Some of the options to be considered lie outside of the Severn Trent Water supply area: consequently, the spatial scope of the SEA is larger than the company’s water supply area to cover potential locations for new sources of water that may be considered through the water resource planning process. The area under consideration for the SEA is shown in Figure 1.2. 1.3.3 Temporal scope of the SEA The temporal scope of the WRMP covers a minimum planning period of 25 years (2020-2045). However, as the statutory process requires WRMPs to be produced every five years, the schemes and programmes for balancing supply and demand for water will be reviewed again and subject to SEA in 2023-24. In Section 3 of this Environmental Report and Appendix D (restricted access), the current environmental and social baseline for the SEA geographical area under consideration is described together with the likely future changes to this baseline as currently understood. Over the long-term planning horizon of the WRMP, there is uncertainty as to how the future baseline will evolve. Consequently, it is sensible to adopt a scenario approach to test the sensitivity of the WRMP against the central assessment of environmental and social effects based on the known or likely changes to the baseline conditions. In this way, the resilience of the WRMP options, programmes and the overall plan can be assessed and used to inform decision-making as well as recommendations for future monitoring to provide data for subsequent WRMPs and the associated SEA. In considering this approach to the future environmental and social baseline, it is important to recognise that WRMP options for implementation beyond 2025 will be further assessed by Severn Trent Water through the next statutory WRMP due to be published in 2024; this will also be subject to SEA. This process is currently assumed to be repeated every subsequent five years. This regular statutory update and review will ensure that actual changes to the baseline and updated forward projections can be taken into account in subsequent WRMPs and SEAs.

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Figure 1.2 SEA Area Under Consideration

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1.4 Severn Trent’s Water Resource Management Planning Process 1.4.1 Overview and Timetable Water resources management planning is undertaken by all water companies in England and Wales in order to ensure reliable, resilient water supplies over the long-term planning horizon. The process includes working out and forecasting how much water customers will need over the planning period (assessing demand) and how best to provide it (assessing options to reduce or constrain demand growth and/or augment reliable supplies of water) in an efficient, timely manner (programme appraisal). Companies seek to identify the preferred, ‘best value’ programme of demand management and water supply options to maintain a balance between reliable supply and demand in each WRZ and for their supply area as whole (the WRMP). Water companies in England and Wales have a statutory requirement to prepare a WRMP every five years; the next WRMP must be submitted in draft to the Secretary of State by the 1 December 2017 to seek his agreement for issuing for public consultation during early 2018, with the final plan submitted for approval to the Secretary of State in late 2018 or 2019. The WRMP also informs the regulatory water company business planning ‘Periodic Review’ process through which the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) sets the prices that water companies can charge their customers for water (and wastewater) services. The next Periodic Review will be in 2019. Engagement with government, regulators, other licensed water suppliers and water companies, customers and a wide range of stakeholders is key to the WRMP process. Severn Trent Water’s WRMP19 consultation programme commenced in 2016 and includes a wide range of stakeholders and the regulators. Consultation will continue throughout the next few years as the WRMP19 continues to be developed. The draft WRMP will be published for formal public consultation in early 2018, accompanied by this SEA Environmental Report. Following comments on the draft WRMP and SEA Environmental Report, a Statement of Response will be prepared by Severn Trent Water setting out how it intends to take account of the comments received in finalising the WRMP for the Secretary of State’s approval. In developing its WRMP19, Severn Trent Water will examine the supply/demand balance for each WRZ and determine how any deficits between forecast demand and reliable water supplies should be addressed for the selected planning period. The planning process considers key issues which affect future water supply reliability and demand for water, such as: • population and housing growth • water consumption behaviour and how these may change in the future • climate change implications for reliability of water supplies • reductions to the availability of water supplies due to environmental impact of existing water source abstractions (‘sustainability reductions’) • raw water quality deterioration due to land use and/or climate change

A wide range of alternative options were considered by Severn Trent Water to address any forecast supply shortfalls, including: • alternative water tariffs to encourage water efficiency (linked to Severn Trent Water’s strategy to continue extending water metering to its household customers) • promotion of water efficiency measures • reducing water leakage from the water supply network or at customers’ properties • water transfers from other water companies or other owners of water sources • water reuse

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• changes to river or groundwater abstraction • raising the level of existing reservoir • increased transfer of water between WRZs Each of these options is assessed to understand the costs, customers preferences, the benefits to the supply-demand balance, the effect on carbon emissions and the environmental and social effects (through the SEA process and associated HRA and WFD assessments). The options are subsequently compared through a comprehensive programme appraisal process to determine the ‘best value’ programme of options to maintain a supply-demand balance over the planning period for each WRZ. Decisions on the best value programme will take account of a range of factors, such as the implications for water bills, the resilience to future risks and uncertainties (e.g. climate change), deliverability considerations and the environmental and social effects of the programme (adverse and beneficial, as informed by the SEA). The UKWIR Guidance on integrating SEA into WRMPs and the WRPG provide clear direction on how SEA outputs should be used in options and programme appraisal. Figure 1.3 summarises the overall approach to the evolution of this WRMP from the initial “unconstrained” list of options through to the draft WRMP19 Programme. Costing in the second step of screening involved both engineering; and environmental and social costing. Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this Environmental Report explain in more detail how this SEA will actively inform the WRMP process at each key stage. Figure 1.3 WRMP Options and Programme Appraisal

1.4.2 Water Resource Management Plan Development There are several future key challenges faced by Severn Trent Water in providing reliable and secure water supplies to its customers. These include increasing population in some areas, the potential effects of climate change, and possible “sustainability reductions” to the availability of water supplies from various existing water sources to help meet Water Framework Directive (WFD) requirements to deliver good ecological status for waterbodies. As a result of these various pressures, actions are likely to be required by Severn Trent Water to maintain sustainable and secure water supplies to customers. These actions could include measures to reduce the demand for water and/or develop additional water supply availability. A wide range of

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demand and supply measures were considered initially, and then were narrowed down to a smaller number of options for more detailed evaluation. 1.4.3 Severn Trent Water’s Feasible List of Options Severn Trent Water investigated a wide range of potential options to balance future supply and demand. These were assessed as to their practicability and feasibility from which a Feasible List of scheme options was produced. Options on the Feasible List were grouped according to the following two categories:

• Supply-side options • Demand-side measures

The individual options/measures in each group are documented in Table 1.1. For each option/measure, baseline information was collated to permit SEA, WFD and HRA assessments to be completed, focusing on:

• Analysis of the environmental and hydrological issues • Strategic assessment of the residual environmental effects after mitigation (including construction/implementation and operational effects) • Identification of potential monitoring requirements.

Table 1.1 Draft WRMP Feasible List of options Reference Component name Benefits (Ml/d) Supply-side options 4 Site R Conjunctive Use 15 71 Elmhurst BH raw transfer to Site L 4 58 River Weaver to Stoke 5-10 159 Waveley Road BHs 3.1 108 Stoke to Stafford Link 7 22 Elmhurst BH Recommissioning (Potable) 2 101 Kinsall Additional Resource 1-2 110 Wolverhampton-Staffs Link 30 64 Stanton/Milton to Supply at Site Q 5 81 Yorkshire Water Bulk Import to Chesterfield 25 88 River Weaver to Site L WTW 10 44 New river WTW nr. Stafford 25 45 New river WTW on Notts Trent 50 50 New river WTW at Ombersley 30 7A River Trent Augmentation (Barnhurst) 20 53 New river WTW at Buildwas, Shrops 30 Use Linacre reservoirs and abstraction licence as a supply to the 142 gird either permanently or as a temporary drought resilience 5 option 17 Site Q (Dove) Conjunctive Use 35 30 New BH in Hopton GWMU 1.6 16 DVA to Nottingham Pipeline Enhancement 15 25A Upper Avon/Leam Resource 36

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Reference Component name Benefits (Ml/d) Hatton (Warks) Conjunctive Use 27 3.6 + recommission Haysley Spring 32 Site F Conjunctive Use 10 84A Minor Dam Extensions (Stanford 10% 100Ml) 0.7 112A Croxton BH Output Increase 2.5 61 River Trent to Site Q 30 Use currently underutilised R. Severn abstraction licences at our 152 50 shared South Stafforshire Asset 158 Watery Lane BHs 4 163 Swynnerton BHs 8.5 187A Expand Carsington - 10500Ml 46.5 99G Scheme 99G - DO Recovery - Site Q 25 105 Ruyton Support Link 1 111 Site Q to Staffs Link 32 138 Packington Reuse 5 150 Little Haywood new WTW on Upper Trent incl main to Meir 30 166 Broomleys BH 1.1 54 River Soar to Site B WTW 15 99B Scheme 99B - DO Recovery - Site I 2 99E Scheme 99E - DO Recovery – Site C 9 103 Mardy Support Link 1.5 104 Newark Support Link 5 Use Blackbrook reservoir to provide additional supply of raw water 134A 5-10 to Site B WTW Use Thornton reservoir to provide additional supply of raw water 135 18 to Site B WTW 123A Raise Dam at Reservoir L (5% (300Ml)) 1.4 190 Eyebrook Reservoir 18 191 Diddlebury BH/Munslow BH Network Constraints 0.9 192A Mardy Support 3 194A Clungunford/Oakley Farm Support 0.9 Change the WTW processes at Site L WTW so that it has a lower 195 5-10 minimum output than ~ 16 Ml/d. 192B Mardy Support 3 194B Clungunford/Oakley Farm Support 4.75 187B Expand Carsington - 16900Ml 74.8 84D Minor Dam Extensions (Carsington 10% (3600Ml)) 10-12 123B Raise Dam at Reservoir L (25% (1600Ml)) 7.1 122B Raise water level at Reservoir C (25% (5800Ml)) 48 122C Raise water level at Reservoir C (50% (11500Ml)) 96 120A Middle Severn to Site C 169 120B Middle Severn to Site C 157 120C Middle Severn to Site C 158

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Reference Component name Benefits (Ml/d) 120D Middle Severn to Site C 129 120E Middle Severn to Site C 118 120F Middle Severn to Site C 89 12 Central Birmingham GW Potable Supply 12.8 121 Site O to Site K main 15 122A Raise water level at Reservoir C (6% (1400Ml)) 11 112B Croxton BH Output Increase 2.5 84B Minor Dam Extensions (Shustoke 10% 200Ml) 1 132 Whaddon to Forest Transfer 5 128 Carsington to Site L main 25 84C Minor Dam Extensions (Res. A 5% 70Ml) 0.05 25B Upper Avon/Leam Resource 120 198 Ladyflatte BH Recommission 2.7 117 Peckforton Bulk Import 10 200 Peckforton Group Export 8-10 95B Site J WTW Output Increase 40 82 Cross-Wolverhampton Strategic Link Main 10 90 Leek-Stoke Trunk Main Enhancement 5 131 Site J to Mansfield Pipeline enhancement 5 Supply of water either from the Canals and Rivers Trust (CRT) 144A network/ rivers/ reservoirs/ groundwater sources 12.75 or from the North (UU) using the CRT network as a transfer route Supply of water either from the Canals and Rivers Trust (CRT) 144B network/ rivers/ reservoirs/ groundwater sources 12.75 or from the North (UU) using the CRT network as a transfer route Unlock unused Carsington storage /Lower Derwent to Site Q/ L. 125A 30 Eaton/ C. Wilne 79 Wolves-Birmingham Strategic Link Main 21.5 33 Site M WTW Expansion 18 34 Longdon Marsh Reservoir 280 31C E.Midlands Raw Water Storage 50 31D E.Midlands Raw Water Storage 50 Site E Expansion - with main to Hathern Cross (+£5M for main 14B 50 TBC) 204 New GW Source in Coven Unit 4 205 Milford DO recovery 2 99D Site B DO recovery 6 66 Expand Site P 30 162 Preston Brockhurst BHs 1.5-1.96 193 Much Wenlock Support, Rehabilitation or Redrilling 1.25-1.45 F-120 Site U 120Ml/d 120 F-190 Site U 190Ml/d 190 89D20 Carsington to N Staffs - 20Ml/d 20

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Reference Component name Benefits (Ml/d) 89D30 Carsington to N Staffs - 30Ml/d 30 186A Expand Site T (9m ((28700Ml)) 90 186B Expand Site T (13m (45600Ml)) 150 304 New strategic link from Strategic Grid to Mansfield 30 305 New strategic transfer capacity from Strategic Grid to Sunnyside 25 310 Transfer main from Site C WTW to Coventry 0 313 Increase Site R WTW capacity 20 Demand-side options WE003A Enhanced Household Water Efficiency Audit 0.15 WE003B Enhanced Household Water Efficiency Audit 0.30 WE004A Enhanced Social Housing Water Efficiency Audit 0.08 WE004B Enhanced Social Housing Water Efficiency Audit 0.21 WE005 Leakage Reduction 13.2 WE006 Increased Metering 2

1.5 Stages of Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA incorporates the following stages:

• Stage A: Setting the context, identifying objectives, problems and opportunities, and establishing the baseline – Scoping Report published in January 2017. • Stage B: Developing and refining options and assessing effects (impact assessment) • Stage C: Preparing the Environmental Report (recording results) • Stage D: Consulting on the Draft Plan and the Environmental Report (seeking consensus) • Stage E: Monitoring the significant effects of the plan or programme on the environment (verification) This Environmental Report encompasses Stages B and C of the SEA process, which is being issued for public consultation (Stage D) alongside the draft Water Resources Management Plan 2019. Table 1.2 is an extract from the ODPM Practical Guide5 that sets out the main stages of the SEA process and the purpose of each task within the process. Specific guidance on the application of the SEA process to WRMPs is provided by UKWIR (2012)6.

Table 1.2 SEA Stages and Tasks

Stage / Task Purpose Stage A: Setting the context and objectives, establishing the baseline and deciding on the scope To establish how the plan or programme is affected by outside Task A1. Identifying other factors to suggest ideas for how any constraints can be relevant plans, programmes addressed, and to help identify SEA objectives.

5 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2005). A Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive. 6 UKWIR (2012) Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulation Assessment – Guidance for Water Resources Management Plans & Drought Plans (12/WR/02/A).

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Stage / Task Purpose and environmental protection objectives

Task A2. Collecting baseline To provide an evidence base for environmental problems, information prediction of effects, and monitoring; to help in the development of SEA objectives. Task A3. Identifying To help focus the SEA and streamline the subsequent stages, environmental problems including baseline information analysis, setting of the SEA objectives, prediction of effects and monitoring. Task A4. Developing SEA To provide a means by which the environmental performance Objectives of the plan or programme and alternatives can be assessed.

Task A5. Consulting on the To ensure the SEA covers the likely significant environmental scope of the SEA effects of the plan or programme. Stage B: Developing and refining alternatives and assessing effects Task B1. Testing the plan or To identify potential synergies or inconsistencies between the programme objectives against objectives of the plan or programme and the SEA objectives SEA objectives and help in developing alternatives. Task B2. Developing strategic alternatives To develop and refine strategic alternatives.

Task B3. Predicting the effects of the plan or programme, To predict the significant environmental effects of the plan or including alternatives programme and its alternatives.

Task B4. Evaluating the effects To evaluate the predicted effects of the plan or programme of the plan or programme, and its alternatives and assist in the refinement of the plan or including alternatives programme.

Task B5. Mitigating adverse To ensure that adverse effects are identified and potential effects mitigation measures are considered. Task B6. Proposing measures to monitor the environmental To detail the means by which the environmental performance effects of plan or programme of the plan or programme can be assessed. implementation

Stage C: Preparing the Environmental Report Task C1. Preparing the To present the predicted environmental effects of the plan or environmental report programme, including alternatives, in a form suitable for public consultation and use by decision-makers. Stage D: Consulting on the Draft Plan or programme and the Environmental Report To give the public and the consultation bodies an opportunity Task D1. Consulting the public to express their opinions on the findings of the Environmental and consultation bodies on the Report and to use it as a reference point in commenting on the draft plan or programme and plan or programme. the Environmental Report To gather more information through the opinions and concerns of the public Task D2. Assessing significant To ensure that the environmental implications of any significant changes changes to the draft plan or programme at this stage are assessed and taken into account.

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Stage / Task Purpose Task D3. Making decisions and To provide information on how the Environmental Report and providing information consultees opinions were taken into account in deciding the final form of the plan or programme to be adopted. Stage E: Monitoring the significant effects of the plan or programme on the environment Task E1. Developing aims and To track the environmental effects of the plan or programme to methods for monitoring show whether they are as predicted; to help identify adverse effects. Task E2. Responding to To prepare for appropriate responses where adverse effects adverse effects are identified.

1.6 Structure of the Environmental Report This SEA Environmental Report presents the findings of Tasks B1 to C1 set out in Table 1.2, and provides the public, stakeholders and regulatory bodies with an opportunity to express their opinions on the findings of the assessment. The Environmental Report is structured as follows: • Section 1 (this section): describes the requirement for, purpose and process of the SEA, and its context in relation to the draft Water Resources Management Plan. • Section 2 – Policy Context: identifies key messages and environmental protection objectives from other relevant plans and programmes. • Section 3 – Environmental Baseline Review: draws out the key environmental issues Severn Trent Water intends to consider in the SEA. • Section 4 – Methodology: provides details of the methods employed in undertaking the assessment including the cumulative effects assessment methodology. • Section 5 – Describes the Environmental Screening of Water Resources Management Plan options undertaken that was undertaken and summaries the results. • Section 6 – Assessment of Water Resources Management Plan Feasible List: presents the potential impacts of the various options against the SEA framework. • Section 7 – Assessment of Water Resources Management Plan Draft WRMP19 Programme and Cumulative Effects Assessment: presents the potential impacts of the various solutions in the Draft WRMP19 Programme against the SEA framework and discusses the potential cumulative effects of solutions with one another and with other plans, programmes and projects in the region. • Section 8 – Mitigation and Monitoring: discusses measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and offset any significant adverse effects of implementing the draft Water Resources Management Plan and monitoring to track the environmental effects to show whether they are as predicted, to help identify any adverse impacts and trigger deployment of mitigation measures. • Section 9 – Conclusions: discusses the key outcomes of this report. • Section 10 – Quality Assurance: provides the SEA Quality Assurance Checklist.

1.7 Consultation Severn Trent Water started engagement with the EA and NRW on the criteria for screening options in December 2016. Meetings with the Environment Agency were then undertaken to review the screening process and comments on the constrained list of WRMP options. In January 2017, the constrained list was reissued with supporting assumptions to the Environment Agency for comment. Comments provided in response were used to inform the ongoing WRMP options screening and scoping process.

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As a result of input from the Environment Agency during the consultation process, six schemes were screened out and comments informed the scope and design of 28 schemes. Additonally, Severn Trent Water has consulted on the development of its plan with a wide range of stakeholders through stakeholder workshops as well as with its customers, including through online engagement approaches to gain feedback on customer preferences with respect to different options for balancing supply and demand in the future. The stakeholder and customer feedback has helped shaped the development of the plan as described in the draft WRMP19. Consultation bodies, stakeholders and the public were invited to express their views on the Scoping Report in accordance with SEA Regulation 12(5). The Scoping Report was issued on 20th January 2017 to the Environment Agency, Historic England and Natural England, and was made available to the public and stakeholders on the Severn Trent Water website. The consultation period ran until Friday 28th February 2017. The responses to comments provided on the Scoping Report and how these have been taken into account in carrying out the SEA are presented in Appendix A (restricted access). This Environmental Report has been produced taking into consideration the responses received from consultation bodies during the Scoping consultation. It provides assessments of the potential effects (adverse and beneficial) of the water resources management options considered for the draft Water Resources Management Plan and sets out how the findings have been used to inform the development of the plan. The public, regulatory bodies and stakeholders are invited to express their views on this Environmental Report, and can use it as a reference point in expressing their wider views on Severn Trent Water’s draft 2019 Water Resources Management Plan that this report accompanies. The consultation period for this SEA Environmental Report will run concurrently with consultation on Severn Trent Water’s draft Water Resources Management Plan. Comments should be sent by email to: Comments on this Environmental Report should be sent by post to: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs WRMP, c/o Water Resources Policy, Area 3D Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR

Or by email to [email protected] with ‘WRMP Consultation’ in the subject box.

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2 Policy context

2.1 Introduction Annex 1 of the SEA Directive (Directive 2001/42/EC) requires the following specific information to be included within the Environmental Report: • 'an outline of the…relationship with other plans and programmes' • ‘the relevant aspects of the current state of the environment and the likely evolution thereof without implementation of the plan or programme’ • ‘the environmental characteristics of areas likely to be significantly affected’ • ‘any existing environmental problems which are relevant to the plan or programme including, in particular, those relating to any areas of a particular environmental importance, such as areas designated pursuant to Directives 79/409/EEC (the ‘Birds Directive’) and 92/43/EEC (the ‘Habitats Directive’)’ • 'the environmental protection objectives, established at international, (European) Community or Member state level, which are relevant to the plan or programme and the way those objectives and any environmental considerations have been taken into account during its preparation.' In accordance with the Directive, a review of relevant plans, policies and programmes is presented in Appendix B (restricted access). A summary of key messages derived from the review is presented in Table 2.1 of this section. 2.2 Review of Policies, Plans and Programmes Identifying other relevant plans, policies and programmes, as well as environmental protection and social objectives, is one of the first steps in undertaking SEA, forming part of Stage A of the SEA process. The review identified how Severn Trent Water's WRMP19 might be influenced by other plans, policies, programmes and other objectives which the WRMP should take into account. This information helped to set the objectives for the SEA process. Relevant plans, policies and programmes were identified from the wide range that has been produced at an international, national, regional and local level. The emphasis is on ‘relevant’: plans and programmes that have no likely interaction with the WRMP (i.e. they are unlikely to influence the WRMP, or be influenced by it), have been excluded from the review. Important relevant plans, policies and programmes and strategic level plans that fall within the area under consideration have been considered, including relevant plans, policies and programmes in Wales as some key water sources used by Severn Trent Water are located within Wales. The key policy objectives derived from the review of policies, plans and programmes are documented below in Table 2.1. Appendix B (restricted access) provides a detailed summary of all the policies, plans and programmes identified through the review.

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Table 2.1 Key Policy Objectives derived from the Review of Policies, Plans and Programmes

SEA Topic Key Policy Objectives

• Conservation and enhancement of the natural environment and of biodiversity, particularly internationally and nationally designated sites, whilst taking into account future climate change and ability to adapt. • Promote a catchment-wide approach to water use to ensure better protection of biodiversity. • To achieve favourable condition for priority habitats and species. • Avoidance of activities likely to cause irreversible damage to natural heritage. • Support well-functioning ecosystems, respect environmental limits and capacities, and maintain/enhance coherent ecological networks, including Biodiversity, provision for fish passage and connectivity for migratory/mobile species. flora and fauna • Strengthen the connections between people and nature and realise the value of biodiversity. • Ensure maintenance and/or support provision of fish passage for migratory fish. • Protection, conservation and enhancement of natural capital. • Ecosystem services from natural capital contributes to the economy and therefore should be protected and, where possible, enhanced. • Avoidance of activities likely to cause the spread of Invasive Non-Native species (INNS). • A need to protect the green infrastructure network. • To ensure secure, safe, reliable, dependable, sustainable and affordable supplies of water are provided for all communities and all business sectors. • Access to high quality open spaces and opportunities for sport and recreation can make an important contribution to the health and well-being of communities. • To provide a clean, healthy environment that benefits both people and the economy. • Water resources play an important role in supporting the health and recreational Population and needs of local communities. human health • Increase awareness of sustainability, the true value of water and its efficient use. • Promotion of well-being and healthy communities and protection from risks to these. • Promotion of a sustainable economy supported by universal access to essential utility and infrastructure services. • Protection and improvement of drinking water quality. • Promote sustainable production and consumption whilst seeking to reduce the amount of waste generated by using materials, energy and water more efficiently. • Consider issues of water demand, water supply and water quality in the natural environment and ensure a sustainable use of water resources. Government expects water companies to continue reducing overall demand for water. Material assets and resource • Contribute to a resource efficient, green and competitive low carbon economy. use • Maintain a resilient, reliable public water supply and ensure there is enough water for human uses, as well as providing an improved water environment. • Minimise the production of waste, maximise resource benefits from waste and ensure waste management is in line with the ‘waste hierarchy’: eliminate waste sent to landfill. • Promote the sustainable management of natural resources. • Promote sustainable production and consumption whilst seeking to reduce the amount of waste generated by using materials, energy and water more Water efficiently. • Consider issues of water demand, water supply and water quality in the natural environment and ensure a sustainable use of water resources. Government

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SEA Topic Key Policy Objectives expects water companies to continue reducing overall demand for water. • Contribute to a resource efficient, green and competitive low carbon economy. • Maintain a resilient, reliable public water supply and ensure there is enough water for human uses, as well as providing an improved water environment. • Minimise the production of waste, maximise resource benefits from waste and ensure waste management is in line with the ‘waste hierarchy’: eliminate waste sent to landfill. • Promote the sustainable management of natural resources. • Balance the abstraction of water for supply with the other functions and services the water environment performs or provides. • Steer new development to areas with the lowest probability of flooding and manage any residual flood risk, taking account of the impacts of climate change. • Promote measures to enable and sustain long-term improvement in water efficiency. • Ensure a sustainable balance between the supply and demand for water. • Reduce flood risk to people, residential and non-residential properties, community facilities and key transport links, as well as designated nature conservation sites and heritage assets and landscapes of value. • Reduce risk of flooding from reservoirs. • Support achievement of River Basin Management Plan objectives.

• Protect and enhance the quality and diversity of geology (including geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest) and soils including geomorphology and geomorphological processes. • Ensure that soils will be protected and managed to optimise the varied ecosystem service functions that soils perform for society (e.g. supporting agriculture and forestry, protecting cultural heritage, carbon sequestration, supporting biodiversity, as a platform for construction), in keeping with the principles of sustainable development. Soil, geology • Promote catchment-wide approach to land management by relevant and land use stakeholders, in order to benefit natural resources, reduce pollution and develop resilience to climate change. • Promote mixed use developments, and encourage multiple benefits from the use of land in urban and rural areas, recognising that some open land can perform many functions. • Encourage the effective use of land by reusing land that has been previously developed (brownfield land), provided that it is not of high environmental value. • Minimise coastal erosion. • Conservation and enhancement of geological SSSIs.

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Targets include: reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% (relative to 1990 levels) by 2050. In Wales, target is to achieve an 80% reduction in emissions. • Reduce the effects of air pollution on ecosystems. • Improve overall air quality. • Sustain compliance with and contribute towards EU limit values or national Air and climate objectives for pollutants, taking into account the presence of Air Quality Management Areas and the cumulative impacts on air quality from individual sites in local areas. • Minimise energy consumption, support the use of sustainable/renewable energy and improve resilience to climate change. • Build in adaption to climate change to future planning and consider the level of urgency of associated risks of climate change impacts accordingly.

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SEA Topic Key Policy Objectives

• Need for adaptive measures to respond to likely climate change impacts on water supply and demand.

• Built development in the vicinity of historic buildings and Scheduled Monuments could have implications for the setting and/or built fabric and cause damage to any archaeological deposits present on the site. • Ensure active management of the Region’s environmental and cultural assets. • Ensure effects resulting from changes to water level (surface or sub-surface) on all historical and cultural assets are avoided. Consider effects on important wetland areas with potential for paleo-environmental deposits. Archaeology and • Promote the conservation and enhancement of the historic environment, cultural heritage including the promotion of heritage and landscape as central to the culture of the region and conserve and enhance distinctive characteristics of landscape and settlements. • Conserve and enhance the historic environment, heritage assets and their settings. • Protect, enhance and manage the character and appearance of historic and cultural assets and their settings including maintaining and strengthening local distinctiveness and sense of place.

• Protection and enhancement of landscape (including designated landscapes, landscape character, distinctiveness and the countryside). • Take account of the different roles and character of different areas, promoting the vitality of main urban areas, protecting the Green Belts around them, Landscape and recognising the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside and supporting visual amenity thriving rural communities within it. • Enhance the value of the countryside by protecting the natural environment for this and future generations. • Improve access to valued areas of landscape character in sustainable ways to enhance its enjoyment and value by visitors and stakeholders.

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3 Environmental Baseline Review

3.1 Introduction An essential part of the SEA process is to identify the current baseline environmental conditions and their likely evolution during the life of the plan (in this case, a maximum of five years). The SEA Directive (Directive 2001/42/EC) also requires that the evolution of baseline conditions of the plan area (that would take place with or without implementation of the plan) is identified. This is useful when determining impact significance, particularly with regards to baseline conditions that may already be improving or worsening and the rate of such change. Full environmental baseline data are presented in Appendix D (restricted access) and have been drawn from a variety of sources, including a number of the plans and programmes reviewed as part of the SEA process (as set out above in Table 2.1). This environmental baseline review also summarises the likely future trends for the environmental issues being considered (as far as information is available). The key issues arising from the review of baseline conditions are summarised in Section 2.2. The best available projections for environmental and social characteristics have been considered and summarised, but there is significant uncertainty which increases with time. With knowledge of existing conditions and how these may evolve in the absence of the Water Resources Management Plan, the potential effects (adverse and beneficial) of the Water Resources Management Plan can be identified, mitigated where necessary and subsequently monitored. 3.2 Limitations of the data and assumptions made The principal limitations surround the future social and environmental baseline where there is substantial differences in the availability and temporal resolution of robust projections across the various SEA topic areas: for example, whilst water companies are planning up to 25 years ahead or more and climate change estimates extend to an 80 year horizon, regional population and housing forecasts rarely go beyond a 20 year horizon and forecasts of how the natural environment may change are very limited. As discussed above, a scenario based approach will therefore be adopted to test central forecasts (and ‘best view’ assumptions where forecasts are lacking or do not extend sufficiently far ahead) as part of the assessment process. The study area for the SEA is relatively large and covers a number of different geographical and political regions, which makes establishing a baseline at the sub-regional level challenging. There are also challenges around extrapolating information from data collated at differing spatial resolutions. Spatial data have been obtained for most of the SEA topics, and the baseline is presented graphically as mapped information where appropriate. In some instances, reporting cycles mean that available information is dated. SEA is a high-level assessment aimed at highlighting potential environmental concerns. The environmental data to be used in this assessment is based on that which is readily available from existing sources (e.g. statutory bodies and government agencies). No primary research or survey work has been carried out specifically to inform the SEA and therefore it is possible that at the individual option level, there may be additional environmental issues that could have an influence on a WRMP option. 3.3 Key issues The baseline was set out in the Scoping Report and has been updated based on feedback provided through consultation. The baseline is detailed further in Appendix D (restricted access). Key issues arising from the review of baseline conditions for each of the SEA topics are summarised in Table 3.1. These key issues have been used to support the development of the SEA objectives in Section 4.

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Table 3.1 Summary of key sustainability issues

SEA topic Key issues

Biodiversity, • The need to protect or enhance the region’s biodiversity, particularly flora and fauna protected sites designated for nature conservation. • The need to avoid activities likely to cause irreversible damage to natural heritage. • The need to take opportunities to improve connectivity between fragmented habitats to create functioning habitat corridors • The need to recognise the importance of allowing wildlife to adapt to climate change. • The need to control the spread of Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) • The need to engage more people in biodiversity issues so that they personally value biodiversity and know what they can do to help, including through recognising the value of ecosystem services.

Population and • The need to ensure water supplies remain affordable especially for human health deprived or vulnerable communities, reflecting the importance of water and sewerage services for health and wellbeing. • The need to ensure continued improvements in levels of health across the region, particularly in urban areas and deprived areas. • The need to ensure continuing safe, reliable and resilient provision of water and sewerage services to maintain health and wellbeing of the population. • The need to ensure a balance between different aspects of the built and natural environment that will help to provide opportunities for local residents and tourists, including opportunities for access to, protecting and enhancing recreation resources, green infrastructure and the natural and historic environment. • The need to accommodate an increasing population. • Sites of nature conservation importance, heritage assets, water resources, important landscapes and public rights of way contribute to recreation and tourism opportunities and subsequently health and well- being and the economy.

Material assets • The need to minimise the consumption of resources, including water and resource and energy. use • The need to reduce the total amount of waste produced in the region, from all sources. The need to recognise waste as a potential resource and reuse waste productively where possible to support development of the circular economy. • The need to reduce the proportion of waste sent to landfill. • The need to continue to actively control leakage from the water supply system and promote the efficient use of water to help reduce future demand for water.

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SEA topic Key issues

Water • The need to further improve the quality of the regions’ river and estuarine waters taking into account WFD objectives. • The need to maintain the quantity and quality of groundwater resources taking into account WFD objectives. • The need to improve the resilience, flexibility and sustainability of water resources in the region, particularly in light of potential climate change impacts on surface water and groundwater. • The need to ensure sustainable abstraction to protect the water environment and meet society’s needs for a resilient water supply. • The need to reduce and manage flood risk. • The need to ensure that people understand the value of water.

Soil, geology • The need to protect geological features of importance (including and land use geological SSSIs) and maintain and enhance soil function and health. • The need to manage the land more holistically at the catchment level, benefitting landowners, other stakeholders, the environment and sustainability of natural resources (including water resources). • The need to make use of previously developed land (brownfield land) and to reduce the prevalence of derelict land in the region.

Air and climate • The need to reduce air pollutant emissions (industrial processes/transport) and limit air emissions to comply with air quality standards. • The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (industrial processes and transport). • The need to mitigate against climate change through the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in order to contribute to risk reduction over the long term. • The need to adapt to the impacts of climate change for example through, sustainable water resource management, water use efficiencies, specific aspects of natural ecosystems (e.g. connectivity), as well as accommodating potential opportunities afforded by climate change. Archaeology • The need to conserve or enhance sites of archaeological importance and cultural and cultural heritage interest, and their settings, particularly those which heritage are sensitive to the water environment.

Landscape and • The need to protect and improve the natural beauty of the region’s visual amenity AONBs, National Parks and other areas of natural beauty. • The need to protect and improve the character of landscapes and townscapes.

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4 Assessment Methodology 4.1 Assessment Methodology and SEA Framework The environmental and social assessment of the alternative Water Resources Management Plan options adopts an ‘objectives-led’ approach. Establishing assessment objectives is a recognised way of considering the environmental effects of a plan and comparing the effects of alternatives. The SEA objectives are derived from environmental and social objectives established in law, policy or other plans and programmes, as well as from the review of baseline information and environmental problems associated with the SEA topics. An assessment framework of objectives has been developed based on: • The key policy objectives and environmental and social protection objectives identified in the review of policies, and other plans and programmes (see Section 2). This helps to highlight any area where the Water Resources Management Plan will support or hinder the achievement of the objectives of policies, other plans and programmes. • The current state of the environment in the area under consideration, its likely future evolution and the key environmental issues identified (see Section 3). The SEA objectives and key indicator questions are set out in Table 4.1 and take account of the comments received on the draft SEA objectives presented in the SEA Scoping Report (see Appendix A (restricted access)). The following amendments have been made following the Scoping Report: • The key indicator questions that support the SEA objectives relating to biodiversity, flora and fauna have been amended to reflect consideration for creating habitats and protecting species. • A new objective (1.4) has been added to account for the risk of spreading/introducing invasive non-native species. • Objective 7.2, concerning archaeology and cultural heritage, has been merged with objective 7.1 as they overlap. The following sections describe how these SEA objectives have been used in the assessment of the environmental and social effects of the potential Water Resources Management Plan options. By assessing each option against these objectives, the effects of the different water resources management options can be objectively compared and the findings used to help determine the options to be included in the Water Resources Management Plan, their timing and phasing of implementation. The assessment of each option included consideration of the following information: • Details of each potential water resources management option; • Likelihood and predicted frequency of deployment of the option; • Construction (where applicable) and operational/implementation details; • Benefits to the water supply-demand position in a drought (taking uncertainty into account); and • Key elements of the baseline environment, such as, location of designated sites, priority habitats and species, landscape areas or heritage assets, recreational facilities and other environmental features.

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Table 4.1 SEA objectives and indicator questions SEA topic SEA objective Key indicator questions

Biodiversity, 1.1 To conserve and enhance biodiversity, • Will it protect and enhance the most important sites for nature conservation? fauna and including designated sites of nature • Will it create terrestrial and aquatic habitats? flora conservation interest and protected habitats • Will it protect and enhance aquatic, transitional and terrestrial species and habitats? and species (with particular regard to avoiding the effects of over-abstraction on sensitive • Will it introduce or allow the spread of Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS)? sites, habitats and species). • Will it avoid the spread of non-native invasive species? 1.2 To protect, conserve and enhance natural • Will it contribute to the sustainable management of natural habitats and ecosystems, i.e. capital and the ecosystem services from within their limits and capacities taking into account climate change adaptability? natural capital that contribute to the economy. • Will it affect WFD compliance e.g. good ecological potential/status? 1.3 To strengthen the connections between • Will it ensure maintenance or support provision of fish passage with respect to migratory fish people and nature and realise the value of functioning habitat connectivity? biodiversity and ecosystem services. • Will it protect or enhance natural capital and ecosystem services? 1.4 To avoid introducing or spreading INNS. • Will it maintain or enhance access to areas of natural heritage conservation interest? • Will it provide educational or information resources for the public? • Will it create areas of improved biodiversity in urban or deprived areas? • Does it take account of climate change adaptation? • Will it introduce or allow the spread of Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS)?

Population 2.1 To protect and enhance health and well- • Will it help to ensure provision of access to a secure resilient and affordable supply of drinking and human being (including raising awareness of the water particularly where additional water resources may not be available? health importance and value of the water • Will it help to protect or improve drinking water quality? environment for health and well-being). • Will it raise awareness of the importance and value of the water environment for health and 2.2 To protect and enhance the water well-being? environment for other users including recreation and navigation, as well as terrestrial • Will it protect or enhance opportunities for recreation and tourist activities such as public rights recreational resources (including National of way and including navigation? Trails and Public Rights of Way) • Will it help to promote healthy communities and avoid risks to health and wellbeing (for 2.3 To promote a sustainable economy with example through nuisance or resulting from traffic or transport changes, disruption to safe and good access to essential services, including a reliable water/sewerage services)? resilient, high quality and affordable supply of • Will it assist in ensuring provision of essential infrastructure and services to support health and water over the long term. well-being a sustainable economy? • Is it located in an area considered to be significantly more deprived than others in the region? • Will it improve access to open spaces, the natural and historic environment? Does it protect and enhance the green infrastructure network?

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SEA topic SEA objective Key indicator questions

Material 3.1 To reduce, and make more efficient, the • Will it help to minimise the demand for resources (including water)? assets and domestic, industrial and commercial • Will it minimise the use of energy and promote energy efficiency? resource consumption of resources, minimise the • Will it make use of existing infrastructure? use generation of waste, encourage its re-use and • Will it help to encourage sustainable design or use of sustainable materials (e.g. supplied from eliminate waste sent to landfill. local resources)? • Will it reduce the amount of waste generated and increase the proportion sent to reuse or 3.2 To promote the sustainable management recycling? of natural resources including efficient and • Will it enable efficient water resource management to help maintain a supply-demand sustainable use of water; ensure resilient balance? water supplies for homes and industry in the • Will it encourage the productive reuse of waste including energy recovery? area is maintained. Water 4.1 To avoid adverse impact on surface and • Will it alter the flow regime or residence time of surface waters? groundwater levels and flows, including when • Will it prevent water pollution? this impacts on habitats and/or navigation. • Will it affect water quality compliance or WFD protected areas? 4.2 To protect and enhance surface and groundwater quality and protect and enhance • Will it lead to changes in river flows, wetted width or river level? estuarine waterbodies. • Will it lead to changes in groundwater levels and recharge? 4.3 To ensure appropriate and sustainable • Will it present a risk to water quality of groundwater, surface waters or estuarine waters? water resource management whilst protecting ecosystem functions that rely on water • Will it prevent water pollution? resources, including contributing to the • Will it affect water quality compliance? achievement of WFD objectives • Will it affect WFD protected areas? 4.4 To promote measures to enable and • Will it achieve WFD compliance? e.g. good ecological potential/status, prevent deterioration of sustain long term improvement in water WFD status between status classes? efficiency. • Will it prevent the introduction of impediments to the attainment of WFD good status or 4.5 To reduce or manage flood risk. potential?

• Will it minimise impacts on, or contribute to achievement of, RBMP objectives?

• Will it present a risk to water quality of groundwater or surface waters? • Will it ensure sustainable abstractions, taking account of water resources availability status? • Will it contribute to meeting society’s needs for a sustainable, resilient water supply? • Will it achieve an appropriate balance of water supply with other functions and services? • Will it contribute towards improving the awareness of water sustainability and its true value? • Will it promote measures to enable improvements in water efficiency and assist in balancing supply and demand? • Will it avoid reducing flood plain storage, or provide opportunities to improve flood risk management?'

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SEA topic SEA objective Key indicator questions

Soil, 5.1 To protect and enhance geology, • Will it avoid damage to and protect geologically important sites? geology and geomorphology, the quality and quantity of • Will it protect and enhance geomorphology and geomorphological processes? land use soils • Will it protect and enhance the quality of soils? 5.2 To protect and enhance the ecosystem services functions of land, soils and geology, • Will it ensure efficient use of land (e.g. make use of previously developed land)? including carbon sequestration, flood • Will it contribute towards a catchment-wide approach to land management? attenuation, pollutant filtration and nutrient • Will it protect and enhance geological SSSIs or similar nationally protected sites? cycling.

5.3 To promote a catchment-wide approach to catchment land management. Air and 6.1 To reduce air pollutant emissions. • Will it reduce or minimise air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions? Climate 6.2 To reduce greenhouse gas emissions. • Will it increase emissions to air in an areas sensitive to emissions (e.g. in proximity to an 6.3 To adapt and improve resilience to the AQMA or to sensitive habitat or more deprived area)? threats of climate change. • Will it reduce transport or energy requirements? • Will it reduce vulnerability to risks associated with climate change effects (e.g. reduce the adverse effects of droughts and floods)? • Will it improve resilience/adaptability to likely effects of climate change, e.g. by increasing resilience of water supplies? • Will it create opportunities to benefit from potential effects of climate change? • Will it make use of renewable energy?

Archaeology 7.1 To conserve and enhance the historic • Will it avoid damage to and protect the historic environment, heritage assets and their and cultural environment, heritage assets and their settings, places and spaces that enhance local distinctiveness? heritage settings, and protect archaeologically • Will it maintain and enhance the historic environment, including palaeo-environmental important sites. deposits? • Will the hydrological setting of water-dependent assets be altered, such as important wetland areas with potential for paleo-environmental deposits? • Will it improve access, value, understanding or enjoyment of heritage assets and culturally/historically important assets in the region?

Landscape 8.1 To protect, enhance the quality of and • Will it avoid adverse effects and enhance designated landscapes? and visual improve access to designated and • Will it help to protect and improve non-designated areas of natural beauty and distinctiveness amenity undesignated landscapes, townscapes and (e.g. woodlands) and avoid the loss of landscape features and local distinctiveness? the countryside. • Will it improve access to valued areas of landscape character?

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4.2 Environmental Assessment Approach for WRMP The SEA has been undertaken in parallel with the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) and Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment to ensure an integrated approach to environmental assessment, and has been used to inform the development of the draft WRMP to ensure its overall compliance with relevant legislation. Figures 4.1 and 4.2 show the overall process for integrating SEA into the development of the draft WRMP. Figure 4.1 Integrating SEA into WRMP decision-making alongside HRA and WFD assessments

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Figure 4.2 Integrating SEA into the WRMP development alongside HRA and WFD assessments

Water Resource Plan for the Severn Trent Water supply area

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As described in Figures 4.1 and 4.2, a staged assessment approach has been followed in developing the draft WRMP19. Initially, an ‘Unconstrained’ list of options were screened through a workshop that considered statutory/regulatory/legal constraints (including environmental and planning risks). A high- level SEA (and HRA and WFD) review was applied to the resulting Constrained list of potential options. This helped inform the development of a Feasible list of options by screening out options where SEA (HRA or WFD) assessment identified significant environmental effects that mitigation was unlikely to be able to reduce to an acceptable level. The Feasible List of options was then subject to detailed assessment in accordance with the methodology described in this Section. 4.3 SEA Methodology This section outlines the methodology that has been used to undertake the SEA of the Water Resources management options in the Severn Trent Water’s draft Water Resources Management Plan, taking account of the relevant key parts of the SEA Regulations: Regulation 12: (2) The report shall identify, describe and evaluate the likely significant effects on the environment of – (a) implementing the plan or programme; and (b) reasonable alternatives taking into account the objectives and the geographical scope of the plan or programme. Schedule 2: The Environmental Report should include: (6) The likely significant effects on the environment, including short, medium and long-term effects, permanent and temporary effects, positive and negative effects and secondary, cumulative and synergistic effects. (8) An outline of the reasons for selecting the alternatives dealt with, and a description of how the assessment was undertaken including any difficulties (such as technical deficiencies or lack of know-how) encountered in compiling the required information. 4.4 Assessment Framework 4.4.1 SEA Screening of Constrained Options At the outset of developing the alternative options to be considered for the WRMP, SEA principles were used to carry out a high-level screening assessment of the options in the ‘constrained’ list using the SEA topics as screening criteria. This screening helped identify several options that would likely lead to unacceptable adverse effects on the environment or society; these options were therefore excluded from the ‘feasible’ list of options. This included consideration of several key environmental and social criteria as listed below (key planning and societal risks were also considered):

• Risk of Water Framework Directive (WFD) water body status deterioration • Risk of likely significant effects on European designated conservation sites under the Habitats Regulations • Potential effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna (including invasive non-native species) • Potential effects on the water environment (including hydrology, hydrogeology, water quality and flood risk) • Potential effects on archaeology and cultural heritage • Potential effects on landscape and visual amenity • Potential effects on other SEA topics (population and human health; air and climate; material assets; soils and geology)

HRA and WFD risks were assessed on a scale from negligible to high; potential effects were assessed against the SEA topics on a scale ranging from major beneficial to major adverse.

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The findings from the constrained options screening process were shared and discussed with the Environment Agency and Natural England, along with key stakeholders at stakeholder meetings. Feedback from this engagement, along with the findings of the screening assessment resulted in several options being excluded from the feasible options list due to the potential for unacceptable adverse effects on the environment and/or on society.

4.4.2 Assessment of Feasible List The appraisal framework set out in Table 4.2 (below) has been used to assess each of the potential WRMP feasible options against the SEA objectives. The outcomes of the assessment have been used to inform the development of the Water Resources Management Plan, primarily the selection and phasing of options for inclusion in Severn Trent Water’s Draft WRMP19 Programme. The first and second columns set out the SEA topics and objectives. The third column provides commentary and evaluation of the impact of each alternative measure on the objectives for each topic, with reference to the key questions set out above in Table 4.1. The assessment assumes the implementation of standard industry best practice methods in implementing the options as well as any defined mitigation measures (which are set out in the commentary) such that the significance of effects relates to the residual effects after the application of any mitigation measures in line with the ODPM Practical Guide and UKWIR SEA national guidance. The eighth column identifies the magnitude of the effect assessed against a scale of negligible to high. The effect magnitude includes consideration of the scale of the impact, likelihood, duration and permanence (fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh columns of Table 4.2) in compliance with criteria for determining the likely significance of effects specified in the SEA Directive Article 3(5) and Annex II, and the SEA Regulations Part 2, Regulation 9(2a) and Schedule 1. The value and sensitivity of the receptor(s) is identified in the ninth column on a scale of negligible to high. The scale of the effect, which might relate to either geographical scale or the size of the population affected, is identified in the sixth column on a scale of negligible to large. With respect to duration, short- term effects are defined as those that last for up to six months, medium term effects are those that extend beyond six months to two years whilst long term effects are assessed as those that continue for greater than two years. The residual adverse and beneficial effects (after application of best practice approaches and any appropriate and explicitly defined mitigation measures) are identified in the tenth and eleventh columns respectively. These are identified separately to avoid mixing adverse and beneficial effects, in line with SEA best practice, so that these are clearly understood and the transparency of the effects is maintained throughout the Water Resources Management Plan decision-making process. Where qualitative and/or quantitative information was available (e.g. as identified by the HRA or WFD assessment process), this has been used to inform the assessment. Objectives or key questions that are not supported by available data or information have been evaluated using spatial analysis, professional judgement and applicable assessment guidelines relating to that topic/objective. Varying levels of uncertainty are inherent within the assessment process. The level of uncertainty of the option assessment for each SEA objective is included in the appraisal framework. Where there is significant uncertainty which precludes an effects assessment category being assigned for a particular SEA objective, an “uncertain” residual effects assessment label is applied to that specific SEA objective.

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Table 4.2 Example SEA appraisal framework assessment table (Biodiversity, flora and fauna objective)

SEA topics and objectives Assessment of option

Topic SEA objective Potential residual effect Scale of effect: Certainty of Duration of Permanence Magnitude of Value/ sensitivity Residual adverse effect Residual beneficial effect on sensitive receptors: geographical / effect effect of effect effect (low/ of receptor significance (negligible significance (negligible / Commentary population (low / medium (short-term / (permanent / medium/ high) (low / medium / / minor / moderate / minor / moderate / major) affected / high) medium- temporary) high) major) (low / medium / term, long- high) term)

Biodiversity, 1.1 To conserve and flora and enhance biodiversity, fauna including designated sites of nature conservation interest and protected habitats and species (with particular regard to avoiding the effects of over-abstraction on sensitive sites, habitats and species).

1.2 To protect, conserve and enhance natural capital and the ecosystem services from natural capital that contribute to the economy.

1.3 To strengthen the connections between people and nature and realise the value of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

1.4 To avoid introducing or spreading INNS

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The SEA appraisal framework has been used to capture the assessment for each component (one table completed per component), alternative WRZ programmes and the WRMP as a whole. Varying levels of uncertainty are inherent within the assessment process. The assessment has minimised uncertainty through the application of expert judgement. The level of uncertainty of the component assessment for each SEA objective has been reported in the appraisal framework (Table 4.2). Where there is significant uncertainty which precludes an effects assessment category being assigned for a particular option and SEA objective, an “uncertain” residual effects assessment label has been applied to that specific SEA objective. The assessment of the options, alternative WRZ programmes and the overall WRMP has been carried out using the effects assessment matrix shown in Figure 4.1 taking account of the scale, duration and permanence of the effect. The definitions for the effect significance are explained beneath Figure 4.1. The colour coding shown in Figure 4.1 will be used to complete the columns for residual effects in the SEA appraisal framework. The effects assessment takes account of any proposed mitigation measures that have been incorporated into the option conceptual design and costs, i.e. it is the residual effects after the application of mitigation that will be assessed. For each SEA objective, a residual effects assessment was determined against a significance of effects matrix (Figure 4.1) which takes into account the value/sensitivity of the receptor (e.g. species, air quality, river water quality, landscape value, heritage feature) and the magnitude of the assessed effect. This significance matrix comprises effects on a scale ranging from ‘major beneficial’ to ‘major adverse’. For the box signifying low magnitude and high receptor value/sensitivity, this could result in a greater than ‘moderate’ effects being assigned dependent on the sensitivity/value of the receptor. This colour coding was used to complete the columns for residual effects in the appraisal framework. The resulting significance of effects has been used in helping Severn Trent Water to select the options for inclusion in the draft WRMP19 Programme and the subsequent timing and phasing of the selected options. Where major adverse effects are predicted, measures envisaged to prevent, reduce (and as far as possible, offset) these effects on the environment (as a result of implementing the measure) are outlined where relevant/appropriate.

Figure 4.1 Significance of Effects Matrix

Value/sensitivity of receptor Significance of effect High Medium Low

Major Major Moderate Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial High Major Major Moderate Adverse Adverse Adverse

Major Moderate Minor Beneficial Beneficial Beneficial Effect Medium magnitude Major Moderate Minor Adverse Adverse Adverse

Moderate Minor Beneficial Beneficial

Low Negligible Moderate Minor Adverse Adverse

Significance levels identified in Figure 4.1 are defined as follows:

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Major - effects constitute key factors in the decision-making process. They are generally associated with sites and features of international, national or regional importance. If adverse, such resources/features affected are generally those which cannot be replaced or relocated. Moderate - effects are likely to be important considerations at a regional or district scale. If adverse, they are likely to be of potential concern. Minor - effects are not likely to be decision-making issues. Nevertheless, the cumulative effect of such issues may lead to an increase in the overall effects on a particular area or on a particular resource. Negligible - effects which are not perceptible, being within normal bounds of variation or the margin of forecasting error. For the ‘high’ effect magnitude (top row), a major effect significance is assigned for both high and medium value receptors to reflect the magnitude of the effect. For the ‘low’ effect magnitude and ‘high’ value receptor (bottom left box), the significance of effect could be minor, moderate or major dependent on the precise nature of the impact or benefit. The criteria used to determine the magnitude and value/sensitivity of effects are provided in tables 4.3 and 4.4 below. Table 4.3 Effect Magnitude Criteria

Example SEA topics Medium Quantifiable information Low magnitude High magnitude (objectives) magnitude Population and human health (2.1, 2.3) Material assets and Option/yield/benefit resource use (3.1) 0-10Ml/d 10-50Ml/d >50Ml/d Water Air and climate Biodiversity, flora and fauna As indicated by Population and human As indicated by As indicated by hydrological Change in flows/levels health (2.2) hydrological hydrological assessment e.g. assessment assessment Water (4.2) <10% at Q95 Archaeology and cultural heritage Biodiversity, flora and Risk to WFD compliance (good fauna Low risk (based Medium risk High risk (based ecological Population and human on results of (based on results on results of potential/status), health (2.2) WFD of WFD WFD deterioration of WFD Water (4.2) assessment assessment assessment status/ between status Landscape and visual objectives) objectives) objectives) classes. amenity Total emissions based on Net average annual 100,000- 1,000,000- Air and climate >10,000,000 electricity consumption 1,000,000 10,000,000 increase (kWh).

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Table 4.4 Receptor Value/Sensitivity Criteria

Example SEA Medium value / Receptors topics Low value / sensitivity High value / sensitivity sensitivity (objectives) Conservation Biodiversity, Local (e.g. LNR, county Regional (e.g. Regional National and International sites and flora and fauna level wildlife sites) NERC habitat) (SSSIs; N2k sites) protected areas European Protected Species Habitats and species of Nationally Scarce (EPS), internationally Biodiversity, Biodiversity, local / county / species or those important populations. flora and fauna flora and fauna metropolitan included in Regional importance NERC Priority species in the UK NERC Water dependant, highly sensitive to water level/flow change, dependent on Not sensitive to water Moderately sensitive to Biodiversity, specific flows, specific high Habitats/species level change, flows or water level change, flora and fauna water quality requirements. water quality flows or water quality (Or highly sensitive to other disturbances such as air quality or noise). Regional-sub-regional National value, renowned value (e.g. public rights sites (National Trails; Population Local (e.g. local of way (excluding Forestry; Recreational and human recreational interest National Trails), Commission/National Trust resources health (2.2) sites, local fishing) recreational sites; and National Cycle opportunities identified Routes), navigable on maps etc.). waterways. Regional-National value Regional-sub-regional open spaces (AONBs, Access, open Non-designated local Population value local open National Parks) / NNRs and spaces, natural open spaces / natural and human spaces historic environment (e.g. and historic and historic health (2.2) (greenbelt/county world heritage sites, SMs, environment environment parks) / LNR registered parks and gardens). Population Based on population Based on population People and human N/A characteristics characteristics health Water (4.1, Water WFD Bad/Poor status Good or High WFD status 4.2) Water available/restricted Restricted water Water not available for Water resources Water (4.2) water available for available for licencing licencing licencing Soil, geology RIGS, Geological SSSIs; Soil and geology and land use ALC grade less than 4 ALC grade 3 ALC grade 1 and 2. (5.1)

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Example SEA Medium value / Receptors topics Low value / sensitivity High value / sensitivity sensitivity (objectives) Within 3km of AQMA/ nature conservation More than 3km from an Within AQMA/proximity to Air quality site sensitive to air Air and climate AQMA/ nature nature conservation site (people and quality. Proximity to (6.1, 6.2) conservation site sensitive to air quality, low habitats) sensitive human sensitive (traffic) emission zones. receptors - schools, parks. Statutory Designated sites (SMs, World Heritage Sites, Moderate connection to Grade I (II) listed buildings, No connection to water water environment conservation areas. environment either Historic either regarding Water dependant, highly regarding physical environment, Archaeology physical setting or sensitive to water level setting or aesthetics. heritage assets and Cultural aesthetics. Moderate change due to water Not sensitive to and their Heritage sensitivity to presence sensitive archaeological presence of other settings of other nearby resource or effects on setting nearby structures or structures or of a heritage asset. development. development. Sensitive to presence of other nearby structures or development. Within or partly within or is likely to impact site Within or partly within of regional importance Within or partly within or is or is likely to impact site e.g. greenbelt, key likely to impact a national of local importance e.g. characteristics of the landscape designation or its Landscapes, Landscape local landscape relevant NCA profiles setting. townscapes and and Visual designation. e.g. woodland, the countryside. Amenity National landscape Undesignated watercourse. designations, High countryside, Low Local landscape tranquillity score. tranquillity score designations, greenbelt, Medium tranquillity score.

All options (both supply-side options and demand management options) are assessed to the same level of detail, in line with the SEA legislative requirements, national SEA guidance and the UKWIR SEA guidance. The level of detail is consistent with the strategic nature of SEA. 4.4.3 Summarising the effects assessment The outputs derived from the completed appraisal framework tables for each Water Resources Management Plan measure are presented in Sections 6 and 7. The outputs are presented in a summary visual evaluation matrix, an example is provided below (Table 4.3).

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Table 4.3 Example Visual Evaluation Matrix

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4.4.4 Secondary, cumulative and synergistic environmental effects Schedule 2(6) of the SEA Regulations requires the assessment of “The likely significant effects on the environment, including short, medium and long-term effects, permanent and temporary effects, positive and negative effects, and secondary, cumulative and synergistic effects...” These can be defined as follows: • Secondary or indirect effects are effects that are not a direct result of the plan, (e.g. an abstraction that changes local groundwater levels and thus affects the ecology of a nearby wetland). • Cumulative effects arise, for instance, where several nearby groundwater sources each has insignificant effects but together they have a measurable effect on river flows; or where several individual effects of a water resource zone programme (e.g. traffic disruption) have a combined effect. • Synergistic effects interact to produce a total effect greater than the sum of the individual effects. Synergistic effects often happen as habitats, resources or human communities get close to capacity. For instance, a wildlife habitat can become progressively fragmented with limited effects on a particular species until the last fragmentation makes the areas too small to support the species at all. The term 'cumulative effects' is being adopted as the collective term to include secondary, cumulative and synergistic effects (as suggested by the Practical Guide). 4.4.4.1 Programme and WRMP level cumulative effects assessment To meet the requirements of the SEA Directive, cumulative effects have been assessed within the draft WRMP19 programmes, and between the draft WRMP19 and other relevant plans, programmes or projects. These include Severn Trent Water’s Drought Plan and neighbouring water companies’ draft 2019 WRMPs and Drought Plans. Cumulative effects with non-water resources related plans, programmes and projects have been considered where relevant, including existing completed projects, approved but uncompleted projects, ongoing activities, plans or projects for which an application has been made and which are under consideration by consenting authorities and plans and projects which are reasonably foreseeable (i.e. projects for which an application has not yet been submitted, but which are likely to progress before completion of the development and for which sufficient information is available to assess the likelihood of cumulative and in-combination effects). A cumulative effects assessment has been carried out in order to identify if different options are mutually exclusive or whether combinations of options might lead to greater adverse impacts (or beneficial effects). This involved examining the likely significant effects of each of the water resources management options individually, in combination with each other (both inter- and intra- water resource zone), and in combination with the implementation of other plans and programmes. A matrix has been used to help consider interactions between the options. In assessing these effects, consideration has been given to other factors which may affect the receiving environment during implementation of the options. The following cumulative assessments have been undertaken: • An assessment of cumulative effects of options that could potentially be implemented at the same time. Mutually exclusive options (e.g. those that draw upon the same resource or use the same site) have also been identified. • Assessment of cumulative effects of the Severn Trent Water draft WRMP19 with the Severn Trent Water Drought Plan, other water company Drought Plans and WRMPs, Environment Agency Drought Plans and other relevant water management plans. The potential for a neighbouring company implementing options under its WRMP simultaneously has been considered.

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• Assessment of potential cumulative effects of the Severn Trent Water draft WRMP19 with any other identified relevant programmes, plans and strategic projects that may be in place / implemented during the period of the WRMP. Neighbouring water companies will be invited to comment on the draft Water Resources Management Plan and Severn Trent Water is also continuing its communications with neighbouring companies regarding potential options in their respective future Water Resources Management Plans and WRMPs to identify any new trans-boundary issues that may arise. Potential effects with other plans are identified, particularly in the context of spatial and temporal proximity. 4.4.5 Consideration of reasonable alternatives A wide range of alternative options have been considered for the WRMP through the SEA process, including different supply-side and demand-side options. In determining the draft WRMP19 Programme of options, Severn Trent Water has used the findings of the option-level SEA assessments (incorporating the HRA and WFD screening assessments) to inform the programme appraisal process, which in turn identified a short-list of alternative programmes for each water resource zone. These alternatives have been assessed through the programme-level SEA to inform decisions on the draft WRMP19 Programme. Finally, the combined set of water resource zone programmes has been assessed through the WRMP-level SEA, and including identification of any further modifications to the water resource zone programmes prior to finalisation of the WRMP for public consultation. 4.5 Limitations of the study SEA is a high-level assessment aimed at highlighting potential environmental concerns. The environmental data used in this assessment are based on that which is readily available from existing sources. Difficulties encountered in undertaking this SEA included the requirement to rely on varying levels of detail in design specifications of schemes, many of which are at conceptual or outline design stage only. Assessment of impacts is necessarily limited when, for example, pipeline routes are at an indicative stage only. Where particular limitations or outstanding issues are known, these are briefly described in the SEA appraisal framework assessment tables for the relevant option concerned. Detailed assessments of options will be conducted in project-level EIA closer to the time of option implementation.

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5 Screening of Options 5.1 Overview Options appraisal is an overarching term for the specification and assessment of options under consideration for the WRMP. The UKWIR Guidance on integrating SEA into WRMPs and the WRPG provide clear directions as to how SEA outputs should be used in options and programme appraisal. Severn Trent Water has already been considering SEA (and HRA and WFD) principles in moving from the “constrained” list of options to development of its feasible list of options - through this process, options which were found to have unacceptable adverse effects were rejected from the options “pool” and did not reach the feasible list of options that was subject to SEA and from which options were selected to form the alternative programmes for consideration through the SEA programme appraisal process. This section describes the methodology and the results of this process. Figure 5.1 summarises the overall approach to the evolution of the WRMP from an initial “unconstrained” list of options through to the draft WRMP19 best value programmes for each WRZ. Figure 5.1 WRMP Options and Programme Appraisal

Least cost solution

Unconstrained Constrained Feasible options set options set options Best value solution

5.2 Moving from the Unconstrained option set to the Constrained option set The unconstrained list of options was a high-level list including generic option types as well as taking account of government policy and aspirations. It was populated with previous options and studies from past WRMPs as well as new option ideas. The draft unconstrained list was consulted with the EA and NE. The ‘unconstrained’ list comprised around 200 options. A high-level screening workshop on the options in the list was undertaken in late 2016, which included consideration of statutory/regulatory/legal constraints (including environmental and planning risks) as well as engineering design, cost, customer preferences and high level resilience of options. This identified options with unacceptable adverse environmental effects which were rejected from the unconstrained list and not taken further in the option appraisal process. The resulting ‘constrained’ list of options were developed further and more detailed option information gathered.

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5.3 Moving from the Constrained option set to the Feasible List As described in Section 4.3.1, high level screening assessment of the options in the ‘constrained’ list, took place which included consideration of several key environmental and social, criteria (e.g. HRA and WFD compliance risks; key risks to the water environment; key risks to important landscape, recreation and heritage features). HRA and WFD risks were assessed on a scale from negligible to high; potential effects were assessed against the SEA topics using a scale ranging from major beneficial to major adverse. The intent of the screening was to reject options that perform poorly on environmental grounds. The assessment criteria contributed evidence as to why any options have been screened as per WRMP Guidance “it should not include options with unalterable constraints that make them unsuitable for promotion (e.g. unacceptable environmental impacts that cannot be overcome”. The high-level screening of the constrained list identified options considered to have the potential for unacceptable adverse effects under SEA/HRA/WFD criteria. These options were screened out, resulting in a list of 103 options considered to be potential options that would make up solutions for inclusion in the Draft WRMP19 Programme. The draft feasible list was also discussed with the EA and NE. Again, options found to have unacceptable adverse environmental effects were removed from the feasible list. Options identified were taken forward into the decision-making modelling processes. All the options have been fully assessed against the SEA objectives as described in Section 6.

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6 Assessment of Feasible List 6.1 Assessment of Options Against SEA Objectives Assessment of the water supply options has been carried out in accordance with the methodology described in Section 4. Appraisal framework assessment tables have been completed for each water supply component and are provided in Appendix F (restricted access). The findings of the WFD assessments and the HRA have also been incorporated into the SEA assessment. Due to the very large number of options (103), analysis on the range of effects for each component type has been undertaken and synthesised to provide the assessment results in an informative way. A summary of the assessment is presented in this section as colour-coded visual evaluation summary matrices (Tables 6.1 and 6.2). The colour coding represents a range from significant adverse effects in red through to significant beneficial effects in dark green as shown in the legend below. Commentaries on the most significant residual effects for each component are also provided in the visual evaluation summary matrices. Legend:

Colour Significance of Effect

Dark Green Major Beneficial

Mid Green Moderate Beneficial

Light Green Minor Beneficial

Blue Negligible

Yellow Minor Adverse

Orange Moderate Adverse

Red Major Adverse

None Not Applicable

6.1.1 Demand Management Assessment Findings A visual summary of the SEA conclusions for each of the demand side measures considered for Severn Trent Water’s draft Water Resources Management Plan is provided in Figure 6.1. Demand management options serve to reduce pressure on water resources by reducing customer demand for water (e.g. through water efficient devices, water metering and tariffs, customer behavioural changes) and reducing water losses and leakage from the supply network and customer properties, thereby helping to reduce the volumes of water required to be abstracted from the water environment. This, in turn, also contributes to reducing the amount of energy needed for water abstraction, treatment and distribution. Most of these options have limited and temporary adverse effects associated with vehicle movements during their commissioning phases. They may also cause disruption or nuisance effects because of street works, for example associated with meter installations and leak repair activities. 6.1.2 Water Supply Component Assessment Findings A visual summary of the SEA conclusions for each of the water supply options considered for Severn Trent Water’s draft Water Resources Management Plan is provided in Figure 6.2. Each of the supply options on the Feasible List (see Table 1.1) considered for Severn Trent Water’s Water Resources Management Plan has been assessed against the SEA objectives. The findings of the WFD assessments and the HRA have also been incorporated into the SEA assessment.

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The findings of the assessments for different types of water supply options in the Feasible list are summarised below: Bulk Water Supply, Water Trading and Water Transfer options range from those that involve minor upgrades to existing water supply assets (e.g. pumping stations and pipelines) to those that require the construction of new, significant lengths of pipeline to make connections between assets, water resource zones and/or with other water companies. The construction activities generate temporary nuisance impacts such as dust emissions and noise/vibration with potential for temporary adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna; population and human health; archaeology and cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. In some cases, there is potential for permanent adverse effects of construction, for example habitat loss or loss of some public open space. Operationally, adverse effects depend on how the water is to be transferred from the source to the area of need. If the transfer is by pipeline, operational effects are limited to those relating to carbon emissions associated with pumping and treatment of water. If the option requires the water to be transferred by river (e.g. from a reservoir discharging into a river for subsequent re-abstraction downstream), there may be adverse effects on the water environment as well those relating to carbon emissions. Beneficial effects of such schemes generally reflect the improved use of existing water resources, transferring water from areas of water resource surplus to those where resources are already fully utilised and supply deficits are forecast. They also improve flexibility in the supply network and therefore contribute to a more resilient, sustainable water resource system which helps to address the effects of climate change. Groundwater Abstraction options include direct abstractions from groundwater for treatment, and commissioning/recommissioning of boreholes. Where these options involve the use of ‘confined’ aquifers that are not connected to rivers or wetlands, the operational adverse effects are often only negligible to minor in magnitude. However, in some cases, it has been identified that some groundwater options may adversely influence local groundwater levels and connected surface water bodies with a risk to water-dependent habitats. Surface Water Abstraction options can be designed to only operate at times of high river flows to minimise adverse effects on the river environment, but otherwise there is a risk of adverse effects on the river flow regime and associated aquatic habitat. Reservoir options range from minor, small-scale expansion of existing reservoirs and the conversion of disused quarries to water storage facilities, through to the construction of large new reservoirs or significant expansion of existing reservoirs. Reservoirs can provide significant water storage for winter rainfall for use in dry summers with low risks to the water environment once operational and therefore provide benefits in respect of resilience to adverse effects of climate change. However, as the size of the reservoir expansion or development increases, the potential for significant adverse effects relating to construction increases along with risks of the potential for permanent adverse effects on landscape, biodiversity, local communities and heritage features. However, reservoirs also provide opportunities for environmental and social enhancement through careful design (e.g. habitat creation, recreational and educational facilities). Options to make maximum use of existing assets include asset enhancements, abstraction licence variations, conjunctive use of existing surface and groundwater, and water treatment works improvements. The temporary construction effects of these options vary considerably according to the scale and location of the scheme and whether any additional infrastructure is required. Larger schemes have a greater potential to result in significant, but temporary, nuisance effects on nearby sensitive receptors during the construction phase. However, in operation, many of these options would improve the flexibility and resilience of the supply network, contribute to sustainable resource management and provide beneficial effects in respect of the risks of climate change impacts. Options to make use of treated effluent from wastewater treatment works can involve some temporary adverse effects during construction to provide enhanced treatment facilities to ensure highly treated water is discharged to rivers to augment low flow conditions in rivers. During operation, there may be adverse effects on the water environment due to changes to the river flow regime and river channel characteristics. These options provide beneficial effects through the use of water that would

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otherwise not be available for abstraction, reducing the pressure on rivers and groundwaters for additional abstraction, and increasing the resilience of the water supply system to climate change. Overall, the assessment of the Feasible options revealed a wide spectrum and scale of beneficial and adverse effects. Large reservoirs (new or expanded) and large long-distance water transfer pipelines through sensitive environments mostly exhibited the greatest magnitude of adverse effects, but equally they provide major beneficial effects in respect of securing significant water supplies that are more resilient to climate change effects than river abstractions. Other options generally have a lower magnitude of adverse effects but also a lower magnitude of beneficial effects. Option location is an important factor in determining the magnitude of adverse effects: those options in proximity to sensitive environmental, built or human receptors will have a greater magnitude of adverse effect. The findings of the detailed environmental assessment of each of the Feasible options was used to help inform the appraisal of alternative programmes and decision-making on the draft WRMP19 Programme for the draft WRMP19.

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Metering Increased - WE006 Reduction Leakage - WE005 Efficiency Audit Water Social Housing Enhanced - WE004B Efficiency Audit Water Social Housing Enhanced - WE004A Efficiency Audit Water Household Enhanced - WE003B Efficiency Audit Water Household Enhanced - WE003A Measure

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adve r Mino ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod 2.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Population & human 2.2 health Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat 2.3 Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r resource use 3.2 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl 4.1 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl 4.2 Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r 4.3 Water bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.4 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.5 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.3 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 6.2 Air & climate bene e erat Mod adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl 6.3 bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 8.1 Landscape

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WFD change. health and well-being, a sustainable economy resilience and improve to climate delivering 10Ml/d from Moderateto help beneficial public maintain effects Garden. and Registered Park heritage includingPark assets Listed Buildings and West has beenModerate identified adverse effect with to designatedregards change. climate public health and well-being, a sustainable economy resilience and improve to due to delivering beneficial effects moderate 25Ml/dThree to help maintain use, air andproperties, resource climate. have been identifiedeffects with to residentialregards and commercial due foilage. to a of loss Moderate adverse adverseeffects to major be subject Porter Valley and Beauchief and will Hall Gardens Parks Registered Parks also SSSI. and and Totley faunaflora in particular onAncient Wood Woodland theConstruction pipeline of on biodiversity, would adverseeffects have major change. health and well-being, a sustainable economy resilience and improve to climate delivering 21Ml/d from Moderateto help beneficial public maintain effects residential properties, air qualityWoodland, and visual amenity. foilage. of loss It would onAncient LNRs, also effects have moderate and GardenpermanentlyRegistered Park altering through its characteristics theConstruction pipeline on of Himley adverseeffects mayHall have major ensuring resilient water supplies and building resilience change. to climate have been beneficialMinor identified toeffects moderate with to respect and SAMs; and emissions. an GHG increase properties, PROWs Meadows LNR;disturbance to surronding residential commercial areas, and pipeline. Habitat due loss to the pipeline intersecting Bullwell Hall Park with associated Moderate stations pumping adversethe effects constructionof resilience change. to climate publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate habitat loss. on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects DO RecoveryDO C WTW 99E Recovery IDO WTW 99B 70Ml) (Res. A5% Extensions Minor Dam 84D 70Ml) (Res. A5% Extensions Minor Dam 84C 70Ml) 10% (Shustoke Extensions Minor Dam 84B Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben le ligib Neg erse adv ate der Mo efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg 1.4 ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino adv le ligib Neg efici ben or Min erse adv or Min al efici ben or Min erse adv or Min al efici ben or Min erse adv or Min al efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben or Min 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min Population & human 2.2 health ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben or Min adv le ligib Neg efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg 2.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv ate der Mo ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg resource use 3.2 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 4.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 4.2 ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv ate der Mo ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 8.1 Landscape

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WFD customers and economic activity. and economic customers help public maintain health and well-being well as ensuring a resilient supply for have been beneficial identified effects minor Two relating to delivering 9Ml/d to Meadows AONB. m construction Site CMeadows SSSI, distruption to recreational acitivities, the of use have beenMinor identified adverse effects relating on to nuisance effects activity. and economic customers help public maintain health and well-being well as ensuring a resilient supply for have been beneficial identified effects minor Two relating to delivering 2Ml/d to Valleyon Leam LNR,recreational acitivities, andemissions. use GHG resource have been identified adverse effects minor relating Three to nuisance effects resilienceand change. improve to climate to help publicresources maintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy providing water from storageandMinor delivering beneficial effects water and cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. use; water;resource soil, geology and land-use; archaeologyair and climate; biodiversity, and flora fauna; population and health; assets and human material constructionhave been identified from relatingMinor adverse to effects change. and well-being, a sustainable economy resilience and improve to climate delivering 0.05Ml/d from Minor to beneficialhelp public effects maintain health site runoff. and contamination from noise as disturbance, such emissions dust on the RiverModerate adverseBlythe effects constructionimpacts SSSI from well-being, a sustainable economy resilience and change. improve to climate delivering 1Ml/d from Minorto help beneficial public maintain effects health and archaeology and cultural heritage and landscape and visual. populationfauna, health, use, andwater, human resource air and climate, have beenMinor identified adverse effects relating to biodiversity, and flora resilience change. to climate resilience change. toimprove climate publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving to help public maintain health with associated and well-being, beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate a 15Ml/d sustainable economyto help and includeMinor providing beneficial effects water storage and deliveringHeritage site and Chatsworth and 0.7 Garden. Registered House Ml/d Park visual. energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World water, air archaeology and climate, Construction would and cultural on residential heritage also adverse have impacts and areas, landscape moderate and biodiversity, and flora fauna, populationhabitat health, loss. use, and human resource constructionhave been identified from relatingMinor adverse to effects on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects aterials, an increase GHG emissions and disturbance to SiteC aterials, emissions an increase GHG -Staffs Link -Staffs on Wolverhampt 110 Link Ruyton Support 105 Main Link Newark 104 Link Mardy Support 103 Resource Additional Kinsall 101 Conjuntive Use Recovery Bamford WTW 4 99G Component DO QDO

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 1.4 ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino al efici ben ate der Mo erse adv le ligib Neg 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg Population & human 2.2 health bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial al efici ben ate der Mo erse adv le ligib Neg 2.3 e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg resource use 3.2 e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 4.1 e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 4.2 e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 4.3 Water ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg 8.1 Landscape

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WFD sustainable economy. 30Ml/d helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects moderate Two relating to delivering SSSIs and LNRs. on Ancient andconstruction include Woodland, effects relate to Moderate the adverse effects andemissions. use GHG resource have been identified adverseeffects with major Two to significantregards periods. changeduring emergency peak to theclimate publicmaintain health and well-being. will scheme also provide The resilience wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 1Ml/d helping to two Scheduled and Ancient visual Monuments amenity. relating health,emissions, touse, INNS,GHG the human spread resource of during theMinor construction phase have adverse effects been identified activity. and economic customers for publicto maintain health and well-being well as ensuring as a resilient supply were identified beneficial effects minor relatingTwo to delivering 5Ml/d helping Woodland. Ancient of and anarea whichthe proposedwould mains result in habitat in loss Southwell LNR Trail has been identified adverse effect relatingOne moderate to the construction of ensuring activity. a resilient and economic supply customers for were identified beneficial effects minor relatedTwo to delivering 1.5Ml/d and the setting Brogyntyn of and Garden. Registered Park and health; emissions; INNS; use; human GHG recreation;of spread resource constructionhave been identified from relatingMinor adverse to effects the change resilience.climate ensuring activity a resilient and economic supply well as customers for as were identified beneficial effects minor relatingThree to delivering 1-2Ml/d, cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. health; use; INNS; archaeologyair human and resource of spread climate; and due to construction haveMinor been adverse effects identified relating to the Commentary enhancement Forest Transfer Forest to Whaddon 132 Pipel Mansfield Site Jto 131 Raw Main Site O-K 121 Import Bulk Peckforton 117 Conjuntive Use Main Bamford Link Staffs 4 Site Qto 111 Component ine

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 1.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 1.4 ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod 2.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Population & human 2.2 health ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl 2.3 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl resource use 3.2 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.2 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.3 Water bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.4 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.5 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.3 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 6.2 Air & climate bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 6.3 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 8.1 Landscape

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WFD upgrade works required.upgrade works also willeconomy. scheme utilise The existingwith assets no constructionor publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 10Ml/d helping to emissions. and GHG were identified adverse effects relating minor Two use to increased resource economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereMinor identified beneficial effects related to delivering 5Ml/d helping to Southof Normanton. disturbance to Pinxton SAM) and the Castle townscape Motte manor (afortified disturbance to residential use, an in increase resource areas, GHGs, PRoW, of were identifiedMinor adverse effects relating to INNS, the diversions spread of sustainable economy and providing change. climate of resilience to the effects helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as were beneficial identified effects moderate relatingThree to delivering 15Ml/d were also identified. health, and onconstruction human an resource in increase emissions GHG areasdue to the pipeline. constructionof of Ancient Adverse Woodland effects were identifiedModerate adverse effects relating to habitat in loss two areasof sustainable economy and providing change. climate of resilience to the effects helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as were identified beneficial effects minor relatingThree to delivering 10Ml/d emissions. have beenMinor identified adverse effects relating and use to GHG resource sustainable economy. resilience change. to climate 32Ml/d helping public to maintain public healthmaintain health and well-being and well-being, well as a a sustainable promoting as economy and improving have been beneficial identified effects moderate Two relating to delivering with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help AONB. Chase setting Cannock of Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park LNR habitat Construction loss. may also result in energy disturbance to theGHGs, landscape and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World and health on human andconstruction and include Ancient effects Woodland Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate relate to Moderate the adverse effects andemissions. use GHG resource habitat loss. have been identified adverseeffects with major Two to significantregards on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Mardy Support 192B Mardy Support 192A Period Support BH Critical BH/Munslow Diddlebury 191 new WTW Reservoir and Eyebrook 190 B WTW Reservoir to Conjuntive Use Thornton Bamford 135 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 1.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 1.4 ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino 2.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Population & human 2.2 health e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve 2.3 e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve resource use 3.2 e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve 4.1 e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve 4.2 e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve 4.3 Water bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.4 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.5 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.3 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 6.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 6.2 Air & climate bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 6.3 bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD economy. publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as haveMinor been beneficial identified effects realting to delivering 3 Ml/d helping disturbance and emissions. dust Brogyntyn and Gardenwhich Registered Park may to noise be subject has been identified adverse effect relatingOne moderate the setting of economy. publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as haveMinor been beneficial identified effects relating to delivering 3 Ml/d helping disturbance and emissions. dust Brogyntyn and Gardenwhich Registered Park may to noise be subject has been identified adverse effect relatingOne moderate the setting of sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as haveMinor been beneficial identified effects realting to delivering 0.9Ml/d health, andemissions. to use human increased GHG resource constructionhave been identified from relatingMinor adverse to effects relating sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as were beneficial identified effects moderate relatingTwo to delivering 18Ml/d and air quality. health, emissions use, human GHG increasedecosystem services, resource relating to effects moderate Two SSSI the scheme). (allof within 1km Woods SSSI, Eyeand Bowd Reservoir Lane SSSI Brook Woods and Eye Valley Brook directly SSSI and run Launde intersect in closeproximity Big Wood to Stoke may result with adverseeffect Major thethe pipeline constructionof which will resili will B economy. scheme provide The additional support to WTW publicmaintain health and well-beingresilience change. to climate well as a sustainable promoting as wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering publicmaintain health 18Ml/d and well-being, helping to a sustainable economy and improving and GardenwerePark also identified. with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help relating to and ecosystem effects services Bradgate moderate RegisteredTwo Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park the pipeline as directly Sheet Hedges Wood) these sites. intersects Woods, energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World and SSSIs (Groby (Lady Sheet Pool Hedges Wood) Hay Woodland Wood, Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate Ancient areasof on some would adverseconstruction effects have major habitat loss. B Reservoir to WTW Thornston pipeline from theConstruction 8km of on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary en ce duringce drought.

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects for for Use (Dove) Use Conjunctive Site Q 17 (Barnhurst) Augmentation River Trent 7A ExportGroup Peckforton 200 Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 L WTW Reconfigure 195 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 1.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 1.4 bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl 2.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl Population & human 2.2 health e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve 2.3 e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve resource use 3.2 e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve 4.1 adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse 4.2 adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse 4.3 Water bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 4.4 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 4.5 bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 5.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 5.3 bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 6.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod 6.2 Air & climate bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 6.3 bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as haveModerate been beneficial identified effects realting to delivering 35Ml/d soil and construction waste. introducing/spreading INNS during constructionthrough the transportation of has been identified adverse effect relatingOne moderate to sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as haveModerate been beneficial identified effects relating to delivering 20Ml/d quality. well as changes in as water STW Barnhurst diversion finalfrom effluent of there is the potential in the flows increases River due of to for the Penk isrequired since particularly andA fish. stage2 WFD macro-invertebrates changes in water quality which may on haveriver ecology, adverse impacts have beenModerate identified effects relating toin increases flows and sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as haveMinor been beneficial identified effects realting to delivering 8-10Ml/d emissions. GHG resilience change. to climate and use relating and resource assets to adversematerial effects minor Two publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help sustainable economy. Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park helping public to maintain health energy andGHGs, well-being and use archeological well as including sites a promoting as Derwent valley Mills World haveMinor been beneficial identified effects realting toConstruction would delivering on residential also adverse 5-10 have impacts Ml/d areas, moderate emissions. GHG habitat loss. and use relating and resource assets to adversematerial effects minor Two on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Use Conjunctive Site F 32 GWMU in the Hopton New BH source 30 Haseley Spring - Hatton WTW 27 Development Resource Avon/Leam Upper 25 Conjuntive Use -ing (Potable) Bamford Recommission 4 BH Elmhurst 22 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 1.4 ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Population & human 2.2 health Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat 2.3 Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl resource use 3.2 Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl 4.1 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl 4.2 Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD GHG emissi GHG Fbeing located within zone flood risk 3 and an increase in site, WTW intersecting Bullwell Meadows Hall Park LNRresulting in the habitat on loss the have beenModerate identified adverse effects relating to the proposed pipeline sustainable economy and providing resilience against change. climate helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects minor Two realting to delivering 2.6Ml/d Shugborough and Garden. Registered Park on Baswich Meadows SSSI and the proposed pipeline route intersecting have been identified adverseeffects relating major Two to constructionimpacts sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects minor Two realting to delivering 3.6 Ml/d population health; and human water; use; emissions. and GHG resource been identifiedMinor adverse effects with to invasiveregards species; sustainable economy. 36Ml/d helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects moderate Two realting to delivering relate to andModerate ecosystem services air quality. adverse effects Hall,Castle.Packington Spa (Royal Gardens Spa) Leamington and Warwick the Construction sites. pipeline of on would adverseeffects also have major which would Ancient area of of Woodland result in habitat 350 m across loss intersecting the River Blythe SSSI, Coleshill and Bannery Pools SSSI and an have been identified adverseeffects relating major Two the proposed pipeline economy. resilience change. to climate publicto maintain health and well-being publicmaintain health well as and well-being, a sustainable promoting as a sustainable economy and improving haveMinor been beneficial identified effects relating with associated beneficial toMinor deliveringdelivering toeffects moderate 2Ml/d 15Ml/d helpingto help Country LNR. Park Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park waste The disposal pipelinefragmentation. would energy alsoGHGs, intersect Ladderedge and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World resulting in habitat Ancient Heathand Woodland, loss of Heysections Wood Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate and wasteproposed main disposal pipeline routeswould habitat intersect small loss. has been identified adverseeffect relating toOne major biodiversity. The on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary sustainable economy. 30Ml/d helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects moderate Two realting to delivering

on Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects s. to Stoke River Weaver 58 (Buildwas) Abstraction River Severn 53 Ombersley at WTW New river 50 Lower Trent Nottingham on New WTW 45 Conjuntive Use near Stafford Bamford New WTW 4 44 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 1.4 ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e erat Mod bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Majo rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Population & human 2.2 health Majo rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl bene e erat Mod adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r 2.3 Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r resource use 3.2 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl 4.1 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl 4.2 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects minor Two relating to delivering 5-10Ml/d by reducing the natural drainage to adjacent the river would the significantly scheme of elements Zone 3. These flood increase risk Zone 2 andFlood the Risk storage reservoir being and intake within Flood Risk being within were identifiedModerate adverse effects relating to the new WTW sustainable economy. 30Ml/d helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects realting major Two to delivering 20- health,human SAMs and the setting Lydebrook of Dingle AONB. have LNR.Moderatebeen adverseidentified Park effects Town relating to which will Lydebrook Dingle Ancient intersect Woodland, SSSI and Telford proposed pipeline water route transferring to Redhill DSR and Cluddley DSR has been identified adverseeffect relating the toOne major habitat from loss sustainable economy. 30Ml/d helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects moderate Two realting to delivering the surrounding of countryside.character permanently altering the landscape zone risk flood 3 and the new WTW relatingModerate to adversethe effects proposed abstraction being located in sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects realting major Two to delivering 50Ml/d landscape and visual amenity were also identified. relating to biodiversity,effects land health, and use human floodrisk, and Gardenand twoPark Scheduled Six Ancient moderate Monuments. and the proposed pipelineemissions intersecting Hall Flintham Registered were identified adverseeffects relating use, GHG to major resource Three sustainable economy. 25Ml/d helping public to maintain healthresilience change. to climate and well-being well as a promoting as have been beneficial identified effects moderate Two realting to delivering publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving pipeline folilage. of loss due to with associated permanent beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help AONB Chase willCannock also with be majorly affected thethe constructionof Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park setting Shugborough The of and Gardenand Registered significant Park effect. energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World within the SAC. Stage Assuch, this 2Construction HRA would is required assess on to residential further also adverse have impacts areas, moderate will be direct habitat and loss possibleto habitat adjacent indirecthabitat impacts loss. proposed pipelineThe SAC Chase intercepts the site Cannock and there so on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects to WTW L to WTW River Weaver 88 Site L to raw transfer BH Elmhurst 71 Site Q to Supply at Stanton/Milton 64 Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 Site Q to River Trent 61 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 1.4 ficial bene r Mino rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Population & human 2.2 health igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e 2.3 Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e resource use 3.2 Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r 4.1 Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r 4.2 igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD economy. publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficial effects minor relatingTwo to delivering 10Ml/d helping AONB. the Wood landscape setting the Madams of well as onas noise Ancientloss, disturbance and Woodland emissions dust identified Moderate relate adverse effects to habitat andemissions. use GHG have been identified adverseeffects relating major Two to significant resource economy. publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficial effects minor relatingTwo to delivering 2Ml/d helping construction. the to setting this heritage and access would asset be likely during with being II* Grade (<10m) them one Rudyard of Hall. on Significant impact route throughalso runs an areawith 3 listed buildings in very proximity close resulting in habitat and The Hind'sloss. Clough Wood Hills Wood Black Wood, related to the proposed adverseeffects pipeline major Two intersecting Barns economy. publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficial effects minor relatingTwo to delivering 6Ml/d helping and landscape and visual amenity. soil; geology and land use; archaeologyair and climate; and cultural heritage; populationfauna; use; water; and health; resource assets and human material resilience change. to climate have beenMinor identified adverse effects regarding biodiversity, and flora publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help sustainable economy. Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park helping public to maintain health energy andGHGs, well-being and use archeological well as including sites a promoting as Derwent valley Mills World were beneficial identified effects moderate relatingTwo to delivering 30Ml/dConstruction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate and GHGs. habitat loss. were identifiedModerate adverse effects relating use to increased resource on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Site NIncrease 152 reservoir Harold Staunton to effluent Packington 138 Increase Output BHCroxton 112A Conjuntive Use Link Stafford Bamford to Stoke 4 108 Component

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WFD economy. publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficial effects relating major Two to delivering 50Ml/d helping health. on human effects construction being located 2 in Zones and 3 Flood and adverse Risk N WTW due to habitat include adverse effects Moderate loss. adverse effects major avoid these sites then the pipeline constructionof would be associatedwith (SAMs and Listed Buildings) in this In that corridor. the case it is not feasible to including ancient woodland, SSSIs well and as LNRs archeological as assets designated sites aredistribution numerous is unknown. There infrastructure pipeline specific The route and/or stations locations and pumping associated of sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as were identified beneficial effects minor relatedTwo to delivering <5 Ml/d services. relates to natural the lossof capital adverse effect and ecosystemmoderate foliage of that loss contributesthe permanent toOne the setting the park. of Staunton Harold Hall and Garden. Construction Registered would Park result in relates to the proposed pipeline of adverseeffect other intersecting major 1 km on noisethe as disturbancesurrounding andsuch habitat. emissions dust The Construction would result in habitat and loss have indirect nuisance effects intersecting SSSI Lount Meadows (500 m). and Dimminsdale SSSI (200 m) has been identified adverseeffect relating toOne major the proposed pipeline sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as were identified beneficial effects minor relatingTwo to delivering 2.5Ml/d habitat would loss from likely place through constructiontook this if area. occur Coppice). Significant effects (Jacksons anintersect Ancient area of Woodland hasbiodiversity. been of identified effect in terms pipelineOne major The will economy. resilience change. to climate publicto maintain health and well-being publicmaintain health well as and well-being, a sustainable promoting as a sustainable economy and improving were identified beneficial effects minor relatingTwo to delivering with associated 7Ml/d beneficialMinor delivering toeffects helping moderate 15Ml/d to help the River Trent. Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park in onstatus the ecologicalimpact and potential receptors deterioration energy WFD of GHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World relatieModerate to the adverse effects reduction in flows which mayConstruction would adversely on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate and Gardensincethe pipeline willhabitat it intersect resulting loss. foilage. in lossof pipelineThe on will Shugborough adverseeffect Registered Park have a major on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Carsington Expand 187A BHs Swynnerton 163 BHs Road Waverly 159 Conjuntive Use BH Bamford Lane Watery 4 158 Component

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WFD sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 46.5Ml/d amenity. expansion the reservoir wouldon of The visual adverse have effects moderate to recreationalbeing the the reservoir public's for purposes. affecting access habitatresult in permanent It loss. health would human and well- also impact and footpath re-alignment vegetation The clearance would effects. construction the reservoir that of on thewould perimeter likely adverse Woodland suffer were identified adverseeffects relating Ancient areaof to major a small Three economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 8.5Ml/d helping to resulting in assessment. the further need for deterioration status WFD of that determined there isa risk Assessment reduction in flows may adversely on ecologicalWFD The impact receptors. the abstractionRiver of at Swynnerton. Sow linkedto the recommissioning The to relate Tittensor toModerate the flows adverse effects in the from River Trent economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 3.1Ml/d helping to resulting in assessment. the further need for deterioration status WFD of that determined there isa risk Assessment WFD reduction inThe flows may adversely on the ecological impact The receptors. the abstraction of at RSowe Waverley. to conf linked to the recommissioning relate toModerate the flows adverse effects in the River Sherbourne -source economy. resilience change. to climate publicmaintain health and well-being publicmaintain health well as and a well-being,sustainable promoting as a sustainable economy and improving wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating with associated to delivering beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 4Ml/d 15Ml/dhelping to help to assessment. further need for Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park deterioration status in the River Sowe resulting WFD of in thethere is a risk energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World that determined Assessment adversely ecologicalWFD The impact receptors. Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate Lane. Reduction the abstraction of atin Watery flows may recommissioning habitat loss. relate toModerate the flows adverse effects in the River Sowe linked to the on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects expansion M WTW 33 Development Resource Avon/Leam Upper 25B Supply toBHs Potable Birmingham Central Conjuntive Use 12 Bamford 4 Component

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WFD economy. publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 18Ml/d helping Short Wood). and Wood Wenlocks Wood, Limeklin Coppice, Ercall Wood, (Alkmondpark the scheme Hencott Poolof within SSSI and 1km five Ancient Woodlands health on well human as impacts construction Ercall as Hill and Larence's LNR, relate to Moderate archaeological disturbance of adverse effects remains. through the on the monument wouldconstruction adverseeffects have major proposed pipelineThe a Scheduled intersects Ancient The Monument. economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 120Ml/d helping to required. is therefore between assessment Further class. status that also determined there deterioration isa potential of assessment risk WFD in flows in the River Sowe which may have a negative on river ecology. impact relate the area. toof Moderate a substantial adverse effects localised increase Castle resulting on the in an setting adverse effect on Warwick direct impacts Hall, Packington intersect Spa (Royal Gardens Spa) Leamington and will have Meadow which LNRs wouldWelches result in habitat It loss. would also pipeline relate Valley to intersecting the 50km Leam adverseeffects Major and sustainable economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being well as a promoting as wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 12.8Ml/d is required. deterioration status assessment and further potential WFD for that also determined there isa Assessment WFD Rea). The (tribof Catchment and Hockley to Bourn RiverBrook Brook bodies: Tame River Reafrom resilience change. to climate on the relate flows in to impacts a twoadverse effects dependent river water public maintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving on the settingtemporary theModerate other of nuisance assets. effects with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help would result in foliage the of that loss contributes and Heritage to the site setting theand parks Chatsworth of and Garden. Registered House Park and (Key Gardens Lane Cemetery). Construction energy HillGHGs, Cemetery and Warstone and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World II Grade Listed (103) of Buildingsnumber and two intersects Registered Parks Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate in closeproximity Castle (Scheduled to Weoley Ancienta large Monument) habitat loss. relates to the proposed pipeline adverseeffect routesbeingOne major located on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Increase Output BHCroxton 112B Increase Site JOutput 95B Enhancement Main Trunk Leek-Stoke 90 B WTW River Soar to 54 to SiteU ConjuntiveLongdon Marsh Use Bamford 34 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Benefici Adverse Beneficial Adverse bene e igibl Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ate der Mo ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min al 1.1 bene e igibl Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & bene e igibl Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg fauna 1.3 bene e igibl Negl adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 1.4 bene e erat Mod adve r Mino ficial bene r Majo rse adve e erat Mod efici ben or Min erse adv or Min ial efic ben or Min e ers adv or Min ben ate der Mo ers adv or Min 2.1 bene e igibl Negl adve r Mino ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min Population & human 2.2 health Mod e igibl Negl ficial bene r Majo rse adve e igibl Negl bene e erat efici ben or Min adv le ligib Neg ial efic ben or Min ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ate der Mo adv ble ligi Neg 2.3 Negl e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics Mino e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg resource use 3.2 Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 4.1 Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 4.2 Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 4.3 Water bene e igibl Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 4.4 bene e igibl Negl adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 4.5 bene e igibl Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 5.1 bene e igibl Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg Soil, geology & land 5.2 use bene e igibl Negl e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 5.3 bene e igibl Negl adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 6.1 bene e igibl Negl e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene r Mino e igibl Negl ficial bene r Majo rse adve e igibl Negl ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ial efic ben or Min ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ate der Mo adv ble ligi Neg 6.3 bene e igibl Negl adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage bene e igibl Negl adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo 8.1 Landscape

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WFD economy and improving resilience change. to the climate threats of publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 2.5Ml/d helping to disturbance and emissions. dust willDSR. This result in habitat noise as such and loss have nuisance effects (Harley located immediately Thorns), toWoodland the the south Hanchurch of proposed pipeline running directly (800m) through Ancient an areaof has been identified adverse effect relatingOne moderate to the a section of economy and improving resilience change. to the climate threats of publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 40Ml/d helping effects. on visualimpacting amenity adverse contributing moderate to permanent unit will be athenew landscape of feature and permanent newThe WTW economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereMinor identified beneficial effects related to delivering 5Ml/d helping to landscape and visual amenity. health; use; archaeologyair and resource climate; and cultural heritage; and have beenMinor identified adverse effects regarding population and human economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 15Ml/d helping to andemissions. use GHG resource have been adverseidentified effects moderate Two relating to the increase in economy and resilience againstchange. climate publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to deliveringresilience change. 280Ml/d to climate helping to Pools Court and SSSI, Spetchley Croome Park. Warren publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving health, on human Burcot Lane Cutting impacts construction SSSI, Upton with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help land that provides natural floodattenuation.Heritage relate site toand Moderate Chatsworth adverse and effects Garden. Registered House Park by on land-use of and floodrisk adverseeffect have covering a 10 major km2 energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World land resulting reservoir would open in of The loss space. the also permanent Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate of toreservoir will open andThe space. footpaths access up to 10 km2 take habitat loss. relate to recreation through adverseeffects Major the disruption public of on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects to SiteC Middle Severn 120B to SiteC Middle Severn 120A Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 1.4 ficial bene r Majo rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Mino 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod Population & human 2.2 health bene r Majo rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Majo rse adve e erat Mod ficial 2.3 e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene resource use 3.2 e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene 4.1 e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene 4.2 e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 8.1 Landscape

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WFD economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 157Ml/d helping to is necessary. assessment deteriorate due the to expansion, further theof magnitude however, further concludes that it is unlikely assessment that ecological will status WFD The (sailing club and fishing club) due to the lowering the reservoir of water level . provided by capital and natural businesses tolocal anddisruption thehabitats also include Moderate ecosystem services a adverse of loss to effects this risk. HRAspecies. concluded that there is potential LSE on for FenPools SAC due River Severn spreading a poses potential of aquatic invasive risk non-native the from raw water transfer avery over The scale. large due togroundworks relate to Moderate spreading/introducing adverse effects parks. terrestrial INNS foliagethe of and loss that landscape features contribute to the setting the of Mallory Court and and resulting Hall Packington Gardens in Registered Parks Castle, Warwick would It intersect also thesites. of on thequalifying features Construction would habitat result in permanent and loss direct adverse effects Hills Country ValleyWaseley Leam Park, LNRand Ancient Woodland. have been identified adverseeffects Major relating to the pipeline intersecting economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 169Ml/d helping to deterioration. status WFD of that theredetermined isa risk Assessment to open and space access recreational WFD restricted The areas. and provided by capital and natural PROW; tolocal disruption thehabitats; also include Moderate ecosystem services a adverse of loss to effects this risk. HRAspecies. concluded that there is potential LSE on for FenPools SAC due River Severn spreading a poses potential of aquatic invasive risk non-native the from raw water transfer avery over The scale. large due togroundworks resilience change. to climate relate to Moderate spreading/introducing adverse effects parks. terrestrial INNS publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving foliagethe of and loss that landscape features contribute to the with associated setting the of beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help Mallory Court and and resulting HallHeritage Packington Gardens site in Registeredand Parks Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park Castle, Warwick would It intersect also sites. these of on thequalifying features energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World Construction would habitat result in permanent and loss direct adverse effects Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate Hills Country ValleyWaseley Leam Park, LNRand Ancienthabitat Woodland. loss. have been identified adverseeffects Major relating to the pipeline intersecting on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects to SiteC Middle Severn 120D to SiteC Middle Severn 120C Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 1.4 ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Mino 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo Population & human 2.2 health Majo rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Mino ficial bene r 2.3 Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl resource use 3.2 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl 4.1 Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl 4.2 Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 8.1 Landscape

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WFD economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 129Ml/d helping to deterioration in water quality will therefore assessment, require further that inputs determined effluent in the River AvonAssessment may lead to a activities and (fishing sailing with associated clubs) WFD the reservoir. The provided by capital and natural totherecreational anddisruption thehabitats also include Moderate ecosystem services a adverse of loss to effects this risk. HRAspecies. concluded that there is potential LSE on for FenPools SAC due River Severn spreading a poses potential of aquatic invasive risk non-native the from raw water transfer avery over The scale. large due togroundworks relate to Moderate spreading/introducing adverse effects parks. terrestrial INNS foliagethe of and loss that landscape features contribute to the setting the of Mallory Court and and resulting Hall Packington Gardens in Registered Parks Castle, Warwick would It intersect also thesites. of on thequalifying features Construction would habitat result in permanent and loss direct adverse effects Hills Country ValleyWaseley Leam Park, LNRand Ancient Woodland. have been identified adverseeffects Major relating to the pipeline intersecting economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 158Ml/d helping to lead to a deterioration in water quality will therefore assessment, require further that inputs determined effluent in the River Avon Assessment may WFD The (sailing club and fishing club) due to the lowering the reservoir of water level . provided by capital and natural businesses tolocal anddisruption thehabitats also include Moderate ecosystem services a adverse of loss to effects this risk. HRAspecies. concluded that there is potential LSE on for FenPools SAC due River Severn spreading a poses potential of aquatic invasive risk non-native the from raw water transfer avery over The scale. large due togroundworks resilience change. to climate relate to Moderate spreading/introducing adverse effects parks. terrestrial INNS publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving foliagethe of and loss that landscape features contribute to the with associated setting the of beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help Mallory Court and and resulting HallHeritage Packington Gardens site in Registeredand Parks Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park Castle, Warwick would It intersect also thesites. of on thequalifying features energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World Construction would habitat result in permanent and loss direct adverse effects Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate Hills Country ValleyWaseley Leam Park, LNRand Ancienthabitat Woodland. loss. have been identified adverseeffects Major relating to the pipeline intersecting on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects to SiteC Middle Severn 120F to SiteC Middle Severn 120E Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod 1.4 ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Mino 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo Population & human 2.2 health rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Majo 2.3 rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl resource use 3.2 rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl 4.1 rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl 4.2 rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino 8.1 Landscape

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WFD economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 89Ml/d helping to necessary. is due the to expansion, theof further magnitude however, assessment further concludes that it is unlikelyassessment that ecological will status deteriorate activities and (fishing sailing with associated clubs) WFD the reservoir. The provided by capital and natural totherecreational anddisruption thehabitats also include Moderate ecosystem services a adverse of loss to effects this risk. HRAspecies. concluded that there is potential LSE on for FenPools SAC due River Severn spreading a poses potential of aquatic invasive risk non-native the from raw water transfer avery over The scale. large due togroundworks relate to Moderate spreading/introducing adverse effects parks. terrestrial INNS foliagethe of and loss that landscape features contribute to the setting the of Mallory Court and and resulting Hall Packington Gardens in Registered Parks Castle, Warwick would It intersect also thesites. of on thequalifying features Construction would habitat result in permanent and loss direct adverse effects Hills Country ValleyWaseley Leam Park, LNRand Ancient Woodland. have been identified adverseeffects Major relating to the pipeline intersecting economy. publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 118Ml/d helping to is necessary.the expansion, however, assessment further is unlikely that ecological will status deterioratedue to further theof magnitude concludes that itnatural capital provided assessment by the habitats. WFD The also include and Moderate ecosystem services a adverse of loss effects risk. HRA concluded that there is potential LSE on for FenPools SAC due to this Severn spreading a poses potential of aquatic invasive risk non-native species. overto groundworks avery the River raw large scale. from The water transfer relate toModerate spreading/introducing adverse effects terrestrial INNS due on these recreational wouldcore activities. adverseeffects also have major resilience change. to climate Lowering the reservoirparks. of level and excavation and refilling publicmaintain the existing health of and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving foliagethe of and loss that landscape features contribute to the with associated setting the of beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help Mallory Court and and resulting HallHeritage Packington Gardens site in Registeredand Parks Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park Castle, Warwick would It intersect also thesites. of on thequalifying features energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World Construction would habitat result in permanent and loss direct adverse effects Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate Hills Country ValleyWaseley Leam Park, LNRand Ancienthabitat Woodland. loss. have been identified adverseeffects Major relating to the pipeline intersecting on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Site L at Raise Dam 123A Expansion Reservoir C 122C Expansion Reservoir C 122B Conjuntive Use Expansion Bamford Reservoir C 4 122A Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 1.4 ficial bene r Majo rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino efic ben or Min ers adv or Min 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min Population & human 2.2 health rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Majo rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e erat Mod efic ben or Min adv ble ligi Neg 2.3 rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg resource use 3.2 rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 4.1 rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 4.2 rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl efic ben or Min adv ble ligi Neg 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl efic ben or Min adv ble ligi Neg 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl efic ben or Min adv ble ligi Neg 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD of climate change. climate of providing reduction and in a resiliencesmall local against floodrisk the threats publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable promoting economy, wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 1.4Ml/d helping to inundate the woodland theof fringes and result in habitat loss. relate toModerate raising adverse the effects reservoir level which would waterof and providing reslience change. against climate the threats of economy. Moderateinclude beneficial contributing effect to the sustainable use publicmaintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 96Ml/d helping to is necessary. concluding assessment that further assessment local and the businesses WFD health, constructionon human disruption of relate to to impacts adverse effects which on recreational would activities. adverseeffects have Moderate major lowering the reservoir level and excavation and refilling the existing of core and relate emissions use, toGHG significant resource adverseeffects Major change. against climate the threats of economy, contributing to the sustainable water of use and providing reslience publicto maintain health and well-being well as a sustainable promoting as wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 48Ml/d helping is necessary. concluding assessment that further assessment WFD health constructionon human and of the relate to impacts adverse effects which on recreational would activities. adverseeffects have Moderate major lowering the reservoir level and excavation and refilling the existing of core and relate emissions use, toGHG significant resource adverseeffects Major change. against climate the threats of resilience change. to climate economy, contributing to the sustainable public watermaintain of use health and providing and well-being, reslience a sustainable economy and improving publicto maintain health and well-being with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate well as a 15Ml/dsustainable promoting as to help wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to deliveringHeritage site and Chatsworth 11Ml/d and Garden. Registered House helping Park is necessary. the expansion, of the magnitude however, assessment further energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World concludes that it is unlikelyConstruction that would ecological on residential will status also adverse have impacts areas, moderate deterioratedue to further waterbody and the biologyhabitat loss. assessment being largely WFD The unassessed. relate toModerate the reservoir being adverse effects a heavily on biodiversity, modified adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Supply Public Water Reservoir Blackbrook 134A Site LMain Carsington to 128 Site Q to River Trent 125A Site L Conjuntive Use at Raise Dam Bamford 123B 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Maj ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Maj 1.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efic ben or Min ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg fauna 1.3 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 1.4 bene e erat Mod rse adve r Mino efic ben or Min ers adv or Min ial efic ben ate der Mo e ers adv or Min ial efic ben or Min e ers adv or Min 2.1 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo Population & human 2.2 health adve e igibl Negl bene e erat Mod ial efic ben or Min e ers adv ble ligi Neg efic ben or Min adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ate der Mo e ers adv ble ligi Neg 2.3 adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg efic ben or Min adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg resource use 3.2 adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.1 adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.2 adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ate der Mo e ers adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben or Min e ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.3 Water bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.4 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben or Min e ers adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben or Min e ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.5 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min 5.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg Soil, geology & land 5.2 use bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 5.3 bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min 6.1 bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo 6.2 Air & climate bene e erat Mod adve e igibl Negl efic ben or Min adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben or Min e ers adv ble ligi Neg 6.3 bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD contributing to resilience change. against climate the threats of publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable promoting economy and wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 10Ml/d helping to proximity to these areaswould these leadhabitats. of to fragmentation Outwoods SSSI located within the proposed of pipeline. 100m Construction in SSSI and relatethe onModerate Jubilee adverse construction effects Wood contributing to resilience change. against climate the threats of publicto maintain health and well-being, a sustainable promoting economy and wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 25Ml/d helping on visual adverse amenity. affects moderate well National District the where as may Peak constructionhave Park works including Hallresources Country Park where the Park pipeline will interesect as on recreational relate to Moderate constructionimpacts adverse effects located adjacent or in closeproximity the pipeline. to of sections Woodland SSSIs relate Ancient of toand a areasof large adverseeffect number Major contributing to resilience change. against climate the threats of publicto maintain health and well-being, a sustainable promoting economy and wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 30Ml/d helping andemissions. use GHG have beenModerate identified adverse effects relating to resource signficant change. climate providing reduction and in a resiliencesmall local to the floodrisk threats of publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable promoting economy, wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to deliveringresilience change. to climate 7.1Ml/d helping to landscape setting. publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving national and raising it park by with associated which beneficialMinor woulddelivering toeffects 2.3 moderate meters permanently 15Ml/d to help affect relate to the reservoir beingDistrict adverse the effects Peak visible from Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park into consideration potential energy vegetationGHGs, Moderate clearance requirements. and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World unknown but it is likely thatConstruction would there would on residential also adverse have impacts be areas, awoodland significant moderate of loss taking resulting in habitat the extenthabitat of Ancient The loss. Woodland is loss habitat loss. relate to raising the adverseeffects Major reservoir level which would inundate on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects WTW Little Haywood 150 Avon Rugby Surplus to R. Navigation Canal Birmingham 144B to Milford Surplus(BCN) Navigations Canal Birmingham 144A supply the Grid toReservoirs Conjuntive Use Linacre Bamford 142 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Maj 1.1 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg fauna 1.3 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 1.4 al efici ben e erat Mod erse adv or Min al efici ben or Min erse adv or Min ben ate der Mo ers adv or Min ial efic ben ate der Mo e ers adv or Min 2.1 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers Population & human 2.2 health al efici ben e erat Mod erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben or Min erse adv le ligib Neg ble ligi Neg ben ate der Mo adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ate der Mo e ers adv 2.3 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ate der Mo ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics al efici ben e erat Mod erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv resource use 3.2 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv 4.1 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ble ligi Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv 4.2 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.3 Water al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.4 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.5 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 5.1 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg Soil, geology & land 5.2 use al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ble ligi Neg 5.3 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min 6.1 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg adv ate der Mo ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv ate der Mo 6.2 Air & climate al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg adv ble ligi Neg ial efic ben ate der Mo e ers adv ble ligi Neg 6.3 al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Maj Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ers adv or Min ial efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Maj 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD to maintain publicto maintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 30Ml/d helping the surrounding landscape. which will permanently impact on visual amenity and 30Mld WTW multi-stage willstation structure be permanently located on the along river with bank the and(Bottle Stabling Lodge, new Farm Tixall and The at Tixall). intake pumping will also be within constructed three Listed of Buildings 500m proposed WTW Shugborough and Garden. The Registered Park from route located 300m relate to theModerate the proposed construction of adverse pipeline effects economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 12.75Ml/d proximity. due to adverse the indirect close to construction moderate effects be subject proposed pipeline SiteC Meadows of SSSI also600 borders m and would Newbold Quarry LNR,Ashlaw Park Cutting LNRand Linnell Road LNR. The on Swift relate Valley toModerate nuisance effects adverse effects LNR, economy and provide resilience change. against climate the threats of helping public to maintain health and well-being, a sustainable promote wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 12.75Ml/d emissions. GHG relate and use AONB. Chase to Moderate resource adverseCannock effects It will on thepark. landscape and adverseeffect also setting have of a major and Gardenresulting in foliage the of that loss contributes to the setting the of pipeline The fragmentation. will also intersect Shugborough Registered Park and result in habitat Ancient and of loss Woodland also intersect 150 m which proposed pipeline would The scheme to be nuisancewill subject effects. the SSSI Chase relate from to Cannock located 200m adverseeffects Major publicmaintain health and well-being a andsustainable promoting economy. wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 5Ml/d helping to downstream. resilience change. to climate thehas potential on water to have dependent adverse public effects maintain habitats health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving noise/vibration new The river disturbance and with associated abstraction also emissions. dust beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help habitat as and loss temporary with such fragmentation nuisance effects Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park Construction would result in Wood). Bank Kitchenflat Wood, Baines Wood, energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World surrounding the (Birley reservoirs Ancient Woodland and Lincare Woods, Construction would on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate pipeline to supply Chesterfield habitat areawhich loss. would of areas on four have effects and 8km relate toModerate the new adverse construction effects WTW on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Support Critical Period Clungunford 194A Carsington Expand 187B Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 Broomleys BH 166 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 1.4 ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Mino efici ben or Min erse adv or Min 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min Population & human 2.2 health rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Majo efici ben or Min adv le ligib Neg 2.3 Negl rse adve r Majo ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg resource use 3.2 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg 4.1 Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg 4.2 Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl efici ben or Min adv le ligib Neg 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl efici ben or Min adv le ligib Neg 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ben le ligib Neg adv le ligib Neg Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD build resilience change. against climate the threats of publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable promote economy and wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 0.9Ml/d helping to resulting in assessment. the further need for deterioration status is WFD a ecologicalpotential of There receptors. risk the likely connectivity with in turnthe may aquifer. This adversely on the impact proximityclose to the watercourse and may lead to a reduction in flows due to also identified that the assessment abstraction is in habitat WFD The loss. proposed pipeline SSSI which also the Riverintersects would Teme result in on is therequired. River The adverse Clun effects SAC. assessment Further Clun SAC habitat by which the abstraction may result in potential moderate Clungunford BH2 arefunctionally site abstraction works linkedwith the River identifying relate toModerate the HRA adverse assessment effects that publicmaintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 74.8Ml/d helping to surrounding landscape. on the visual the adverse reservoir; andeffects of setting the permanent of habitat;of disruption to local with associated businesses the recreational users relate to the reduction in natural capital and due ecosystem services to the loss to the reservoir and nearbyaccess open Moderate space. adverse effects also include limited public adverseeffects habitatpermanent major Other loss. and footpath re-alignment vegetation The clearance wouldeffects. result in the reservoir which of wouldperimeter be likely adverseconstruction to suffer resilience change. to climate on the Ancient relate areaof toWoodland a small adverseeffects Major publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help provide resilience change. against climate the threats of Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park publicmaintain health and well-being, energy a GHGs, sustainable promote economy and use and archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to deliveringConstruction would on residential 1.1Ml/d also adverse have impacts areas, helping moderate to andand landscape climate; and visual amenity. habitat loss. relate toMinor population adverse effects health; use; andair human resource on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Expansion Site E 14B Recommission Ladyflatte BH 198 Support Critical Period Clungunford 194B Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod or Maj al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino or Min al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 1.4 ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino al efici ben or Maj erse adv e erat Mod ial efic ben or Min e ers adv or Min 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min Population & human 2.2 health r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene al efici ben or Maj erse adv le ligib Neg ial efic ben or Min ers adv ble ligi Neg 2.3 r Mino rse adve r Mino ficial bene al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg resource use 3.2 igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ate der Mo 4.1 igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod ficial bene e al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ate der Mo 4.2 igibl Negl rse adve r Mino ficial bene e al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod efic ben ble ligi Neg e ers adv or Min 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene r Mino rse adve e igibl Negl al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod al efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min efic ben ble ligi Neg ers adv ble ligi Neg 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD maintain publicmaintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 50Ml/d helping to works. construction in and ecosystem disturbance functions to residential from areas relate to Moderate reduction adversedisturbance and effects emissions. dust noise as habitat as such and and loss indirect fragmentation; nuisance effects Meadows LNR.Construction would on havethe site such direct adverse effects Sutton SSSI Marshes of Lockington Bonnington and 175 m Spinney and relate to the proposed adverseeffects pipelineMajor of intersecting 50 m being a sustainable and promote economy. average and 3.4 Ml/d daily helping peak public to maintain health and well- wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 2.7 Ml/d annual ecological which receptors effect may be sensitive to changes in flow regime. in flows due to the likely connectivity with the aquifer. Itmay also adversely abstraction is in closeproximity to the watercourse and may lead to a reduction the abstraction at Ladyflette.R Derwent) recommissioning a as result of The relate to (tribof Moderate flows in adverse effects the Ecclesborne catchment build resilience change. against climate the threats of publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable promote economy and wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 4.7Ml/d helping to resulting in assessment. the further need for deterioration status the is WFD a ecologicalpotential of There receptors. risk to thelikely connectivity in may turn with adversely This theaquifer. on impact in closeproximity to the watercourse and may lead to a reduction in flows due also identified that the assessment abstraction is on visual amenity. WFD The habitat and loss Shropshire Hills AONB which would result in adverse effects proposed pipeline SSSI which alsothe intersects River would Teme resilience change. to climate result in may on result the in River potential adverse Clun effects SAC. moderate public The maintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving functionally with associated linkedwith beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate the River Clun 15Ml/d SAC habitatto help by which the abstraction identifyingassessment that Clungunford BH2 are site abstraction works Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park relate to Moderate the with HRAassociated adverse effects the monument. energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World setting the site of and have the potentialConstruction would to on disturb archaeological residential also adverse have impacts remains areas, moderate ScheduledRoman Ancient Construction would Monument. on the have effects habitat loss. relate to the proposed adverseeffects pipelineMajor a of intersecting 500 m on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Staffs - 30Ml/d - Staffs Carsington to N 89D-20 Site P Expand 66 Storage Raw Water E. Midlands 31D Storage Raw Water Conjuntive Use E. Midlands Bamford 31C 4 Component

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HRA

WFD to maintain publicto maintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 20Ml/d helping in and ecosystem services natural capital. relate to Moderate reduction adversedisturbance and effects emissions. dust Construction would noise as also generate such indirect nuisance effects wouldconstruction result in Ancientthree areas habitat of Woodland; loss. relate to the proposed adverseeffects pipelineMajor of intersecting 100 m publicto maintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 30Ml/d helping and pipeline. the the WTW construction of health human from relate to effects moderate onOther the setting the park. of adverse effects Registered Battlefield. Construction would havethe Battle minor Worcester of and Gardenand Courtproximity Registered also Park intersecting to Croome relate toModerate the proposed adverse effects pipeline passing in close publicmaintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 50Ml/d helping to works. construction and disturbanceecosystem functions to residential from areas qualifyingof relate to Moderate reduction adverse features. in effects habitat as and on mortality these sites such loss/fragmentation adverse effects Construction would Ancient resultSSSI; in of direct Woodland. and 900 m DieuGrace and High Sharpley Pasture and SSSI;of Asplin 150 Woods m relate to the proposed adverseeffects pipelineMajor of intersecting >1 km publicmaintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 50Ml/d helping to constructionworks. residential from areas resilience change. to climate relate to reductionadverse in effects and ecosystem disturbance functions to publicmaintain health and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving Moderate studyinterest. the potential of thegeological further of features with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help its geological Converting importance. the site into a Heritagereservoir would site and Chatsworth and eliminate Garden. Registered House Park also relate and to Huncote Croft Quarryeffects which is a energydesignatedGHGs, SSSI for and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World the entirety of loss Hill the Croft of site or significant habitatConstruction would adverse Major on loss. residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate wouldon theboundary thequarry. would of Construction belikely inthe result habitat loss. relate Hill Pasture toand the Croft Croft SSSIs adverseeffects Major which are on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Site T Expand 186A BHs Brockhurst Preston 162 RecoveryDO C WTW 99D Conjuntive Use 20Ml/d - Staffs Bamford Carsington to N 4 89D-30 Component

Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse Beneficial Adverse ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Maj ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 1.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 1.2 Biodiversity, flora & ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg fauna 1.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 1.4 ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Majo ficial bene r Mino rse adve r Mino efici ben e erat Mod erse adv or Min efic ben or Min adv or Min 2.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg Population & human 2.2 health bene r Mino adve e igibl Negl ficial bene r Majo rse adve r Majo ficial efici ben e erat Mod erse adv le ligib Neg efic ben or Min ble ligi Neg 2.3 e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod ben ble ligi Neg adv or Min 3.1 Material assets & SEA Objectives and Topics e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl bene efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg resource use 3.2 e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 4.1 e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 4.2 e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 4.3 Water ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 4.4 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 4.5 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 5.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg Soil, geology & land 5.2 use ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 5.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Mino efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 6.1 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl adve e erat Mod efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv e erat Mod ben ble ligi Neg adv or Min 6.2 Air & climate ficial bene e erat Mod rse adve e igibl Negl bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv le ligib Neg ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 6.3 ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve e erat Mod bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg Archaeology & 7.1 cultural heritage ficial bene e igibl Negl rse adve r Majo bene e igibl Negl adve e igibl Negl efici ben le ligib Neg erse adv or Min ben ble ligi Neg ble ligi Neg 8.1 Landscape

HRA

WFD maintain publicmaintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 90Ml/d helping to habitats. the lossof from services Scheduled Dinas Ancient Camp andof the Monument reduction in ecosystem relate to Moderate the enjoyment restricted adverse effects risk. is also a major on the visual adverse effects setting thePermanent surrounding of landscape on the quality adverseeffects considered to have major and quantity soils. of with totalthe 139Ha reservoir. The of will landtake result in land a of loss recreational facilities club, (fishing visitor and centre sailing club) associated and the lossof significant disruption to local andPRoW; access restricted nearby residential as sensitive such receptors properties; will result in health on human and wellbeing adverseeffects would also major cause at woodlandthe reservoir. This will be permanently lost a as result. Construction of on the perimeter in Ancient the of inundationareas Woodland of a number of relate to raising the adverseeffects Major reservoir level by which will 9m result economy. helping public to maintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 1.5-1.96Ml/d use; and and health;air resource and assets climate. human material have been identified adverse effects minor relatingThree to population and publicmaintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering 6Ml/d helping to health; use; emissions. andand human GHG resource relating to adversebiodiversity, effects Five minor and flora fauna; population resilience change. to climate publicto maintain health and well-being publicmaintain a healthsustainable and promote economy.and well-being, a sustainable economy and improving wereModerate identified beneficial effects relating with associated to delivering beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 30Ml/d 15Ml/d helping to help in and ecosystem services natural capital. Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park relate to Moderate reduction adversedisturbance and effects emissions. dust energyGHGs, and use archeological including sites Derwent valley Mills World Construction would noise as also generate such indirect nuisanceConstruction would effects on residential also adverse have impacts areas, moderate wouldconstruction result in Ancientthree areashabitat of Woodland; loss. habitat loss. relate to the proposed adverseeffects pipelineMajor of intersecting 100 m on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects Coven Unit Source in New GW 204 or Redrilling Rehabilitation Support, Wenlock Much 193 Expand SiteT 186B Conjuntive Use Bamford 4 Component

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WFD maintain publicmaintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 190Ml/d helping to setting the park. of Construction wouldGardens. on the have adverse temporary effects moderate Brandwood End Cemetery and and PackingtonHall Registered Parks distubance to residential and areas the pipelines passing in closeproximity to and mortalityrunoff qualifying of relate to Moderate adverse features. effects on thehave habitat as site such direct adversecontamination from loss, effects Heath intersecting the River Blythe SSSI in three places. Construction would Highters pipeline relate to the from proposed adverseeffects 22Major km publicmaintain health and well-being a sustainable and promote economy. were identified beneficialMajor effects relating to delivering 120Ml/d helping to adverse effects. temporary moderate End Cemetery and and resulting PackingtonHall Gardens in Registered Parks quality. proposed pipelines The will in also pass closeproximity to Brandwood and on dust with local air adverseemissions effects potential moderate for CityBirmingham Council AQMA. will Construction work generate vehicle being relate located toModerate the within scheme adverse effects relate andemissions. use to significant GHG resource adverseeffects Major publicmaintain health and well-beingresilience change. a sustainable to climate and promote economy. wereMinor identified beneficial effects relating to delivering publicmaintain health 2Ml/d and well-being, helping to a sustainable economy and improving AONB. Chase Cannock of with associated beneficialMinor delivering toeffects moderate 15Ml/d to help include on visual tempoary effects amenity effects moderate Other receptors. Heritage site and Chatsworth and Garden. Registered House Park connectivity energy withGHGs, may the and adversely aquifer. use This archeological the including sites ecological effect Derwent valley Mills World the watercourse and may lead to a reductionConstruction would in flows on residential due to also adverse the have impacts likely areas, moderate tolinked the new abstraction abstraction at is in Milford. The closeproximity to habitat loss. relate toModerate flowsRTrent inRPenk adverse effects the Sow from on biodiversity, adverseeffects Major and flora fauna due to Ancient Woodland Commentary

Minor adverse effects may Dales ontheDistrict SAC. occur Peak Minor adverse effects increase increase capacity pipeline to Baslow R WTW 313 - Coventry Cto WTW from main Transfer 310 - to Sunnyside Strategic Grid capacity from transfer New strategic 305 - to Mansfield Strategic Grid from link New strategic Conjuntive Use 304 - Bamford 4 Component

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7 SEA and Programme Appraisal 7.1 Programme Appraisal Advanced investment modelling techniques were used to derive an optimised investment programme that can meet Severn Trent Water’s supply/demand challenges. In addition, certain environmental and social effects are monetised according to methods set out in the Environment Agency's Benefits Assessment Guidance (BAG), and these are included in the costs input to the model. Severn Trent Water's model optimises its water resource requirements with other water investment requirements, such as supply resilience, asset maintenance and drinking water quality improvements. The costs considered by the model are capital costs (capex) and operating costs (opex). The Water Infrastructure and Supply/Demand investment model (WISDM) tests the long term, holistic investment decisions required to both maintain the performance of the water distribution network and improve the balance between future supply and demand. The WISDM model tests the costs and benefits of different levels of mains renewal, leakage reduction, demand management and metering alongside options to increase supply capability. The model facilitates the prediction of the future performance of water distribution assets, the investment needed to achieve different levels of performance, and the scale of investment required to ensure that there is a sufficient water supply to meet future demand. The WISDOM model generated many ‘least cost plans’ that could be used to solve different potential supply/demand scenarios. Complex scenario and uncertainty modelling was also used to test the sensitivity of certain investment decisions to supply and demand assumptions. The outputs of the approach generated a number of potential long-term investment programmes which represent different ways of securing long term supply and demand objectives. The model was also used to test the costs and benefits of adopting different top-down policy decisions on issues such as leakage, metering and the pace at which Severn Trent adapt to Water Framework Directive requirements. Severn Trent also examined how water trading options could impact their long-term investment needs, and what level of investment would be required to achieve the strategic objectives of Water UK’s Water Resources Long Term Planning Framework. Appendix E (restricted access) of Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP explains the investment modelling and decision-making approach described above in more detail. This modelling process produced three ‘least cost programmes’ out of which the draft WRMP19 Programme was selected. The least cost programmes are then refined according to the environmental and social impacts as identified by the SEA, as well as other factors including government policy, regulatory requirements, customer preferences and risk considerations. These considerations and refinements culminate in the production of the Draft WRMP19 Programme (see Table 7.1) for balancing supply and demand over the next 25 years. The draft WRMP19 Programme includes a new scheme to purchase a third-party asset and develop it into raw water storage to help meet long term supply/demand needs. This is an innovative solution to develop strategic raw water storage in a way that minimises environmental impact. The following sections present the SEA findings of the two least cost programmes and the Draft WRMP19 Programme.

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Table 7.1 Draft WRMP19 Draft WRMP19 Programme

Benefits Ref Solution Options (Ml/d) NOT04 Heathy Lea to North Nottinghamshire transfer solution 305 25 BHS15 Birmingham BHs conversion to potable supply 12 15 DOR05 Site C WTW enhancements 99E 9 DOR02 Site I WTW enhancements 99B 2 Site E WTW expansion and transfer main supported by WIL05 7A & 14B 35 raw water augmentation of the River Trent LIT01 Site F WTW expansion 32 10 DOR08 Site B WTW enhancements 99D 3.6 Whaddon (Strategic Grid WRZ) to Forest & Stroud GRD15 132 5 WRZ transfer solution Improve Site L WTW outputs during low raw water UNK07 195 7 periods Peckforton Group BHs rehabilitation and treatment GRD18 200 6.5 enhancement CRO06 River Soar to support Site B WTW 54 17 East Midlands raw water storage (Site CQ) including WTW05 31C 45 new WTW Carsington Reservoir support to Site Q WTW with Site MEL29 17 & 99G 30 Q WTW enhancements Reservoir C capacity increase (Size A) with transfer DAM07 122A & 310 9 main from Site C WTW to Coventry BAM04 Site R WTW to Baslow pipeline capacity increase 313 20 DAM01 Stanford Reservoir capacity increase (Size A) 84A 2.5 CRO05 Thornton Reservoir to support Site B WTW 135 12 NOT01 Ambergate to Mid Nottinghamshire transfer solution 304 30 DAM03 Reservoir A capacity increase (Size A) 84C 2.5 BHS07 Ladyflatte BHs recommissioning 198 2.7 DAM02 Lower Shustoke capacity increase (Size A) 84B 2.5 GRD19 DVA to Nottingham transfer pipeline capacity increase 16 15 Maximise deployment from Diddlebury WTW and BHS06 191 0.9 Munslow BH WE003B Enhanced Household Water Efficiency Audit - 0.30 WE004B Enhanced Social Housing Water Efficiency Audit - 0.21 WE005 Leakage Reduction - 13.2 WE006 Increased Metering - 2

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7.2 Assessment Findings of the Draft WRMP19 Programme The findings of the assessment of the Draft WRMP19 Programme across Severn Trent’s WRZs are summarised below and presented in Appendix E (restricted access). Assessment has taken account of the residual effects after the application of standard best practice construction and operational measures in accordance with national SEA guidance. Visual evaluation matrices have been prepared to summarise the detailed SEA of all the options included in the draft WRMP19 programme, presenting the magnitude of the identified adverse and beneficial effects. The water demand management measures (water efficiency audit, increased metering and leakage reduction solutions) included in the draft WRMP19 programme would be implemented across the Severn Trent Water supply area and will in aggregate bring major beneficial effects in respect of reducing demand for water and contributing to sustainable water management objectives. Other beneficial effects are generally negligible to minor. Given the scale of demand management programme, some temporary moderate adverse effects are anticipated with respect to temporary street works to repair leaks and install external meters, as well as associated vehicle movements and traffic congestion; remaining effects are negligible to minor).

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Draft WRMP19 Programme Visual Evaluation Matrix – Demand Management Measures

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Nottinghamshire As shown in the table below, three water transfer solutions (NOT01, NOT04, GRD19) in this WRZ would cumulatively deliver 70 Ml/d. The solutions involve significant construction activities which are associated with adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna; population and human health; archaeology and cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. Solutions (NOT01 and NOT04) would have major adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna as they involve pipelines that intersect areas of Ancient Woodland, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Local Nature Reserves; this would result in permanent habitat loss. These solutions would also have minor to major adverse effects on archaeology and cultural heritage as well as landscape and visual amenity as they either intersect or are in close proximity to sensitive receptors. Solution GRD19 is anticipated to have minor to moderate adverse effects across the SEA objectives. Further mitigation measures will need to be explored as part of the next stage of the development of these solutions to minimise major and moderate adverse effects, such as optimisation of pipeline routes to avoid areas of Ancient Woodland, SSSIs and Local Nature Reserves. All the solutions in this WRZ have negligible adverse effects on the SEA water environmental objectives as they only require the transfer of water between assets with little interaction with the aquatic environment (subject to careful pipeline design and best practice construction methods to avoid any adverse effects). In terms of beneficial effects, the solutions would have moderate beneficial effects on population and human health by providing a significant volume of water for the Nottinghamshire WRZ, increasing the resilience of the water supply system for customers. Solution GRD19 would also be associated with minor beneficial effects relating to improving the sustainable use of water resources and bringing greater resilience to climate change. Forest and Stroud The Whaddon to Forest and Stroud transfer (GRD15) is the only solution required for this WRZ and would deliver an extra 5 Ml/d. The solution only involves additional pumping of water sourced from the Strategic Grid WRZ, connecting into an existing pumping station. As such, no adverse direct effects on water environmental receptors are anticipated but with minor adverse effects relating to materials and resource use and moderate adverse effects relating to carbon emissions due to the additional pumping of water. The solution would deliver minor beneficial effects relating to population and human health due to the provision of a more resilient and reliable supply of water. The use of an existing pumping station would have minor beneficial effects through making maximum use of existing assets and water resources. North Staffordshire Two WTW upgrade solutions (GRD18 and UNK07) are proposed for this WRZ to increase water treatment capacity to cumulatively deliver 13.5 Ml/d of supply benefit to the zone. These solutions are relatively benign in terms of their potential for adverse effects across the SEA objectives. The solutions would result in minor adverse effects relating to resource use and moderate adverse effects relating to carbon emissions due to the infrastructure upgrades required to implement the solutions (borehole rehabilitation and treatment upgrades). Solution (GRD18) has also been identified as having minor adverse effects in respect of the risk of spreading/introducing invasive species; further mitigation measures will need to be developed during the detailed design stage to address this risk. Both solutions would deliver minor beneficial effects relating to population and human health through the provision of a more resilient and reliable supply of water to customers in the zone.

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Draft WRMP19 Programme Visual Evaluation Matrix – Nottinghamshire, Forest and Stroud, and North Staffordshire Water Resources Zones

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Strategic Grid The findings of the SEA for the Strategic Grid zone are presented in spatial groupings (northern, western, eastern and southern parts of the zone) to facilitate the understanding of potential cumulative, in combination effects of the solutions that might be constructed and/or operated in proximity to each other. There are four solutions in the northern part of the Strategic Grid includes four solutions (MEL29, LIT01, BHS07 and BAM04) that involve increasing water treatment and water transfer capacity, recommissioning boreholes and enabling support from an existing reservoir that would cumulatively deliver 62.7 Ml/d of additional water supplies to the Strategic Grid zone. These solutions present adverse effects ranging from minor to moderate. Solutions (MEL29 and BAM04) have moderate adverse effects relating to resource use and carbon emissions. Solution (LIT01) has been identified as having potential moderate adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna due to construction activities taking place in close proximity to some areas of Ancient Woodland and two SSSIs; construction mitigation measures will need to be developed to ensure no damage to these features. The recommissioning of a borehole for solution (BHS07) would have potential moderate adverse effects on river flow and river water quality in a river that is hydrologically connected to the aquifer from which water will be abstracted. This would bring a risk of WFD status deterioration of the affected water body which will need to be investigated further and mitigation measures identified if the more detailed investigations confirm the risk of WFD status deterioration. All of these solutions provide moderate beneficial effects on human health and population associated with a reliable supply of water, with the exception of the solution (BHS07) which would only deliver minor beneficial effects to supply reliability. There are five solutions in the western part of the Strategic Grid (DAM02, DAM03, BHS06, BHS15 and WIL05) that include reservoir expansion, increasing water transfer capacity, increasing water treatment capacity and a water conjunctive use scheme that would cumulatively deliver 55.9 Ml/d of additional water supplies to the Strategic Grid zone. Adverse effects identified for these solutions range from minor to major magnitude. Solution WIL05 has the potential for major adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna due to the risk of habitat loss/fragmentation in a SSSI and a Local Nature Reserve. This solution would also pose potential moderate adverse effects on water levels/flows and minor adverse effects on water quality in a river resulting from the discharge of treated effluent. Mitigation measures will need to be developed during the detailed design of this solution to reduce the magnitude of these effects, particular in relation to designated sites. Construction of a pipeline for solution BHS15 presents a risk of major adverse effects on archaeology and cultural heritage as there would be a loss of foliage that contributes to the setting of two Registered Parks and Gardens. Optimisation of the pipeline route during the detailed design stage will be needed to avoid this risk. By comparison, the adverse effects for solutions DAM02 and BHS06 are limited to no greater than minor effects. Solution DAM03 may have moderate adverse effects on a SSSI in close proximity to proposed construction activities and the pipeline route should be optimised during the detailed design phase to avoid adverse effects on the SSSI. These solutions provide minor beneficial effects while solutions BHS15 and WIL05 would deliver moderate beneficial effects on human health and well-being due to the provision of reliable water supplies.

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Draft WRMP19 Programme Visual Evaluation Matrix Strategic Grid (Northern and Western parts of the zone)

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Three solutions in the eastern part of the Strategic Grid (DOR08, CRO06 and CRO05) relate to Site B Water Treatment Works (WTW), including upgrading the WTW and transferring more water to it for the treatment, as well as one solution (WTW05) for using a large disused third party asset for raw water storage. These solutions would cumulatively deliver 77.6 Ml/d of additional supplies to the zone. These solutions have the potential for minor to major adverse effects across the SEA objectives. The construction activities required to deliver solutions CRO05 and WTW05 have the potential for major adverse effects on biodiversity, flora and fauna. This is due to the potential loss/fragmentation of Ancient Woodland and SSSI habitats. The construction phase of solution (CRO05) would also have moderate adverse effects on the setting of a Registered Park and Garden. Additional mitigation measures or design modifications will need to be developed through the detailed design stage to avoid adverse effects on these designated features. Solution WTW05 is presented in the final programme to represent a group of similar options associated with the conversion of large, disused third party quarries for the strategic storage of water abstracted from rivers during periods of high river flow. Several quarries have been investigated and the SEA has identified the need to carefully develop such solutions to avoid adverse effects on geological SSSIs that are present within some disused quarries (as reflected in the precautionary major adverse rating for the SEA geological objective (5.1 in the table below). Further investigations will be required to develop this innovative solution in a sustainable manner so as to minimise adverse environmental effects whilst maximising the potential beneficial effects associated with using large disused quarries for substantial and sustainable water supply benefit, as well as allied recreational and biodiversity enhancement opportunities. This accords with County Council core policies for the sustainable reclamation of former mineral workings. Solutions DOR08 and CRO06 are generally characterised by negligible to minor adverse effects, with the exception of material assets and resource use and greenhouse emissions associated with construction and operational pumping and treatment of water. In terms of beneficial effects, CRO06 provides moderate beneficial effects for population and human health and minor beneficial effects relating to recreation and landscape. Four solutions (DAM01, DAM07, DOR02 and DOR05) are located in the southern part of the Strategic Grid and which would cumulatively deliver 22.5 Ml/d supply benefit to the zone. Two solutions (DAM07 and DOR05) relate to increasing the deployable output of Site C WTW through upgrading the treatment capacity and increasing Reservoir C capacity. The remaining two solutions (DAM01 and DOR02) relate to Stanford reservoir expansion and recovery of deployable output at the Site I WTW. The potential adverse effects identified for these solutions are mostly limited to minor effects, with the exception of moderate adverse effects relating to material assets and resource use and carbon emissions for solutions DAM07 and DOR05. Solution DOR02 is associated with only minor adverse effects. Three solutions (DAM01, DAM07 and DOR05) may give rise to greater adverse effects relating to population and human health; water quality; landscape and visual amenity; and archaeology and cultural heritage. The adverse effects in respect of recreation and landscape objectives associated with the reservoir solutions (DAM01 and DAM07) are of minor magnitude only due to the small scale of the proposed expansion (6-10% increase in storage capacity). These solutions provide greater beneficial effects as the additional water storage they provide will bolster resilience drought events which will become more prevalent due to climate change, as well as provide opportunity for additional recreational amenity and enhancing biodiversity through careful landscaping.

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Draft WRMP19 Programme Visual Evaluation Matrix Strategic Grid (Eastern and South-Eastern parts of the zone)

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Mitigation measures As discussed above, further mitigation measures will be necessary to address the risks of major adverse effects identified for biodiversity, flora and fauna; archaeology and cultural heritage; and landscape and visual amenity. The majority of these adverse effects are associated with the construction of new pipelines which have currently only been designed at an outline level. As detailed design of these pipeline proceeds, optimisation of the pipeline routes will take place to, wherever feasible, avoid designated sites and features to reduce the magnitude of environmental effects. Similarly, construction activities associated with other options will need to be carefully planned, with detailed mitigation measures to address the environmental risks identified by the SEA. Design and mitigation measures will be carefully considered as part of the further investigations of the third party asset option as highlighted earlier. 7.3 HRA and WFD Assessments Findings The HRA concluded that the draft WRMP19 is compliant with the Habitats Directive, with no likely significant effects on European sites anticipated with the application of appropriate mitigation measures. Severn Trent Water will liaise closely with Natural England as the schemes are brought forward for promotion over the coming years. The WFD assessment concluded that the draft WRMP19 meets the WFD Regulations and associated objectives with the application of appropriate mitigation measures, with one exception. There currently remains some uncertainty surrounding the Ladyflette Boreholes (BHS07) solution which may have potential to cause deterioration between WFD status classes. Further investigation is required to understand these risks in greater detail as part of the next stage of developing this solution. Depending on the conclusions of this further investigation, it may be necessary to consider alternatives to this scheme. An advantage of Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP 2019 process is that it has considered and assessed a wide range of other feasible schemes that are available as a contingency and which could be used as alternatives in the event that the further WFD assessments concludes the scheme should be reduced in operational scale, or replaced entirely by another scheme. 7.4 Cumulative Effects of the Draft WRMP19 Programme 7.4.1 Demand Management Solutions Cumulative beneficial effects have been identified for all demand management options in relation to these measures acting in combination to increase the overall demand savings, thereby contributing to sustainable abstraction. The cumulative benefits will help reduce stress on the water environment and the water settings of heritage and landscape features, as well as reducing energy use for water pumping and treatment. 7.4.2 Water Supply Solutions Potential cumulative effects between solutions in the draft WRMP19 Programme were identified using GIS data on the location of solutions, phasing of construction activities (Figure 7.1) and information on the operational effects on waterbodies. The matrix in Figure 7.2 illustrates potential construction and operational cumulative effects between water supply options. The following subsections present the findings of the cumulative effects assessments for water supply options in the draft WRMP19 Programme.

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Figure 7.1 Phasing of Construction for Solutions in the Draft WRMP19 Programme

Figure 7.2 Potential Cumulative Effects of Solutions in the Draft WRMP19 Programme

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7.4.3 Site C WTW and Reservoir Expansion The Site C WTW DO recovery (DOR05) and Reservoir C (DAM07) solutions have been identified as having potential cumulative adverse effects on a nearby sensitive environmental receptor. The solutions are both within 300m of Site C SSSI. Upgrades to the WTW only involve the installation of three additional granular activated carbon units, a contact tank, a polymer dosing rig and a sludge holding tank. The reservoir expansion requires the raising of the existing overflow weir and the bridge in addition to modifications to the control room, the bridge pier and the abutment of the dam. The cumulative construction effects (noise disturbance and dust emissions) would not significantly increase the minor adverse effects posed by the solutions individually. Best practice construction techniques and the implementation of mitigation measures such as noise abatement barriers and dust dampening would be sufficient to avoid lasting effects on the SSSI. 7.4.4 Shustoke Reservoir and Reservoir A Expansions Lower Shustoke capacity increase (DAM02) and Reservoir A capacity increase (DAM03) have been identified as having potential cumulative adverse effects on nearby environmental receptors. Construction activities required for DAM03 were identified as having the potential for moderate adverse effects on the River Blythe SSSI due to contamination from site runoff and nuisance effects such as noise disturbance and dust emissions. Construction activities involved in DAM02 would be over one kilometre away and unlikely to have cumulative effects with DAM03 on the SSSI. 7.4.5 Carsington Water The simultaneous operation of three solutions (MEL29, WIL05 and LIT01) has the potential for cumulative adverse effects on Carsington Water. All three solutions will involve releasing water from Carsington Water during their operation. Currently, Carsington Water fills from River Derwent during the winter and provides releases to the same river during the summer, at a rate of 30 Ml/d. Given the current operational pattern, Carsington Water is assumed to have a significant surplus even during dry weather. The total abstraction volume to be removed from Carsington Water during the operation of the proposed three solutions equates to approximately 0.47% of its capacity (23000 Ml) per day. This is not expected to cause a significant decrease in water levels, but the risk of impacting ecological receptors especially macrophytes would increase during times of drought. Further assessing the level of drawdown in the reservoir would be required to confirm this. Overall, there is a low risk of adverse impact on the reservoir’s ecology due to the increase in drawdown as a consequence of multiple abstractions operating simultaneously. 7.4.6 Trent from Dove to Derwent The simultaneous operation of solutions (WTW05 and WIL05) has the potential for cumulative adverse effects on the River Trent from Dove to Derwent. Both solutions will involve abstraction from River Trent from Dove to Derwent during their operation, assumed to be all year round. The total abstraction volume to be removed from River Trent (Dove to Derwent) during the operation of both solutions equates to 70Ml/d, of which 20Ml/d will be supported by augmentation with final effluent from Barnhurst STW which discharges to the Penk from Source to Saredon Brook. The current available volume that can be abstracted upstream of North Muskham gauging station before the hands-off flow conditions are triggered is 150 Ml/d. Therefore, the proposed both abstractions could be accommodated within this limit and will not have any significant impact in the flow regime or the aquatic ecology of the watercourses. 7.5 In-combination Effects of the Draft WRMP19 Programme with Existing Relevant Plans, Programmes and Projects In-combination effects of the WRMP with other relevant plans, programmes and projects have been considered. These include the following: • Severn Trent’s Drought Plan. • Neighbouring water companies’ drought plans • Environment Agency Drought Plans.

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• Canal and River Trust Management Plans. • Local Development Frameworks. • National Policy Statements and National/Regional Infrastructure Plans. • Major projects.

7.5.1 Severn Trent Water’s Drought Plan Severn Trent Water is currently in the process of developing its draft Drought Plan that will be published in early 2018. The SEA Environmental Report of the Final WRMP will consider this plan once it is complete. This report considers Severn Trent Water’s current Drought Plan which was published in 2013. The Drought Plan identifies demand side and supply side measures which could be employed in the event of a drought. The purpose of the Drought Plan is to bring about adaptations to manage drought and its implications effectively. The implementation of the 2013 Drought Plan alongside the draft WRMP19 may cause both beneficial and adverse cumulative impacts, the latter particularly in terms of environmental water stress. However, as part of the Drought Plan implementation process, operational and technical liaison with the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales is increased to determine the best resources to use to minimise environmental impact. The Drought Plan demand-side measures complement the demand management (water efficiency) schemes included in the draft WRMP19. While their implementation may exacerbate some of the potential adverse effects of the leakage management measures, specifically in relation to vehicle movements and associated effects on air quality, transport, community and nuisance, their implementation alongside demand management measures included in the draft WRMP19 should result in an overall beneficial cumulative impact on water resources (with indirect beneficial effects on environmental receptors such as biodiversity) because of the reduced consumption use of water. A review of supply-side options in the 2013 Drought Plan identified one potential operational cumulative effect with the draft WRMP19. There is potential for cumulative effects between Ambergate to Mid Nottinghamshire transfer solution (NOT01) and the River Derwent at Ambergate Drought Permit Option as they both abstract from the River Derwent. However, cumulative effects have been assessed as negligible as solution NOT01 would have no adverse effects on water flows and levels in the River Derwent from Amber to Bottle Brook since the 30 Ml/d abstraction would be fully supported by releases from Carsington Reservoir. 7.5.2 Neighbouring water companies’ WRMPs and Drought Plans WRMPs and Drought Plans from the following water companies are considered for potential in- combination effects: • Yorkshire Water • United Utilities Water • South Staffordshire Water • Anglian Water Services • Dwr Cymru Welsh Water • Bristol Water • Wessex Water • Thames Water • Dee Valley Water

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Ricardo Energy & Environment Draft WRMP19 SEA Non-Technical Summary | 86 discussions with the neighbouring companies have taken place and these have helped Severn Trent Water reach its decisions on the draft WRMP19, in particular the decision to exclude the Vyrnwy Reservoir import option from its draft plan. Based on these discussions, and assuming the exclusion of the Vyrnwy Reservoir import option, no cumulative adverse effects are currently anticipated from the forthcoming draft WRMPs of the neighbouring water companies. It is likely that all of the neighbouring water companies will include demand management programmes in their draft 2019 WRMPs, similar to those included in Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP. Improved water efficiency and leakage reduction across the country will result in beneficial in-combination effects in terms of reducing the need for, or scale of, new water resources thereby helping protect the water environment as well as reducing energy use through reduced water pumping and treatment. No cumulative adverse effects have been identified in relation to the current published Drought Plans of neighbouring water companies. Beneficial effects may arise in respect of the Drought Plan measures for water efficiency and demand management with similar activities in the draft WRMP19. Neighbouring water companies will also be invited to make comments on the draft WRMP19 and Severn Trent Water will also continue to communicate with neighbouring companies regarding the schemes in their draft 2019 WRMPs. 7.5.3 Environment Agency Drought Plans Assessment of the potential for in-combination impacts of the preferred plan with drought options listed in the Environment Agency Midlands Drought Plan has been undertaken. The information used to carry out these assessments is the most up to date information available at time of writing, but the assessments should be reviewed at the time of option implementation to ensure that no changes to the Environment Agency’s Drought Plan have been made in the intervening period, and that this assessment therefore remains valid. Drought actions and triggers are given in the Environment Agency’s Drought Plan. Actions described include communications (internal and external), monitoring and potential drought order applications to protect the environment. Of these actions, those which are applicable for in-combination assessment with Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP19 are external communications and potential environmental drought orders. External communications will have positive in-combination effects with Severn Trent Water’s media/water efficiency campaign demand side option in the draft WRMP19, as drought communication messages may reinforce each other, thereby resulting in increased demand savings and greater recognition by the public to use water wisely. No cumulative adverse effects have been identified in relation to the current Environment Agency Drought Plan. The Environment Agency’s drought order for the River Severn Regulation scheme is compatible with the solutions set out in Severn Trent Water’s draft WRMP19 options with no cumulative adverse effects anticipated. 7.5.4 Land Use and Spatial Plans It is necessary to consider potential in-combination effects with development programmes contained within regional planning frameworks. However, plans, policies and programmes contributing to regional spatial strategies (RSS) were revoked in July 2010 and were abolished following implementation of the Localism Act (2011). Future development is now principally guided by the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Local Development Frameworks (LDFs), in particular Local Plans. The Local Plans are relatively high level policy documents and whilst they identify potential areas for future development and zones for particular activities, the certainty of developments, the precise spatial location and their timing make it difficult to identify any potential cumulative effects with the draft WRMP19. As the WRMP19 solutions are brought forward for promotion, an assessment will need to be carried out of possible construction and/or operational cumulative effects with known local developments in dialogue with the relevant local planning authorities. County Council Minerals Development Frameworks have been considered in respect of the third party asset storage solution and this demonstrates compatibility with the Council’s core policy on asset reclamation, subject to appropriate mitigation and enhancement package being developed and agreed with the Council and other statutory bodies.

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7.5.5 National Policy Statements and National/Regional Infrastructure Plans No in-combination effects have been identified with national policy statements or with national or regional infrastructure plans (including energy and transport sector plans). 7.5.6 Major projects The potential for in-combination effects with some of the known significant projects and developments identified in the Severn Trent Water supply area include: High Speed Two (HS2); M42 Junction 6 Improvement Scheme, M54 to M6 Link Road; Avonmouth Deep Sea Container Terminal; Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant and the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro Extension. In-combination effects with these projects are not considered likely as the zones of influence largely do not overlap with the draft WRMP19 schemes due to differing construction periods, or otherwise the impacts have been identified as small-scale and geographically distributed. No cumulative operational effects are anticipated.

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8 Mitigation and Monitoring 8.1 Overview Key stages of the SEA process include Task B5: Mitigating adverse effects and Task B6: Proposing measures to monitor the environmental effects of implementing a plan or programme, as well as Stage E: Monitoring the significant effects of the plan or programme on the environment. The sections below describe how these tasks have been or will be addressed, as applicable, and how Severn Trent Water intends to ensure that monitoring of potential effects is carried out and the appropriate mitigation measures are implemented for any adverse effects identified. 8.2 Mitigation The sections below describe how Task B5: Mitigating adverse effects tasks have been or will be addressed, as applicable and the appropriate mitigation measures are implemented for any adverse effects identified. Mitigation may be defined as a measure to limit the effect of an identified significant impact or, where possible, to avoid the adverse impact altogether. Consideration of mitigation measures has been an integral part of the SEA process and has informed development of the draft Water Resources Management Plan. The SEA appraisals set out in Sections 6 and 7 above have been based on the assessment of residual impacts, i.e. those impacts likely to remain after the implementation of identified mitigation measures. Certain assumptions have been made regarding mitigation in carrying out the assessments, notably: • Where suitable mitigation measures have been identified, these have been taken into account, such that the resultant residual impact has been determined in this SEA; and • In line with recommendations made in the UKWIR SEA Guidance, the SEA appraisals have assumed the implementation of reasonable mitigation measures such as operation of water sources in line with regulatory requirements and the use of good construction practice, including measures such as: o Invasive species on site are to be identified and removed in advance of construction; o HGV routing, cap on movements, appropriate working hours; o Screening around the perimeter of works at the start of construction (creation of landscaping/planting for large scale construction); o Footpath diversions established regarding construction work including pipelines; o Resources for construction of the scheme would be sourced locally where possible; o Minimising removal of spoil from construction sites; o Runoff from the construction sites would be attenuated and the quality managed according to best construction practices; o Appropriate pipeline laying techniques regarding river crossings; o Flood risk management during construction (temporary flood defence and siting of spoil and contaminants away from areas at risk of flooding); o Siting of temporary and permanent works to minimise impacts on setting of heritage and landscape features; o Archaeological watching briefs during excavation; o Noise abatement barriers where required; and o Dust control measures: dampening dust emissions from groundworks and vehicle washing. The mitigation measures described above would, in some cases, be implemented through Environmental Impact Assessment and planning process. In this way, effective mitigation plans can be developed to minimise many of the residual adverse effects currently identified in the SEA appraisals. 8.3 Monitoring Requirements The natural, built and human receptors potentially impacted by development and operation of the options included in the draft WRMP19 strategies and possible indicators of effects have been set out in

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Ricardo Energy & Environment Draft WRMP19 SEA Non-Technical Summary | 89 the table below. These proposed indicators would form the core component of a monitoring programme to assess whether the identified effects in the SEA are occurring as anticipated, or whether it is giving rise to greater or lesser effects (adverse or beneficial). In turn, the monitoring may identify changes to the mitigation measures necessary to minimise adverse effects and/or modifications to scheme design or operation to further augment beneficial effects.

Impacted Receptor Monitoring Indicators

Proportion of surface waters and groundwater waterbodies at ‘Good’ WFD status Water resources, Specific species and habitats surveys water quality, biodiversity Condition of European Sites and SSSIs according to Natural England condition assessments Progress against the Severn Trent Water biodiversity action plan Net greenhouse gas emissions per Ml (million litres) of treated water (kg Climate Factors CO2 equivalent emissions per Ml) reported annually by Severn Trent Water Transport fleet fuel consumption, emissions and mileage, as monitored Transport routinely by Severn Trent Water Scheme level community disruption due to construction works / during operation (where applicable) would be monitored through an Environmental Management Plan agreed as part of the planning permission process Complaints logged with Severn Trent Water and Local Authority Nuisance/ Community Environmental Health Officers or equivalent Amenity Effects Responses gauged through customer satisfaction surveys and reported in Severn Trent Water’s annual performance processes Surveys of recreational and other amenities likely to be affected, including assessment of the success of agreed mitigation measures. Responses gauged through customer satisfaction surveys and reported in Severn Trent Water’s annual performance processes Scheme-specific monitoring during construction works / during operation (where applicable) would be monitored through an Environmental Air Quality Management Plan agreed as part of the planning permission process Changes in air quality as monitored by the Defra Automatic Urban and Rural Network, including using this data to establish the baseline conditions Baseline, construction phase and operational phase Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments or equivalent assessment techniques of sensitive landscapes (including townscapes where applicable) and visual amenity identified in the SEA (and subsequent planning Landscape and visual application submissions) as being at a major or moderate adverse amenity effect. Assessments to be carried out in consultation with appropriate bodies, such as the relevant AONB committees and Natural England. These surveys will aid planning and evaluation of the success of proposed mitigation measures to reduce adverse effects on landscape and visual amenity. Condition of buried archaeology would be monitored during construction works as part of a Watching Brief and associate response measures as set out in the Environmental Management Plan agreed as part of the Cultural Heritage planning permission process Consultation with Historic England, heritage asset owners and other relevant stakeholders to ensure adverse impacts are minimised and opportunities sought for heritage discovery and/or maintenance.

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Impacted Receptor Monitoring Indicators

Reference to Historic England’s monitoring of heritage assets such as Listed Buildings and Scheduled Monuments, Registered Battlefields, Registered Parks and Gardens, in particular the ‘Heritage at risk’ register.

As options are brought forward for development, further specific monitoring requirements may be set out in detailed designs and plans accompanying scheme development (including, where applicable, formal applications for any required environmental permits or abstraction licences, planning permission, as well as any scheme-specific HRA and WFD assessments). These will be discussed with relevant regulatory and statutory bodies and stakeholders to agree the appropriate scale and duration of such scheme-specific monitoring activities proportionate to the assessed environmental risks. 9 Conclusions

Through application of the SEA process (and associated HRA and WFD assessments) from the very outset, Severn Trent Water has actively considered environmental and social effects throughout the development of the draft WRMP19 and consulted regularly with regulators, stakeholders and customers to seek their views on the emerging findings from the effects assessment. The SEA process complies with the regulatory requirements and national best practice guidance. The assessments have been based on a broad range of objective environmental and social criteria, developed through public consultation, to ensure all options were considered on a consistent basis, in line with the meeting the requirements of the SEA Directive and national SEA Regulations. By integrating environmental and social assessment into the development of the draft WRMP19, a long- term sustainable water resource plan has been produced that maintains water supply reliability for Severn Trent Water’s customers without unacceptable adverse effects on the environment or local communities. As well as protecting the environment, the draft WRMP19 provides opportunities for environmental enhancement through various measures, in particular: • reducing water abstraction from a number of existing water sources where there is a risk of adverse effects on the water environment. • includes a new scheme to purchase a third party asset and develop it into raw water storage to help meet long term supply / demand needs. This is an innovative solution to develop strategic raw water storage and there are opportunities, through careful planning and dialogue with stakeholders, to develop recreational amenities and enhance biodiversity through asset reclamation activities in line with County Council policies. • actively pursuing further water efficiency measures to substantially reduce leakage from the water supply system and customer properties, reducing the amount of water required to be abstracted from the environment. • significantly extending water metering to more customers and helping customers reduce their demand for water to achieve a material reduction in water consumption. 10 Quality Assurance

ODPM Guidance on SEA contains a Quality Assurance checklist to help ensure that the requirements of the SEA Directive are met. The checklist is reproduced in Appendix C (restricted access), demonstrating how this Environmental Report meets the requirements.

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