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Elliot Morley Seconds Out, Round Four Venice of The ISSUE THREE WINTER 03/04 PUBLISHED BY THE MERSEY BASIN CAMPAIGN WATERS REGENERATION ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY ELLIOT MORLEY An in-depth interview with the Environment Minister examining issues shaping the region and the nation. TIMELINE 2025 After a turbulent history our waterways have reached a crucial juncture, so what will the next 20 years bring? SECONDS OUT, ROUND FOUR The water industry wants to invest £25 billion to improve our water infrastructure and environment, but can higher bills really be good value for money? VENICE OF THE NORTH 3 canals, 4 rivers, 5 miles of waterfront leisure. How is Manchester making the most of its waterside assets? SOURCE NORTHWE environment or regen ahead, decisions ma months will help shap region, as well as the In part we’re star force of a steady stre Directives from Europ Fish Directive, Nitrate Waters Directive and Framework Directive - them all - are raising bar. Rising to them w Here in the UK, t left the Lords and ent Commons, sparking c its fluoridation amend goes. Soon it too will legislative landscape Meanwhile, the N region awash with en Liverpool will be the C 2008, Manchester ha most creative place i sustainable developm Jonathon Porritt has a leader in sustainab The challenge ah but crucial one-acle a healthy economy a future - and it’s close been. Let’s keep our Matthew Sutcliffe,ed m.sutcliffe@merseyb Subscriptions: Fouzia Bhat [email protected] Editorial assistant: Martin Contributors: Karma Ocken Paul Unger, Ben Willis, Ian H Photography: Len Grant Design: Hemisphere, Manc Print: Gyroscope, Manches Editorial address: Mersey B 28th Floor, Sunley Tower, Pic Manchester M1 4BT. 0161 Website: www.merseybasin Source Northwest is publish Mersey Basin Campaign. Th in this magazine are not ne the publishers. Comments and feedback ar be addressed to the editor. Source Northwest is printed waste recycled paper using Source Northwest is sponso SOURCE NORTHWEST ISSUE THREE WINTER 03/O4 These are interesting times for those whose lot it is to work in the realms of water, the environment or regeneration. Looking ahead, decisions made in the coming WATERS REGENERATION ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY months will help shape the future of our region, as well as the entire country. In part we’re starting to feel the force of a steady stream of new Directives from Europe. The Freshwater Fish Directive, Nitrates Directive, Bathing Waters Directive and the Water Framework Directive - the kingpin of them all - are raising the environmental bar. Rising to them won’t be easy. Here in the UK, the Water Bill has left the Lords and entered the Commons, sparking controversy over its fluoridation amendment as it goes. Soon it too will alter the CONTENTS legislative landscape. Features 10 Meanwhile, the Northwest is a 10 TIMELINE 2025 region awash with encouraging news. After two decades of steadily improving water quality in the Liverpool will be the Capital of Culture in Northwest, the Independent’s Ian Herbert asks people from 2008, Manchester has been called the around the region to peer into their crystal ball and predict most creative place in the country and sustainable development supremo what the next 20 years hold in store. Jonathon Porritt has hailed the region 12 SECONDS OUT, ROUND FOUR a leader in sustainable regeneration. Negotiations are at a critical stage in the fourth round of talks The challenge ahead is a complex to set prices and investment in the water industry, and the but crucial one - a cleaner environment, outcome is far from certain. Karma Ockenden explains. a healthy economy and a sustainable future - and it’s closer than it’s ever 18 VENICE OF THE NORTH been. Let’s keep our eyes on the prize. In recent years Manchester has won a reputation as a city on the move. Ben Willis finds out how new plans to capitalise on 12 Matthew Sutcliffe, editor its waterways are again putting the city ahead of the curve. [email protected] Interview Subscriptions: Fouzia Bhatti, 0161 242 8200 [email protected] 8 ELLIOT MORLEY The Environment Minister Editorial assistant: Martin Riley discusses water prices, new legislation, the need for Contributors: Karma Ockenden, investment, and the resurgence of his childhood home town. Paul Unger, Ben Willis, Ian Herbert Photography: Len Grant Regulars Design: Hemisphere, Manchester Print: Gyroscope, Manchester 4 ROUND-UP Key developments, events and agenda, plus Editorial address: Mersey Basin Campaign community initiatives on the Northwest’s rivers and canals. 28th Floor, Sunley Tower, Piccadilly, Manchester M1 4BT. 0161 242 8205 16 SPOTLIGHT Joe Dwek, leading Northwest businessman Website: www.merseybasin.org.uk and chair of the Mersey Basin Campaign, on lessons learned Source Northwest is published quarterly by the Mersey Basin Campaign. The opinions expressed in the private and public sectors. 18 in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publishers. 17 BUSINESS Paul Unger of Northwest Business Insider Comments and feedback are welcomed and should magazine explains how Shell’s huge oil refinery came to sit be addressed to the editor. next to one of Cheshire’s most important wildlife reserves. Source Northwest is printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper using vegetable-based inks. 22 RESEARCH New research shows that in one part of the Source Northwest is sponsored by Manchester Ship Canal the fish population is making a spectacular recovery. 23 THE SHARP END Dr Mark Everard berates public apathy towards the health of our rivers. Cover Manchester’s Castlefield (p18) © Clare Hayes / picturesofmanchester.com ROUND-UP Grand buildings drive Northwest’s architectural renaissance No time The Northwest is rediscovering the gems of its architectural heritage Good news, sa and bidding for worldwide recognition. But the enviro At one time, Liverpool and Manchester vied to out perform each other, as in most other Rivers and canals in things, in the prestige of their buildings. But in the dark days of the Northwest’s decline at any time since rec a century later, it was easy to forget that the region had once been at the epicentre of figures from the Envir Victorian architecture. studied some 7,000 Now, a £65 million regeneration scheme will see four historic mills in the Ancoats area of its annual survey of c Manchester transformed into a canalside complex of apartments, shops, offices, cafes, bars representing around and commercial facilities. The Royal Mills site is the first private sector development for the In the Northwest Ancoats Urban Village. Overlooking the Rochdale canal, the mills stand adjacent to Murray waterways tested we Mills, which are themselves being preserved in another multi-million pound project. ‘good’ in 2002, a ma The flagship three year scheme is supported by the Ancoats Urban Village Company and figure was only 50%. New East Manchester Ltd, and is part-funded to the tune of £8.8 million by the Northwest quality of the water, 9 Development Agency. The work is being undertaken by international property giant ING Real good or fair chemical Estate, which previously pioneered similar large scale schemes with historic buildings such 75% ten years ago. as Liverpool’s Albert Docks. The improvemen ING’s chief executive Ian Pearce declared the aim to be “creating a thriving and regulation and invest sustainable community in a truly mixed development, which will appeal to residents, have raised the stand visitors and businesses alike.” Environment Agency Like the construction of the City of Manchester Stadium for the successful 2002 water utilities have in Commonwealth Games, the project represents a major link in the efforts to regenerate In the Northwest, spe east Manchester. But in one way the Royal Mills project differs significantly from its flashy around £2 million pe predecessor. The massive amount of private cash being pumped into it - almost as much the railways can only as was spent on the nearby stadium - is being hailed as the crucial element if Ancoats is to organisations such a enjoy long term rejuvenation. organisations to work ROYAL MILLS IS AT THE HEART OF “Ancoats is regarded as the world’s first industrial suburb,” according to Stefan Brzozowski, development manager at Some of the bigg A MULTI-MILLION POUND Ancoats Urban Village. The historic urban village area, of which Royal Mills forms an important part, is on the UK shortlist to the River Mersey nea REGENERATION SCHEME be nominated for World Heritage Site status. It is the first time a bid from Greater Manchester has been shortlisted. Lancashire, Loo Gill n Across the region, meanwhile, Liverpool’s grand waterfront and surrounding civic buildings are further along in the near Eccles in Greate MORE INFORMATION: nomination process and will find out in the middle of next year if they are to join Unesco’s worldwide list of 730 sites. Canal near Salford Q www.liverpool.gov.uk Industrial archaeologist Steve Little, who is advising ING on the Royal Mills project, said of it, “New life will be breathed into specialists APEM has www.nwda.co.uk the buildings, creating a modern day version of the vibrant and internationally recognised community which lived here a century one of the fastest gro www.neweastmanchester.com ago.” With restoration efforts continuing apace across the region and the prospect of international recognition on the horizon, (full report, page 22) www.ingrealestate.co.uk the region’s architectural heritage is emerging as the jewel in its crown. But the EA says t the country’s most im from damaging pollut As many as three hundred anglers United Utilities (UU), the water utility for the Northwest, has called for Environmental regeneration pioneerGroundwork has published a The Northwest is a leadin are expected to compete in the investment of £3.8 billion over 5 years in its draft business plan.
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