Waveney District Council Water Cycle Study
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Waveney District Council Water Cycle Study Waveney District Council FINAL – June 2017 Waveney District Council Water Cycle Study Waveney District Council Project Reference: 60518518 Quality information Prepared by Checked by Approved by Hannah Booth Carl Pelling Sarah Kelly Graduate Water Consultant Associate Director Regional Director Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorized Name Position Initial Draft – V1 March 2017 For comment Carl Pelling Associate Director Final June 2017 Final Sarah Kelly Regional Director Prepared for: Waveney District Council Prepared by: AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited Midpoint Alencon Link Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 7PP UK T: +44(0)1256 310200 aecom.com Prepared for: Waveney District Council AECOM Waveney District Council Water Cycle Study Waveney District Council Project Reference: 60518518 Limitations AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited (“AECOM”) has prepared this Report for the sole use of Waveney District Council (“Client”) in accordance with the Agreement under which our services were performed (“final part C Waveney WCS_Final”). 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All Rights Reserved. Prepared for: Waveney District Council AECOM Waveney District Council Water Cycle Study Waveney District Council Project Reference: 60518518 Table of Contents List of Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 Non-Technical Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Wastewater Strategy .................................................................................................................................... 2 Water Supply Strategy ................................................................................................................................. 3 Overall Impact of Development .................................................................................................................... 3 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 WCS History ..................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Study Governance ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.4 WCS Scope ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Key Assumptions and Conditions ..................................................................................................... 5 1.6 Report Structure ............................................................................................................................... 6 2. Study Drivers ............................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 OFWAT Price Review ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Water Framework Directive .............................................................................................................. 9 3. Proposed Growth ....................................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Preferred Growth Strategy .............................................................................................................. 10 3.2 Housing .......................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Employment .................................................................................................................................... 12 4. Wastewater Treatment Strategy ................................................................................................................. 13 4.1 Wastewater in the District ............................................................................................................... 13 4.2 Management of WRC Discharges .................................................................................................. 14 4.3 Wastewater Treatment Assessment Overview ................................................................................ 16 4.4 WRC Headroom Assessment ......................................................................................................... 18 4.5 Water Quality Assessment .............................................................................................................. 20 4.6 Ecological Appraisal........................................................................................................................ 28 4.7 Wastewater Summary .................................................................................................................... 36 5. Water Supply Strategy ............................................................................................................................... 38 5.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 38 5.2 Abstraction Licensing Strategies .................................................................................................... 38 5.3 Water Resource Planning ............................................................................................................... 40 5.4 Water Resource Planning in the District ......................................................................................... 40 5.5 Water Efficiency Plan ...................................................................................................................... 41 5.6 Water Neutrality .............................................................................................................................. 42 6. Major Development Site Assessment ........................................................................................................ 51 6.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 51 6.2 Site Assessment Methodologies ..................................................................................................... 51 7. Water Cycle Strategy Recommendations and Policy ................................................................................. 54 7.1 Recommendations for Policy Development .................................................................................... 54 7.2 Further Recommendations ............................................................................................................. 55 Appendix A Policy and Legislative Drivers Shaping the WCS ............................................................................... 56 Appendix B Relevant Planning Documents to the WCS ....................................................................................... 58 Appendix C WRC Capacity Assessment results ................................................................................................... 59 C.1 Modelling assumptions