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animal access to rivers, soil erosion associated with over grazing and some harvesting, and spillage or runoff of oils, chemicals or pesticides to water courses. Other potential impacts on water quality arise when best management practices are not implemented for forestry activities and pollution arises from the “unsewered population” of rural and urban areas. It is for this reason and others mentioned above, i.e. the excessive nutrient loading of storm water run-off, that the river downstream of Leixlip has been classed as "high priority" with unsatisfactory sites also located at Lucan Bridge and Islandbridge. Following on from the Three Rivers Project a more extensive and coordinated approach to catchment management was to be required with respect to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. 4.6 WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE The Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, 23 rd October 2000, establishing a “framework for community action in the field of water policy” promotes an “integrated” approach to the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater within river basins (Council of the European Commission, 2000). The most significant requirement was the identification of River Basin Districts (RBD) and the preparation of River Basin Management Plans (RBMP), with the aim of achieving “good ecological status”(EC, 2003). River Basin Districts were to be established in “administrative areas” and River Basin Management Plans to be prepared in relation to each District. The transposition of the Directive into Irish National law was achieved through regulations in 2003 (S.I. No. 722of 2003). A considerable body of information exists on the environmental context within which the Water Framework Directive (WFD) sits. In particular, The WFD characterisation process (www.wfdireland.ie) required an analysis of the pressures and impacts that human activities exert on Irish waters to be undertaken. The purpose of the analysis was to identify surface water bodies and groundwater bodies at risk of failing the objectives of the directive due to the effect of human activities. The pressures and impacts analysis was also referred to as a Risk Analysis. The risk relates to the probability of a water body failing to achieve good status or suffering deterioration in water quality status. One of the first major milestones required by the Water Framework Directive (WFD) is the preparation of Summary Characterisation Reports (Article 5) for all River Basin Districts in their jurisdiction. This involves: OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS ERM IRELAND Page 43
• an analysis of River Basin District characteristics, • a review of the impact of human activity on the status of surface waters and on groundwater, and • an economic analysis of water use The principle objective of the report is to provide summary information on the initial characterisation at River Basin District (RBD) level. This initial assessment serves to identify those waterbodies that are either at risk or not at risk of achieving the Directives objectives by 2015. Following this initial Report in 2005 further characterisation of waterbodies designated as at risk or probably at risk will be undertaken leading up to the production of the draft River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) in 2008. Final reporting on Characterisation to the EU Commission will take place in 2010 when RBMPs are finalised. The designated competent authorities in Ireland have prepared a single combined National Summary Characterisation Report for the purpose of reporting by the statutory deadline of 22 nd December 2004. “Characterisation Reports” must be prepared for every River Basin District. The Reports, based on readily available information, are a description and scientific assessment of each basin based on identified pressures and impacts arising from human activity acting on the water bodies within the basin. The River Liffey is located within the Eastern River Basin District (ERBD) and a summary of key findings for the Liffey Catchment is provided below. 4.7 EASTERN RIVER BASIN DISTRICT The ERBD is defined as the physiographic region within Hydrometric Areas 07, 08, 09 and 10 that drains to the Irish Sea, and adjacent transitional and coastal waters. It stretches from County Wexford to the south to County Louth to the north, entirely containing County Dublin and also parts of Counties Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath and Cavan. Land use is dominated by agricultural, urban, natural areas (forests and bogs), and coastal areas. It is the most highly urbanised and populated basin district in Ireland. 44 .. 77.11 . SSuummmmaarryy oo ff LLiffffeeyy i RRisskk i AAsssseessssmmeenn tt The baseline risk assessment of human pressures and impacts on all water bodies which was carried out by the characterisation process identifies those waters which, by reference to present circumstances and based on the OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS ERM IRELAND Page 44
Page 1 and 2: ANNEX B - BASELINE AUDIT
Page 3 and 4: 1.3 METHODOLOGY In preparing this B
Page 5 and 6: 2 PLANNING IN THE LIFFEY VALLEY 2.1
Page 7 and 8: Environs) is located south of the r
Page 9 and 10: Policy No Nature of Policy Appraisa
Page 13 and 14: • Consult with the E.S.B. with a
Page 17 and 18: LHA15 It is the policy of the Counc
Page 19 and 20: Table 3 Fingal County Development P
Page 21 and 22: Green Belt GBP2 To ensure that gree
Page 23 and 24: Table 4 Kildare County Development
Page 25 and 26: Landscape Character Areas RW3 To co
Page 27 and 28: 22.88 . .. 22 CCeellbbrriddggee i L
Page 29 and 30: 3 POLICY 3.1 INTRODUCTION In additi
Page 31 and 32: “even short stay visitors will se
Page 33 and 34: Sports Participation and Health amo
Page 35 and 36: grew from the rapid accumulation of
Page 37 and 38: particular conservation importance
Page 39 and 40: at Lucan. Both these species have s
Page 41 and 42: esulting in an almost entirely clos
Page 43: There is a small stock of wild brow
Page 47 and 48: Kilcullen area while the catchment
Page 49 and 50: Historic-settlement features: Holy
Page 51 and 52: y the firm of Shaw and Haughton. Mu
Page 53 and 54: front towards the river. A battleme
Page 55 and 56: Bridge 1. Of circa 1730s, which gav
Page 57 and 58: Iron works. Of circa 1870, of which
Page 59 and 60: century farm buildings; since 1898
Page 61 and 62: which a twelfth-century chancel has
Page 63 and 64: Hospital. Hospital/lepers' house of
Page 65 and 66: wood panelling of the highest quali
Page 67 and 68: Standing stone. Knockiernan. Megali
Page 69 and 70: seventeenth century, and from whom
Page 71 and 72: demesne. Inscription states: 'John
Page 73 and 74: Augustine founded by Justiciar Mile
Page 75 and 76: Church. Single-nave medieval parish
Page 77 and 78: uildings, playing fields; Neo-Gothi
Page 79 and 80: Mill. Ferrit's Mill noted in Simmon
Page 81 and 82: iver is straight and, as such, is i
Page 83 and 84: forty park attributes, for example,
Page 85 and 86: college. There were people of retir
Page 87 and 88: (1) (1) Attributes rated highest (1
Page 89 and 90: Table 6.4. Preferred attributes by
Page 91 and 92: Beyond this point, the components b
Page 93 and 94: or more passive activity such as en

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