 A debate is taking place over how to manage flood risk in the future |
An Environment Agency draft strategy suggests the area is allowed to go back to being a tidal estuary.
But some local councils argue that, rather than no further maintenance of existing defences, more should be built in order to keep the valley as it is.
RALEIGH – State water resource experts will meet on Monday with water users of the Cape Fear River Basin to discuss the future water usage plans in the basin, which includes the Haw and Deep river basins.
Officials with the N.C. Division of Water Resources report that a number of cities and industries have announced plans for increased future withdrawals of water from the Cape Fear River. The evaluation of these proposed increased water uses will need to consider the sustainable capacity of the Cape Fear River and the cumulative effect on the river of the proposed increased uses. Monday’s meeting, set for 1 p.m. at the Fayetteville Public Works Commission, will include brief updates by sponsors of new water use proposals, including the amount, location and timing of the planned withdrawals.
THE Environment Agency is urging people to have their say on how best to manage precious water resources.
The country has been divided into 11 river basin areas for the purposes of the Water Framework Directive.
The Anglian River Basin District includes all the rivers, ground water and coastal waters from the East Coast to Northampton in the west, and from Lincolnshire in the north to Essex in the south.
It is home to 5.2 million people and includes a substantial number of growth areas identified by the Government's Sustainable Communities Plan.
A public consultation, called Significant Water Management Issues, has been launched and runs until January 24 next year.
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FARMERS, the industry and conservation groups are invited to have a say about the best ways to tackle significant water management issues, such as diffuse pollution and river flows and abstraction, in an effort to further protect and improve rivers, lakes and groundwater.
‘River Basin Planning: Summary of significant water management issues’ is the second step in the process of developing new and better ways in which the Environment Agency and others will work towards achieving ecological standards defined in the European Water Framework Directive by 2015.
