Fingal East Meath Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study

Key Stages

Over a three and a half year duration, work has been carried out on four main stages of the project. Within each of these stages are a number of key activities. Please click on the links in the table below for further information on each of these activities.

Throughout these key stages of the study a number of public information and consultation days are held to provide opportunities for the project team to meet with stakeholders and members of the public to present the purpose and key findings & recommendations of the study and seek their views.

Stage	Activity	Summary	Timing
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)	Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)	The SEA runs in conjunction with the other stages throughout the project to ensure that environmental constraints and opportunities within the FEM catchment are fully considered in the development and selection of appropriate flood risk management options.	Summer '08 – winter '11
Assessment of flood risk	Flood defence asset survey	Involves gathering information on the types and condition of flood defence structures (e.g. flood walls, banks, etc.) along the rivers and coastline. Data is stored and analysed in a Flood Defence Asset Database.	Summer '08 – winter '08
	Topographical survey	Involves both a site survey and aerial survey. The site survey will be used to determine the dimensions of the river systems, including cross-sections of the river bed, the river banks and any structures in and along the river channel, such as bridges, walls and embankments. The aerial survey will be used to gather information on the topography of the river floodplains.	Winter '08 – summer '09
	Hydrological analysis	Analysis of existing river flows and rainfall and an assessment of drivers that are likely to influence future flood risk in the FEM study area, including changes in climate and land use, and urban growth. Results from the analysis will be used in the computer models of the rivers.	Summer '08 - summer '09
	Hydraulic computer modelling of rivers	Development of hydraulic computer models of the rivers using computer modelling software. The computer models will be used to predict water levels along the rivers for flood events of various magnitude both now and in the future.	Spring '09 – winter '10
	Flood mapping	Use of the computer modelling results to identify and map areas of significant flood risk within the study area both now and into the future.	Spring '10 - winter '10
Option assessment	Identification and assessment of potential flood risk management options	Technical, economic, social and environmental assessment of all identified options to determine preferred options	Summer '10 - summer '11
Production of FRMP	Development and publication of the draft and final FRMP	Presentation of the results of the above activities and outline the proposed strategic flood risk management options for the study area - subject to public consultation on an initial draft document.	Summer '11 - winter '11