Guidance and Training on Water Services Strategic Planning
RPS was appointed to the project by the WSNTG in October 2007. RPS's brief includes the preparation of:
- Legal Background Document outlining the various national and EU legislative provisions, which under pin water services strategic planning.
- Guidance on the elements of other plans and programmes to which regard must be given when drafting a waster services strategic plan. The most significant of these include River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) and associated programme of measures (PoMs) under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and National, Regional and Local Development Plans, strategies and guidelines under the Planning and Development Act 2000.