24/06/2010
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River Dodder Flood Study - Public Information Day in County Library, Tallaght Wednesday 30th 2010
A series of public information days are being held to provide opportunities for the Dodder Flood Study project team to meet with stakeholders and members of the public to present the purpose and key findings and recommendations of the study and seek their views. Public information days are arranged at the following locations, dates and times:
- South Dublin County Council’s Tallaght Library on Wednesday 30th June from 3pm to 8pm.
- Dublin City Council’s main foyer in Civic Offices, Wood Quay on Thursday 1st July from 3pm to 8pm.
A CFRAMS is a Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study and its purpose is to manage flood risk in the area being studied. The Dodder CFRAMS is one of four pilot studies in Ireland and is the first comprehensive study undertaken with a view to producing a single flood risk management strategy for the whole Dodder Catchment. Under the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC – Article 6) it is a requirement of the CFRAMS process to produce a series of flood extent and hazard maps for low, medium and high probability storm events.
The river Dodder flows from Kippure Mountain through Bogland, light forest and agricultural land before entering urban Dublin. The Dodder collects rainwater from a 12,081 hectare catchment and discharges to the Liffey Estuary, it has 5 main tributaries, the Dundrum Slang, Little Dargle, Whitechurch, Owendoher and Tallaght, all of which are heavily modified urban streams.
Your comments are important to the CFRAMS process and will be addressed in the study. You can do this by accessing our website on http://www.dublincity.ie/WaterWasteEnvironment/waterprojects/Pages/RiverDodderCatchmentFloodRiskAssessmentManagementStudy.aspx, or attending our Public Information days (details above), and then writing or email your comments to the following addresses.
Dodder CFRAMS, DODDER@RPSGROUP.COM
Dublin City Council,
Room 409,
68-70 Marrowbone Lane,
Dublin 8.