02 December 2020
This technical talk is being presented by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) – Living With Water Programme (LWWP) Division, and supported by RPS, on the recently published plan – “Living With Water in Belfast – An Integrated Plan for Drainage and Wastewater Management in Greater Belfast”.
In 2014, when it became clear that the drainage infrastructure across Belfast was unable to meet the requirements expected of it, the Northern Ireland Executive approved the development of a plan for Belfast:
As the drainage problems are complex and no one organisation can tackle them alone, this plan takes an integrated approach to address the inter-related issues, whilst at the same time, providing multiple benefits to the community. It focuses on developing integrated drainage solutions while adopting, where possible, sustainable ‘soft’ drainage and wastewater solutions, that both help the environment and cut operating and maintenance costs.
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Stuart Wightman
Stuart Wightman is Programme Manager for DfI’s Living With Water Programme and has over 25 years’ experience of working in various roles relating to infrastructure across the NICS. He spent the early part of his career working as a roads engineer before moving onto work on policy in the areas of transport, energy and water and drainage. His policy work has included preparing Social & Environment Guidance for water and sewerage services (PC10 & PC15) and development of Sustainable Water – A Long Term Water Strategy for Northern Ireland.
David Compston
David Compston is Technical Lead for DfI’s Living With Water Programme and similar to Stuart has over 25 years’ experience in the NICS and private sector. David started out training to be a quantity surveyor before changing profession to civil engineering and joining DfI Roads as a roads engineer where he has worked in a wide variety of roles including maintenance, capital projects, road safety and traffic control. Since 2014 he has been Technical Lead on the Living With Water Programme mainly focusing on developing the Integrated Drainage Investment Planning project.
Richard Bingham
Richard Bingham is a Senior Associate who has been working for RPS for over 19 years as a specialist in strategic planning, water management, environmental assessment and geographical information systems. During his career Richard has worked throughout Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales and Western Australia. Richard was the consultant project manager working with DfI on the Living With Water Programme. Richard and his team of flood risk, catchment management, water infrastructure and environmental assessment specialists, supported DfI in development of the Plan, Integrated Drainage Investment Plans and environmental assessments.
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