Population Equivalent for proposed Peel STW.

Summary

The request sought the Population Equivalent for the proposed Peel sewage treatment works and confirmation that it would not treat effluent from outside Peel and the former Raggatt Tip. The authority disclosed current and estimated population figures but stated it did not hold information confirming the exclusion of external catchment areas as no final designs exist.

Key Facts

• The current effluent licence for discharge into Peel is for a population equivalent of 5,560.
• A 2016 feasibility study estimated a population equivalent of 6,257 for the Peel works.
• Manx Utilities does not hold information confirming that effluent from outside the current Peel catchment is excluded.
• Final designs and decisions regarding the catchment area have not yet been made.
• A full consultation on the outline design is expected around June 2018.

Data Disclosed

• 5,560
• 6,257
• 2016
• 2018-03-07
• 2018-04-05
• June 2018
• IM121475I

Exemptions Cited

• Information not held or cannot be found after taking reasonable steps

Original Request

Please would you let me know what Population Equivalent you are intending to provide for with the proposed sewage treatment works at the Glenfaba House site. Please would you also confirm that the proposed sewage treatment works at the Glenfaba House site are not intended to treat effluent from any area outside Peel and the former Raggatt Tip.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

______________  Manx Utilities • PO Box 177 • Douglas • Isle of Man • IM99 1PS  e: foi@manxutilities.im • t: 687687 • www.manxutilities.im          REFERENCE NUMBER IM121475I      REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”)   

Thank you for your online application dated 7 March 2018 requesting the following information:

‘Please would you let me know what Population Equivalent you are intending to provide for with the proposed sewage treatment works at the Glenfaba House site. Please would you also confirm that the proposed sewage treatment works at the Glenfaba House site are not intended to treat effluent from any area outside Peel and the former Raggatt Tip.’

Response to Your Request

In response to the first part of your request the current effluent licence for discharge into Peel is for a population equivalent (PE) of 5,560 based on the domestic population. An early feasibility study for the Regional Sewage Treatment Strategy - Phase 2 (RSTS2) in 2016 designers estimated a PE of 6,257 for the Peel works; this figure was to cover Peel and any planned increase to housing in the area, plus an additional estimate for consideration of any expansion to the catchment area.

Our aim is to provide information whenever possible but in response to your second question, in this instance Manx Utilities does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. This is because there are currently no final designs or decisions made, but effluent from outside the current Peel catchment, including The Raggatt, has not been excluded to date.

When a proposed outline design is ready a full consultation will take place through both the Peel Town Commissioners and by public exhibition, prior to the formal submission of the details for planning permission. This is likely to be sometime in June 2018.

The latest details on the RSTS2 for both Peel and Laxey, these can be found on our website: https://www.manxutilities.im/about-us/our-assets/sewerage/regional-sewage-treatment-stra tegy-phase-2/

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Yours sincerely

FOI Coordination Team