Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis

Tender description

Natural Resources Wales has a metal mine strategy that focuses attention on the impacts on our failing waterbodies where over 700 km of river reaches are failing chemically and/or ecologically in accordance with the Water Framework Directive. This contract is to progress the assessment and remedial work at selected metal mines. NRW has a metal mine strategy that focuses attention on the impacts on our failing waterbodies where over 700 km of river reaches are failing chemically and/or ecologically in accordance with the Water Framework Directive. Our metal (Non Coal) mine programme is receiving capital funding from the Welsh Government to progress assessment and remedial work at selected metal mines. The geoscience team manage this programme and both NRW and Welsh Government seek to adopt a Programme Board like that used in England between DEFRA, the Coal Authority and the environment agency. The programme board will include members from Welsh Government, NRW and the Coal Authority. This board will make decisions on the work programme progressing each year. NRW’s existing technical and specialist resources in-house are not enough to deal with the development and delivery of a programme of this scale and technical nature. In England similar work is carried out by the Coal Authority through a direct government to government agreement between DEFRA, the Coal Authority and the environment agency. NRW is seeking to implement a similar arrangement with the Coal Authority for this programme. This partnership will run for the financial year 2020/2021.