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Catchment Partnerships for Water Quality
1. A
response
to
the
challenge
from
the
third
sector
Arlin Rickard
Chairman – CaBA National Support
Group
Ca tchment
B ased
A pproach
Partnerships
f or
Action
2. Catchment
Based
Approach
‘Partnerships
for
Action
’
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
Catchment
Based
Approach
(CaBA)
A
Response
to
the
Challenge
from
the
3rd
Sector
Arlin
Rickard
Chairman
–
CaBA
National
Support
Group
3. National
Ecosystem
Assessment:
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
UK
benefits
of
inland
wetlands
to
water
quality
-‐
up
to
£1.5billion
per
year
UK
amenity
benefits
of
living
close
to
rivers,
coasts
and
other
wetlands
-‐
up
to
£1.3billion
per
year
INNS
one
of
the
5
primary
drivers
of
change
in
ecosystem
services
in
the
last
60
years...
4. Making
Space
for
Nature:
Professor
Sir
John
Lawton
Recommendation
4.
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
Public
bodies
and
statutory
undertakers
planning
the
management
of
water
resources
should:
• Make
space
for
water
and
wildlife
along
rivers
and
around
wetlands;
• Restore
natural
processes
in
river
catchments,
including
in
ways
that
support
climate
change
adaptation
and
mitigation;
and
• Accelerate
the
programme
to
reduce
nutrient
overload,
particularly
from
diffuse
pollution.
5. Ecosystem
failure
means…
-‐ive
impacts
on
human
health
Flooding/Drought
Loss
of
amenity
value
Consequences
-‐ive
impacts
on
tourism
Loss
of
biodiversity
-‐ive
impacts
on
water
quality
7. EU
Water
Framework
Directive
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
Ensuring
‘good
ecological
status’
by
2015
/2021
will
be
a
major
challenge!
WFD
Public
Participation
(Article
14)
“Member
States
shall
encourage
the
active
involvement
of
all
interested
parties
in
the
implementation
of
this
Directive,
in
particular
in
the
production,
review
and
updating
of
the
river
basin
management
plans…”
8. CaBA
Framework
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
• Defra
Policy
Framework
–
‘to
encourage
the
wider
adoption
of
an
integrated
CaBA
to
improving
the
quality
of
our
water
environment’
• Involving
the
1st
,
2nd
&
3rd
Sectors
in
partnership:
• 1st
-‐
Government,
agencies,
local
authorities
• 2nd
-‐
Water
Co’s,
farmers,
river
owners,
business
• 3rd
–
NGO’s,
voluntary
groups,
communities
• Catchment
Partnership
Groups
-‐
providing
coordination
&
guidance
9. CaBA
Framework
-‐
considerations
• WFD
2nd
cycle
is
important
but
only
part
of
the
journey
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
• Some
form
of
map
and
/or
plan
is
probably
necessary
to
allow
catchment
targeting
and
prioritisation
•
A
plan
is
a
means
to
an
end
(delivery
of
catchment
management)
not
an
end
in
itself!
• Develop
strategic
relationship
with
LNP’s,
NIA’s,
LEP’s
10. The
Ecosystem
Approach
provides
a
guide
to
linking
human/
social,
ecological
and
economic
drivers
and
is
a
delivery
tool
of
the
Convention
on
Biological
Diversity
it’s about
people…
11. The
Ecosystem
Approach
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
Managing
the
environment
is
really
about
managing
people…
Nature
can
usually
manage
itself…
15. CaBA
Steering
Group
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
Angling
Trust
-‐
John
Cheyne
Freshwater
Habitats
Trust
-‐
Jeremy
Biggs
Groundwork
Trust
-‐
Sarah
Reece-‐Mills
National
Trust
-‐
Helen
Dangerfield
RSPB
-‐
Rob
Cunningham
Salmon
&
Tout
Association
-‐
Janina
Gray
The
Rivers
Trust
-‐
Arlin
Rickard
The
Wildlife
Trusts
-‐
Helen
Perkins
Wildfowl
and
Wetland
Trust
-‐
Carrie
Hulme
WWF
-‐
Kathy
Hughes
Water
UK
-‐
Sarah
Mukherjee
Defra
+
EA,
NE,
CSF,
FC
16. CaBA
Working
Groups
Reporting
to
the
Steering
Group
•
•
•
•
Data
Users
Group
Agriculture
Group
TraC
Waters
Group
More
to
follow
as
appropriate…
Secretariat:
Ali
Morse
(TWT);
Rob
Collins
(RT)
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
17. CaBA
Activity
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
It’s
really
up
to
the
Catchment
Partnerships:
• WFD
• Bathing
Waters
• Flood
Risk
Management
• Drinking
water
supply
• Biodiversity
2020
• Fisheries
management
• Wider
Ecosystem
Services
• Climate
change
resilience
• INNS
etc
18. CaBA
&
2nd
cycle
WFD
RBDMP’s
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
• WFD
‘Article
14’
• 2nd
cycle
WFD
RBDM
Plans
2015
-‐2021
(dRBMP’s
by
December
2014
-‐
first
look
July
2014)
• EA’s
Challenges
&
Choices
consultation
• Operational
Catchments?
• Catchment
Summaries?
• Access
to
Linked
Data-‐
web
support
tool?
• Interface
with
CaBA
o Surveying
&
monitoring
-‐
evidence
o Catchment
management
planning
o WFD
template
or
‘universal
translator’
o DELIVERY
of
IMPROVEMENTS
19. 4.6 Macro-invertebrate survey:
4.6.1 Methodology:
Macro-invertebrate sampling was completed at all of the monitoring sites, excluding site 4. The
sampling procedure was compliant with the Environment Agency's operational instruction manual
produced in 2008 (Technical reference material: freshwater macro-invertebrate sampling in rivers).
A one minute manual search was initially carried out at each site, followed by kick sampling using
the three minute, pond, net sampling method. The net used was a standard 1mm mesh sampling
net. The kick sampling technique involves disturbing the substrate by foot and capturing any
displaced invertebrates as they drift downstream with the flow into the sampling net. All available
habitat types at each site were sampled proportionately and for a total time of three minutes.
Collected samples were placed into a container and then preserved using IMS (industrial methylated
spirits). All samples were first examined on the bank side for dead invertebrates.
The physical characteristics of each site, including depth, substrate and flow type, a subjective
assessment of turbidity and any other relevant observations were recorded. Estimates of algae and
macrophyte cover were also recorded.
Policy
&
delivery
framework
Working
to
generate
new
evidence
• Critical
analysis
of
existing
data
sources
At a later date, the samples were sieved using a 500-micron sieve and placed into a sorting tray.
Where possible, macro-invertebrates were identified to species level with the exception of
Oligochaeta which were identified to class, and Simuliidae, Sphaeridae and Chironomidae which
were identified to family level. Factors making it impossible to identify other macro-invertebrates to
species level include size or crucial identification features missing.
• Generation
of
supplementary
data
&
evidence
observed at Site 2 could be indicative of the more favourable habitat cond
habitat restoration works. To substantiate these results, additional monitori
The failure of the Tippets Brook to support a healthy fish population is
availability of suitable in-stream habitats, as a result of extensive ch
agricultural diffuse pollution, causing elevated levels of in-stream sediment
The families present in a sample contribute to the
derivation of a biological (BMWP) score for each site.
This scoring system was developed as a way of
assessing the biological quality of rivers and streams.
The method assigns a score to each taxon ranging from
1 to 10 depending on their capacity to tolerate
pollution. Those most tolerant to pollution have a low
score, whilst those least tolerant have a high score.
The sum of the taxa scores from a sample is the
Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) score.
The BMWP score, and ASPT (average score per taxon)
were calculated for each sample.
Figure 26: Semi-quant
Tyrrell’s Court, using b
equipment.
Figure 23: Macro-invertebrate sampling
at Bidney Farm (Site 3).
4.8 Diatom survey:
4.8.1 Methodology:
20. SCIMAP:
A
diffuse
pollution
risk
modelling
framework
Land
use
Slope
Rainfall
23. Defra
Catchment
Funding:
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
• Catchment
Partnership
Fund
(CPF)
£1m
+
£400k,
to
March
2014
• Defra’s
Catchment
Restoration
Fund
(CRF)
approved
42
projects
with
a
value
of
c£24m.
These
projects
will
deliver
multiple
benefits
targeting
over
300
waterbodies.
(December
2012)
• Defra’s
River
Improvement
Fund
(RIF)
has
delivered
over
200
projects
with
a
value
of
<£7m
+
co-‐finance
• In
collaboration
with
the
Environment
Agency
24. DEFRA
/
EA
Catchment
Funding
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
River
Improvement
Fund
/
Catchment
Restoration
Fund
Works
undertaken
include
–
• Catchment
restoration
• Fish
migration
barrier
removal
• Environmental
&
river
habitat
improvements
• Tackling
diffuse
pollution
• Monitoring
of
works
&
outcomes
25. Fish
passage
Hadfield
Weir
Fish
Pass
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
26. Eel
migration
Fish
&
eel
valves
on
sluices
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
27. River
habitat
restoration
Frome
Salmonid
Improvement
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
29. Catchment
Management
Roadmap
Adapted
from
Rural
Economy
&
Land
Use
Knowledge
–
guided
(RELU)
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
by
science
&
public
benefit
Stakeholders
&
evidence
Delivery
of
Catchment
Restoration
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
30. Developing
an
integrated
catchment
approach
Our
ul&mate
goal
is
to
create
a
catchment
plan
that
is…
1. Strategic
Interven&ons
are
delivered
in
a
targeted
and
&mely
manner
to
achieve
the
greatest
amount
of
benefit
2.
Integrated
Adopts
a
variety
of
different
measures
tailored
to
each
situa&on
and
ecosystem
services
objec&ve
3.
Costed
and
funded
The
cost
of
each
interven&on
is
determined
and
funding
acquired
from
the
most
appropriate
stakeholder
4.
Balanced
Delivers
improvements,
but
not
at
the
expense
of
food
produc&on
or
economic
sustainability
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
31. CaBA
means
that
for
the
first
time
–
the
future
of
our
rivers,
really
is
in
your
hands!
32. Its
all
about
people
working
together!
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
34. Catchment
Based
Approach
(CaBA)
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
Catchment
Based Approach
Partnerships for Action
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