An introduction to the workshop, to the network of UK rivers trusts and the Catchment-Based Approach

1. Community Water
Management Workshop
Introduction
Rob Collins - The Rivers Trust
rob@theriverstrust.org
http://waterlife.org.uk
http://www.catchmentbasedapproach.org

2. Catchment Based Approach (CaBA)
• Catchment partnerships
established in all 108WFD
catchments across
England

3. Collaborative Working
• Environmental NGO’s
• Government Agencies (EA, Natural England)
• Farmer Representative Groups
• Water Companies
• LocalAuthorities
• Academia
• Local Communities
• Local Businesses

4. • Catalyst to bring a range of local stakeholders together,
capture their local knowledge and expertise
• Build Consensus and Local ‘Ownership’
• Identify solutions to issues that are not easily addressed
through direct regulation
• Collectively agree Priorities forAction; Co-delivery of
action on the ground
• Leveraging of funds from diverse sources – ‘Getting more
for less’
Catchment Based Approach

5. Multiple Benefits
• Flood Risk Management
• Improved Water Quality and Quantity
• Climate Resilience
• Biodiversity
• Green (& Blue) Spaces
• Community Health and Well-being
• Business Growth
• Urban re-generation

7. http://waterlife.org.uk/2015/10/brand-new-
citizen-science-toolkit-launched/

9. Catchment Plans
• Local stakeholders collectively
prioritise action
• Catchment Plans informWFD River
Basin Management plans
• Plans capture robust evidence and
data
• Can incorporate a series of project
proposals
• Rationale, Outcomes,Timelines,
Roles & Responsibilities
• Build confidence in the
partnerships as a delivery partner

10. Dales to Vale Rivers Network
Rita Mercer
Senior Catchment Partnership Officer

11. River Swale
River Wharfe
River Ure
River Nidd
River Ouse
Dales to Vale Rivers Network
Our Rivers

12. Dales to Vales River Network
Produce a shared overarching vision for catchments and for individual rivers.
Draw together the key stakeholder organisations into a cohesive Project Partners
Group.
Establish a shared evidence base.
Produce a set of coherent and prioritised improvement and enhancement projects
for the rivers.

13. Dales to Vale Rivers Network
Previous meetings identified
• a Vision
• overall Themes
• potential projects
Focus now is to produce Catchment
Management Plans

14. Clean Water for Everyone
Reduced diffuse pollution from agriculture
Reduce urban pollution

15. Water for Wildlife
Good fishing
Eradication of specific non- native species such as
signal crayfish and giant hogweed
Habitat enhancement/connectivity
Species – Otters/Lamprey/eels
Wetlands

16. Water Friendly Farming
Learning from farmers
Advice
Grants
Practical work

17. Enjoying Water
Paddling
Angling
Walking

18. Learning about Water
More engaged communities
Better data – citizen science
Knowledge transfer

19. Urban Water
Business use
Misconnections
Sustainable Urban Drainage (SuDS)
Re-naturalising

20. Water, water, everywhere
Floods and Natural
Flood Management –
locally and in wider
catchment

21. Catchment Management Plans
Local stakeholders collectively prioritise action – Foss
and Ouse CMP meeting in early March 17

23. Catchment Management Plans
Hosted on new DVRN website
www.DVRN.co.uk

24. Call of Nature
Yorkshire
Natural Nidd
Mid Swale
Tributaries Projects
Yore Past Ure Future
Ure River
Natural Flood
Management Project
Reconnecting the
River Laver
River Wiske
Project
Dales to Vale Rivers Network Projects