CaB A

tchmentased   pproach Partnerships  for  Action

Interview  session:  Learning  from  the  pilots

Chairman – Barry Bendall The Rivers Trust

CaB A

tchmentased   pproach Partnerships  for  Action

•  Peter Nailon – Wear Rivers Trust (Lower Wear Pilot)

•  Chris Wood – Derbyshire Wildlife Trust (Ecclesbourne Pilot)

•  Simon Johnson – Eden Rivers Trust (Eden Pilot)

Lower  Wear  Catchment  

Popula3on  240,000  25  waterbodies:  162  linear  miles  

2  local  authori3es  8%  Good  Ecological  Status  

 

Twizell  Burn  

Photos  by  Chester  le  Street  Angling  Club  for  the  Environment  Agency  ©  Environment  Agency  copyright  and  /  or  database  rights  [2013].  All  rights  reserved.    ©  Crown  copyright.  All  rights  reserved.  Environment  Agency,  100024198,  [2013].  

 

Original  Recipe  Cards  EA  2009  Data  

Catchment  info  packs  –  updated  2012  data  

Question  1  

Key  things  a  catchment  plan    must  do  &  be  

•  Adhere  to  the  principles  of  co-­‐delivery    –  (more  of  this  later!)  

•  Outcomes  Focused  •  Join-­‐up  thinking  to  bring  investors  together  •  Provide  straight  answers  for  critical  questions  •  Contain  tight  targets  &  milestones  •  Be  accountable,  transparent  &  inclusive  •  Add  too  &  not  duplicate  •  Move  the  needle  on  the  dial!  

But  lets  remember  this  is  about  more  than  WFD  alone!  

•  It’s  a  catchment  plan  for  the  river,  its  people,  landscape  and  ecology.  

•  Sure,  it  helps  plan  and  deliver  WFD,  HD…..  •  But  to  be  a  success  it  has  to  be  a  plan  that  focuses  

on  the  people  that  live  work  and  play  in  the  catchment.  

•  Its  all  about  ‘enlightened  self  interest’    •  The  trick  is  to  find  out  what  people  care  about  and  

hang  directives  and  measures  on  that  –  that  in  a  way  that  they  can  see  it  working  for  them….  

•  Then  we  have  a  game!   We  Call  It  WFD+  

INSIDER  DIALOGUE  e.g...    • Morphological Alteration? • Good Ecological Status • Ecosystem Services? • Point / Diffuse Pollution? • Acidification? • Knowledge Exchange?...  ....Just won’t work! “A PLAN FOR PROFESSORS”

     

Question  2  

Challenges    •  Co-­‐ordination  of  existing  and  new  programmes  that  contribute  towards  GES  

–  E.g.  AMP6  /  PR14  (Ullswater  Drinking  Water  Security  Plan?)  –  Habitats  Directive  –  Catchment  Sensitive  Farming  –  EWGS  

 •  Inspiring  a  catchment  community    that  is  already  suffering  from  ‘initiative  overload’  

to    embrace  the  Eden  WFD  Challenge.      •  Convincing  already  sceptical  audiences  that  the  plan  will  come  with  the  resources  

and  support  required  to  do  the  job  properly.  Not  just  another  talking  shop.  

•  Maintaining  independent  branding  and  ownership    of  the  Catchment  Plan.  Need  to  ensure  ERT  are  not  perceived  as    contractors  or  Defra’s  new  policemen!  

•  Changing  attitudes,  perceptions  and  the    working  culture  of  staff  within  the  local    ‘Defra  Family’  –  the  pilot  is  an  opportunity...not  a  threat!  Winning  hearts  and  minds  could  be  both  an  external  and  internal  challenge.  (Risk  of  Twin  Track  WFD)  

•  Lack  of  Data  /  Evidence  /  Source  Apportionment.........uncertainty!!!!    (Hearts  &  Minds  of  Farming  Community)  

•  2500km2  Catchment!  

Question  3  

Phosphate source apportionment SAGIS model data

for the Eden (map 1 - lower Eden).

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46

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Kilomet

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Phosphate concentration (by source)

Sewage

Works

Intermit

tents

Urban

SepticT

anks

WFD phosphate classification

Good

High

Moderate

Poor

Livestoc

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Arable

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Protecting wildlife, Restoring landscapes, Inspiring people

Ecclesbourne Restoration

Project

Ø EA Pilot Catchment

Ø  15 month duration

Ø  16km river 63.33Km2

Ø Poor ecological condition

Ø Point source and Diffuse

pollution & Fish

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Protecting wildlife, Restoring landscapes, Inspiring people

Ongoing work - focused agricultural visits to investigate the sources of agricultural diffuse pollution and work with farmers to improve land management.

Completed work - investigation into the source of phosphate failures.

Ongoing work – Installation of fencing to provide buffer strips and limit cattle access

Completed work – investigations confirming impact of phosphate failures on ecology (Diatoms and Macrophytes)

Completed work - hydrology investigations.

Ongoing work – biological investigation to assess invertebrate failures at top of catchment.

Ongoing work – desktop investigation of chemical data of the water body.

Ongoing work – Installation of fish passes to enable migration of fish throughout catchment

Ongoing work – Habitat creation and restoration of parts of the channel

Ecclesbourne Restoration Project: outputs

Ongoing work – Walkover surveys covering 60% of the catchment

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Protecting wildlife, Restoring landscapes, Inspiring people

Key problems: phosphate levels

Wirksworth STW

Turnditch STW

Kirk Ireton STW

Hulland Ward STW

Idridgehay STW

0.12mg/l (EQS) 0.2mg/l

Blue = Current Position Green = Simulated improvement

Walkover surveys