1. Interview
session:
Learning
from
the
pilots
Chairman – Barry Bendall
The Rivers Trust
Ca tchment
B ased
A pproach
Partnerships
f or
Action
2. • Peter Nailon – Wear Rivers Trust
(Lower Wear Pilot)
• Chris Wood – Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
(Ecclesbourne Pilot)
• Simon Johnson – Eden Rivers Trust
(Eden Pilot)
Ca tchment
B ased
A pproach
Partnerships
f or
Action
3. Lower
Wear
Catchment
Popula3on
240,000
25
waterbodies:
162
linear
miles
2
local
authori3es
8%
Good
Ecological
Status
8. 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!
9. 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+
10. 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”
13. 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!
15. t SA
men
rtion den).
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urce - lower
so
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phate
Phos e Eden (m
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Ph o s
co
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mod
GIS
n c en
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(by
ation
data
sourc
Liv
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ittents
Interm
ks
cTan
Septi
e)
k
estoc
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Arab
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WF D
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High
G oo d
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M ode
P oo r
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0
2
4
6
eters
Kilom
8
/
16. 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
17. Ecclesbourne Restoration
Project: outputs
Ongoing work – biological
investigation to assess invertebrate
failures at top of catchment.
Ongoing work – desktop
investigation of chemical data of
the water body.
Completed work investigation into the source
of phosphate failures.
Completed work – investigations
confirming impact of phosphate failures on
ecology (Diatoms and Macrophytes)
Ongoing work – Walkover
surveys covering 60% of the
catchment
Completed work hydrology investigations.
Ongoing work – Installation of fish
passes to enable migration of fish
throughout catchment
Ongoing work - focused agricultural visits to
investigate the sources of agricultural diffuse
pollution and work with farmers to improve
land management.
Ongoing work – Installation of
fencing to provide buffer strips
and limit cattle access
Derbyshire
Wildlife Trust
Ongoing work – Habitat
creation and restoration of
parts of the channel
Protecting wildlife, Restoring landscapes, Inspiring people
18. Key problems:
phosphate levels
0.12mg/l (EQS)
0.2mg/l
Wirksworth STW
Kirk Ireton STW
Idridgehay STW
Hulland Ward
STW
Turnditch STW
Blue = Current Position
Derbyshire
Wildlife Trust
Green = Simulated improvement
Protecting wildlife, Restoring landscapes, Inspiring people
