Water Framework Directive - Article 5 summary reports
Summary reports of the Article 5 analysis reported to the Commission in March 2005
Background
The Water Framework Directive sets out a river basin management planning process. For each river basin district (RBD) a river basin management plan (RBMP) will be prepared, implemented and reviewed on a six year cycle. River Basin Characterisation required by Article 5 of the Directive is an important early part of this process which for each RBD, requires the following:
- analysis of its characteristics
- review of the impact of human activity on the status of the water bodies within the RBD
- economic analysis of water use
Characterisation is an ongoing process and is being conducted by the Environment Agency in England and Wales, by SEPA in Scotland and the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland.
The initial Characterisation phase has now been completed and involved the identification of River Basin Districts, water bodies and the assigning of typologies. A pressures and impact analysis was undertaken for each water body to assess the risk of failing to meet the environmental objectives of the Directive by 2015.
Summary reports of the Article 5 analysis reported to the Commission in March 2005
Reports summarising, for each River Basin District, the analysis required by Article 5 of the Directive have now been reported by Defra (on behalf of the UK) to the European Commission as required by the Directive.
The documents below are all published as Adobe Acrobat PDF files, further information on PDF files
Summary reports of the Article 5 analysis reported to the Commission March 2006 |
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Anglian |
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Dee |
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Humber |
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| North West |
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| Northumbria |
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| Scotland - Commission version |
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| Severn |
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| Solway Tweed - Commission version |
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| South East |
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| South West |
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| Thames |
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| Western Wales |
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Further information
- A process of 'further Characterisation' will be undertaken - note on the next steps of characterisation (PDF 50 KB).
- Characterisation exercise summary
See also
- Domestic versions of the Scotland and Solway Tweed reports
- Summary report for Northern Ireland
- National summary of the risk assessment results for England and Wales
Page last modified: 3 March 2005
Page published: 23 March 2001