CaBA Conference 2015

1. Ca
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Catchment Based Approach
Conference
Monday, 8th June 2015
Fishmongers’ Hall, London
CaBA15

2. Ca
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Welcome and
CaBA Achievements to date
Arlin Rickard
Chairman
CaBA National Support Group

3. Ca
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The Common Challenge
Richard Cole
Defra

4. CaBA: Success to date and the
Challenge that remains
Richard Cole Defra

5. Aims
• Acknowledge the progress that has been
made with CaBA in a short space of time
• What evaluation tells us
• This years funding
• Consider what’s next for the CaBA policy?
• What can we do with the funding we have
over the coming year to prepare

6. We have come a long way
• Piloted the approach from October 2011
demonstrating a 3:1 cost benefit
• May 2013 Launched Policy framework and
Supporting handbook
• By March 2014 established over 100
Partnerships across all of England’s 87 (and 6
cross border) catchments
• Package of support developed and delivered
under the National Support Group
• 4:1 match funding for every pound invested in
the CaBA host role

7. Our stated objectives for the Catchment
Based Approach
• To deliver positive and sustained outcomes for the
water environment by promoting a better
understanding of the environment at a local level
• To encourage local collaboration and more transparent
decision-making when both planning and delivering
activities to improve the water environment
• Contribute to 2nd Cycle River Basin Management Plan
implementation and beyond

8. Evaluation shows
• Despite many partnerships were set up since 2013, good
progress is being made.
• Partnerships are now spending less time developing the
partnership and more time ‘delivering practical
environmental work’.
• It is clear that the focus on practical work has increased
with maturity; and also that this has attracted more
funding from non-Defra sources (other government and
non-government sources).

9. Q30: Please indicate the extent to which you feel you have completed the
following activities satisfactorily up to the point of the survey

11. Estimated partnership spend by
activity 2014/15
Partnership development and administration
Local community engagement and conflict resolution
Co-ordinating activities across organisations, geographic areas and delivery areas
Data collation and interpretation, and planning including influencing others plans and policies
Delivering practical environmental work, advice or awareness raising in the catchment
Other

12. Greater local collaboration and
transparent decision making
• Representation on partnerships continues to
improve, particularly involving landowners, local
government and businesses.
• Overall 82% (up from 75%) of respondents felt
their partnership is working effectively together
and the vast majority (72% - 81% (up from 60-
75%) agreed decisions in their partnership were:
transparent; evidence-based; and equitable.

13. Sustainability
• Progress is greatest when involving
stakeholders in prioritising issues and taking
action to address them.
• Overall, Defra funding for the host role
represented <20% of the total funding in
catchments, i.e. partnerships are leveraging
further investment into the catchments at
around 4:1.

14. Some challenges still remain
• The benefits often still remain difficult to
assess and further work is being completed to
try and understand this more clearly
• Progress can be slow around enabling more
co-ordinated measures and bringing planning
systems together.

15. • Few respondents have developed a business
plan in their partnership (6%) despite the
intentions expressed by c50% of respondents
that this would be completed by the end of
March 2015. 46% of respondents now believe
this will be completed by March 2016.
• Despite high levels of commitment,
approximately one third of respondents are
unsure, or not at all confident, that their
partnership can continue beyond March 2016
based on the financial and in-kind support
committed and the structures in place.

16. Impacts: Greater benefits from
co-beneficial measures and
aligned projects>£17-23m (based
on anticipated benefits of 3-4x
the catchment expenditure spent
on delivering environmental
improvements)
Expenditure: £9.4m
Investment in more and
more aligned catchment
projects (based on
leveraging >4:1)
Inputs: Investment of
£1.8m for host role to
enable effective local
partnership working in
2014/15
There remains
huge potential to
be realised!

17. Where next for CaBA ?
• It is still too early to report on new Ministers
preferences. But they will be looking over the next 5
years.
• New government does not alter the localism agenda
but there are options around the future, e.g.:
– CaBA could continue as a voluntary only initiative doing
what it can, this might best be supported by funding joint
projects
– CaBA partnerships could have a cross-cutting role across
environmental pressures
– CaBA could have a stronger more formal role – perhaps
with associated funding

18. How can we prepare?
• Either way we need to make a clear business case
based on evaluation
• Future funding is more likely if partnerships are
trusted by stakeholders, can show delivering real
benefits against Defra’s objectives across the water
and wider environment
• So we need to make the most of the funding we have
in this year

19. This year’s funding
• Defra is providing significant funding this year
with £4.7m for catchment level delivery
projects and the CaBA Host role
• The rationale is to help partnerships build
delivery capability
• Help to demonstrate action to partners
• And help elicit further funding from others
going forward, so far projects have matched
£3.3M
• We are also providing central support through
the NSG

20. Progress with CPAF funding
applications for FY 15/16
• EA Catchment Coordinators have worked with partners to align bids
to meet local WFD priorities
• The formal delivery phase of the CPAF projects is happening NOW
and they will be expected to be complete by the end of March 2016.
• All partnerships submitting projects have been awarded funding.
(Some have been required to resubmit applications or provide
additional information before funding can be made.)
• The majority of award letters have been sent out. Applicants who
have resubmitted applications will receive award letters by close
Weds 10th June,
• (as of 3rd June) 88 payments out of 147 equaling £1.8m have been
processed by the EA finance department and payments will be
made by 16th June,
• There will be a further payment in the Autumn of 2015 upon receipt
of a progress report in September 2015.

21. The challenge over the next year
• The immediate challenge is securing funding for next
year
• Defra colleagues can help present the best evidence
and Hosts can help by providing examples and
seeking external funding - this means demonstrating
delivery using this years funding
• The NSG need to help all hosts understand their
partnership’s current status and to provide the best
targeted support

22. What will help
• Defra have been working with Cascade to capture data
on costs and benefits – good local records can help
• Defra have been working with the NSG to provide a self-
evaluation tool to help partnerships determine their
status, their strengths and areas for improvement
• Defra plan to make software available to NSG to take
pulse surveys amongst the CaBA community to help
identify issues for resolution and best target NSG
support to meet their needs
• Defra will continue to work with the NSG and its working
groups around future options and to fill any gaps in
process and guidance

23. While the future is uncertain, lets make the most of the
opportunity we have over the coming year!

24. Ca
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Working in Partnership
George Gerring
Environment Agency

25. Working in partnership
North East insights
Name: George Gerring, EA Catchment Coordinator, River Wear
Date: 8th June 2015

26. Aims of the session
To provide a local catchment perspective on working
in partnership
Share best practice for how North East catchment
coordinators are implementing the CaBa
Explain the need and our approach for measuring
success – local and national self-assessment
Describe how we see our future relationship with
River Basin Planning and beyond

27. UNCLASSIFIED
North East Catchment Partnerships &
Coordinators
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Mary
Weatherby
Graeme
Hull
George
Gerring
Clare
Steward

28. Catchment Partnership Structures
Your River Tees
Catchment
Partnership
Steering Group
Estuary Vision
Group
Cross
Catchment
headwaters
group
Cross
Catchment Host
Forum
Project Task &
Finish groups
Wear Catchment
Partnership
Steering Group
Coastal streams
& estuary Group
Cross
Catchment
headwaters
group
Cross
Catchment Host
Forum
Project Task &
Finish groups
Tyne Catchment
Partnership
Steering group
Sits on
Northumberland
Coastal Group
Cross
Catchment
headwaters
group
Cross
Catchment Host
Forum
Project Task &
Finish groups
Northumberland
Catchment
Partnership
Steering Group
Coastal Group
Cross
Catchment Host
Forum
Project Task &
Finish groups
Tweed Forum
Tweed Forum
Steering group
Cross
Catchment Host
Forum
Project Task &
Finish groups
Northumbrian
Water
Member of each
steering group
Member of each
coastal group
Partake in cross
catchment Host
Forum

29. UNCLASSIFIED
EA Internal Catchment Groups
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30. UNCLASSIFIED
Implementing CaBA
is…
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31. Enabling greater partnership input and
transparency into WFD Evidence Cycle
UNCLASSIFIED 31
Classifications
Confirm failure
Investigate
failure
Measures
Cost Benefit
Analysis
Affordability
Implementation
Draft MTP
Confirm MTP
Workshops.
Catchment Coordinators
Evidence sharing platform
Workshops
Catchment
Coordinators
Project ideas
Project bids
Project
partners

32. Improving knowledge > understanding >
decision making
Chester-Le-Street and District Angling Club
- Twizell Burn catchment walk over

33. Improving the way we engage with the
public

34. UNCLASSIFIED
Providing a voice for water
Local Nature Partnerships
4 LNP’s in NE area
Building relationships with
catchment partnerships
Local Enterprise
Partnership
…facilitate growth and private
sector investment, allow business
to grow, become more profitable,
greener and enable new
businesses to form and prosper.
NE ‘Nature Based Tourism’
Tyne Sediment Study
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35. UNCLASSIFIED
Measuring success
35

36. Why bother?
Support capacity building and becoming ‘self
sustaining’ and financing
Establish a common framework for
benchmarking partnership progress
Clarify role of Catchment Partnerships
Identify for potential growth
Review performance
Make the case for continued investment and
attract further

37. UNCLASSIFIED
Our Catchment Partnership Game
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38. Defra Value for Money survey
Defra have
commissioned a
second
independent survey
of catchment
partnerships to
determine return on
investment and
value for money.

39. CaBa self assessment tools
Purpose to help Catchment Partnerships:
Assess their governance and collaborative
working practices
Identify priority areas for improvement
Currently being developed and trialled
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40. UNCLASSIFIED
Consist of 3 elements…
Catchment Partnerships Benchmarking Tool
based on an understanding and prioritising of processes as well as
indicating successful outcomes
identify objectives and priorities for improvement in collaborative
working in relation to each benchmark
Catchment Partnership Milestones
based on findings from the evaluation of the Catchment Based
Approach Pilots
Common stages in development and associated milestones
20-minute Collaborative Working Health Check
quickly assess their Partnership’s performance in terms of
recognised good practice
identify areas for improvement and to recognise
support/development needs
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41. Partnership working
and River Basin
Planning

42. Anglian Humber Northumbria North West Severn South East South West Thames All RBDs
Over 500 Responses
20
40
60
80
100
Draft RBMP consultation feedback

43. On changes to the waterbody network
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Small coastal streams will no longer
be specifically reported in the
updated river basin management
plans (RBMP2) as they do not meet
the European size criteria
Even though they will not be
reported to Europe, the WFD covers
all waters so they will still be
managed (as they were before)
Defra/EA National developing
guidance for our staff and partners
on how we manage and regulate
places not covered by ‘the blue line’
‘….the deletion of the minor bodies
removes “official” recognition and
perceived support; directly
undermining any potential local level
intervention to improve the water
and related environment.’ An
individual

44. On accessing and making better use of 3rd
party data
Pittington Beck
source to Old
Durham Beck
Old Durham Beck source
to Chapman Beck
Old Durham Beck
from Chapman Beck
to Wear
EA sample point
Obstructions – priority culverts
DU sample points
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45. Response documents
High level summary of consultation responses
for local and national partners and the public.
Due July 2015.
Summary of feedback received and the
changes made to the RBMP as a
consequence, intended for European
Commission and Ministers, but also available
to partners.
Due 22 September 2015.
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46. RBMP - Catchment Pages
Contain the 3 section headings:
The Catchment Partnership and the top 3 priority issues
in their catchment
Contribution to environmental outcomes by 2021
Future aims
Contain contact details for the Catchment
Partnership(s)
The final date for the Catchment Pages to
be complete is 26 June 2015
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47. Flood Risk and River Basin Planning
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Upland restoration
Pond creation
Woodlands
Woody debris
Rural wetlands
Flood storage
Urban river
restoration
Sustainable drainage
Coastal realignment
Soil erosion reduction
Climate change
Natural Flood Management Multiple Benefits

48. We have the right ingredients for growth…
We need to be prepared to
diversify…
Institutional
• Increasing water
related
partnerships:
catapults and
clusters
• University impact
from research
• “95% of primary
school teachers are
uncomfortable
teaching science –
and only 3% hold a
specialist degree or
teacher training
qualification
Economic
• Natural capital
• Corporate water
stewardship
• “water is a fast
moving $500 billion
global business and
collaboration is the
key to accessing the
global market”
UKWIP
Legislative
• Existing water
based legislation
• ‘Open Water’
• The Water Act 2014:
increased
competition in the
water sector
Funding
Partners
Activities

49. Ca
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View from the
National Support Group
Ali Morse
NSG Secretariat

50. Ca
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National CaBA
Support Group

51. Ca
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52. Ca
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• Terms of
Reference: work
collaboratively to
support Catchment
Partnerships and to
champion the
Catchment Based
Approach
• Working Groups
• Catchment
Partnership Fund
Projects
• Communications

53. Ca
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Working Groups
© Connect Right
© Environment
Agency
CDUG Urban Agriculture Forestry
Funding Fisheries Biodiversity TraC Waters

54. Ca
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Catchment Partnership Fund Projects
Pathways for Ecosystem Services Delivery Engaging with Planners & Local Authorities
© TICP / WCSRT
© TICP / HIWWT
•Creation of information packs for
LAs, outlining duties under WFD.
•General information & guidance for
specific depts. such as highways,
planning and greenspace
management.
• Development of a training package
for planners and developers.
•Identify which models/schemes
work, noting key pathways &
mechanisms for success.
• A report & searchable database to
summarise the findings of the
review for the CaBA Community.

55. Ca
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Catchment Partnership Fund Projects
Lakes & Wetlands Website Training
© TICP / WCSRT
© TICP / HIWWT
•Highlighting the importance of lakes in
freshwater conservation.
•Considering non-WFD waterbodies
•Promoting local community involvement
•Enabling CaBA Partnership engagement
in the network in order to share expertise
© HIWWT
•Development & delivery of a series
of training courses for catchment
partnerships operating in urban
catchments.
•Training to provide Catchment
Partnership Hosts with practical
techniques to help improve how
they plan and work collaboratively
in catchments.
© HIWWT

56. Ca
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Communications
Developing and coordinating the adoption &
implementation of an effective and targeted
communications strategy for CaBA.
• Development of an overarching
Communications Strategy and a supporting
Action Plan
• Development of audience specific
messages and resources
• Delivery through existing avenues, (forum,
website, newsletter, workshops), as well as
a network of comms professionals.

57. Ca
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Catchment Based Approach
Conference
Monday, 8th June 2015
Fishmongers’ Hall, London
CaBA15

58. Ca
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Support Tools
Michelle Walker,
David Johnson & Lucy Butler
CaBA Support Team

59. CaBA Support Tools
David Johnson, Michelle Walker, Lucy Butler
The Rivers Trust
david@theriverstrust.org
michelle@theriverstrust.org
lucy@theriverstrust.org

60. CaBA Support Tools
Catchment Data User
Group

61. CaBA Support Tools
• CaBA Website
• Discussion Forum
• Newsletter
• Evidence Sharing
Platform
• Mapping Portal
• Mobile apps
• GIS Data Package
• GIS Training
• More data
• Catchment Planning
Template
• Data to Evidence

62. www.catchmentbasedapproach.org

69. Newsletter & Twitter

70. Evidence Sharing Platform Trial

71. Online Mapping

72. Story Maps

73. Mobile Apps

74. Data package

75. Even more data
• NEAP-N (Nitrate)
• PSYCHIC (Sediment & Phosphate)

76. GIS Training for CaBA
Reading Courses
13th – 14th July Intro
15th – 16th July Advanced
http://ecospatial.info/

77. Catchment Planning Template

78. Modelling

79. Turning Data in to Evidence
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Ouseburn Evidence & Measures Project
WorkingWith StakeholdersTo Implement Evidence-Based Measures
Prepared by Paul Hulme and Nick Rukin for the Ouseburn CausesWorkshop, 2 & 3 June 2015
CausesWorkshop: Introduction
Susan Mackirdy S.Mackirdy@tyneriverstrust.org
Abi Mansley TyneCatchment@tyneriverstrust.org
Paul Hulme paul.hulme@pjhydro.co.uk
Nick Rukin rukin@rukhydro.co.uk
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Several two-page notes

80. Mobile Apps – Are
you interested?
• Do you need an app to
collect field data?
• Do you have an app to
share?
• Are you interested in
collaborative
development / forming a
user group?
michelle@theriverstrust.org

81. Capacity Building –
Your Views?
• What support do you
need?
• How can we make best
use of limited central
resources?
• What expertise do you
have to offer others?

82. Ca
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Working with Local Government
and Water Companies
Chair – Barry Bendall
The Rivers Trust

83. Ca
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Karen Fisher
Buckinghamshire County Council
Working with Local Government
and Water Companies

84. Buckinghamshire County Council
Working in partnership for Flood
and Catchment management
A County Council experience
Karen Fisher
Strategic Flood Management Team Leader

85. Strategic Flood Management Team
• We are a team of 4, who have been together since March
2014, with statutory duties under the Flood and Water
Management Act 2010
• We work in partnership with other authorities, internal partners
and local communities and are keen to develop this further
• We have a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (published
2012) which we are revising to be a catchment based
approach looking at issues and solutions for catchments
• Need to fit in with Corporate Policies
and Strategies
• Our Strategic Flood Management Group
with members from partner organisations
sets our agenda

86. Where and how we work
• EA led flood alleviation projects e.g Marlow,
Chesham
• Catchment restoration projects – Rivers Ray,
Thame - BBOWT, Steering group of Colne
CAN
• Flood action/community groups – Chesham,
Hughenden Valley, Willows in Aylesbury,
Willowbank in New Denham
• Projects which BCC lead with funding from
FDGiA in Chesham, High Wycombe
• Development led projects – Opening up River
Wye
• Self-funded partnership projects – Aston
Clinton park restoration, temporary defences

87. Approach to projects
• Work with any other partners
• Need to show business case and/or to be in
line with strategies
• Catchment based flood management focus
including natural flood management and
sustainable drainage systems
• Taking opportunities – Aston Clinton Park
with EA, Forestry Commission
• Supporting others: National Flood Forum,
BBOWT, Colne CAN
• Opportunities of raising awareness in
flooding situations – Hughenden Valley and
Chesham examples
• Working with LEP/NEP

88. Buckinghamshire County Council
Challenges
• Everyone has a different focus – ours is
flooding but catchment focussed and creative
e.g temporary defences, natural flood
management
• Funding streams are often focussed in
particular areas – needs work and imagination
to bring them together
• Need to work out in communities more but
hindered by lack of resources
• Communities interested in local not usually in
catchment perspective
• People are suspicious of Councils (and EA) so
we are restricted in what we can do with
communities initially as lack of trust

89. Buckinghamshire County Council
Examples - Chesham
• Multiple areas of flooding need to looking at whole
catchment
• DEFRA Pathfinder project
• Worked with National Flood Forum to raise flood
awareness and established community flood
action group
• Lots of groups in Chesham interested in the river –
River Chess Assoc, Chiltern Chalk Streams,
Chesham Volunteers – some tensions
• Chesham Water group being established to bring
all groups/partners together to keep all informed
and to work together
• Projects going forward will focus on catchment
with multiple options with multiple benefits – e.g
Pednormead End – natural flood management
techniques

90. Buckinghamshire County Council
Examples - Hughenden Valley
• Groundwater flooding in Feb to June 2014
with infiltration in foul sewers
• Thames Water over-pumped sewage into
Hughenden chalk stream for 3 months
• Community Group established
• Combined effort of BCC, Transport for Bucks
and residents put together a map of drainage
and watercourses and groundwater maps –
catchment focussed
• Residents very active
• Solutions need to be catchment based with
different approaches
• Location submitted as part of DEFRA small
schemes bid for natural flood management

91. Buckinghamshire County Council
How does this benefit Buckinghamshire?
Bucks CC Strategic plan has eight priorities. Three of them are:
• Our Special Environment Protecting the county’s special environment
and ensuring it continues to be nationally recognised as one of the
best places to live and work
• Getting Involved Encouraging people and communities to be actively
involved in their local area and services
• Value for money Continuing to provide excellent value for money
The projects and approach we are promoting will deliver against the objectives
within these priorities

92. Buckinghamshire County Council
Ways forward
• Continue working with communities and partners
but limited resources – people and funds
• Lack of trust in council makes initial contacts
difficult – better for NGOs to progress this and us
to support
• LIFE bid for raising awareness of land
management techniques and impact on
flooding/pollution – work with multiple partners
• Small Schemes bid in with DEFRA for looking at
Natural Flood Management techniques
• Continue to work in partnership with others –
Colne CAN, Chesham Water Group, Misbourne
multi-objective project

93. Ca
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Will Robinson
Essex and Suffolk Water
Working with Local Government
and Water Companies

94. CATCHMENT BASED
APPROACH
A Water Company’s Perspective
Will Robinson 09/06/2015

95. CONTENTSCONTENTS
1 About NWG
2 NWG Funding &
Collaborative Working
3 CaBA Catchment
Partnerships
4 CaBA Benefits
5 Future direction
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96. ABOUT US
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NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP
• Serves 4.5m customers
• Employee 3,000 people
• 25,000km water main
• 30,000km sewer (NW only)

97. CATCHMENT BASED APPROACH
• Catchment Based Approach (CaBA),
...involves collaborative working at a river catchment
scale to deliver improvements to our water environments.
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NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP
• PR14 Customer Surveys
NWG should work in partnership to
improve river water quality i.e. play
our part as others play theirs

98. 98
NWG FUNDING &
COLLABORATIVE
WORKING

99. 99
NWL FUNDING STREAMS
AMP NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMME
NON-NEP
CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
UPSTREAM
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
MANAGING
SSSI
• Sustainable
Abstraction
• Cleaner Rivers
• SSSI in
Favourable
Condition
• Clean, Clear
Drinking Water
That Tastes Good

100. • Investigations
• If required, Options Appraisal and
Solutions
• NEP agreed every 5 years with
regulators (EA, Ofwat, NE)
• Ormesby Broad Mud Pumping Project
• Working collaboratively with:
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Trinity Broads Mud Pumping
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
NWG FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS:

101. NON-NEP CAPITAL PROGRAMME
• Opportunities to build in environmental
enhancement
• Abberton Scheme: £150m Project
• Working collaboratively with Essex
Wildlife Trust
101
NWG FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS:
Concrete
Edge
Removal

102. NON-NEP CAPITAL PROGRAMME
• Opportunities to build in environmental
enhancement
• Abberton Scheme: £150m Project
• Working collaboratively with Essex
Wildlife Trust
102
NWG FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS:

103. BRANCH OUT
• works in partnership to reconnect habitats
for the benefit of people and wildlife
• applications must deliver benefits to water
quality, wildlife and communities
• Focus on connecting up habitats
103
NWG FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS:
NWG funding for environmental improvements:

104. MANAGING OUR OWN SSSI
104
NWG FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS:
Habitats
• ~1500 ha of wetlands (incl. ~ 90ha reed-bed)
• 242 ha of woodland
• 70ha of grassland in active conservation
management
Protected areas
• 5 SSSIs
• 3 SPAs & 3 SACs
• 43 Local wildlife sites

105. 105
MANAGING OUR OWN SSSI
NWG FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS:

106. 106
UPSTREAM
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT

107. WATER QUALITY CHALLENGES
107
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP
• Pesticides
• Nitrates
• Turbidity

108. WATER QUALITY CHALLENGES
108
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP
• Our vision is to be the national
leader in the provision of
sustainable water and waste water
services.
• From a drinking water perspective,
this means reducing pollution at
source

109. CHELMER & BLACKWATER PARTNERSHIP
109
UPSTREAM CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT
Working in partnership with...

110. CHELMER AND BLACKWATER CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIP
Training
Workshops
& Events
Newsletters
One to One
Farm Visits
Support
Completing Capital
Grant Applications
Pilots
Farm
Demonstrations
Evidence
Base

111. DEMONSTRATION BIOBEDS
Sprayer filling
area
Biobed Irrigation area for
clean effluent

112. Project
Branding
Farmer / Agronomist
Articles
Adverts for
Events

113. C & B WEBSITE

114. 114
BENEFITS OF
COLLABORATIVE
WORKING

115. BENEFITS OF WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
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CABA
• We fund wardens to manage our
land
• Staff continuity
• Customer / Community
Engagement
• Draws in volunteers
• Draws in funding for key
priorities
• Share expertise / knowledge
• Allows larger projects with
multiple benefits to be delivered

116. 116
NWG Input
CABA CATCHMENT
PARTNERSHIPS

117. NWG INPUT
• NWG reps on Catchment Partnership steering groups
• We have a real willingness to engage
• Some direct start up funding
• Some in-kind funding
• Project delivery
117
CABA CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIPS

118. BENEFITS SEEN BY NWG
• “Opportunity to meet with other groups that I wouldn’t normally
meet during the course of my job, who have broadly the same
remit of improving the environment”.
• “Being able to explain what our responsibilities are, how we are
funded and what work we deliver”.
• “Making better links – holistic water management”.
• “Identifying opportunities for joint working / match funding to
deliver bigger projects and improvements.
• “Gaining greater knowledge of issues in the catchment through
information from catchment walkovers”.
118
CATCHMENT BASED APPROACH

119. 119
CABA CATCHMENT
PARTNERSHIPS

120. 120
BROADLAND CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIP
Startup Workshop Issues & Evidence
Workshop
Activity & Action
Workshop

121. 121
BROADLAND CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIP
An Excellent Model...

122. 122
THE FUTURE

123. CATCHMENT TEAM
123
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP
Clare Deasy
WFD Catchment
Co-ordinator
Claire Lorenc
Catchment
Co-ordinator
AMP5 Team AMP6 Additions
Plus
Two additional
Northumbrian Water
Catchment Advisors

124. • NWG fully supports the Catchment Based Approach
• NWG continue to support CP steering groups
• NWL to continue to work with the CPs to look for
opportunities where we can work together to deliver water
quality and ecological benefit
124
THE FUTURE

125. BLACKWATER SLUICE FISH BYPASS
• NWG Eel Regs obligations through NEP
• Working in partnership to deliver a
solution with benefits over and above
our NEP obligations
• Not easy, challenges re: water supply,
funding, landownership...
• Need to be innovative!
• Hope to work in collaboratively with:
125
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE

126. CATCHMENT PARTNERSHIPS
126
CABA
• Longer term funding commitments
• Existing funding application windows too short (e.g. CPAF
funding)
– Issue for many CPs
– More time required to identify solutions / opportunities

127. THANK YOU

128. Ca
B A
tchment
ased pproach Partnerships for Action
Catchment Based Approach
Conference
Monday, 8th June 2015
Fishmongers’ Hall, London
CaBA15