The water environment of the National Park is diverse,
including: - 22 larger lochs (covering 6.5% of the Park area) -
Numerous smaller lochs and lochans - Approximately 50 rivers and
large burns - 39 miles of Argyll coastline incorporating three
sea lochs Maintaining the Park’s high quality water environment
is important for many reasons including natural heritage,
recreation, drinking water, hydroelectricity generation,
transport, tourism and economic development. Most water bodies
in the Park meet the Scottish Environment Protection Agency's
(SEPA's) “good” status and we work with a wide range of partners
to ensure that a high quality water environment is maintained.
Management objectives for water bodies have been set by SEPA and
are included in four River Basin Area Management Plans covering
the Clyde, Forth, Tay and Argyll & Lochaber catchments. Further
information about the plans is available on SEPA’s website. The
National Park is working with partners to help SEPA manage the
water environment and ach