Chair East Kent Catchment Improvement East Kent Catchment Co-ordinator Partnership Barrie Neaves Jon Shelton Kent & South London Partnership Manager Environment Agency Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership Orchard House, Ashford Highways Office , 4 Javelin Way London Road, Henwood Addington, Ashford West Malling, TN24 8DH Direct Dial: 03000 410 900 Direct Dial: 01732 223242 Mobile: 07740 185224 : 07802 331469 jon.shelton@kent.gov.uk Figure 1 The Stour Management Catchment showing the Operational Catchments within it Introduction The Water Framework Directive (WFD) takes an integrated approach to managing our waters; looking at the water within the wider ecosystem and taking into account the movement of water through the hydrological cycle. It requires EU Member States to put in place River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs). Each RBMP must apply to a Basin District The river basin planning “River (RBD)”. process involves setting environmental objectives for all groundwater and surface waters (including estuaries and coastal waters) within the RBD, and devising Programmes of Measures (PoM) to meet those objectives. Each RBD is sub-divided into Management Catchments. There are 87 catchments across England (plus 6 cross-border catchments with Wales). The RBD that includes the Stour Catchment is the South East RBD.
Chair East Kent Catchment Improvement Partnership Jon Shelton Partnership Manager Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership Ashford Highways Office 4 Javelin Way Henwood Ashford TN24 8DH Direct Dial: 03000 410 900 Mobile: 07740 185224 jon.shelton@kent.gov.uk East Kent Catchment Co-ordinator Barrie Neaves Kent & South London Environment Agency Orchard House, , London Road, Addington, West Malling, Direct Dial: 01732 223242 : 07802 331469 Figure 1 The Stour Management Catchment showing the Operational Catchments within it Introduction The Water Framework Directive (WFD) takes an integrated approach to managing our waters; looking at the water within the wider ecosystem and taking into account the movement of water through the hydrological cycle. It requires EU Member States to put in place River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs). Each RBMP must apply to a “River Basin District (RBD)”. The river basin planning process involves setting environmental objectives for all groundwater and surface waters (including estuaries and coastal waters) within the RBD, and devising Programmes of Measures (PoM) to meet those objectives. Each RBD is sub-divided into Management Catchments. There are 87 catchments across England (plus 6 cross-border catchments with Wales). The RBD that includes the Stour Catchment is the South East RBD.
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