River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District

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Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives

Contents

C.1 Introduction 3 C.2 Actions we can all take 9 C.3 Agriculture and rural land management 11 C.4 Angling and conservation 40 C.5 Central government 57 C.6 Environment Agency 124 C.7 Industry, manufacturing and other business 208 C.8 Local Government 231 C.9 Mining and quarrying 258 C.10 Navigation 264 C.11 Urban and transport 272 C.12 Water industry 290

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 2 December 2009 C.1 Introduction This annex sets out tables of the actions (the programmes of measures) that are proposed for each sector. Actions are the on the ground activities that will be implemented to manage the pressures on the water environment and achieve the objectives of this plan. Further information relating to these actions and how they have been developed is given in: • Annex B Objectives for waters in the South East River Basin District This gives information on the current status and environmental objectives that have been set and when it is planned to achieve • Annex D Protected area objectives (including programmes for Natura 2000) This gives details of the location of protected areas, the monitoring networks for these, the environmental objectives and additional information on programmes of work for Natura 2000 sites • Annex E Actions appraisal This gives information about how we have set the water body objectives for this plan and how we have selected the actions • Annex F Mechanisms for action This sets out the mechanisms - that is, the policy, legal, financial and voluntary arrangements - that allow actions to be put in place

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 3 December 2009 Tables of actions The actions are set out in tables for each sector. For the purposes of this plan this is the sector that may be causing the pressure or is being affected by an action. 'Being affected' may mean that the sector is the one taking action or that the sector's activities are affected by an action implemented by others. Some actions will be noted against more than one sector, as one sector may be implementing action that requires another to take action in response. The sectors are set out in table C1a below. The tables set out the list of actions established at the outset of this plan period. It is expected that further measures will be identified during the implementation period for this plan. The plan includes many investigations that will help identify future actions, where it has not yet been possible to define these (see annex E). In some cases investigations are needed to confirm the pressure that is causing a problem, even before it will be possible to define an action. We also encourage sectors to put forward other measures so that these can be considered during the period of this plan. Table C1b sets out an explanation of the headings in the actions tables. The subsequent tables set out specific actions relevant to each sector, ordered chronologically and alphabetically. Table C1c lists generic mitigation measures identified by the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the specific actions.

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 4 December 2009 Table C1a: Sectors

Standard list of sectors Sector Activity included Sector Activity included Agriculture and rural land Dairy / beef, sheep, pig and poultry (including outdoor Local Government Local and regional government including planning management pigs) authorities and national parks (including local authority Mixed and Arable urban drainage not covered by Water Industry) Horticulture Private water supplies - (potable supplies - water quality and Forestry sufficiency Land drainage (including Inland Drainage Boards) Contaminated land Other rural land development Private water supplies (potable supplies) protection Private sewage management (incl. septic tanks and private sewage systems) Angling & conservation Fisheries (angling) management Mining and quarrying Active mines and quarries Other habitat management (including conservation) Abandoned coal mines Abandoned other mines Central Government Defra Navigation Ports / marinas Natural England Maritime shipping / boating Other central government organisations and agencies Inland navigation Environment Agency Urban and transport Private water supplies (potable supplies) protection Private sewage management (inc. caravan parks etc) Road, air & rail transport Contaminated land Flood risk management Other development activities Industry, manufacturing & Power generation Water industry Sewage - treatment other business Chemical industry Sewage - collection (including intermittent discharges from Oil industry combined sewage overflows) SMEs / Industrial estates Sewage - other drainage (inc flooding & leaking sewers) Construction Sewage - trade effluent management Aquaculture Sludge recycling to land Commercial fisheries (fresh, transitional & coastal Potable supply – treatment waters – not angling) Potable supply – storage & transfer (inc. leakage) Waste management Potable supply - planning Retail industry Food & drink industry Recreation & tourism (not covered by boating or angling e.g. parkland / amenity)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 5 December 2009 Table C1b: Example table of headings and descriptions

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation What will happen Where it will happen Date and partners The pressure being The action that will be taken The location or The date by which the The organisation managed geographical extent of the action will be put in place responsible for action (“Implemented” means delivering the that the action is already action and other in and able to have a organisations that NB: lead beneficial effect) may be involved organistion(s) is/are listed first with other Local actions partners following in Sets out actions specific to the South East River Basin District and/or specified waterbodies brackets.

Natura 2000 protected areas and SSSIs Sets out actions that will be put in place for Natura 2000 protected areas and sites of special scientific interest

Strategic environmental assessment and actions The purpose of the River Basin Management Plan is to improve the ecological status and potential of water bodies and so the environmental effects of the plan are predominantly positive. A Strategic Environmental Assessment was carried out that also considered the wider environment and identified potential adverse effects associated with some of the actions, as well as enhancements to add value to the measures included in the plan. Whilst many of the proposals to mitigate negative impacts are specific to the proposed action, others are applicable across a range of actions and will be considered at a project level. These generic mitigation measures are described in the table

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 6 December 2009 below. Further information is included in the statement of particulars at – see http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/default.aspx and go to Water Framework Directive.

Table C1c: Generic mitigation to be applied when implementing actions

Impact Mitigation Population and human Avoid adversely affecting existing routes of public access to the countryside and water bodies. health Identify opportunities to improve public access to the countryside, water bodies or water based recreation. Biodiversity Target any actions designed to improve biodiversity to those locations where the gains can be maximised. Identify opportunities to link with existing ecological networks, sites or features or proposed improvements. Identify opportunities where biodiversity improvements can also benefit local populations. Cultural heritage Before undertaking an action, determine whether there are any historical features that are likely to be adversely affected and undertake an appropriate level of project level assessment and mitigation. Sustainability Adopt a sustainable procurement policy. Reuse materials or use recycled materials or those from renewable sources where possible. Implement a waste management plan to minimise waste directed to landfill. Take steps to minimise the ‘carbon footprint’ of the action by reducing energy demand and the ‘embedded energy’ of any materials used. Agriculture and Align agri-environment schemes to achieve biodiversity benefits and complement other biodiversity initiatives. biodiversity

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 7 December 2009 Habitats Regulations Assessment A Habitats Regulations Assessment of this Plan was carried out by the Environment Agency in 2009. Natural England were consulted on the assessment and we have had regard to their advice.

Many of the measures in the Plan, most specifically those in Annex D, are designed to improve the water environment and help to maintain or restore Natura 2000 habitats and species at favourable conservation status. The overall purpose of the plan is to ensure no deterioration of the water environment and deliver the objectives of individual water bodies (normally ‘good ecological status’). However, the Habitats Regulations Assessment has identified certain types of measure in the plan with potential to negatively affect Natura 2000 sites. Whether a negative effect is likely depends on the exact location, spatial scale, nature and timing of the measure. The details necessary to make reasonable predictions about the effects on Natura 2000 sites will not be developed until the measures are progressed towards implementation.

We have concluded that the plan itself is unlikely to have any significant negative effects on any Natura 2000 sites. The Plan itself does not require further assessment under the Habitats Regulations. This conclusion is reliant on the fact that before any measures in the plan are implemented they must be subject to the requirements of the Habitats Regulations. Any plans, project or permissions required to implement the measures must undergo an appropriate assessment if they are likely to a have a significant effect.

Responsibility for Habitats Regulations Assessment of plans, projects or permissions required to implement the measures in this Plan remains with the relevant competent authority, for example if the measure requires planning permission the Local Authority will be the relevant competent authority. In most circumstances, a competent authority can only agree to a plan, project or permission when it has ascertained that it will not adversely affect the integrity of a Natura 2000 site. Changes to the measures in this plan may be required to avoid adverse effects on the integrity of any Natura 2000 sites.

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C.2 Actions we can all take There are actions that we can all take to help protect and improve the water environment.

Table C2: Actions we can all take Pressure What will happen

Prevent pollution Check that household appliances are connected to the foul sewer, not the surface water drain.

Prevent pollution Adopt-a-beach to help keep beaches clean and stop litter at source.

Prevent pollution Ensure household oil storage is in good condition, with an up-to-date inspection record.

Prevent pollution Ensure septic tanks or private sewage treatment plants are well maintained and working effectively.

Prevent pollution Put cotton buds and other litter in the bin, not down the toilet. It may end up in the sea where it can harm wildlife. Take waste oil and chemicals such as white spirit to a municipal recycling facility: don't pour them down the sink or outside Prevent pollution drains. Use kitchen, bathroom and car cleaning products that don't harm the environment, such as phosphate-free laundry detergents, Prevent pollution and use as little as possible. This helps prevent pollution at source.

Prevent pollution Report pollution or fly-tipping to the Environment Agency on 0800 807060.

Prevent pollution, protect wildlife Adopt-a-river to spot pollution, invasive non-native species, and take part in practical tasks.

Protect wildlife Eat fish from sustainable sources, caught using fishing methods that don't cause damage to marine wildlife and habitats. Eliminate invasive non-native species from gardens. They can have a negative effect on native species and the water Protect wildlife environment. Please dispose of them responsibly.

Save water: in your garden Choose plants that tolerate dry conditions. To help lawns through dry periods, don't cut them too short.

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To save water in gardens, collect rain in a water-butt, water at the beginning or end of the day, mulch plants, and use watering Save water: in your garden cans where possible instead of sprinklers or hosepipes. Save water: in your house or office Purchase low energy and water use appliances Save water: in your house or office Ask water companies to fit a meter. On average, this can reduce household water consumption. Save water: in your house or office Fix dripping taps, and lag pipes to avoid them bursting in freezing weather. Save water: in your house or office Hand wash cars Save water: in your house or Consider installing a greywater recycling system in homes, blocks or workplaces. This can save one third of domestic mains office water usage. Save water: in your house or office Install a 'hippo' or 'save-a-flush' in toilet cisterns. Save water: in your house or Install a low-flush toilet, put flow regulators on taps and showers, and install waterless urinals at work. Install aerating shower office heads and tap inserts, which save up to 50% of the water used by conventional showers and taps. Save water: in your house or Run dishwashers or washing machines with a full load on economy setting, and boil the minimum amount of water needed in office kettles or saucepans. Save water: in your house or office Turn off the tap when brushing teeth, and take short showers rather than baths. Save water: in your house or office Wash fruit and vegetables in a bowl rather than under the running tap - and use the remainder on plants. Save water: in your house or Ensure extensions or conservatories have their roof water draining into a soakaway or sustainable drainage system and are not office connected to the combined sewer. Save water: in your house or office Ensure that any off-road parking or patio around the house use permeable materials so rain can soak into the soil.

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 10 December 2009 C.3 Agriculture and rural land management The South East River Basin District covers a total land area of 839,750ha. An estimated 563,000ha or two thirds of this land is farmed. The 2006 Defra Farm Survey states that the 12,500 farms in the District provide work for around 25,500 people. This means that farms and farmers have a major impact on how the District will be performing when it comes to compliance with the Water Framework Directive.

Farming has always been a balancing act between what is economically sensible and what is good for the environment. However, farmers can also contribute to maintaining a good environment. For example, over 462,000ha of farmed land in the South East Government Region is currently maintained under entry level Environmental Stewardship, a scheme that pays farmers for working their land in an environmentally sensitive way. Linking farming back to the environment in this way and ensuring best practice will eventually result in improved compliance with the Water Framework Directive.

Table C3: Actions for the agriculture and rural land management sector

See next page for action tables

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 11 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Agriculture and rural land management National Actions Abstraction and Extension of abstraction control to include previously exempt uses South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial flow (abstractions by Ports and Harbour authorities from tidal waters Agency pressures under certain conditions likely to remain exempt) (SE0002)

Abstraction and Registration for previously exempt activity: abstraction of water South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial flow within water meadow systems. (SE0001) Agency pressures Aldrin, Atrazine, This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn from use Little Stour 2010 Central Diuron, in the UK. No further measures should be required although Government Isoproturon surveillance monitoring will be done to confirm this. (DrWPA0038)

Bentazone, Further monitoring to confirm risk of failure of WFD Article 7 Little Stour 2010 Environment Triclopyr, (DrWPA0040) Agency; Water Trichloroacetic companies Acid, MCPA, Chlortoluron, Carbendazim, , Mecoprop, Cyanazine, Dalapon, Glyphosate

Carbetamide, Further monitoring to confirm risk of failure of WFD Article 7 Darwell Reservoir 2010 Environment Dalapon (DrWPA0035) Agency; Water companies

Isoproturon; This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn from use Darwell Reservoir; Little Stour; Test (Lower) 2010 Central Atrazine; Aldrin in the UK. No further measures should be required although Government; surveillance monitoring will be done to confirm this. (SE0017) Environment Agency

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Chlortoluron Re-direct existing CSF resource to address issue. (DrWPA0033) Test (Lower) 2010 Natural England

Cypermethrin Temporary UK-wide suspension on use as sheep-dip (SE0018) South East RBD Implemented Veterinary Medicines Directorate Hazardous Implement DCLG Planning Policy Guidance Statement 23 (PPS23) South East RBD Implemented Local substances and on controlling pollution of groundwater (SE0067) Authorities non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Comply with Environment Agency Notices (Water Resources Act South East RBD Implemented Land managers substances and S86 and S161, Groundwater Regulations, contaminated land and owners; non-hazardous legislation, Silage Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oils Regulations). Environment pollutants; Make use of site specific notices to remove pollution risks to Agency (Local Nitrate; Priority groundwater (SE0066) Authorities) Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals)

Hazardous Follow pesticides statutory Code of Practice - comply with published South East RBD Implemented Land managers substances and advice for operators on control of plant protection products and owners non-hazardous (SE0061) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Follow Pesticides Code of Practice - comply with published advice South East RBD Implemented Industry leads; substances and for operators on control of plant protection products (SE0058) Land managers non-hazardous and owners pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Support to Chemicals Regulation Directorate (formerly the South East RBD Implemented Central substances and Pesticides Safety Directorate) research into amenity use of Government non-hazardous pesticides (SE0063) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Groundwater protection advice to Chemicals Regulation Directorate South East RBD Implemented Central substances and (formerly the Pesticides Safety Directorate) approvals process Government; non-hazardous (SE0166) Environment pollutants; Priority Agency Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Follow The Code of Good Agricultural Practice - comply with South East RBD Implemented Land managers substances and published advice for operators on control of agri-chemicals and owners non-hazardous (SE0050) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Comply with new EC Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive to South East RBD 2012 Land managers substances and control use of Plant Protection Products (SE0047) and owners non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Groundwater protection advice to Veterinary Medicines Directorate South East RBD Implemented Central substances and products approvals process (SE0154) Government non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous New EC Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive to control use of South East RBD 2012 Central substances and Plant Protection Products (SE0169) Government non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Enforcement of Groundwater Regulations to control agri-chemicals South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and through Cross Compliance (SE0056) Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Follow Sheep Dip Statutory Code of Practice - comply with South East RBD Implemented Land managers substances and published advice for operators (SE0049) and owners non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Environmental Permitting – disposal of sheep dip and pesticides South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and (SE0161) Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Environmental Permitting – effluent discharges to ground (SE0162) South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous EU review of approvals for Plant Protection Products (SE0057) South East RBD Implemented EU substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Isoproturon Recently introduced UK-wide restrictions will see decreasing trend South East RBD Implemented Chemicals in emissions of Isoproturon, and probable compliance by 2015 with Regulation no further action. (SE0068) Directorate

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Isoproturon This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn from use Test (Lower) 2010 Central in the UK. No further measures should be required although Government; surveillance monitoring will be done to confirm this. (DrWPA0034) Environment Agency

Isoproturon This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn from use Darwell Reservoir 2010 Central in the UK. No further measures should be required although Government; surveillance monitoring will be done to confirm this. (DrWPA0037) Environment Agency

Microbiology; Maintain a nationally funded advice-led partnership under the Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Chalk; Implemented Natural Nutrients; England Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative to reduce diffuse IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW Southern Downs Chalk; England; Sediments (as a water pollution from agriculture in at risk catchments and promote Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Littlehampton Anticline East; Isle Environment direct pollutant); sustainable farming practice. (SE0070) of Wight Catchment; Rother Catchment; Stour Catchment; Agency Priority Test & Itchen Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Hazardous Catchment Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Organic pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Microbiology; Progress delivery of cross-compliance inspection and enforcement South East RBD 2010 Environment Sediments (as a (SE0071) Agency (Defra; direct pollutant); Rural Payments Priority Agency) Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Nutrients; Organic pollutants

Nitrate Development planning - planning liaison. Site specific groundwater South East RBD Implemented Local pollution prevention advice and recommendations (SE0072) Authorities Nitrate Follow The Code of Good Agricultural Practice - comply with South East RBD Implemented Land managers published advice for operators on nitrate control (SE0075) and owners

Nitrate Follow advice on controlling nitrate releases to land and water South East RBD Implemented Land managers (SE0074) and owners

Nitrate Enforcement of Sludge Regulations through cross compliance South East RBD Implemented Environment (SE0073) Agency (Land managers and owners)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Ammonia; Establish further the nationally funded advice-led partnership under South East RBD 2012 Natural Faecal indicator the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative to reduce England; organisms; diffuse water pollution from agriculture in at risk catchments and Environment Hazardous promote sustainable farming practice. (SE0085) Agency substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Agri-environment schemes/ Environmental Stewardship - payments South East RBD Implemented Land managers Hazardous for best practice to limit nitrate input and control agric-chemicals and owners substances and (SE0173) non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Implement Groundwater Protection: Policy and Practice - External South East RBD Implemented Land managers Hazardous education on groundwater pollution prevention (SE0087) and owners; substances and Environment non-hazardous Agency pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; NetRegs (Environmental Guidance to Business) - External South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous education on groundwater pollution legislation (SE0174) Agency substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Proactive targeted farmer education on control of agri-chemicals South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous and nitrate (SE0083) Agency substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Registrations (in conjunction with Standard Rules) - Implement new South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous regulatory approach (via Environmental Permitting Regulations) Agency substances and arising from implementation of the new Groundwater Directive (Industry leads; non-hazardous (2006/116/EC) (SE0089) Land managers pollutants; Priority and owners; Substances and Water Specific companies) Pollutants (Metals)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients Establish and enforce Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in catchments at a South East RBD Implemented Defra; high risk from nitrate pollution, requiring farmers to follow a Environment programme of measures to reduce nitrate entering the water from Agency farmland. (see map D6 in annex D) (SE0090) Nutrients Local campaign to decrease input of nitrates to groundwater bodies South East RBD 2012 Environment and assess likely contributors to high nitrates. Outcome: Contribute Agency to improved groundwater quality. (SE0091)

Physical Plans, processes and programmes (such as the Environment South East RBD Implemented Environment modification Agency Navigation and Recreation strategies) will be aligned to the Agency requirements of hydromorphology to achieve Water Framework Directive objectives (especially ecological potential). This will be two fold: i) Mitigation measures required to reach good ecological potential will be identified in and delivered through such plans, and ii) the prioritisation of environmental improvements will be influenced by the specific requirements to reach Water Framework Directive objectives. (SE0145)

Physical A central spatially-enabled hydromorphological database will be South East RBD 2010 Environment modification created, this will provide a system that will quickly and reliably, Agency supply data to better understand hydromorphological impacts of modifications to water bodies. it will be used to provide available hydromorphological data as an input into the approval/assessment processes for new physical modifications to ensure compliance with Water Framework Directive requirements, especially those related to Article 4(7). (SE0117)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Progress the Entry Level Stewardship Scheme offering farmers an South East RBD Implemented Natural England direct pollutant); incentive to achieve environmental benefits on agricultural land. (Defra) Microbiology; Entry Level Stewardship is open to all those farming in England and Nutrients; aims to reward good land management and address some of the Organic environmental issues affecting the wider countryside including pollutants; Priority diffuse pollution, soil erosion and the conservation of farmland birds Hazardous (SE0179) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Sediments (as a Maintain the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme offering farmers an South East RBD Implemented Defra (Natural direct pollutant); incentive to achieve environmental benefits over and above those England) Microbiology; required under the Entry Level Stewardship Scheme. Higher Level Nutrients; Stewardship is targeted by Natural England to maximise Organic environmental and other public benefits in targeted areas within the pollutants; Priority River Basin District (SE0178) Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Investigation of Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and (GWDTEs) to assess if they have been significantly damaged as a Agency non-hazardous result of groundwater pollution (SE0172) pollutants; Nitrate; Phosphate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Physical Monitoring and investigation into mitigation measures techniques, to South East RBD 2011 Environment modification establish their effectiveness and improve understanding of Agency hydromorphological and ecological interactions. The outcomes from this work will be applied nationally. (SE0143)

Local Actions Abstraction and Ensure that local spatial planning policies for new development set South East RBD 2012 Local other artificial flow out strong requirements for water efficiency measures. Outcome: Authorities pressures Adopted Development Plan Documents include policies on (i) water (Environment efficiency measures for new development that seek to achieve Code Agency; Land for Sustainable Homes Level 3 and 4 (105 litres a day per capita managers and consumption) as a minimum, and (ii) water efficiency measures for owners; South business and commercial developments (such as rainwater East England harvesting and recycling). (SE0219) Partnership Board)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Promote small-scale storage reservoirs to businesses, where they South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial flow can be justified in the context of the twin track approach of resource Agency (South pressures development and demand management, and are proven to be East England resilient to a range of hydrological events. Outcome: Abstraction Development pressures are reduced during low flow periods (SE0271) Agency; National Farmers' Union)

Abstraction and Encourage all rural businesses to adopt water efficiency measures, Isle of Wight Catchment; Rother Catchment; Stour 2012 Environment other artificial flow such as rainwater harvesting and recycling and use of storage Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Agency; Central pressures reservoirs to support summer irrigation. Outcome: There is enough Government water for people, their businesses and the environment. (SE0213) (Abstractors; Business and Industry)

Abstraction and Develop and implement a demand management campaign including South East RBD 2010 Environment other artificial flow targeting specific non-household sectors (e.g. review Fawley water Agency pressures use, 'Ensuring water for all' project). Outcome: Abstraction pressures on the environment are reduced (SE0204)

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Hazardous Pollution prevention advice and campaigns in high risk areas. Adur & Ouse Hastings Beds; Brighton Chalk Block; Central 2012 Environment substances and Outcome; Improved groundwater and surface water quality. Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Agency non-hazardous (SE0259) Chalk; East Hants Chalk; East Hants Lambeth Group; East pollutants; Kent Chalk - Stour; East Kent Tertiaries; Hastings Beds Ammonia; Faecal Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; IOW Central Downs indicator Chalk; IOW Southern Downs Chalk; Kent Greensand organisms; Eastern; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Nitrate; Priority Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Littlehampton Anticline East; Substances & Lower Greensand Adur & Ouse; Lower Greensand Arun & Specific Western Streams; Lower Greensand Cuckmere & Pollutants Pevensey Levels; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block; South Hants Lambeth Group

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Local agricultural partnerships e.g. Linking Environment and South East RBD Implemented Land managers substances and Farming, and non-governmental organisations such as Rivers and owners non-hazardous Trusts, Landcare, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, to provide pollutants; advice on the use of agri-chemicals and nitrate control. Outcome: Nitrate; Priority Improved practice to contribute to improved water quality in ground Substances & and surface water bodies. (SE0247) Specific Pollutants Hazardous Pollution prevention advice and campaigns targeting oil care advice Adur & Ouse Hastings Beds; Arun & Western Streams 2012 Environment substances and in high risk areas. Outcome: Better protection of groundwater and Hastings Beds; Brighton Chalk Block; Central Hants Agency non-hazardous surface water quality. (SE0260) Bracklesham Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; pollutants; Priority Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Substances & Lambeth Group; East Kent Chalk - Stour; Hastings Beds Specific Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; IOW Southern Downs Pollutants Chalk; Kent Greensand Eastern; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Lower Greensand Arun & Western Streams; Lower Greensand Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block; South East Hants Bracklesham Group

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Organic Work with local authorities to establish a cost effective way of South East RBD 2012 Environment pollutants; Priority recycling green domestic waste on agricultural land to increase soil Agency; Local Hazardous organic content. Outcome: Improved water quality through reducing Authorities Substances, agricultural run-off by improving soil structure using green waste (National Priority (SE0305) Farmers' Union) Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Phosphate

Nutrients Downs and Harbours Clean Waters Partnership to design and East Hampshire Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Implemented Natural implement a strategy to tackle diffuse pollution in the Solent and England; groundwater in the South Downs. Outcome: Meet targets for key Environment Sites of Special Scientific Interest, help address wider water quality Agency issues and reverse nitrate trends in potable groundwater sources (Portsmouth (SE0209) Water) Nutrients Identify high risk locations for promoting good land management South East RBD 2012 Environment practice where there are a high number of horse related waste and Agency pollution incidents. Outcome: No deterioration and improved water quality resulting from better management of organic waste from horses (SE0231)

Nutrients Local campaign to decrease input of nitrates to groundwater bodies South East RBD 2012 Environment and assess likely contributors to high nitrates. Outcome: Take Agency appropriate action, on a prioritised basis, to contribute to improved groundwater quality (SE0248)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Influence Town and Country Planning Act authorisation process to South East RBD Implemented Local Microbiology; help minimise risk of diffuse polllution from new developments (e.g. Authorities; Organic implement SUDs and use of Water Resource Act Planning Environment pollutants; Guidance). Outcome; Improved groundwater and surface water Agency Sediments (as a quality. (SE0239) direct pollutant); Priority Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Nutrients; A pilot project to incorporate water body information into East Hampshire Catchment; Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels 2012 Natural Organic Environmental Stewardship targeting guidance for the South ; Adur & Ouse ; Arun & Western Streams England; pollutants; Priority Downs. Outcome: Reduced diffuse pollution from agriculture within Environment Hazardous at risk water bodies, and extend approach as applicable to other Agency Substances, catchments. (SE0192) Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 29 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Priority Work with Natural England to target Catchment Sensitive Farming Groundwater bodies: Lower Greensand Adur and Ouse; 2012 Natural Hazardous type activities and agri-environment schemes to ensure adoption of Iow Central Downs Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Central England; Substances, best farming practices. Outcome: Reduce diffuse pollution sources Hants Lambeth Group; South Hants Lambeth Group ; Environment Priority from agriculture within water bodies identified as being impacted or South West Hants Barton Group; Adur and Ouse Hastings Agency Substances and at risk. (SE0306) Beds; Littlehampton Anticline East; Lower Greensand Arun Specific and Western Streams; Iow Southern Downs Chalk; East Pollutants; Hants Chalk; Brighton Chalk Block; East Kent Chalk - Sediments (as a Stour; Seaford And Eastbourne Chalk Block; Kent Isle Of direct pollutant); Thanet Chalk; East Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester and Organic Worthing Chalk; Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Hastings pollutants Beds Cuckmere And Pevensey Levels; East Kent Tertiaries; River Itchen Chalk; Lower Greensand Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; River Test Chalk; Kent Greensand Eastern Nutrients; Priority (Continues from above - see additional waterbodies) Surface water bodies: Arun & Western Streams; Broad 2012 Natural Hazardous Work with Natural England to target Catchment Sensitive Farming Rife, Lidsey Rife, R. Ems, Harting Stream, Stanbridge England; Substances, type activities and agri-environment schemes to ensure adoption of Stream Environment Priority best farming practices. Outcome: Reduce diffuse pollution sources Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Pevensey Haven between Agency Substances and from agriculture within water bodies identified as being impacted or Rickney and Pevensey Specific at risk. (SE0306) East Hampshire; Brownwich Stream, Horton Heath Stream, Pollutants; Potwell Trib, Steeple Court Stream Sediments (as a Isle of Wight; Atherfield Stream, R. Eastern Yar, R. direct pollutant); Medina, Thorley Brook, Rodge Brook, Monktonmead Organic Brook, Palmers Brook, Gurnard Luck, Lukely Brook pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 30 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Priority (Continues from above - see additional waterbodies) Rother; Brede between Battle and Winchelsea, Tillingham, 2012 Natural Hazardous Work with Natural England to target Catchment Sensitive Farming Lower Rother from Robertsbridge to Iden, Walland Marsh England; Substances, type activities and agri-environment schemes to ensure adoption of Iden to Appledore, Cradlebridge Petty Sewer,Tributary of Environment Priority best farming practices. Outcome: Reduce diffuse pollution sources Newmill Channel upstream of Rolvenden, Romney Marsh Agency Substances and from agriculture within water bodies identified as being impacted or between Appledore and West Hythe,Socknersh Specific at risk. (SE0306) Stream,Tillingham Pollutants; Stour; Wingham River, Little Stour, East Stour, North Sediments (as a Chislet Marsh direct pollutant); Test & Itchen; Cadnam River, Whiteparish Trib, Sherfield Organic English Stream, Fairbourne Stream to Fishlake pollutants Meadows,Tadburn Lake, River Blackwater,R. Blackwater,Test (Lower),River Itchen, River Test,R. Test (Middle),River Test,R. Anton, Bow Lake

Organic Pollution prevention advice and local campaigns to provide targeted South East RBD Implemented Environment pollutants; Priority advice and enforcement in high risk areas on all rural diffuse Agency; Natural Hazardous pollution issues: farm and land management, domestic oil storage, England (Local Substances, septic tanks. Outcome: Diffuse pollution reduced through the Authorities; Priority adoption of best practices (SE0261) Local industry Substances and associations) Specific Pollutants; Nutrients

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 31 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Reinstatement of gravel bed substrate where appropriate within 11 Adur & Ouse: Bevern Stream, Northend Stream at 2012 River Adur modification waterbodies in the Adur and Ouse catchment. Outcome: Improved Cooksbridge, Longford Stream, Shortbridge Stream, Conservation hydromorphology. Better habitat for spawning and juvenile sea Ridgewood Stream, Little Horsted Stream, Woodsmill Society & trout. (ART_25) Stream, Chess Stream, Herrings Stream, Black Sewer, Sussex Ouse Adur (Lancing brook). Conservation Society (Environment Agency)

Physical Address obstructions to fish passage where appropriate within 5 Adur & Ouse: Northend Stream, Shortbridge Stream, 2012 River Adur modification waterbodies in the Adur and Ouse catchment. Outcome: Improved Herrings Stream, Black Sewer, Woodsmill Stream. Conservation freedom of upstream and downstream movement of eels, sea trout Society & and other fish. (ART_26) Sussex Ouse Conservation Society (Environment Agency)

Physical Habitat enhancement of Andrew's Steam (River Ouse between River Ouse between Isfield and Coast 2012 River Adur modification Isfield and Coast). Outcome: Improved hydromorphology. Better Conservation habitat for fish and other wildlife along original course of the Sussex Society & Ouse at Barcombe Mills (ART_39) Sussex Ouse Conservation Society (Environment Agency)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 32 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Increase the amount of floodplain woodland by better targeting of South East RBD 2012 Forestry modification the England Woodland Grant Scheme and through partnership Commission projects. Outcome: More woodland in the right locations helps (Natural address diffuse pollution, water temperatures in fish spawning England; grounds, and contributes to flood storage (SE0238) Environment Agency)

Physical Restore degraded wetlands in the New Forest to improve the New Forest Catchment 2012 New Forest modification condition of nationally and internationally designated wildlife National Park features, with reference to the New Forest Wetland Management Authority Plan 2006-16. Outcome: No further deterioration in water body (Forestry status, followed by status improvement (SE0291) Commission; Environment Agency; Natural England)

Physical Establish a 'Regional Better Rivers Programme’ to improve habitat New Forest; Langdown Stream, Beaulieu Abbey Stream, 2012 Environment modification and ecology in a first round of waters. Outcome: Improve ecological Cadland Stream Agency status or potential in 35 water bodies totalling 389 km in length (Riparian (SE0223) owners; Developers; Forestry Commission; Natural England; Local Authorities; Environmental NGOs; Countryside Management Service (CMS)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 33 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Adur & Ouse: Adur (Lancing brook), Adur (Lottbridge), 2015 Environment modification Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes improve River Adur East (Sakeham), Blakes Gill, R. Adur West, Agency habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of 53 candidates Ouse, Glynde Reach, Ouse from Ardingly Resevoir to (Riparian totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and lessons from the first Lindfield, Ouse from Slaugham to Ardingly Resevoir, owners; Natural round. (SE0233) Cockhaise Brook, Tributary of River Uck north of Uckfield, England; Ouse from Cockhaise Brook confluence to Spithurst, Forestry Longford Stream, Scrase Bridge Stream conf to Cockhaise Commission; Bk, River Uck at Uckfield, River Ouse between Isfield and Developers; Coast Local Arun & Western Streams; R. Ems, Western Rother Authorities; (Upstream Petersfield), Bignor Mill Stream, R. Kird, Environmental Minsted Stream, Western Rother, Hammer Stream (W. NGOs; Sussex), Harting Stream, Haslingbourne Stream, R. Arun Countryside Source Management Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Nunningham Stream, Service (CMS) Cuckmere from Alfriston to Arlington, Cuckmere from Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, Cuckmere between Arlington and Lower Horsebridge

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 34 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Physical Promote and encourage sediment, vegetation and channel Isle of Wight; R. Eastern Yar, R. Medina, Atherfield Stream, 2012 Environment modification maintenance that enhances wildlife habitat and enables land Thorley Brook, Rodge Brook, Lukely Brook, Chilton Chine, Agency (Stour drainage. Outcome: Protect, enhance, restore and retain marginal Walpan Chine, Brook Chine, Brighstone Streams Internal and in channel habitats. Improve fish movement and connection to Drainage Board; floodplain. (SE0268) Romney Marshes Internal Drainage Board; Natural England; National Farmers' Union)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 35 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Encourage uptake of Voluntary Initiative best practice advice on Rother; Pent Stream Implemented Voluntary Hazardous pesticide use by land managers within the agricultural and amenity Initiative Substances, sectors (e.g. golf courses, parks, highways, railways). Outcome: Partnership Priority Diffuse pesticide pollution reduced through the adoption of best (Environment Substances and practices. (SE0216) Agency; Local Specific Authorities) Pollutants

Priority Establish and maintain local advice led partnerships to improve farm Test & Itchen; Pillhill Brook (Source), Westwood Stream, 2011 Environment Hazardous and land management practices, to reduce diffuse pollution from Bow Lake, R. Dever, Sholing Common Streams, R. Dun, Agency; Land Substances, agriculture and amenity. Outcome: Land managers apply best Wallop Brook managers and Priority practice land management techniques, to improve water quality owners (Natural Substances and impacted upon by diffuse pollution. (SE0224) England; Local Specific Authorities; Pollutants; National Organic Farmers' Union) pollutants; Nutrients; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Sediments (as a Work with riparian owners to identify and manage areas of bankside South East RBD 2012 Riparian direct pollutant); erosion from livestock and associated impacts where appropriate. owners; Organic Outcome: Improved land management practices to reduce diffuse Environment pollutants pollution in rural areas. (SE0307) Agency (Natural England; National Farmers' Union)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 36 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Temperature; Promote good practice and regulate where necessary to ensure South East RBD Implemented Environment Nutrients; sensitive management of fish and water cress farms. Outcome: Agency Organic Fish and watercress farms do not contribute to deterioration in the pollutants; Priority quality of waters. (SE0269) Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Priority Promote the targeted mapping of land drainage discharges (fields, Stour; Little Stour 2012 Environment Hazardous highways, rural roads) to better assess their impact on water quality Agency (South Substances, and adopt appropriate control measures. Outcome: Production of East England Priority land drainage map to identify and investigate sources of pollutants, Partnership Substances and and actions put in place to prevent environmental impact. Less Board; Local Specific diffuse pollution in related waters. (SE0275) Authorities; Pollutants; Land managers Organic and owners; pollutants; Royal Town Nutrients Planning Institute; Highways Agency; Natural England)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 37 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Ammonia; Nitrate; Further investigation following pilot study, to assess impacts of Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Environment Hazardous different nitrate and pesticide loading rates and applications from Agency substances and chalk farmland on groundwater. Outcome; Improved knowledge, (Brighton and non-hazardous leading to improvements in groundwater quality through better risk Hove City pollutants; Faecal management. (SE0228) Council; indicator Southern Water) organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Natura 2000 protected areas and SSSIs Abstraction and Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial flow conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by revoking or Agency pressures; amending abstraction licences (see Annex D) (SE0324) Nutrients

Abstraction and Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural England other artificial flow conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by pressures; implementing agri-environment scheme (see Annex D) (SE0323) Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Physical modification; Direct biological pressures; Nutrients

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 38 December 2009 Agriculture and rural land management

Physical Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on the River Test Test & Itchen Catchment 2011 Natural modification; SSSI by implementing river restoration project (SE0320) England; Nutrients; Environment Abstraction and Agency other artificial flow pressures; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural England modification; conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through the Sediments (as a England Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative (see Annex D) direct pollutant); (SE0337) Nutrients Sediments (as a Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment direct pollutant); conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by revoking or Agency Nutrients amending discharge/PPC consents (see Annex D) (SE0325)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 39 December 2009 C.4 Angling, fisheries and conservation The South East District supports a rich diversity of wildlife habitats and species including the world famous Test and Itchen chalk streams. As well as having intrinsic importance, biodiversity and fisheries make a really valuable contribution to the quality of people’s lives. A high quality environment brings significant social, economic and health benefits. The environment contributes around £8 billion to the South East Region’s economy. Anglers’ annual expenditure on fishing inland waters in the South East totalled almost £200 million, supporting approximately 4,200 jobs and £100 million of household income.

Biodiversity resource ranges from the huge expanse of the chalk downs to the tiny ram’s horn snails. Key habitats include chalk rivers, saltmarsh, mudflat, coastal and floodplain grazing marsh and vegetated shingle. 70% of the coastline is protected by designations. There are 33 Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), 13 Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and 13 Ramsar sites. These coastal sites represent some of the District's most significant European habitats, designated as part of a Europe-wide network of sites necessary to maintain most rare and endangered species, which is particularly important for supporting migratory birds on passage. Biodiversity species and habitats are not confined to designated sites with semi-natural habitats and rivers and streams being important elements within the biodiversity network.

The Region includes some of the most popular and valuable fisheries in the country providing a wealth of fishing opportunities for everyone with over 1000 still waters, 2700 kilometres of main river and more than 250 angling clubs. Over 24 fish species have been recorded which include salmon, sea trout, carp, roach, rudd, pike, eels and perch. Salmon are below their conservation limit and eels are endangered. The South East of England Biodiversity Forum (SEEBF) is a partnership that has a vision for the South East, where a healthy environment underpins a vibrant economy and quality of life. SEEBF champions biodiversity with national, regional and local organisations. SEEBF has developed a Biodiversity Strategy for the South East which gives an overview of regional biodiversity priorities for the South East and sets regional biodiversity objectives, priorities and targets.

Note that measures relating to commercial fisheries can be found within the Industry, manufacturing, and other business sector.

Table C4: Actions for the angling and conservation sector

See next page for action tables

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 40 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Angling and Conservation National Actions Abstraction and Extension of abstraction control to include previously exempt uses South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial flow (abstractions by Ports and Harbour authorities from tidal waters Agency pressures under certain conditions likely to remain exempt) (SE0002)

Abstraction and Registration for previously exempt activity: abstraction of water South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial flow within water meadow systems. (SE0001) Agency pressures

Direct biological Draw together a database of projects to facilitate better information South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct sharing on non-native invasive species, and increase opportunities Government biological for partnership working on this pressure (SE0023) pressures

Direct biological Draw up Individual Species Action Plans for non-native invasive South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct species identified as presenting particular risk levels, to minimise Government; biological the risks associated with them. (SE0024) Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Provide advice and training on identification, control and disposal of South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct invasive non-native species to all relevant groups and encourage Government; biological monitoring schemes. (SE0031) Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Develop a national early warning system with contingencies for South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct rapid response control measures to eradicate new non-native Government biological invasive species (SE0021) pressures

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 41 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Work to raise awareness of the of the risks of transferring invasive South East RBD 2010 Central pressures; Direct non-native species to the wild, amongst the public and target Government biological groups. (SE0037) pressures

Direct biological Contribute to the development of any EU level initiatives to improve South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct legislation and controls relating to invasive non-native species. Government biological (SE0019) pressures

Direct biological Control and eradication of topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct parva) and water primrose (Ludwigia grandiflora) at selected sites Government; biological (SE0020) Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Support established local fora for invasive non-native species, by South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct providing advice and guidance and support control actions. Government; biological (SE0035) Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Set up and maintain a website that acts as a 'one stop shop' for South East RBD Implemented Central pressures; Direct information and advice on invasive non-native species. (SE0034) Government biological pressures

Direct biological Implement the water related actions of the Invasive Non Native South East RBD 2012 Defra; pressures; Direct Species Framework Action Plan for Great Britain (SE0027) Environment biological Agency (Local pressures Authorities; Fisheries and Angling Interests)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 42 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Establish National Invasive Non-Native Species Forums to plan, South East RBD Implemented Central pressures; Direct prioritise and coordinate action (SE0026) Government biological pressures

Direct biological Establish a central repository for holding data on invasive non-native South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct species distribution. (SE0025) Government biological pressures

Direct biological Develop and implement codes of practice to reduce the spread of South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct invasive non-native species (SE0022) Government; biological Environment pressures Agency

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 43 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Monitoring and investigation into mitigation measures techniques, to South East RBD 2011 Environment modification establish their effectiveness and improve understanding of Agency hydromorphological and ecological interactions. The outcomes from this work will be applied nationally. (SE0143)

Physical Monitoring and investigation of the effectiveness of river restoration Arun & Western Streams Catchment 2010 Environment modification work undertaken at Shopham Loop, on the long term sustainability Agency of the catchment. (SE0144) Physical Investigate then implement actions in the sea trout and salmon South East RBD 2012 Environment modification; action plans, in order to contribute to good status waters (SE0038) Agency Abstraction and (Fisheries and other artificial flow Angling pressures; Direct Interests) biological pressures; Direct biological pressures

Local Actions Abstraction and Encourage all rural businesses to adopt water efficiency measures, Isle of Wight Catchment; Rother Catchment; Stour 2012 Environment other artificial flow such as rainwater harvesting and recycling and use of storage Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Catchment Agency; Central pressures reservoirs to support summer irrigation. Outcome: There is enough Government water for people, their businesses and the environment. (SE0213) (Abstractors; Business and Industry)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 44 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Contain and control invasive non-native species at priority sites New Forest Catchment; Arun & Western Streams 2012 Natural pressures; Direct through partnership working. Agree sites and action with the South Catchment; Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels Catchment; England; biological East England Non-Native Invasive Species Action Group. Test & Itchen Catchment; Environment pressures Outcome: Spread of problem invasive species stopped and Agency reversed, protecting important nationally and internationally (Riparian designated habitats under threat from this pressure (SE0201) owners; Land managers and owners; Forestry Commission; Local Authorities; Environmental NGOs) Direct biological Develop joint working between the Sea Fisheries Committees, South East RBD 2012 Inshore pressures; Direct Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities and the Fisheries and biological Environment Agency on the collection of inshore data. Outcome: Conservation pressures Improved understanding of pressures in the marine environment to Authorities; enable better targeting and development of actions. (SE0207) Environment Agency (Natural England; Local Authorities; Non- Governmental Organisations)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 45 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 46 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Nutrients; Implementation of the Ashford Water Cycle Strategy (2006 - 2031) East Stour Implemented Ashford's Future Organic to ensure growth in Ashford does not compromise environmental (Environment pollutants; Priority capacity and quality. The first Water Action Plan (2006 - Agency) Hazardous 2011) will focus on sustainable drainage systems, water efficiency, Substances, water quality of the River Stour and its tributaries, and water supply Priority and wastewater infrastructure. Outcome: Improvements in water Substances and quality and supply as a result of growth in Ashford, contributing to Specific achieving good status. (SE0236) Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 47 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; A pilot project to incorporate water body information into East Hampshire Catchment; Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels 2012 Natural Organic Environmental Stewardship targeting guidance for the South ; Adur & Ouse ; Arun & Western Streams England; pollutants; Priority Downs. Outcome: Reduced diffuse pollution from agriculture within Environment Hazardous at risk water bodies, and extend approach as applicable to other Agency Substances, catchments. (SE0192) Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Organic Promote the 'Angler's Monitoring Initiative' to assess the status of South East RBD 2012 Salmon and pollutants; Priority river health. Outcome: Improve understanding of invertebrate Trout Hazardous populations, to help identify and understand environmental Association; Substances, pressures (SE0273) Fisheries and Priority Angling Substances and Interests Specific (Natural History Pollutants Museum; Environment Agency)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 48 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Organic Pollution prevention advice and local campaigns to provide targeted South East RBD Implemented Environment pollutants; Priority advice and enforcement in high risk areas on all rural diffuse Agency; Natural Hazardous pollution issues: farm and land management, domestic oil storage, England (Local Substances, septic tanks. Outcome: Diffuse pollution reduced through the Authorities; Priority adoption of best practices (SE0261) Local industry Substances and associations) Specific Pollutants; Nutrients

Physical Reinstatement of gravel bed substrate where appropriate within 11 Adur & Ouse: Bevern Stream, Northend Stream at 2012 River Adur modification waterbodies in the Adur and Ouse catchment. Outcome: Improved Cooksbridge, Longford Stream, Shortbridge Stream, Conservation hydromorphology. Better habitat for spawning and juvenile sea Ridgewood Stream, Little Horsted Stream, Woodsmill Society & trout. (ART_25) Stream, Chess Stream, Herrings Stream, Black Sewer, Sussex Ouse Adur (Lancing brook). Conservation Society (Environment Agency)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 49 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Habitat enhancement of Andrew's Steam (River Ouse between River Ouse between Isfield and Coast 2012 River Adur modification Isfield and Coast). Outcome: Improved hydromorphology. Better Conservation habitat for fish and other wildlife along original course of the Sussex Society & Ouse at Barcombe Mills (ART_39) Sussex Ouse Conservation Society (Environment Agency)

Physical Implement the 'Regional fish passage programme'. Outcome: All Adur & Ouse; Woodsmill Stream, River Adur East 2012 Environment modification physical obstructions identified and prioritised. 25 obstructions (Sakeham) Agency (Ouse addressed in the first plan, including Chartham Mill R.Stour, Efford East Hampshire; R. Meon and Adur Rivers Mill Avon Water, Tichfield Mill Meon, Durngate Itchen, Funtley New Forest; Avon Water Trusts; South Meon, Woodmill Itchen, Bishopstoke Mill Itchen, Woodsmill Stream Stour; North and South Streams at Eastry Downs Joint Adur, Wineham Bridge Adur (SE0235) Test & Itchen; River Itchen Committee; Angling Trusts; Land managers and owners; Fisheries and Angling Interests)

Physical Increase the amount of floodplain woodland by better targeting of South East RBD 2012 Forestry modification the England Woodland Grant Scheme and through partnership Commission projects. Outcome: More woodland in the right locations helps (Natural address diffuse pollution, water temperatures in fish spawning England; grounds, and contributes to flood storage (SE0238) Environment Agency)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 50 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Restore degraded wetlands in the New Forest to improve the New Forest Catchment 2012 New Forest modification condition of nationally and internationally designated wildlife National Park features, with reference to the New Forest Wetland Management Authority Plan 2006-16. Outcome: No further deterioration in water body (Forestry status, followed by status improvement (SE0291) Commission; Environment Agency; Natural England)

Physical Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Nunningham Stream, 2015 Environment modification Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes improve Cuckmere from Alfriston to Arlington, Cuckmere from Agency habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of 53 candidates Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, (Riparian totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and lessons from the first Cuckmere between Arlington and Lower Horsebridge owners; Natural round. (SE0233) East Hampshire; River Alver, Brownwich Stream, Horton England; Heath Stream, Potwell Trib, Hook Lake, Hermitage Stream, Forestry R. Lavant (Hants), Botleigh Grange/ Hedge End Streams Commission; Isle of Wight; R. Eastern Yar, R. Medina, Atherfield Stream, Developers; Thorley Brook, Rodge Brook, Lukely Brook, Chilton Chine, Local Walpan Chine, Brook Chine, Brighstone Streams Authorities; New Forest; Langdown Stream, Beaulieu Abbey Stream, Environmental Cadland Stream NGOs; Rother; Pent Stream Countryside Stour; Little Stour Management Test & Itchen; Pillhill Brook (Source), Westwood Stream, Service (CMS) Bow Lake, R. Dever, Sholing Common Streams, R. Dun, Wallop Brook

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 51 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Physical Establish a 'Regional Better Rivers Programme’ to improve habitat Test & Itchen; Monks Brook,Arle - Upstream of Drove 2012 Environment modification and ecology in a first round of waters. Outcome: Improve ecological Lane, River Blackwater, R. Test (Middle), R. Test (Middle), Agency status or potential in 35 water bodies totalling 389 km in length R. Test (Upper), River Itchen, R. Alre, R. Alre, R. Test, (Riparian (SE0223) Tanner's Brook, Fairbourne Stream to Fishlake Meadows, owners; Test (Lower), Test (Lower), Test (Upper), River Test, Developers; Candover Brook Forestry Adur & Ouse; Adur (Knepp) Commission; Stour; Upper Dour at Temple Ewell,North and South Natural Streams in the Lydden Valley, Upper Great Stour, Dour England; Local from Kearsney to Dover Authorities; New Forest; Bartley Water Environmental NGOs; Countryside Management Service (CMS)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 52 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Physical Promote the relationship between healthy marine ecosystems and South East RBD 2012 Sussex Sea modification; productive sustainable fish stocks and complete the UK Inshore Fisheries Direct biological Fisheries Sustainability Project. Outcome: All significant fisheries Committee pressures examined in accordance with Marine Stewardship Council (Marine assessment principles. Local management plan developed that Stewardship would result in fisheries working toward a status of MSC certified if Council; desired. (SE0274) Shellfish Association of Great Britain; Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 53 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Encourage uptake of Voluntary Initiative best practice advice on South East RBD Implemented Voluntary Hazardous pesticide use by land managers within the agricultural and amenity Initiative Substances, sectors (e.g. golf courses, parks, highways, railways). Outcome: Partnership Priority Diffuse pesticide pollution reduced through the adoption of best (Environment Substances and practices. (SE0216) Agency; Local Specific Authorities) Pollutants

Priority Establish and maintain local advice led partnerships to improve farm Adur & Ouse; Herrings Stream , Little Horsted Stream , 2011 Environment Hazardous and land management practices, to reduce diffuse pollution from Ouse from Ardingly Resevoir to Lindfield , Ouse from Agency; Land Substances, agriculture and amenity. Outcome: Land managers apply best Cockhaise Brook confluence to Spithurst , Pellingford managers and Priority practice land management techniques, to improve water quality Brook , R. Adur East , Ridgewood Stream , River Adur East owners (Natural Substances and impacted upon by diffuse pollution. (SE0224) (Sakeham) , River Ouse between Isfield and Coast , England; Local Specific Tickerage Stream Authorities; Pollutants; Arun & Western Streams; Loxwood Stream Cuckmere & National Organic Pevensey Levels: Cuckmere from Warbleton to Lower Farmers' Union) pollutants; Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, Wick Street Stream at Nutrients; Upper Dicker Sediments (as a direct pollutant) Sediments (as a Work with riparian owners to identify and manage areas of bankside South East RBD 2012 Riparian direct pollutant); erosion from livestock and associated impacts where appropriate. owners; Organic Outcome: Improved land management practices to reduce diffuse Environment pollutants pollution in rural areas. (SE0307) Agency (Natural England; National Farmers' Union)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 54 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Physical Investigate the need to screen intakes and discharges to prevent South East RBD 2012 Environment modification loss or damage to fish populations. Ensure screening on priority Agency sites. Outcome: Screen intakes and discharges so as to contribute (Fisheries and to the achievement of good ecological status. (SE0243) Angling Interests; Land managers and owners; Water companies)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 55 December 2009 Angling and Conservation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Investigate and where appropriate manage physical impacts of Sussex; Sussex East; Isle of Wight East coastal water 2012 Sussex Inshore modification; commercial inshore fisheries to improve marine biodiversity and bodies Fisheries and Direct biological fisheries productivity, through the Sensitive Area Management Plan Conservation pressures for the Sussex coast. Outcome: Identify, designate and manage Authority specific sites within the Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee District. It (Environment is intended that subject to changes in policy, these actions will be Agency; Natural progressed by the relevant Inshore Fisheries and Conservation England; Local Authority, and support the process of Marine Conservation Zone Authorities; Non- designation in the Eastern Channel (SE0241) Governmental Organisations)

Priority Investigation into Endocrine Disruptors. Outcome: To understand South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous their impact and put into place appropriate measures. (SE0244) Agency Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Direct biological pressures; Microbiology

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 56 December 2009 C.5 Central government Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) is a UK Government Department and is responsible for the Water Framework Directive in England. Defra champions sustainable development, and helps Government as a whole to deliver economic, social and environmental sustainability. Defra is also the focal point for rural policy. Defra has several delivery partners that have important actions in the River Basin Management Plan, including the following:

• Marine and Fisheries Agency • Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) • Rural Payments Agency • Environment Agency (see separate section) • Forestry Commission • National Park Authorities

Other Government Departments • Department of Communities and Local Government (CLG) • Office of Government Commerce (OGC) - an independent office of HM Treasury • Health and Safety Executive (part of the Department of Work and Pensions), which includes the Pesticides Safety Directorate • Highways Agency (part of Ministry for Transport) • Defence Estates (part of Ministry of Defence)

The Crown Estate is a government organisation with a property portfolio encompassing many of the UK’s cityscapes, ancient forests, farms, parkland, coastline and communities. It has an important role as influencer, manager, guardian and facilitator. Working in partnership with others, the Crown Estate enables and nurtures productive commercial opportunities, protects vulnerable environments, and enables social integration.

Table C5: Actions for Central Government

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Central Government National Actions Aldrin, Atrazine, This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn Little Stour 2010 Central Diuron, from use in the UK. No further measures should be Government; Isoproturon required although surveillance monitoring will be done to Environment confirm this. (DrWPA0038) Agency

Carbetamide, Further monitoring to confirm risk of failure of WFD Article 7 Darwell Reservoir 2010 Environment Dalapon (DrWPA0035) Agency; Water companies

Chlortoluron Re-direct existing CSF resource to address issue. Test (Lower) 2010 Natural (DrWPA0033) England

Direct biological Make appropriate use of existing legislative powers e.g. South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct prohibit the sale of high-risk species; Salmon and Government; biological freshwater fish act (S30); Import of live fish act; Wildlife and Environment pressures Countryside Act 1981; Environment Agency Fisheries Agency byelaws; Convention on biological diversity; NERC Act; Habitats Directive; IMO convention on ballast water) (SE0030)

Direct biological Contribute to the development of any EU level initiatives to South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct improve legislation and controls relating to invasive non- Government biological native species. (SE0019) pressures

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Increase awareness of the importance of the ‘preventative South East RBD 2010 Central pressures; Direct approach’ in addressing the threats posed by invasive non- Government biological native species. This would include 'horizon scanning' for pressures new potentially invasive species. (SE0028)

Direct biological Draw together a database of projects to facilitate better South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct information sharing on non-native invasive species, and Government biological increase opportunities for partnership working on this pressures pressure (SE0023)

Direct biological Draw up Individual Species Action Plans for non-native South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct invasive species identified as presenting particular risk Government; biological levels, to minimise the risks associated with them. (SE0024) Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Provide advice and training on identification, control and South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct disposal of invasive non-native species to all relevant Government; biological groups and encourage monitoring schemes. (SE0031) Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Undertake risk assessments to identify priority invasive South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct species for mitigation and control action, both nationally and Government biological across Great Britain. (SE0036) pressures

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Develop a national early warning system with contingencies South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct for rapid response control measures to eradicate new non- Government biological native invasive species (SE0021) pressures

Direct biological Work to raise awareness of the of the risks of transferring South East RBD 2010 Central pressures; Direct invasive non-native species to the wild, amongst the public Government biological and target groups. (SE0037) pressures

Direct biological Seek sustainable and cost-effective methods for managing South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct established invasions, such as biological control (SE0033) Government; biological Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Control and eradication of topmouth gudgeon South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct (Pseudorasbora parva) and water primrose (Ludwigia Government; biological grandiflora) at selected sites (SE0020) Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Support established local fora for invasive non-native South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct species, by providing advice and guidance and support Government; biological control actions. (SE0035) Environment pressures Agency

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 60 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Set up and maintain a website that acts as a 'one stop shop' South East RBD Implemented Central pressures; Direct for information and advice on invasive non-native species. Government biological (SE0034) pressures

Direct biological Implement the water related actions of the Invasive Non South East RBD 2012 Defra; pressures; Direct Native Species Framework Action Plan for Great Britain Environment biological (SE0027) Agency (Local pressures Authorities; Fisheries and Angling Interests)

Direct biological Establish National Invasive Non-Native Species Forums to South East RBD Implemented Central pressures; Direct plan, prioritise and coordinate action (SE0026) Government biological pressures

Direct biological Develop and implement codes of practice to reduce the South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct spread of invasive non-native species (SE0022) Government; biological Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Establish a central repository for holding data on invasive South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct non-native species distribution. (SE0025) Government biological pressures

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 61 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Integrate invasive non-native species control measures South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct across all policy areas (SE0029) Government; biological Environment pressures Agency

Hazardous Groundwater protection advice to Chemicals Regulation South East RBD Implemented Central substances and Directorate (formerly the Pesticides Safety Directorate) Government; non-hazardous approvals process (SE0166) Environment pollutants; Priority Agency Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 62 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Follow the SUDS (sustainable drainage systems) Interim South East RBD Implemented Industry leads substances and Code of Practice - comply with published advice for non-hazardous operators (SE0168) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Groundwater protection advice to Veterinary Medicines South East RBD Implemented Central substances and Directorate products approvals process (SE0154) Government non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous New EC Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive to control South East RBD 2012 Central substances and use of Plant Protection Products (SE0169) Government non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Isoproturon This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn Test (Lower) 2010 Central from use in the UK. No further measures should be Government; required although surveillance monitoring will be done to Environment confirm this. (DrWPA0034) Agency

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 63 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Isoproturon This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn Darwell Reservoir 2010 Central from use in the UK. No further measures should be Government; required although surveillance monitoring will be done to Environment confirm this. (DrWPA0037) Agency

Microbiology; Maintain a nationally funded advice-led partnership under Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Implemented Natural Nutrients; the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative to Chalk; IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW Southern England; Sediments (as a reduce diffuse water pollution from agriculture in at risk Downs Chalk; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Environment direct pollutant); catchments and promote sustainable farming practice. Littlehampton Anticline East; Isle of Wight Catchment; Agency Priority (SE0070) Rother Catchment; Stour Catchment; Test & Itchen Hazardous Catchment ; Arun & Western Streams Catchment Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Organic pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 64 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Microbiology; Progress delivery of cross-compliance inspection and South East RBD 2010 Environment Sediments (as a enforcement (SE0071) Agency (Defra; direct pollutant); Rural Priority Payments Hazardous Agency) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Nutrients; Organic Nitratell t t Sludge Regulations - comply with published advice to South East RBD Implemented Environment operators (SE0077) Agency; Water companies

Nitrate Sludge Regulations - monitoring and enforcement (SE0078) South East RBD Implemented Environment Agency; Water companies

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 65 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Establish further the nationally funded advice-led South East RBD 2012 Natural Ammonia; Faecal partnership under the England Catchment Sensitive England; indicator Farming Initiative to reduce diffuse water pollution from Environment organisms; agriculture in at risk catchments and promote sustainable Agency Hazardous farming practice. (SE0085) substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Agri-environment schemes/ Environmental Stewardship - South East RBD Implemented Land Hazardous payments for best practice to limit nitrate input and control managers and substances and agric-chemicals (SE0173) owners non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 66 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; PR09 – Water Company spending review. Water South East RBD 2012 Central Hazardous Framework Directive specific obligations (SE0082) Government substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; PR04 – Water Company spending review (SE0088) South East RBD Implemented Central Hazardous Government substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nutrients Establish and enforce Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in South East RBD Implemented Defra; catchments at a high risk from nitrate pollution, requiring Environment farmers to follow a programme of measures to reduce Agency nitrate entering the water from farmland. (see map D6 in annex D) (SE0090)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 67 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Where appropriate, subject to the Environment Agency South East RBD 2012 Environment Acidification; carrying out a 12 week public consultation and making an Agency Microbiology; appropriate case to the Secretary of State, designate a Organic limited number of Water Protection Zones. pollutants; Regulatory tool to control diffuse pollution in high risk areas Physical where other mechanisms are not working or are unlikely to modification; work Priority Initially around 8 candidate locations across England. Hazardous Potential for designation from 2010 with possibility of further Substances, WPZs by 2012 Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Direct biological pressures; Direct biological pressures Physical Plans, processes and programmes (such as the South East RBD Implemented Environment modification Environment Agency Navigation and Recreation strategies) Agency will be aligned to the requirements of hydromorphology to achieve Water Framework Directive objectives (especially ecological potential). This will be two fold: i) Mitigation measures required to reach good ecological potential will be identified in and delivered through such plans, and ii) the prioritisation of environmental improvements will be influenced by the specific requirements to reach Water Framework Directive objectives. (SE0145)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 68 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical A central spatially-enabled hydromorphological database South East RBD 2010 Environment modification will be created, this will provide a system that will quickly Agency and reliably, supply data to better understand hydromorphological impacts of modifications to water bodies. it will be used to provide available hydromorphological data as an input into the approval/assessment processes for new physical modifications to ensure compliance with Water Framework Directive requirements, especially those related to Article 4(7). (SE0117) Physical Support the process of Marine Conservation Zone South East RBD 2012 Natural modification; designation within inshore areas in the Eastern English England; Sea Direct biological channel. Outcome: A coherent network of Marine Protected Fisheries pressures; Direct Areas within the Eastern Channel. (SE0039) Committee; biological Shellfish pressures Association of Great Britain; Marine Stewardship Council; Balanced Seas; Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 69 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Apply national guidance framework on disposal of dredgings Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2012 Marine and Hazardous to refine local measures as appropriate (where not Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Fisheries Substances, disproportionately costly or technically infeasible) (SE0181) Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Agency; Defra Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Priority Apply national guidance framework on dredging to refine Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2012 Marine and Hazardous local measures as appropriate (where not disproportionately Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Fisheries Substances, costly or technically infeasible) (SE0182) Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Agency; Defra Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 70 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Progress the Entry Level Stewardship Scheme offering South East RBD Implemented Natural direct pollutant); farmers an incentive to achieve environmental benefits on England Microbiology; agricultural land. Entry Level Stewardship is open to all (Defra) Nutrients; those farming in England and aims to reward good land Organic management and address some of the environmental pollutants; Priority issues affecting the wider countryside including diffuse Hazardous pollution, soil erosion and the conservation of farmland birds Substances, (SE0179) Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Sediments (as a Maintain the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme offering South East RBD Implemented Defra (Natural direct pollutant); farmers an incentive to achieve environmental benefits over England) Microbiology; and above those required under the Entry Level Nutrients; Stewardship Scheme. Higher Level Stewardship is targeted Organic by Natural England to maximise environmental and other pollutants; Priority public benefits in targeted areas within the River Basin Hazardous District (SE0178) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 71 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Develop national guidance framework on disposal of Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2010 Defra Hazardous dredgings to inform Programme of Measures to meet Water Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Substances, Framework Directive objectives (SE0183) Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Priority Develop national guidance framework on dredging to inform Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2010 Defra Hazardous Programme of Measures to meet Water Framework Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Substances, Directive objectives (SE0184) Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Monitoring and investigation of the effectiveness of river Arun & Western Streams Catchment 2010 Environment modification restoration work undertaken at Shopham Loop, on the long Agency term sustainability of the catchment. (SE0144)

Hazardous Highways Agency Programme to investigate soakaways South East RBD Implemented Highways substances and (SE0060) Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Local Actions Abstraction and Ensure that local spatial plans include policies to secure South East RBD 2011 Local other artificial developer contributions for retrofitting water efficiency Authorities flow pressures measures in existing housing stock, in water stressed areas. (Environment Outcome: From 2011 adopted local spatial plans, such as Agency; South Area Action Plans and Supplementary Planning Documents, East England include policies to seek Section 106 monies (and Partnership Community Infrastructure Levy contributions where Board) relevant) for the retrofitting of existing housing stock in water stressed areas. This will reduce the pressure of increased abstraction on the environment. (SE0220)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 73 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Ensure that local spatial planning policies for new South East RBD 2012 Local other artificial development set out strong requirements for water Authorities flow pressures efficiency measures. Outcome: Adopted Development Plan (Environment Documents include policies on (i) water efficiency measures Agency; Land for new development that seek to achieve Code for managers and Sustainable Homes Level 3 and 4 (105 litres a day per owners; South capita consumption) as a minimum, and (ii) water efficiency East England measures for business and commercial developments (such Partnership as rainwater harvesting and recycling). (SE0219) Board)

Abstraction and Develop and provide approved sustainable water South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial management planning guidance to ensure that the impacts Agency flow pressures of development on the water environment are fully (Department understood. Outcome: Produce planning guidance in for partnership with Royal Town Planning Institute on the Communities obligations of the Water Framework Directive and Spatial and Local Planning. Deliver a series of updated seminars in Government; association with key partners for planners. (SE0206) Royal Town Planning Institute; Natural England; South East England Partnership Board)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 74 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Develop and provide approved planning guidance to ensure South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial that the impacts of development on the water environment Agency flow pressures are fully understood. Outcome: Produce planning guidance (Department in partnership with Royal Town Planning Institute on the for obligations of the Water Framework Directive and Spatial Communities Planning. Deliver a series of updated seminars in and Local association with key partners for planners. (SE0205) Government; Royal Town Planning Institute; Natural England; South East England Partnership Abstraction and Reduction of demand through offering of tax incentives South East RBD Implemented Defra; HM other artificial (enhanced Capital Allowances) for the purchase and use of Revenue and flow pressures efficient plant and fittings by commercial organisations. Customs Outcome: Reduced water use so there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0286)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 75 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Reduction of demand through labelling scheme for water South East RBD 2012 Defra; Industry other artificial efficient products. Outcome: Reduced water use so there is leads flow pressures enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0285)

Abstraction and Quantify environmental flow requirements for ditches. Rother 2010 Natural other artificial Outcome: Delivery of Rother Catchment Abstraction England; flow pressures Strategy actions to address the over-abstracted status of Environment Walland Marsh (SE0279) Agency

Abstraction and Ensure that Green Infrastructure Strategies maximise South East RBD Implemented Local other artificial potential benefits for water resources, water quality, Authorities; flow pressures; drainage and flood risk management. Outcome: From 2010 Environment Nutrients all adopted Local Development Documents include Green Agency Infrastructure Strategies, including sustainable water management. (SE0217)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 76 December 2009 Central Government

Direct biological Develop joint working between the Sea Fisheries South East RBD 2012 Inshore pressures; Direct Committees, Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities Fisheries and biological and the Environment Agency on the collection of inshore Conservation pressures data. Outcome: Improved understanding of pressures in the Authorities; marine environment to enable better targeting and Environment development of actions. (SE0207) Agency (Natural England; Local Authorities; Non- Governmental Organisations)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 77 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Produce code of conduct for commercial fisheries and sea Sussex; Sussex East; Isle of Wight East coastal water 2012 Sussex pressures; anglers to protect marine sites of nature conservation bodies Inshore Physical importance. Outcome: Marine sites of nature conservation Fisheries and modification importance are protected from damage by fishing activities. Conservation (SE0267) Authority (Environment Agency; Natural England; Local Authorities; Non- Governmental Organisations) Nutrients Downs and Harbours Clean Waters Partnership to design East Hampshire Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Implemented Natural and implement a strategy to tackle diffuse pollution in the Catchment England; Solent and groundwater in the South Downs. Outcome: Environment Meet targets for key Sites of Special Scientific Interest, help Agency address wider water quality issues and reverse nitrate (Portsmouth trends in potable groundwater sources (SE0209) Water)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Influence Town and Country Planning Act authorisation South East RBD Implemented Local Microbiology; process to help minimise risk of diffuse polllution from new Authorities; Organic developments (e.g. implement SUDs and use of Water Environment pollutants; Resource Act Planning Guidance). Outcome; Improved Agency Sediments (as a groundwater and surface water quality. (SE0239) direct pollutant); Priority Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Nutrients; A pilot project to incorporate water body information into East Hampshire Catchment; Cuckmere & Pevensey 2012 Natural Organic Environmental Stewardship targeting guidance for the South Levels ; Adur & Ouse ; Arun & Western Streams England; pollutants; Priority Downs. Outcome: Reduced diffuse pollution from Environment Hazardous agriculture within at risk water bodies, and extend approach Agency Substances, as applicable to other catchments. (SE0192) Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 79 December 2009 Central Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 80 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Priority (continued from above see additional waterbodies) Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Pevensey Haven 2012 Natural Hazardous between Rickney and Pevensey East Hampshire; England; Substances, Work with Natural England to target Catchment Sensitive Brownwich Stream, Horton Heath Stream, Potwell Environment Priority Farming type activities and agri-environment schemes to Trib, Steeple Court Stream Isle of Wight; Atherfield Agency Substances and ensure adoption of best farming practices. Outcome: Stream, R. Eastern Yar, R. Medina, Thorley Brook, Specific Reduce diffuse pollution sources from agriculture within Rodge Brook, Monktonmead Brook, Palmers Brook, Pollutants; water bodies identified as being impacted or at risk. Gurnard Luck, Lukely Brook Rother; Brede between Sediments (as a (SE0306) Battle and Winchelsea, Tillingham, Lower Rother from direct pollutant); Robertsbridge to Iden, Walland Marsh Iden to Organic Appledore, Cradlebridge Petty Sewer,Tributary of pollutants Newmill Channel upstream of Rolvenden, Romney Marsh between Appledore and West Hythe,Socknersh Stream,Tillingham Stour; Wingham River, Little Stour, East Stour, North Chislet Marsh Test & Itchen; Cadnam River, Whiteparish Trib, Sherfield English Stream, Fairbourne Stream to Fishlake Meadows,Tadburn Lake, River Blackwater,R. Blackwater,Test (Lower),River Itchen, River Test,R. Test (Middle),River Test,R. Anton, Bow Lake Organic Pollution prevention advice and local campaigns to provide South East RBD Implemented Environment pollutants; Priority targeted advice and enforcement in high risk areas on all Agency; Hazardous rural diffuse pollution issues: farm and land management, Natural Substances, domestic oil storage, septic tanks. Outcome: Diffuse England (Local Priority pollution reduced through the adoption of best practices Authorities; Substances and (SE0261) Local industry Specific associations) Pollutants; Nutrients

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Ensure that local spatial planing documents include policies South East RBD 2012 Local modification to secure habitat creation in floodplains through developer Authorities contributions, taking into consideration the Biodiversity (Environment Opportunity Areas. Outcome: From 2011 Development Plan Agency; South Documents include polices to seek Section 106 monies East England (and Community Infrastructure Levy contributions where Partnership relevant) for floodplain habitat creation. To help address Board) diffuse pollution, and contribute to flood storage measures. (SE0218)

Physical Increase the amount of floodplain woodland by better South East RBD 2012 Forestry modification targeting of the England Woodland Grant Scheme and Commission through partnership projects. Outcome: More woodland in (Natural the right locations helps address diffuse pollution, water England; temperatures in fish spawning grounds, and contributes to Environment flood storage (SE0238) Agency)

Physical Restore degraded wetlands in the New Forest to improve New Forest Catchment 2012 New Forest modification the condition of nationally and internationally designated National Park wildlife features, with reference to the New Forest Wetland Authority Management Plan 2006-16. Outcome: No further (Forestry deterioration in water body status, followed by status Commission; improvement (SE0291) Environment Agency; Natural England)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 82 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Promote and encourage sediment, vegetation and channel South East RBD 2012 Environment modification maintenance that enhances wildlife habitat and enables Agency (Stour land drainage. Outcome: Protect, enhance, restore and Internal retain marginal and in channel habitats. Improve fish Drainage movement and connection to floodplain. (SE0268) Board; Romney Marshes Internal Drainage Board; Natural England; National Farmers' Union) Physical Establish a 'Regional Better Rivers Programme’ to improve Test & Itchen; Monks Brook,Arle - Upstream of Drove 2012 Environment modification habitat and ecology in a first round of waters. Outcome: Lane, River Blackwater, R. Test (Middle), R. Test Agency Improve ecological status or potential in 35 water bodies (Middle), R. Test (Upper), River Itchen, R. Alre, R. (Riparian totalling 389 km in length (SE0223) Alre, R. Test, Tanner's Brook, Fairbourne Stream to owners; Fishlake Meadows, Test (Lower), Test (Lower), Test Developers; (Upper), River Test, Candover Brook Forestry Adur & Ouse; Adur (Knepp) Commission; Stour; Upper Dour at Temple Ewell,North and South Natural Streams in the Lydden Valley, Upper Great Stour, England; Local Dour from Kearsney to Dover Authorities; New Forest; Bartley Water Environmental NGOs; Countryside Management Service (CMS)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Adur & Ouse: Adur (Lancing brook), Adur (Lottbridge), 2015 Environment modification Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes River Adur East (Sakeham), Blakes Gill, R. Adur Agency improve habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of West, Ouse, Glynde Reach, Ouse from Ardingly (Riparian 53 candidates totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and Resevoir to Lindfield, Ouse from Slaugham to Ardingly owners; lessons from the first round. (SE0233) Resevoir, Cockhaise Brook, Tributary of River Uck Natural north of Uckfield, Ouse from Cockhaise Brook England; confluence to Spithurst, Longford Stream, Scrase Forestry Bridge Stream conf to Cockhaise Bk, River Uck at Commission; Uckfield, River Ouse between Isfield and Coast Arun Developers; & Western Streams; R. Ems, Western Rother Local (Upstream Petersfield), Bignor Mill Stream, R. Kird, Authorities; Minsted Stream, Western Rother, Hammer Stream Environmental (W. Sussex), Harting Stream, Haslingbourne Stream, NGOs; R. Arun Source Countryside Management Service (CMS)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Continued from above - see additional water bodies Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Nunningham Stream, 2015 Environment modification Cuckmere from Alfriston to Arlington, Cuckmere from Agency Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, (Riparian Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Cuckmere between Arlington and Lower Horsebridge owners; Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes East Hampshire; River Alver, Brownwich Stream, Natural improve habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of Horton Heath Stream, Potwell Trib, Hook Lake, England; 53 candidates totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and Hermitage Stream, R. Lavant (Hants), Botleigh Forestry lessons from the first round. (SE0233) Grange/ Hedge End Streams Isle of Wight; R. Commission; Eastern Yar, R. Medina, Atherfield Stream, Thorley Developers; Brook, Rodge Brook, Lukely Brook, Chilton Chine, Local Walpan Chine, Brook Chine, Brighstone Streams Authorities; New Forest; Langdown Stream, Beaulieu Abbey Environmental Stream, Cadland Stream NGOs; Rother; Pent Stream Stour; Little Stour Test & Countryside Itchen; Pillhill Brook (Source), Westwood Stream, Bow Management Lake, R. Dever, Sholing Common Streams, R. Dun, Service (CMS) Wallop Brook

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Coastal: Chichester Harbour, Langstone Harbour, 2011 Marine and modification; Provide local guidance and information to ensure marine Portsmouth Harbour, Solent, , Whitstable Bay Fisheries Abstraction and licensing and consents take into account diffuse pollution Transitional: Adur, Chichester Harbour East, Eeastern Agency other artificial pressures and physical measures and therefore contribute Yar , Lymington, Medina , Ouse, Southampton Water, (Environment flow pressures; to the delivery of objectives. Outcome: Identify hot spots Stour (Kent), Wallington, Rother Agency; Direct biological under pressure from chemical and physico-chemical Centre for pressures; pollutants. Inform and target harbour and port dredging Environment, Organic strategies to reduce the risk from diffuse and point sources. Fisheries & pollutants; Priority (SE0278) Aquaculture Hazardous Science) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Nutrients

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Promote the relationship between healthy marine South East RBD 2012 Sussex Sea modification; ecosystems and productive sustainable fish stocks and Fisheries Direct biological complete the UK Inshore Fisheries Sustainability Project. Committee pressures Outcome: All significant fisheries examined in accordance (Marine with Marine Stewardship Council assessment principles. Stewardship Local management plan developed that would result in Council; fisheries working toward a status of MSC certified if desired. Shellfish (SE0274) Association of Great Britain; Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities)

Priority Encourage uptake of Voluntary Initiative best practice South East RBD Implemented Voluntary Hazardous advice on pesticide use by land managers within the Initiative Substances, agricultural and amenity sectors (e.g. golf courses, parks, Partnership Priority highways, railways). Outcome: Diffuse pesticide pollution (Environment Substances and reduced through the adoption of best practices. (SE0216) Agency; Local Specific Authorities) Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Establish and maintain local advice led partnerships to Adur & Ouse; Herrings Stream , Little Horsted Stream 2011 Environment Hazardous improve farm and land management practices, to reduce , Ouse from Ardingly Resevoir to Lindfield , Ouse from Agency; Land Substances, diffuse pollution from agriculture and amenity. Outcome: Cockhaise Brook confluence to Spithurst , Pellingford managers and Priority Land managers apply best practice land management Brook , R. Adur East , Ridgewood Stream , River Adur owners Substances and techniques, to improve water quality impacted upon by East (Sakeham) , River Ouse between Isfield and (Natural Specific diffuse pollution. (SE0224) Coast , Tickerage Stream England; Local Pollutants; Arun & Western Streams; Loxwood Stream Authorities; Organic Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels: Cuckmere from National pollutants; Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, Farmers' Nutrients; Wick Street Stream at Upper Dicker Union) Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Priority Encourage sustainable and efficient use of salt/grit used on South East RBD 2012 Highways Hazardous motorways and highways. Outcome: efficient application of Agency; Local Substances, salt and grit used on highways, resulting in a reduction in Authorities Priority pollutants contained in urban run-off (SE0215) Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Work with riparian owners to identify and manage areas of South East RBD 2012 Riparian direct pollutant); bankside erosion from livestock and associated impacts owners; Organic where appropriate. Outcome: Improved land management Environment pollutants practices to reduce diffuse pollution in rural areas. (SE0307) Agency (Natural England; National Farmers' Union) Sediments (as a Identify hot spots for sediment and other pollutants from Test & Itchen Catchment 2012 Highways direct pollutant); highway run off and prepare management plans to reduce Agency; Priority the risks. Outcome: Reduction of diffuse pollution from Highways Hazardous urban sources and management plans in place (SE0232) Agency Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Promote the targeted mapping of land drainage discharges South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous (fields, highways, rural roads) to better assess their impact Agency (South Substances, on water quality and adopt appropriate control measures. East England Priority Outcome: Production of land drainage map to identify and Partnership Substances and investigate sources of pollutants, and actions put in place to Board; Local Specific prevent environmental impact. Less diffuse pollution in Authorities; Pollutants; related waters. (SE0275) Land Organic managers and pollutants; owners; Royal Nutrients Town Planning Institute; Highways Agency; Natural England) Physical Investigate and where appropriate manage physical impacts Sussex; Sussex East; Isle of Wight East coastal water 2012 Sussex modification; of commercial inshore fisheries to improve marine bodies Inshore Direct biological biodiversity and fisheries productivity, through the Sensitive Fisheries and pressures Area Management Plan for the Sussex coast. Outcome: Conservation Identify, designate and manage specific sites within the Authority Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee District. It is intended that (Environment subject to changes in policy, these actions will be Agency; progressed by the relevant Inshore Fisheries and Natural Conservation Authority, and support the process of Marine England; Local Conservation Zone designation in the Eastern Channel Authorities; (SE0241) Non- Governmental Organisations)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Natura 2000 protected areas and SSSIs Abstraction and Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Arun and 2012 Natural other artificial Shillinglee Lake SSSI, New Forest SSSI, Dungeness, Western Streams Catchment; Test and Itchen England flow pressures; Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI, River Test SSSI and Catchment Physical The New Forest SSSI by implementing SSSI management modification agreement (SE0316)

Abstraction and Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Central other artificial conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Government flow pressures; specific management works to address water quality Physical pressures (see Annex D) (SE0335) modification; Nutrients

Abstraction and Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural other artificial conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by England flow pressures; implementing agri-environment scheme (see Annex D) Sediments (as a (SE0323) direct pollutant); Physical modification; Direct biological pressures; Nutrients

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on the Rother Catchment; Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels 2010 Natural pressures Pevensey Levels SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Catchment; Test and Itchen Catchment England; Rye Bay SSSI, River Test SSSI and The New Forest SSSI Environment by implementing invasive species control programme Agency (SE0319)

Direct biological Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural pressures conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by England; developing an invasive species control programme for Environment protected areas (see Annex D) (SE0322) Agency

Direct biological Eradication and control at selected SSSIs and Natura 2000 South East RBD 2012 Natural pressures sites (SE0339) England

Direct biological Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural pressures; conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through England Nutrients; SSSI Management Agreement (see Annex D) (SE0336) Abstraction and other artificial flow pressures; Physical modification

Nutrients Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on The New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Test & 2012 Environment New Forest SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Itchen Catchment Agency; SSSI, River Test SSSI, Southampton Common SSSI and Natural Alresford Pond SSSI by developing a pollution action plan England (SE0318)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2010 Natural Sediments (as a conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through England; direct pollutant); negotiation on invasive species control (see Annex D) Environment Physical (SE0331) Agency modification

Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment modification conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Agency; River Restoration Scheme (see Annex D) (SE0334) Natural England Physical Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Lewes New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Adur and 2010 Natural modification; Brooks SSSI, The New Forest SSSI and Dungeness, Ouse England Nutrients; Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI by implementing agri- Abstraction and environment scheme (SE0312) other artificial flow pressures

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Adopt the Maintenance Dredging Protocol to ensure all South East RBD 2012 Defra; Ports modification; conservation aspects are considered in relation to the and Harbours Priority Natura 2000 network, in connection with maintenance Authorities Hazardous dredging requirements. Where possible, the consideration (Marine and Substances, of ensuring good status or good ecological potential will be Fisheries Priority included in the production of the Baseline Document. Agency; Substances and Outcome: Production of agreed Baseline Documents by Natural Specific Ports and Harbour Authorities where maintenance dredging England; Pollutants occurs. (SE0309) Environment Agency; Solent Forum)

Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural modification; conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through England Sediments (as a the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative (see direct pollutant); Annex D) (SE0337) Nutrients

Sediments (as a Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Test & Itchen 2012 Environment direct pollutant); Alresford Pond SSSI by implementing lake restoration Agency; Direct biological project (SE0311) Natural pressures; England Nutrients

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2010 Environment Sediments (as a conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Agency; direct pollutant) regulatory investigation into diffuse pollution (see Annex D) Natural (SE0332) England

Direct biological Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on St. New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Test & 2012 Natural pressures; Leonard's Park Ponds SSSI, Pevensey Levels SSSI, Itchen Catchment; Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels England; Abstraction and Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI and New Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Catchment Environment other artificial Forest SSSI by investigating hydrology (SE0317) Agency flow pressures; Physical modification

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Microbiology; Maintain a nationally funded advice-led partnership under the Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Chalk; Implemented Natural Nutrients; England Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative to reduce diffuse IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW Southern Downs Chalk; England; Sediments (as a water pollution from agriculture in at risk catchments and promote Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Littlehampton Anticline East; Isle Environment direct pollutant); sustainable farming practice. (SE0070) of Wight Catchment; Rother Catchment; Stour Catchment; Agency Priority Test & Itchen Catchment ; Arun & Western Streams Hazardous Catchment Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Organic pollutants

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Nitrate Sludge Regulations - comply with published advice to operators South East RBD Implemented Environment (SE0077) Agency; Water companies

Nitrate Sludge Regulations - monitoring and enforcement (SE0078) South East RBD Implemented Environment Agency; Water companies

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Nitrate; PR09 – Water Company spending review. Water Framework South East RBD 2012 Central Hazardous Directive specific obligations (SE0082) Government substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; PR04 – Water Company spending review (SE0088) South East RBD Implemented Central Hazardous Government substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nutrients Establish and enforce Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in catchments at a South East RBD Implemented Defra; high risk from nitrate pollution, requiring farmers to follow a Environment programme of measures to reduce nitrate entering the water from Agency farmland. (see map D6 in annex D) (SE0090)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Where appropriate, subject to the Environment Agency carrying out South East RBD 2012 Environment Acidification; a 12 week public consultation and making an appropriate case to Agency Microbiology; the Secretary of State, designate a limited number of Water Organic Protection Zones. pollutants; Regulatory tool to control diffuse pollution in high risk areas where Physical other mechanisms are not working or are unlikely to work modification; Initially around 8 candidate locations across England. Potential for Priority designation from 2010 with possibility of further WPZs by 2012 Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Direct biological pressures; Direct biological pressures

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Physical Support the process of Marine Conservation Zone designation South East RBD 2012 Natural modification; within inshore areas in the Eastern English channel. Outcome: A England; Sea Direct biological coherent network of Marine Protected Areas within the Eastern Fisheries pressures; Direct Channel. (SE0039) Committee; biological Shellfish pressures Association of Great Britain; Marine Stewardship Council; Balanced Seas; Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Apply national guidance framework on disposal of dredgings to Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour Lagoon; 2012 Marine and Hazardous refine local measures as appropriate (where not disproportionately Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Chichester Fisheries Substances, costly or technically infeasible) (SE0181) Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Great Deep; Isle Of Agency; Defra Priority Wight East; Kent North; Kent South ; Langstone Harbour; Substances and Langstone Oysterbeds; Lymington; Medina; Newtown Specific River; Old Mill Ponds; Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Pollutants Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Priority Apply national guidance framework on dredging to refine local Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour Lagoon; 2012 Marine and Hazardous measures as appropriate (where not disproportionately costly or Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Chichester Fisheries Substances, technically infeasible) (SE0182) Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Great Deep; Isle Of Agency; Defra Priority Wight East; Kent North; Kent South ; Langstone Harbour; Substances and Langstone Oysterbeds; Lymington; Medina; Newtown Specific River; Old Mill Ponds; Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Pollutants Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 103 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Develop national guidance framework on disposal of dredgings to Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour Lagoon; 2010 Defra Hazardous inform Programme of Measures to meet Water Framework Directive Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Chichester Substances, objectives (SE0183) Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Great Deep; Isle Of Priority Wight East; Kent North; Kent South ; Langstone Harbour; Substances and Langstone Oysterbeds; Lymington; Medina; Newtown Specific River; Old Mill Ponds; Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Pollutants Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Priority Develop national guidance framework on dredging to inform Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour Lagoon; 2010 Defra Hazardous Programme of Measures to meet Water Framework Directive Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Chichester Substances, objectives (SE0184) Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Great Deep; Isle Of Priority Wight East; Kent North; Kent South ; Langstone Harbour; Substances and Langstone Oysterbeds; Lymington; Medina; Newtown Specific River; Old Mill Ponds; Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Pollutants Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Physical Monitoring and investigation into mitigation measures techniques, to South East RBD 2011 Environment modification establish their effectiveness and improve understanding of Agency hydromorphological and ecological interactions. The outcomes from this work will be applied nationally. (SE0143)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Highways Agency Programme to investigate soakaways (SE0060) South East RBD Implemented Highways substances and Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Local Actions Abstraction and Ensure that local spatial plans include policies to secure developer South East RBD 2011 Local other artificial flow contributions for retrofitting water efficiency measures in existing Authorities pressures housing stock, in water stressed areas. Outcome: From 2011 (Environment adopted local spatial plans, such as Area Action Plans and Agency; South Supplementary Planning Documents, include policies to seek East England Section 106 monies (and Community Infrastructure Levy Partnership contributions where relevant) for the retrofitting of existing housing Board) stock in water stressed areas. This will reduce the pressure of increased abstraction on the environment. (SE0220)

Abstraction and Ensure that local spatial planning policies for new development set South East RBD 2012 Local other artificial flow out strong requirements for water efficiency measures. Outcome: Authorities pressures Adopted Development Plan Documents include policies on (i) water (Environment efficiency measures for new development that seek to achieve Code Agency; Land for Sustainable Homes Level 3 and 4 (105 litres a day per capita managers and consumption) as a minimum, and (ii) water efficiency measures for owners; South business and commercial developments (such as rainwater East England harvesting and recycling). (SE0219) Partnership Board)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Develop and provide approved sustainable water management South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial flow planning guidance to ensure that the impacts of development on the Agency pressures water environment are fully understood. Outcome: Produce planning (Department for guidance in partnership with Royal Town Planning Institute on the Communities obligations of the Water Framework Directive and Spatial Planning. and Local Deliver a series of updated seminars in association with key Government; partners for planners. (SE0206) Royal Town Planning Institute; Natural England; South East England Partnership Board)

Abstraction and Develop and provide approved planning guidance to ensure that the South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial flow impacts of development on the water environment are fully Agency pressures understood. Outcome: Produce planning guidance in partnership (Department for with Royal Town Planning Institute on the obligations of the Water Communities Framework Directive and Spatial Planning. Deliver a series of and Local updated seminars in association with key partners for planners. Government; (SE0205) Royal Town Planning Institute; Natural England; South East England Partnership Board)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Reduction of demand through offering of tax incentives (enhanced South East RBD Implemented Defra; HM other artificial flow Capital Allowances) for the purchase and use of efficient plant and Revenue and pressures fittings by commercial organisations. Outcome: Reduced water use Customs so there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0286)

Abstraction and Promote water recycling and rainwater harvesting where cost- South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial flow effective, appropriate and used together with other demand Agency (Central pressures management measures. Outcome: Reduced water use so there is Government; enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in Water the future. (SE0277) companies; South East England Development Agency)

Abstraction and Reduction of demand through labelling scheme for water efficient South East RBD 2012 Defra; Industry other artificial flow products. Outcome: Reduced water use so there is enough water leads pressures for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0285)

Abstraction and Quantify environmental flow requirements for ditches. Outcome: Rother 2010 Natural other artificial flow Delivery of Rother Catchment Abstraction Strategy actions to England; pressures address the over-abstracted status of Walland Marsh (SE0279) Environment Agency

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Ensure that Green Infrastructure Strategies maximise potential South East RBD Implemented Local other artificial flow benefits for water resources, water quality, drainage and flood risk Authorities; pressures; management. Outcome: From 2010 all adopted Local Development Environment Nutrients Documents include Green Infrastructure Strategies, including Agency sustainable water management. (SE0217)

Direct biological Contain and control invasive non-native species at priority sites New Forest Catchment; Arun & Western Streams ; 2012 Natural pressures; Direct through partnership working. Agree sites and action with the South Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels ; Test & Itchen England; biological East England Non-Native Invasive Species Action Group. Environment pressures Outcome: Spread of problem invasive species stopped and Agency reversed, protecting important nationally and internationally (Riparian designated habitats under threat from this pressure (SE0201) owners; Land managers and owners; Forestry Commission; Local Authorities; Environmental NGOs)

Direct biological Develop joint working between the Sea Fisheries Committees, South East RBD 2012 Inshore pressures; Direct Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities and the Fisheries and biological Environment Agency on the collection of inshore data. Outcome: Conservation pressures Improved understanding of pressures in the marine environment to Authorities; enable better targeting and development of actions. (SE0207) Environment Agency (Natural England; Local Authorities; Non- Governmental Organisations)

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 109 December 2009 Central Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 110 December 2009 Central Government

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Priority (continued from above see additional waterbodies) Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Pevensey Haven between 2012 Natural Hazardous Rickney and Pevensey East Hampshire; Brownwich England; Substances, Work with Natural England to target Catchment Sensitive Farming Stream, Horton Heath Stream, Potwell Trib, Steeple Court Environment Priority type activities and agri-environment schemes to ensure adoption of Stream Isle of Wight; Atherfield Stream, R. Eastern Yar, Agency Substances and best farming practices. Outcome: Reduce diffuse pollution sources R. Medina, Thorley Brook, Rodge Brook, Monktonmead Specific from agriculture within water bodies identified as being impacted or Brook, Palmers Brook, Gurnard Luck, Lukely Brook Rother; Pollutants; at risk. (SE0306) Brede between Battle and Winchelsea, Tillingham, Lower Sediments (as a Rother from Robertsbridge to Iden, Walland Marsh Iden to direct pollutant); Appledore, Cradlebridge Petty Sewer,Tributary of Newmill Organic Channel upstream of Rolvenden, Romney Marsh between pollutants Appledore and West Hythe,Socknersh Stream,Tillingham Stour; Wingham River, Little Stour, East Stour, North Chislet Marsh Test & Itchen; Cadnam River, Whiteparish Trib, Sherfield English Stream, Fairbourne Stream to Fishlake Meadows,Tadburn Lake, River Blackwater,R. Blackwater,Test (Lower),River Itchen, River Test,R. Test (Middle),River Test,R. Anton, Bow Lake

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Ensure that local spatial planing documents include policies to South East RBD 2012 Local modification secure habitat creation in floodplains through developer Authorities contributions, taking into consideration the Biodiversity Opportunity (Environment Areas. Outcome: From 2011 Development Plan Documents include Agency; South polices to seek Section 106 monies (and Community Infrastructure East England Levy contributions where relevant) for floodplain habitat creation. Partnership To help address diffuse pollution, and contribute to flood storage Board) measures. (SE0218)

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 114 December 2009 Central Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Adur & Ouse: Adur (Lancing brook), Adur (Lottbridge), 2015 Environment modification Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes improve River Adur East (Sakeham), Blakes Gill, R. Adur West, Agency habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of 53 candidates Ouse, Glynde Reach, Ouse from Ardingly Resevoir to (Riparian totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and lessons from the first Lindfield, Ouse from Slaugham to Ardingly Resevoir, owners; Natural round. (SE0233) Cockhaise Brook, Tributary of River Uck north of Uckfield, England; Ouse from Cockhaise Brook confluence to Spithurst, Forestry Longford Stream, Scrase Bridge Stream conf to Cockhaise Commission; Bk, River Uck at Uckfield, River Ouse between Isfield and Developers; Coast Arun & Western Streams; R. Ems, Western Rother Local (Upstream Petersfield), Bignor Mill Stream, R. Kird, Authorities; Minsted Stream, Western Rother, Hammer Stream (W. Environmental Sussex), Harting Stream, Haslingbourne Stream, R. Arun NGOs; Source Countryside Management Service (CMS)

Physical Continued from above - see additional water bodies Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Nunningham Stream, 2015 Environment modification Cuckmere from Alfriston to Arlington, Cuckmere from Agency Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, (Riparian Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Cuckmere between Arlington and Lower Horsebridge East owners; Natural Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes improve Hampshire; River Alver, Brownwich Stream, Horton Heath England; habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of 53 candidates Stream, Potwell Trib, Hook Lake, Hermitage Stream, R. Forestry totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and lessons from the first Lavant (Hants), Botleigh Grange/ Hedge End Streams Isle Commission; round. (SE0233) of Wight; R. Eastern Yar, R. Medina, Atherfield Stream, Developers; Thorley Brook, Rodge Brook, Lukely Brook, Chilton Chine, Local Walpan Chine, Brook Chine, Brighstone Streams New Authorities; Forest; Langdown Stream, Beaulieu Abbey Stream, Environmental Cadland Stream NGOs; Rother; Pent Stream Stour; Little Stour Test & Itchen; Countryside Pillhill Brook (Source), Westwood Stream, Bow Lake, R. Management Dever, Sholing Common Streams, R. Dun, Wallop Brook Service (CMS)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Coastal: Chichester Harbour, Langstone Harbour, 2011 Marine and modification; Provide local guidance and information to ensure marine licensing Portsmouth Harbour, Solent, , Whitstable Bay Fisheries Abstraction and and consents take into account diffuse pollution pressures and Transitional: Adur, Chichester Harbour East, Eeastern Yar , Agency other artificial flow physical measures and therefore contribute to the delivery of Lymington, Medina , Ouse, Southampton Water, Stour (Environment pressures; Direct objectives. Outcome: Identify hot spots under pressure from (Kent), Wallington, Rother Agency; Centre biological chemical and physico-chemical pollutants. Inform and target for Environment, pressures; harbour and port dredging strategies to reduce the risk from diffuse Fisheries & Organic and point sources. (SE0278) Aquaculture pollutants; Priority Science) Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Nutrients

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Encourage uptake of Voluntary Initiative best practice advice on South East RBD Implemented Voluntary Hazardous pesticide use by land managers within the agricultural and amenity Initiative Substances, sectors (e.g. golf courses, parks, highways, railways). Outcome: Partnership Priority Diffuse pesticide pollution reduced through the adoption of best (Environment Substances and practices. (SE0216) Agency; Local Specific Authorities) Pollutants

Priority Encourage sustainable and efficient use of salt/grit used on South East RBD 2012 Highways Hazardous motorways and highways. Outcome: efficient application of salt and Agency; Local Substances, grit used on highways, resulting in a reduction in pollutants Authorities Priority contained in urban run-off (SE0215) Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

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Sediments (as a Identify hot spots for sediment and other pollutants from highway Test & Itchen Catchment 2012 Highways direct pollutant); run off and prepare management plans to reduce the risks. Agency; Priority Outcome: Reduction of diffuse pollution from urban sources and Highways Hazardous management plans in place (SE0232) Agency Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Priority Promote the targeted mapping of land drainage discharges (fields, South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous highways, rural roads) to better assess their impact on water quality Agency (South Substances, and adopt appropriate control measures. Outcome: Production of East England Priority land drainage map to identify and investigate sources of pollutants, Partnership Substances and and actions put in place to prevent environmental impact. Less Board; Local Specific diffuse pollution in related waters. (SE0275) Authorities; Pollutants; Land managers Organic and owners; pollutants; Royal Town Nutrients Planning Institute; Highways Agency; Natural England)

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Natura 2000 protected areas and SSSIs Abstraction and Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Shillinglee New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Arun and 2012 Natural England other artificial flow Lake SSSI, New Forest SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Western Streams Catchment; Test and Itchen Catchment pressures; Bay SSSI, River Test SSSI and The New Forest SSSI by Physical implementing SSSI management agreement (SE0316) modification

Abstraction and Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Central other artificial flow conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Government pressures; specific management works to address water quality pressures (see Physical Annex D) (SE0335) modification; Nutrients

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural England other artificial flow conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by pressures; implementing agri-environment scheme (see Annex D) (SE0323) Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Physical modification; Direct biological pressures; Nutrients

Direct biological Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on the Pevensey Rother Catchment; Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels 2010 Natural pressures Levels SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI, River Catchment; Test and Itchen Catchment England; Test SSSI and The New Forest SSSI by implementing invasive Environment species control programme (SE0319) Agency

Direct biological Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural pressures conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by developing England; an invasive species control programme for protected areas (see Environment Annex D) (SE0322) Agency

Direct biological Eradication and control at selected SSSIs and Natura 2000 sites South East RBD 2012 Natural England pressures (SE0339)

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Nutrients Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on The New New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Test & Itchen 2012 Environment Forest SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI, River Catchment Agency; Natural Test SSSI, Southampton Common SSSI and Alresford Pond SSSI England by developing a pollution action plan (SE0318)

Nutrients; Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2010 Natural Sediments (as a conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through England; direct pollutant); negotiation on invasive species control (see Annex D) (SE0331) Environment Physical Agency modification

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment modification conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through River Agency; Natural Restoration Scheme (see Annex D) (SE0334) England

Physical Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Lewes Brooks New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Adur and Ouse 2010 Natural England modification; SSSI, The New Forest SSSI and Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Nutrients; Rye Bay SSSI by implementing agri-environment scheme Abstraction and (SE0312) other artificial flow pressures

Physical Adopt the Maintenance Dredging Protocol to ensure all conservation South East RBD 2012 Defra; Ports and modification; aspects are considered in relation to the Natura 2000 network, in Harbours Priority connection with maintenance dredging requirements. Where Authorities Hazardous possible, the consideration of ensuring good status or good (Marine and Substances, ecological potential will be included in the production of the Baseline Fisheries Priority Document. Outcome: Production of agreed Baseline Documents by Agency; Natural Substances and Ports and Harbour Authorities where maintenance dredging occurs. England; Specific (SE0309) Environment Pollutants Agency; Solent Forum)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Alresford Test & Itchen 2012 Environment direct pollutant); Pond SSSI by implementing lake restoration project (SE0311) Agency; Natural Direct biological England pressures; Nutrients

Nutrients; Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2010 Environment Sediments (as a conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Agency; Natural direct pollutant) regulatory investigation into diffuse pollution (see Annex D) England (SE0332)

Direct biological Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on St. Leonard's New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Test & Itchen 2012 Natural pressures; Park Ponds SSSI, Pevensey Levels SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Catchment; Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels Catchment; England; Abstraction and Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI and New Forest SSSI by investigating Arun & Western Streams Catchment Environment other artificial flow hydrology (SE0317) Agency pressures; Physical modification

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 123 December 2009 C.6 Environment Agency The Environment Agency was established by the 1995 Environment Act and became fully operational on 1 April 1996. The Agency is a Non- Departmental Public Body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has the lead sponsorship responsibility for the Agency as a whole and the Agency is accountable to the Secretary of State for its day to day operations in England.

The Agency's principal aim is to protect and enhance the environment and in doing so to contribute towards achieving sustainable development. In support of this aim, the Agency was identified as the “competent authority” for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, a role which complements its broad range of functions which include Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, Integrated Pollution Control, Waste Management, Water Quality, Land Quality, Water Resources, Conservation, Recreation, Fisheries, Flood Risk Management, Navigation and Radioactive Substances Regulation.

The Agency's structure in the South East River Basin District is based on one regional office in Guildbourne House, Worthing, which operates through 2 Areas. The Solent and South Downs (SSD) area includes Hampshire, Isle of Wight and West Sussex, and the Kent and East Sussex (KES) area includes East Sussex and South of Kent. North Kent is included in the Thames District. Regions and Areas ensure national priorities are delivered at a local level while taking account of the needs of local communities and stakeholders. Head Office is responsible for corporate management of the Agency, including policy development, strategic and operational objective setting and performance management.

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Environment Agency National Actions Abstraction and Extension of abstraction control to include previously South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial exempt uses (abstractions by Ports and Harbour authorities Agency flow pressures from tidal waters under certain conditions likely to remain exempt) (SE0002) Abstraction and Registration for previously exempt activity: abstraction of South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial water within water meadow systems. (SE0001) Agency flow pressures Ammonia; Faecal Prioritisation of vulnerable groundwater areas which may 'Brighton Chalk Block; Central Hants Bracklesham 2012 Environment indicator need provision of first time rural sewerage under Water Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester- Agency organisms; Resources Act (1991) s101 targeting Source Protection Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; Hastings Beds Cuckmere Hazardous Zone 1 and Groundwater Flooding areas. Outcome - and Pevensey Levels; IOW Southern Downs Chalk; substances and identification of priority areas to use in liaison with Local Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent non-hazardous Planning Authorities (SE0011) Weald Eastern - Rother; Lower Greensand Arun & pollutants; Western Streams; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Nitrate; Priority Chalk; Lower Greensand Adur & Ouse; Arun & Substances & Western Streams Hastings Bed; East Hants Lambeth Specific Group; South East Hants Bracklesham Group Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Draw up Individual Species Action Plans for non-native South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct invasive species identified as presenting particular risk Government; biological levels, to minimise the risks associated with them. (SE0024) Environment pressures Agency

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Seek sustainable and cost-effective methods for managing South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct established invasions, such as biological control (SE0033) Government; biological Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Integrate invasive non-native species control measures South East RBD 2012 Central pressures; Direct across all policy areas (SE0029) Government; biological Environment pressures Agency

Direct biological Reduction of extent of invasive non-native species by South East RBD 2012 Environment pressures; Direct operations (SE0032) Agency biological pressures

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Dredging Develop dredging and disposal framework (Ports sector), Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour Implemented Environment (sediment which will provide guidance to all those undertaking or Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Agency management) permitting navigation dredging and dredged material Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; disposal activities to assist in achieving the statutory Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent objectives of the Water Framework Directive and related South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; EQS Directive (2008/105/EEC) and refine local measures Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; as appropriate (where not disproportionately costly or Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth technically infeasible) (SE0040) Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Faecal indicator Water Company assesment of integrity of sewer network to East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Water organisms; assess potential nitrogen inputs from sewerage system in companies Hazardous Source Protection Zone area of Deal, with view to reducing substances and losses to ground. (SE0160) non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Implement DCLG Planning Policy Guidance Statement 23 South East RBD Implemented Local substances and (PPS23) on controlling pollution of groundwater (SE0067) Authorities non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Comply with Environment Agency Notices (Water South East RBD Implemented Land substances and Resources Act S86 and S161, Groundwater Regulations, managers and non-hazardous contaminated land legislation, Silage Slurry and Agricultural owners; pollutants; Fuel Oils Regulations). Make use of site specific notices to Environment Nitrate; Priority remove pollution risks to groundwater (SE0066) Agency (Local Substances and Authorities) Specific Pollutants (Metals)

Hazardous Development planning: land contamination - site specific South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and advice and required action for remediation of contaminated Agency; Local non-hazardous land through planning liaison (SE0055) Authorities pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Groundwater protection advice to Chemicals Regulation South East RBD Implemented Central substances and Directorate (formerly the Pesticides Safety Directorate) Government; non-hazardous approvals process (SE0166) Environment pollutants; Priority Agency Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Fire service Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on South East RBD Implemented Local substances and implementing pollution control measures in emergencies Authorities; non-hazardous (SE0048) Environment pollutants; Priority Agency Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Enforcement of Groundwater Regulations to control agri- South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and chemicals through Cross Compliance (SE0056) Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Proposed oil pipelines Operating Agreement(s) (SE0051) South East RBD 2012 Environment substances and Agency; non-hazardous Industry leads pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Total Oil Operating agreement (SE0064) South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and Agency; non-hazardous Industry leads pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Isoproturon Recently introduced UK-wide restrictions will see South East RBD Implemented Chemicals decreasing trend in emissions of Isoproturon, and probable Regulation compliance by 2015 with no further action. (SE0068) Directorate

Mercury and its Recently introduced restrictions across the UK will see South East RBD Implemented Central compounds decreasing trend in the emissions of mercury and it’s Government; compounds, and probable compliance by 2015 with no Environment further action (SE0069) Agency

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Microbiology; Maintain a nationally funded advice-led partnership under Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Implemented Natural Nutrients; the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Initiative to Chalk; IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW Southern England; Sediments (as a reduce diffuse water pollution from agriculture in at risk Downs Chalk; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Environment direct pollutant); catchments and promote sustainable farming practice. Littlehampton Anticline East; Isle of Wight Catchment; Agency Priority (SE0070) Rother Catchment; Stour Catchment; Test & Itchen Hazardous Catchment ; Arun & Western Streams Catchment Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Organic pollutants

Microbiology; Progress delivery of cross-compliance inspection and South East RBD 2010 Environment Sediments (as a enforcement (SE0071) Agency (Defra; direct pollutant); Rural Priority Payments Hazardous Agency) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Nutrients; Organic pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate Waste exemptions - low risk approach to waste regulation South East RBD Implemented Environment activities (SE0079) Agency

Nitrate Enforcement of Sludge Regulations through cross South East RBD Implemented Environment compliance (SE0073) Agency (Land managers and owners)

Nitrate; Establish further the nationally funded advice-led South East RBD 2012 Natural Ammonia; Faecal partnership under the England Catchment Sensitive England; indicator Farming Initiative to reduce diffuse water pollution from Environment organisms; agriculture in at risk catchments and promote sustainable Agency Hazardous farming practice. (SE0085) substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; NetRegs (Environmental Guidance to Business) - External South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous education on groundwater pollution legislation (SE0174) Agency substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Proactive targeted farmer education on control of agri- South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous chemicals and nitrate (SE0083) Agency substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Provide development planning standing advice (SE0084) South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous Agency substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Registrations (in conjunction with Standard Rules) - South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous Implement new regulatory approach (via Environmental Agency substances and Permitting Regulations) arising from implementation of the (Industry non-hazardous new Groundwater Directive (2006/116/EC) (SE0089) leads; Land pollutants; Priority managers and Substances and owners; Water Specific companies) Pollutants (Metals)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients Establish and enforce Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in South East RBD Implemented Defra; catchments at a high risk from nitrate pollution, requiring Environment farmers to follow a programme of measures to reduce Agency nitrate entering the water from farmland. (see map D6 in annex D) (SE0090)

Nutrients Local campaign to decrease input of nitrates to groundwater South East RBD 2012 Environment bodies and assess likely contributors to high nitrates. Agency Outcome: Contribute to improved groundwater quality. (SE0091)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Where appropriate, subject to the Environment South East RBD 2012 Environment Acidification; Agency carrying out a 12 week public consultation and Agency Microbiology; making an appropriate case to the Secretary of State, Organic designate a limited number of Water Protection Zones. pollutants; Regulatory tool to control diffuse pollution in high risk areas Physical where other mechanisms are not working or are unlikely to modification; work Initially around 8 candidate locations across England. Priority Potential for designation from 2010 with possibility of further Hazardous WPZs by 2012 (SE0114) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Direct biological pressures; Direct biological pressures

Phosphate Conduct modelling on Weatherlees STW to assess South East RBD 2012 Water bacteriological impact on Shellfish Waters (SE0096) companies; Environment Agency

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Plans, processes and programmes (such as the Environment South East RBD Implemented Environment modification Agency Navigation and Recreation strategies) will be aligned to Agency the requirements of hydromorphology to achieve Water Framework Directive objectives (especially ecological potential). This will be two fold: i) Mitigation measures required to reach good ecological potential will be identified in and delivered through such plans, and ii) the prioritisation of environmental improvements will be influenced by the specific requirements to reach Water Framework Directive objectives. (SE0145)

Physical A central spatially-enabled hydromorphological database South East RBD 2010 Environment modification will be created, this will provide a system that will quickly Agency and reliably, supply data to better understand hydromorphological impacts of modifications to water bodies. it will be used to provide available hydromorphological data as an input into the approval/assessment processes for new physical modifications to ensure compliance with Water Framework Directive requirements, especially those related to Article 4(7). (SE0117)

Physical Water Framework Directive mitigation measures manual for South East RBD 2010 Environment modification flood and coastal erosion risk management and land Agency drainage activities. This manual will set out best practice options for measures to mitigate against the impacts of such activities upon ecology. This will be used to ensure that new and existing schemes and management activities will take into consideration Water Framework Directive requirements and will results in minimal ecological damage. (SE0146)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Combe Haven between Powdermill Str conf and 2011 Environment modification Sediment management strategies (develop and revise) Coast; Marsham and Pannel Sewers; River Itchen; Agency which could include a) substrate reinstatement, b) sediment Sussex East traps, c) allow natural recovery minimising maintenance, d) riffle construction, e) reduce all bar necessary management in flood risk areas (SE0139)

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - R. Eastern Yar; River Itchen 2011 Environment modification Appropriate channel maintenance strategies and techniques Agency e.g. remove woody debris only upstream of, or within, areas of urban flood risk; minimise disturbance to channel bed and margins (SE0119)

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - North Chislet Marsh; River Itchen; Stour (Kent); 2011 Environment modification Structures or other mechanisms in place and managed to Sussex East; Walland Marsh, Iden To Appledore Agency enable fish to access waters upstream and downstream of the impounding works. (SE0141)

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Combe Haven between Powdermill Str conf and 2011 Environment modification Preserve (e.g. fencing) and where possible enhance Coast; Marsham and Pannel Sewers; R. Eastern Yar; Agency ecological value of marginal aquatic habitat, banks and River Itchen; Sussex East riparian zone (SE0132)

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - River Itchen; Sussex East; Walland Marsh, Iden to 2011 Environment modification Appropriate techniques to align and attenuate flow to limit Appledore Agency detrimental effects of these features (drainage) (SE0121)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Iford Marshes; Pevensey Haven between Rickney and 2011 Environment modification Preserve and where possible enhance ecological value of Pevensey; R. Eastern Yar; River Itchen Agency marginal aquatic habitat, banks and riparian zone (SE0133)

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - River Itchen; Marsham And Pannel Sewers; Stour 2011 Environment modification Removal of hard bank reinforcement / revetment, or (Kent); North Chislet Marsh; Sussex East; Combe Agency replacement with soft engineering solution (SE0135) Haven Between Powdermill Str Conf And Coast

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Arun (Lower); Iford Marshes; Pevensey Haven 2011 Environment modification Appropriate water level management strategies, including between Rickney and Pevensey; R. Eastern Yar; Agency timing and volume of water moved (SE0124) River Itchen

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Flow Arun (Lower); Iford Marshes; Pevensey Haven 2011 Environment modification manipulation (e.g. construct structures to normalise flow; between Rickney and Pevensey; River Itchen Agency realign frontage) (SE0127)

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Arun (Lower); Iford Marshes; North Chislet Marsh; 2011 Environment modification Operational and structural changes to locks, sluices, weirs, Pevensey Haven between Rickney and Pevensey; R. Agency beach control, etc (SE0131) Eastern Yar; River Itchen; STOUR (KENT); Sussex East; Walland Marsh, Iden to Appledore

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Retain Arun (Lower); Combe Haven between Powdermill Str 2011 Environment modification marginal aquatic and riparian habitats (channel alteration) conf and Coast; Iford Marshes; Marsham and Pannel Agency (SE0138) Sewers; Pevensey Haven between Rickney and Pevensey; R. Eastern Yar; River Itchen; Sussex East

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Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Indirect Walland Marsh, Iden to Appledore 2011 Environment modification / offsite mitigation (offsetting measures) (SE0129) Agency

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Flood River Itchen 2011 Environment modification bunds (earth banks) (in place of floodwalls) (SE0126) Agency

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - River Itchen; Sussex East 2011 Environment modification Increase in-channel morphological diversity (SE0128) Agency

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - River Itchen; Sussex East 2011 Environment modification Alteration of channel bed (within culvert) (SE0118) Agency

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Combe Haven between Powdermill Str conf and 2011 Environment modification Appropriate techniques (invasive species) (SE0120) Coast; Hook Lake; Iford Marshes; Marsham and Agency Pannel Sewers; Pevensey Haven between Rickney and Pevensey; R. Eastern Yar; River Itchen; Sussex East Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Combe Haven between Powdermill Str conf and 2011 Environment modification Appropriate vegetation control technique (SE0123) Coast; Hook Lake; Marsham and Pannel Sewers; R. Agency Eastern Yar; River Itchen; Sussex East

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Arun (Lower); Hook Lake; Marsham and Pannel 2011 Environment modification Appropriate timing (vegetation control) (SE0122) Sewers; R. Eastern Yar; River Itchen; Sussex East Agency

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Marsham and Pannel Sewers 2011 Environment modification Managed realignment of flood defence (SE0130) Agency

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Combe Haven between Powdermill Str conf and 2011 Environment modification Selective vegetation control regime (SE0140) Coast; Hook Lake; Marsham and Pannel Sewers; R. Agency Eastern Yar; River Itchen; Sussex East

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Bank ADUR; Arun; Hook Lake; River Itchen; Sussex East, 2011 Environment modification rehabilitation / reprofiling (SE0125) 'Walland Marsh, Iden to Appledore Agency

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - Re- River Itchen; Sussex East 2011 Environment modification opening existing culverts (SE0137) Agency

Physical Flood/Coastal Erosion Risk Management Measure - River Itchen; Sussex East; Walland Marsh, Iden to 2011 Environment modification Remove obsolete structure (SE0136) Appledore Agency

Physical Actions to reduce the physical impacts of urban South East RBD Implemented Local modification; development activities in artificial or heavily modified water Authorities Abstraction and bodies (as specified in annex B) (SE0147) (Environment other artificial Agency) flow pressures

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Support the process of Marine Conservation Zone South East RBD 2012 Natural modification; designation within inshore areas in the Eastern English England; Sea Direct biological channel. Outcome: A coherent network of Marine Protected Fisheries pressures; Direct Areas within the Eastern Channel. (SE0039) Committee; biological Shellfish pressures Association of Great Britain; Marine Stewardship Council; Balanced Seas; Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities

Priority Provide advice to small and medium sized businesses on South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous obligations in relation to priority substances, priority Agency Substances, hazardous substances and specific pollutants through Priority NetRegs website (SE0152) Substances and Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Review existing controls for disposal of dredgings inside Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2012 Marine and Hazardous and outside harbour limits as appropriate (SE0190) Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Fisheries Substances, Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Agency; Defra Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Priority Review existing controls for dredging inside and outside Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2012 Marine and Hazardous harbour limits as appropriate (SE0191) Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Fisheries Substances, Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Agency; Defra Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Saline intrusion Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies – South East RBD Implemented Environment Implement abstraction licensing controls to minimise and Agency; Water manage risks from saline intrusion (SE0176) companies

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Dredging and Investigation into the impact of commercial shell and fin South East RBD 2010 Environment trawling fisheries to improve the risk assessment of the impact of Agency (commercial these activities on ecology and to identify appropriate fishing and measures. The work will be driven by case studies, the shellfish) outcomes of which can be applied nationally. (SE0041)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Faecal indicator Review of storm overflow discharge following AMP4 work East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Environment organisms; findings - ongoing investigation at Ottinge Waste Water Agency Hazardous Pumping Station (SE0158) substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Ammonia; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Faecal indicator Consent review following AMP4 investigation of sewage Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Environment organisms; discharge to ground at Offham, Sussex (SE0043) Agency Hazardous substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Consent review following AMP4 investigation of sewage Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block 2012 Environment Hazardous discharge to ground at East Dean Waste Water Pumping Agency substances and Station (SE0175) non-hazardous pollutants; Faecal indicator organisms; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Physical Investigations into the ecological outcomes of measures South East RBD 2010 Environment modification required to mitigate against the effects of flood and coastal Agency risk management activities, improving the understanding of the cost/benefit and technical feasibility of such measures and developing understanding of the underlying processes, ecological responses and applicability. Case studies will be used and the outcomes will have a national application. (SE0142)

Physical Monitoring and investigation into mitigation measures South East RBD 2011 Environment modification techniques, to establish their effectiveness and improve Agency understanding of hydromorphological and ecological interactions. The outcomes from this work will be applied nationally. (SE0143) Physical Monitoring and investigation of the effectiveness of river Arun & Western Streams Catchment 2010 Environment modification restoration work undertaken at Shopham Loop, on the long Agency term sustainability of the catchment. (SE0144)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Investigate then implement actions in the sea trout and South East RBD 2012 Environment modification; salmon action plans, in order to contribute to good status Agency Abstraction and waters (SE0038) (Fisheries and other artificial Angling flow pressures; Interests) Direct biological pressures; Direct biological pressures

Pressures on Investigation to determine cost effective action to manage Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Environment groundwater abstraction to support good groundwater quantitative status Agency balance (SE0148)

Pressures on Investigation to improve confidence in groundwater Brighton Chalk Block; Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown 2012 Environment groundwater quantitative status result (SE0149) Chalk; IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW Lower Agency dependent Greensand; Kent Greensand Eastern; Kent Isle of ecosystems; Thanet Chalk; Littlehampton Anticline East; Pressures on Littlehampton Anticline West; Lower Greensand Arun groundwater & Western Streams; Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk balance; Block Abstraction

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Saline intrusion; Investigation to verify risk of deterioration in groundwater Brighton Chalk Block; Central Hants Bracklesham 2012 Environment Pressures on quantitative status (SE0177) Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester- Agency groundwater Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Chalk; East dependent Kent Tertiaries; IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW ecosystems Lower Greensand; IOW Solent Group; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; River Test Chalk; South Hants Lambeth Group

Tributyltin (TBT) Investigate the reason for failure: to assess the contribution Adur; Aldingbourne Rife; Cuckmere From Alfriston To 2012 Environment compounds from dredging or disposal activities on EQS compliance as Arlington; Great Stour Between A2 And West Agency appropriate (SE0188) Stourmouth; Great Stour Between Ashford And Wye; Great Stour Between Wye And A2; Kent South ; Lower Rother From Robertsbridge To Iden; R. Arun (U/S Pallingham); R. Rother (West Sussex); River Blackwater; Solent; Southampton Water; Test (Lower)

Abstraction and Investigation to determine cost effective action to manage Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants 2012 Portsmouth other artificial abstraction to support good ecological potential: Hamble, Chalk; Hamble; R. Ems; R. Lavant (Sussex); R. Water flow pressures river Ems, river Lavant and river Wallington (SE0004) Wallington (Environment Agency) Abstraction and Investigation to determine cost effective action to manage Brighton Chalk Block; Winterbourne Steam at Lewes 2012 Southern other artificial abstraction to support good ecological potential: Lewes Water flow pressures Winterbourne (SE0005) (Environment Agency) Abstraction and Programme of investigation into the ecological impacts of South East RBD 2012 Water other artificial managed flows in heavily modified water bodies, for water companies, flow pressures supply use (SE0007) Environment Agency

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Investigations at sites identified under the Restoring South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial Sustainable Abstraction Programme (where funded) Agency flow pressures (SE0006)

Abstraction and Review and improve Environmental Flow Indicators South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial (SE0008) Agency flow pressures

Abstraction and Improve flow estimates for surface water bodies (SE0003) South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial Agency flow pressures

Physical Actions to reduce the physical impacts of public water South East RBD Implemented Water modification; supply in artificial or heavily modified water bodies e.g. companies Abstraction and enabeling fish to access waters up stream and down stream (Environment other artificial of reservoirs (as specified in annex B) (SE0344) Agency) flow pressures

Local Actions

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Ensure that local spatial plans include policies to secure South East RBD 2011 Local other artificial developer contributions for retrofitting water efficiency Authorities flow pressures measures in existing housing stock, in water stressed areas. (Environment Outcome: From 2011 adopted local spatial plans, such as Agency; South Area Action Plans and Supplementary Planning Documents, East England include policies to seek Section 106 monies (and Partnership Community Infrastructure Levy contributions where Board) relevant) for the retrofitting of existing housing stock in water stressed areas. This will reduce the pressure of increased abstraction on the environment. (SE0220)

Abstraction and Ensure that local spatial planning policies for new South East RBD 2012 Local other artificial development set out strong requirements for water Authorities flow pressures efficiency measures. Outcome: Adopted Development Plan (Environment Documents include policies on (i) water efficiency measures Agency; Land for new development that seek to achieve Code for managers and Sustainable Homes Level 3 and 4 (105 litres a day per owners; South capita consumption) as a minimum, and (ii) water efficiency East England measures for business and commercial developments (such Partnership as rainwater harvesting and recycling). (SE0219) Board)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Develop and provide approved sustainable water South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial management planning guidance to ensure that the impacts Agency flow pressures of development on the water environment are fully (Department understood. Outcome: Produce planning guidance in for partnership with Royal Town Planning Institute on the Communities obligations of the Water Framework Directive and Spatial and Local Planning. Deliver a series of updated seminars in Government; association with key partners for planners. (SE0206) Royal Town Planning Institute; Natural England; South East England Partnership Board)

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Abstraction and Proactively review all actual abstractions against licensed South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial quantity and, where appropriate, modify the licences for a Agency flow pressures more sustainable abstraction rate. Work to be prioritised across the river basin district by Catchment Abstraction Management Strategies water availability status. Outcome: Reduce the risk of deterioration in status of water bodies due to water availability (SE0265)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Seek opportunities, such as supporting retro-fit initiatives, to South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial improve water efficiency in existing homes and buildings. Agency; South flow pressures Outcome: Average per capita consumption is reduced East England towards meeting the Regional Economic Strategy target of Development 135 l/h/d by 2016 and as a result abstraction pressures on Agency the environment are reduced. (SE0297)

Abstraction and Promote small-scale storage reservoirs to businesses, South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial where they can be justified in the context of the twin track Agency (South flow pressures approach of resource development and demand East England management, and are proven to be resilient to a range of Development hydrological events. Outcome: Abstraction pressures are Agency; reduced during low flow periods (SE0271) National Farmers' Union)

Abstraction and Take appropriate action to progress the implementation of South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial schemes in the Restoring Sustainable Abstraction Agency flow pressures programme. Outcome: A clear understanding of when and how schemes will be implemented, to contribute towards good status/ ecological potential through sustainable abstraction regimes. (SE0300)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Promote water recycling and rainwater harvesting where South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial cost-effective, appropriate and used together with other Agency flow pressures demand management measures. Outcome: Reduced water (Central use so there is enough water for people, their businesses Government; and the environment in the future. (SE0277) Water companies; South East England Development Agency)

Abstraction and Encourage all rural businesses to adopt water efficiency Isle of Wight Catchment; Rother Catchment; Stour 2012 Environment other artificial measures, such as rainwater harvesting and recycling and Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Catchment Agency; flow pressures use of storage reservoirs to support summer irrigation. Central Outcome: There is enough water for people, their Government businesses and the environment. (SE0213) (Abstractors; Business and Industry)

Abstraction and Work with the water companies in the South East to South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial encourage sharing of existing and future resources Agency; Water flow pressures including consideration of transfers and interconnectivity of companies supply systems. Outcome: Abstraction pressures on the environment are reduced. (SE0308) Abstraction and Develop and implement a demand management campaign South East RBD 2010 Environment other artificial including targeting specific non-household sectors (e.g. Agency flow pressures review Fawley water use, 'Ensuring water for all' project). Outcome: Abstraction pressures on the environment are reduced (SE0204)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Encourage more water companies to achieve universal South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial water metering more rapidly and to implement variable Agency flow pressures tariffs. Outcome: Reduction in per capita consumption will contribute towards a more sustainable abstraction regime. (SE0214)

Abstraction and Coordinated education and awareness on water efficiency South East RBD 2012 Water other artificial and re-use to promote value of water. Outcome: Reduced companies; flow pressures water use so there is enough water for people, their Environment businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0203) Agency

Abstraction and Water efficiency requirements in Environmental Permitting South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial Regulation (EPR) permits. Outcome: Reduced water use Agency flow pressures so there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0304)

Abstraction and Run education projects to raise awareness of the Isle of Wight Catchment Implemented Isle of Wight other artificial importance of water conservation on the Isle of Wight and Footprint Trust flow pressures encourage water saving. Outcome: Abstraction pressures on the water environment are reduced. (SE0295)

Abstraction and Quantify the impacts of abstraction that are currently South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial exempt from licensing (e.g. abstractions under 20 cubic Agency flow pressures metres). Outcome: Reduce the risk of deterioration in status of water bodies due to water availability (SE0280) Abstraction and Quantify environmental flow requirements for ditches. Rother 2010 Natural other artificial Outcome: Delivery of Rother Catchment Abstraction England; flow pressures Strategy actions to address the over-abstracted status of Environment Walland Marsh (SE0279) Agency

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Ensure the requirement for Water Cycle Studies are set out South East RBD Implemented Local other artificial in spatial planning documents and policies where Authorities; flow pressures; appropriate, particularly in growth and/or high risk areas. Environment Nutrients Recommendations from such studies should be included in Agency spatial planning policies. Outcome: Requirements for Water Cycle Studies are set out in spatial planning documents and policies by 2010, and undertaken for all Growth Areas within this plan area by 2012. Recommendations are included within Local Development Documents by 2012. (SE0222)

Ammonia; Assess the impact of historic coal mining on chalk Water bodies in East Kent including East Kent Chalk 2012 Environment Hazardous groundwater, streams and marshes in East Kent, and Stour groundwater body and associated surface water Agency substances and identify future work required. Outcome: Action plan to bodies non-hazardous improve groundwater and surface water body quality. pollutants; (SE0195) Nitrate; Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Ammonia; Education and awareness of impact that discharges to Kent Romney Marsh 2012 Environment Nitrate; Faecal ground have on the water quality of the beach / coastal Agency indicator waters, with view to convincing residents of need to connect organisms; to mains sewer system. Outcome: Improved quality of Hazardous groundwater and coastal water. (SE0211) substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Ammonia; Voluntary and enforced groundwater remediation schemes South East RBD 2012 Environment Nitrate; under Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, at Agency Hazardous a variety of sites both ongoing and proposed. Outcome: substances and Improvements to water quality contributing to good status. non-hazardous (SE0303) pollutants; Faecal indicator organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 158 December 2009 Environment Agency

Faecal indicator Pollution prevention advice, campaign and enforcement at Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk 2012 Environment organisms; the following sites: Haine Road industrial estate, Lord of the Agency Hazardous Manor SPZ I and II, Manston airport and associated substances and infrastructure, petrol stations, Pysons Road industrial estate, non-hazardous Rumfields SPZ I and II, Jentex Oil, and the Westwood area. pollutants; Outcome: Less polluted groundwater. (SE0262) Nitrate; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Pollution prevention advice and campaigns in high risk Adur & Ouse Hastings Beds; Brighton Chalk Block; 2012 Environment substances and areas. Outcome; Improved groundwater and surface water Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester-Worthing- Agency non-hazardous quality. (SE0259) Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Chalk; East Hants pollutants; Lambeth Group; East Kent Chalk - Stour; East Kent Ammonia; Faecal Tertiaries; Hastings Beds Cuckmere and Pevensey indicator Levels; IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW Southern organisms; Downs Chalk; Kent Greensand Eastern; Kent Isle of Nitrate; Priority Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Substances & Eastern - Rother; Littlehampton Anticline East; Lower Specific Greensand Adur & Ouse; Lower Greensand Arun & Pollutants Western Streams; Lower Greensand Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block; South Hants Lambeth Group

Hazardous Produce a scoping report for British Gypsum, Battle on all Kent Weald Eastern - Rother 2012 Environment substances and potential impacts of present day mining activity, waste Agency non-hazardous disposal and discharges on groundwater and associated pollutants; surface water systems and implications of improvements to Nitrate; groundwater body classification on surface water body Ammonia; Faecal classification. Outcome: Action plan to improve indicator groundwater and surface water body quality. (SE0266) organisms; Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Local initiative to agree voluntary pollution prevention and South East RBD 2012 Land substances and remediation of existing land contamination for at risk sites. managers and non-hazardous Outcome: Bringing land back into beneficial use and remove owners pollutants; Priority potential sources of groundwater contamination. (SE0250) Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Agree voluntary pollution prevention and remediation of Central Hants Lambeth Group; East Hants Lambeth 2012 Environment substances and existing land contamination contributing to chlorinated Group; South Hants Lambeth Group Agency non-hazardous solvents in River Wallington. Outcome: Improved water pollutants; Priority quality. (SE0193) Substances & Specific Pollutants Hazardous Pollution prevention advice and campaigns targeting oil Adur & Ouse Hastings Beds; Arun & Western Streams 2012 Environment substances and care advice in high risk areas. Outcome: Better protection Hastings Beds; Brighton Chalk Block; Central Hants Agency non-hazardous of groundwater and surface water quality. (SE0260) Bracklesham Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; pollutants; Priority Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Substances & Lambeth Group; East Kent Chalk - Stour; Hastings Specific Beds Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; IOW Southern Pollutants Downs Chalk; Kent Greensand Eastern; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Lower Greensand Arun & Western Streams; Lower Greensand Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block; South East Hants Bracklesham Group

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Microbiology; Pollution prevention visits and campaigns targeted in high Arun & Western Streams Hastings Beds; Brighton 2012 Environment Hazardous risk areas to address small and medium enterprises and Chalk Block; Central Hants Bracklesham Group; Agency substances and industrial sites. Outcome; Improved groundwater and Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester-Worthing- non-hazardous surface water quality. (SE0263) Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Lambeth Group; pollutants; Hastings Beds Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; IOW Nutrients; Priority Southern Downs Chalk; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Substances & Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Specific Lower Greensand Adur & Ouse; Lower Greensand Pollutants Arun & Western Streams; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; South East Hants Bracklesham Group

Microbiology; Implement surface water management plans, ensuring South East RBD 2012 Environment Nutrients; water quality is considered on a catchment basis. Outcome: Agency (Local Organic Increase resilience to surface water flooding, with fewer Authorities; pollutants; Priority homes and critical infrastructures flooded. Works also Water Hazardous improve control of diffuse pollution, provide opportunities for companies) Substances, better wildlife habitat, and contribute to no deterioration of Priority the water environment. (SE0234) Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Review of groundwater and surface water quality monitoring East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Environment Ammonia; Faecal in East Kent Coalfields to determine state of network and Agency indicator spread of plume from former coal mine process water to organisms; assess potential ongoing impact on surface water bodies Hazardous and groundwater dependant terrestrial ecosystems. substances and Outcome: Action plan to improve groundwater and surface non-hazardous water body quality. (SE0292) pollutants; Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals) Nitrate; Pollution prevention advice and campaigns - Promote South East RBD 2012 Environment Ammonia; awareness of risk to groundwater through swallow holes by Agency Hazardous educating landowners and generating concept of substances and 'ownership'. Production of an appropriate GIS layer. non-hazardous Outcome; Improved groundwater quality. (SE0258) pollutants; Faecal indicator organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Pollution prevention advice and campaign at Waterworks Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block 2012 Environment Hazardous Lane to protect groundwater body resource and Waterworks Agency substances and Lane PWS, Eastbourne. Outcome: Better protection of non-hazardous groundwater quality. (SE0256) pollutants; Ammonia; Faecal indicator organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Organic Work with local authorities to establish a cost effective way South East RBD 2012 Environment pollutants; Priority of recycling green domestic waste on agricultural land to Agency; Local Hazardous increase soil organic content. Outcome: Improved water Authorities Substances, quality through reducing agricultural run-off by improving (National Priority soil structure using green waste (SE0305) Farmers' Substances and Union) Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Phosphate

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients Downs and Harbours Clean Waters Partnership to design East Hampshire Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Implemented Natural and implement a strategy to tackle diffuse pollution in the Catchment England; Solent and groundwater in the South Downs. Outcome: Environment Meet targets for key Sites of Special Scientific Interest, help Agency address wider water quality issues and reverse nitrate (Portsmouth trends in potable groundwater sources (SE0209) Water) Nutrients Identify high risk locations for promoting good land South East RBD 2012 Environment management practice where there are a high number of Agency horse related waste and pollution incidents. Outcome: No deterioration and improved water quality resulting from better management of organic waste from horses (SE0231)

Nutrients Local campaign to decrease input of nitrates to groundwater South East RBD 2012 Environment bodies and assess likely contributors to high nitrates. Agency Outcome: Take appropriate action, on a prioritised basis, to contribute to improved groundwater quality (SE0248)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Influence Town and Country Planning Act authorisation South East RBD Implemented Local Microbiology; process to help minimise risk of diffuse polllution from new Authorities; Organic developments (e.g. implement SUDs and use of Water Environment pollutants; Resource Act Planning Guidance). Outcome; Improved Agency Sediments (as a groundwater and surface water quality. (SE0239) direct pollutant); Priority Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Promote sustainable water management best practice South East RBD Implemented Environment Organic through pre-application discussions with developers (as set Agency; Local pollutants; Priority out in the Environment Agency's publication 'A guide for Authorities Hazardous developers') and establish good practice for site clearance (Business and Substances, prior to development. Outcome: Builders and developers Industry) Priority design buildings that incorporate sustainable water Substances and management measures. (SE0272) Specific Pollutants; Direct biological pressures; Abstraction and other artificial flow pressures; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Nutrients; Implementation of the Ashford Water Cycle Strategy (2006 - East Stour Implemented Ashford's Organic 2031) to ensure growth in Ashford does not compromise Future pollutants; Priority environmental capacity and quality. The first Water Action (Environment Hazardous Plan (2006 - 2011) will focus on sustainable drainage Agency) Substances, systems, water efficiency, water quality of the River Stour Priority and its tributaries, and water supply and wastewater Substances and infrastructure. Outcome: Improvements in water quality and Specific supply as a result of growth in Ashford, contributing to Pollutants; achieving good status. (SE0236) Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; A pilot project to incorporate water body information into East Hampshire Catchment; Cuckmere & Pevensey 2012 Natural Organic Environmental Stewardship targeting guidance for the South Levels ; Adur & Ouse ; Arun & Western Streams England; pollutants; Priority Downs. Outcome: Reduced diffuse pollution from Environment Hazardous agriculture within at risk water bodies, and extend approach Agency Substances, as applicable to other catchments. (SE0192) Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Priority Work with Natural England to target Catchment Sensitive Groundwater bodies: Lower Greensand Adur and 2012 Natural Hazardous Farming type activities and agri-environment schemes to Ouse; Iow Central Downs Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; England; Substances, ensure adoption of best farming practices. Outcome: Central Hants Lambeth Group; South Hants Lambeth Environment Priority Reduce diffuse pollution sources from agriculture within Group ; South West Hants Barton Group; Adur and Agency Substances and water bodies identified as being impacted or at risk. Ouse Hastings Beds; Littlehampton Anticline East; Specific (SE0306) Lower Greensand Arun and Western Streams; Iow Pollutants; Southern Downs Chalk; East Hants Chalk; Brighton Sediments (as a Chalk Block; East Kent Chalk - Stour; Seaford And direct pollutant); Eastbourne Chalk Block; Kent Isle Of Thanet Chalk; Organic East Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester and Worthing pollutants Chalk; Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Hastings Beds Cuckmere And Pevensey Levels; East Kent Tertiaries; River Itchen Chalk; Lower Greensand Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; River Test Chalk; Kent Greensand Eastern Surface water bodies: Arun & Western Streams; Broad Rife, Lidsey Rife, R. Ems, Harting Stream, Stanbridge Stream Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Pevensey Haven between Rickney and Pevensey East Hampshire; Brownwich Stream, Horton Heath Stream, Potwell Trib, Steeple Court Stream Isle of Wight; Atherfield Stream, R. Eastern Yar, R. Medina, Thorley Brook, Rodge Brook, Monktonmead Brook, Palmers Brook, Gurnard Luck, Lukely Brook

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Priority Continued from above -- see additional waterbodies. Rother; Brede between Battle and Winchelsea, 2012 Natural Hazardous Tillingham, Lower Rother from Robertsbridge to Iden, England; Substances, Work with Natural England to target Catchment Sensitive Walland Marsh Iden to Appledore, Cradlebridge Environment Priority Farming type activities and agri-environment schemes to Petty Sewer,Tributary of Newmill Channel upstream of Agency Substances and ensure adoption of best farming practices. Outcome: Rolvenden, Romney Marsh between Appledore and Specific Reduce diffuse pollution sources from agriculture within West Hythe,Socknersh Stream,Tillingham Pollutants; water bodies identified as being impacted or at risk. Stour; Wingham River, Little Stour, East Stour, North Sediments (as a (SE0306) Chislet Marsh direct pollutant); Test & Itchen; Cadnam River, Whiteparish Trib, Organic Sherfield English Stream, Fairbourne Stream to pollutants Fishlake Meadows,Tadburn Lake, River Blackwater,R. Blackwater,Test (Lower),River Itchen, River Test,R. Test (Middle),River Test,R. Anton, Bow Lake

Organic Ensure that planning policies and spatial planning South East RBD 2012 Environment pollutants; documents take into account the objectives of the South Agency; Local Nutrients; East River Basin Management Plan. Outcome: The Authorities Physical proposed Single Regional Strategy (and any reviews of (South East modification; policies within the South East Plan) and emerging drafts England Abstraction and fully integrate the requirements of this plan. From 2010 all Partnership other artificial adopted Local Development Documents include policies Board) flow pressures relating to sustainable water management. From 2010 all emerging Sustainable Community Strategies include reference to the achievement of sustainable water management within their strategic vision. (SE0221)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Organic Educate and raise awareness of the impact that small Arun (Lower); Atherfield Stream; Bow Lake; Eden at 2010 Environment pollutants; discharges to ground and surface water have on water Bough Beech; Glottenham Stream upstream of Agency Nutrients; Priority quality of the receiving waters. Provide advice on Robertsbridge; Hilden Brook; Langdown Stream; Hazardous maintenance of small treatment plants or advise residents of Lesser Teise; Loxwood Stream; Marchwood Park Substances, the need to connect to the mains sewer system. Outcome: Stream Trb; Marsham and Pannel Sewers; Mid Priority All small discharges comply with the Water Framework Medway from Eden Confluence to Yalding; Substances and Directive and other EC Directives. (SE0210) Pippingford Brook; R. Adur East; R. Adur West; R. Specific Alre; R. Ems; R. Medina; R. Stor; River Adur East Pollutants; (Goddards Green); River Itchen; River Itchen Microbiology (Cheriton Stream); Sarre Penn, S. Chislet and Monkton Minster Marshes; Sholing Common Streams; Tributary of Beult at Sutton Valance; Tributary of Eden Brook ; Upper Rother, Coggins Mill to Five Ashes; Westwood Stream

Organic Run campaign to educate boat users regarding disposal of Transitional: Lymington, Beaulieu River, Southampton 2012 Environment pollutants; toilet waste, oil, solvent, paint and cleaning products in Water Medina, Wotton Creek, Bembridge Harbour, Agency (Local Nutrients; Priority waters at risk from diffuse pollution. Outcome: This will Lagoon, Wallington, Chichester Harbour East, Rother, Authorities; Hazardous supplement other actions and help ensure no deterioration Sour (Kent), Eastern Yar British Marine Substances, in relevant water bodies (SE0294) Federation; Priority Ports and Substances and Harbours Specific Authorities; Pollutants; Royal Yachting Microbiology Association; Environmental NGOs)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Organic Promote the 'Angler's Monitoring Initiative' to assess the South East RBD 2012 Salmon and pollutants; Priority status of river health. Outcome: Improve understanding of Trout Hazardous invertebrate populations, to help identify and understand Association; Substances, environmental pressures (SE0273) Fisheries and Priority Angling Substances and Interests Specific (Natural Pollutants History Museum; Environment Agency)

Organic Pollution prevention advice and local campaigns to provide South East RBD Implemented Environment pollutants; Priority targeted advice and enforcement in high risk areas on all Agency; Hazardous rural diffuse pollution issues: farm and land management, Natural Substances, domestic oil storage, septic tanks. Outcome: Diffuse England (Local Priority pollution reduced through the adoption of best practices Authorities; Substances and (SE0261) Local industry Specific associations) Pollutants; Nutrients

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Organic Carry out a desk study into the origins, causes of and Transitional: Eastern yar Implemented Environment pollutants; Priority solutions to pollution where we need to improve certainty. Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Glynleigh Sewer at Agency Hazardous Outcome: Improve our understanding of problems, in order Hailsham, Cuckmere from Alfriston to Arlington Substances, to take effective action to address them. (SE0196) East Hampshire; R. Hamble Priority New Forest; Cadland Stream, Bartley Water, R. Substances and Beaulieu Specific Rother; Cradlebridge Petty Sewer, Hexden Channel, Pollutants; Cradlebridge Petty Sewer, Walland Marsh Iden to Nutrients Appledore, Jury's Gut Sewer at Lydd Ranges, Newmill Channel downstream of A28, Walland Marsh Iden to Appledore

Physical Reinstatement of gravel bed substrate where appropriate Adur & Ouse: Bevern Stream, Northend Stream at 2012 River Adur modification within 11 waterbodies in the Adur and Ouse catchment. Cooksbridge, Longford Stream, Shortbridge Stream, Conservation Outcome: Improved hydromorphology. Better habitat for Ridgewood Stream, Little Horsted Stream, Woodsmill Society & spawning and juvenile sea trout. (ART_25) Stream, Chess Stream, Herrings Stream, Black Sussex Ouse Sewer, Adur (Lancing brook). Conservation Society (Environment Agency)

Physical Address obstructions to fish passage where appropriate Adur & Ouse: Northend Stream, Shortbridge Stream, 2012 River Adur modification within 5 waterbodies in the Adur and Ouse catchment. Herrings Stream, Black Sewer, Woodsmill Stream. Conservation Outcome: Improved freedom of upstream and downstream Society & movement of eels, sea trout and other fish. (ART_26) Sussex Ouse Conservation Society (Environment Agency)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Habitat enhancement of Andrew's Steam (River Ouse River Ouse between Isfield and Coast 2012 River Adur modification between Isfield and Coast). Outcome: Improved Conservation hydromorphology. Better habitat for fish and other wildlife Society & along original course of the Sussex Ouse at Barcombe Mills Sussex Ouse (ART_39) Conservation Society (Environment Agency)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Implement the 'Regional fish passage programme'. Adur & Ouse; Woodsmill Stream, River Adur East 2012 Environment modification Outcome: All physical obstructions identified and prioritised. (Sakeham) Agency (Ouse 25 obstructions addressed in the first plan, including East Hampshire; R. Meon and Adur Chartham Mill R.Stour, Efford Mill Avon Water, Tichfield Mill New Forest; Avon Water Rivers Trusts; Meon, Durngate Itchen, Funtley Meon, Woodmill Itchen, Stour; North and South Streams at Eastry South Downs Bishopstoke Mill Itchen, Woodsmill Stream Adur, Wineham Test & Itchen; River Itchen Joint Bridge Adur (SE0235) Committee; Angling Trusts; Land managers and owners; Fisheries and Angling Interests)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Restore degraded wetlands in the New Forest to improve New Forest Catchment 2012 New Forest modification the condition of nationally and internationally designated National Park wildlife features, with reference to the New Forest Wetland Authority Management Plan 2006-16. Outcome: No further (Forestry deterioration in water body status, followed by status Commission; improvement (SE0291) Environment Agency; Natural England)

Physical Promote and encourage sediment, vegetation and channel South East RBD 2012 Environment modification maintenance that enhances wildlife habitat and enables Agency (Stour land drainage. Outcome: Protect, enhance, restore and Internal retain marginal and in channel habitats. Improve fish Drainage movement and connection to floodplain. (SE0268) Board; Romney Marshes Internal Drainage Board; Natural England; National Farmers' Union)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Establish a 'Regional Better Rivers Programme’ to improve Test & Itchen; Monks Brook,Arle - Upstream of Drove 2012 Environment modification habitat and ecology in a first round of waters. Outcome: Lane, River Blackwater, R. Test (Middle), R. Test Agency Improve ecological status or potential in 35 water bodies (Middle), R. Test (Upper), River Itchen, R. Alre, R. (Riparian totalling 389 km in length (SE0223) Alre, R. Test, Tanner's Brook, Fairbourne Stream to owners; Fishlake Meadows, Test (Lower), Test (Lower), Test Developers; (Upper), River Test, Candover Brook Forestry Adur & Ouse; Adur (Knepp) Commission; Stour; Upper Dour at Temple Ewell,North and South Natural Streams in the Lydden Valley, Upper Great Stour, England; Local Dour from Kearsney to Dover Authorities; New Forest; Bartley Water Environmental NGOs; Countryside Management Service (CMS)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Adur & Ouse: Adur (Lancing brook), Adur (Lottbridge), 2015 Environment modification Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes River Adur East (Sakeham), Blakes Gill, R. Adur Agency improve habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of West, Ouse, Glynde Reach, Ouse from Ardingly (Riparian 53 candidates totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and Resevoir to Lindfield, Ouse from Slaugham to Ardingly owners; lessons from the first round. (SE0233) Resevoir, Cockhaise Brook, Tributary of River Uck Natural north of Uckfield, Ouse from Cockhaise Brook England; confluence to Spithurst, Longford Stream, Scrase Forestry Bridge Stream conf to Cockhaise Bk, River Uck at Commission; Uckfield, River Ouse between Isfield and Coast Developers; Arun & Western Streams; R. Ems, Western Rother Local (Upstream Petersfield), Bignor Mill Stream, R. Kird, Authorities; Minsted Stream, Western Rother, Hammer Stream Environmental (W. Sussex), Harting Stream, Haslingbourne Stream, NGOs; R. Arun Source Countryside Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Nunningham Stream, Management Cuckmere from Alfriston to Arlington, Cuckmere from Service (CMS) Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, Cuckmere between Arlington and Lower Horsebridge

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Continued from above -- see additional waterbodies. East Hampshire; River Alver, Brownwich Stream, 2015 Environment modification Horton Heath Stream, Potwell Trib, Hook Lake, Agency Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Hermitage Stream, R. Lavant (Hants), Botleigh (Riparian Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes Grange/ Hedge End Streams owners; improve habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of Isle of Wight; R. Eastern Yar, R. Medina, Atherfield Natural 53 candidates totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and Stream, Thorley Brook, Rodge Brook, Lukely Brook, England; lessons from the first round. (SE0233) Chilton Chine, Walpan Chine, Brook Chine, Forestry Brighstone Streams Commission; New Forest; Langdown Stream, Beaulieu Abbey Developers; Stream, Cadland Stream Local Rother; Pent Stream Authorities; Stour; Little Stour Environmental Test & Itchen; Pillhill Brook (Source), Westwood NGOs; Stream, Bow Lake, R. Dever, Sholing Common Countryside Streams, R. Dun, Wallop Brook Management Service (CMS)

Physical Reduce the physical impacts of flood risk management South East RBD Implemented Environment modification; activities in artificial or heavily modified water bodies. Agency Abstraction and Outcome: Improved habitat leading to improved ecology. other artificial (SE0282) flow pressures

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Provide local guidance and information to ensure marine Coastal: Chichester Harbour, Langstone Harbour, 2011 Marine and modification; licensing and consents take into account diffuse pollution Portsmouth Harbour, Solent, , Whitstable Bay Fisheries Abstraction and pressures and physical measures and therefore contribute Transitional: Adur, Chichester Harbour East, Eeastern Agency other artificial to the delivery of objectives. Outcome: Identify hot spots Yar , Lymington, Medina , Ouse, Southampton Water, (Environment flow pressures; under pressure from chemical and physico-chemical Stour (Kent), Wallington, Rother Agency; Direct biological pollutants. Inform and target harbour and port dredging Centre for pressures; strategies to reduce the risk from diffuse and point sources. Environment, Organic (SE0278) Fisheries & pollutants; Priority Aquaculture Hazardous Science) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Nutrients

Physical Promote the use of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). South East RBD 2012 Environment modification; Include SuDS in new urban and rural developments where Agency; Local Abstraction and appropriate, and retrofit in priority areas where possible Authorities other artificial including highways. Outcome: Diffuse pollution reduced (Water flow pressures; through the improved design and management of surface companies) Nutrients; water drainage (SE0276) Organic pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Research into locations of non-agricultural pesticide South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous problem areas and their solutions, including pesticide use Agency Substances, on highways. Outcome: Codes of practice and Priority Memorandum of Understanding with Highways Agency and Substances and Local Government to limit pollution (SE0290) Specific Pollutants

Priority Local partnership initiatives to raise awareness and address South East RBD 2011 Environment Hazardous the risk to groundwater by specific activities in urban areas. Agency; Local Substances, Outcome: Effective and appropriate pollution prevention Authorities Priority measures are implemented. (SE0252) Substances and Specific Pollutants

Priority Pollution prevention visits to address environmental risks at South East RBD 2010 Environment Hazardous petrol filling stations in vulnerable urban areas. Outcome: Agency Substances, Reduction in the pollution of groundwater from hydrocarbon Priority contamination. (SE0264) Substances and Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Seek agreement with local authorities regarding the use of South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous diuron and persistent pesticides in Source Protection Zones. Agency Substances, Surveillance monitoring where required following the Priority withdrawal of diuron from use in the UK. Outcome: Substances and Improved water quality resulting from the use of diuron and Specific persistent pesticides in priority groundwater bodies including Pollutants; East Kent Chalk - Stour; Kent Isle Of Thanet Chalk Hazardous (SE0296) substances and non-hazardous pollutants

Priority Local campaign to maintain a Memorandum of East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Environment Hazardous Understanding with Dover District Council, and take action Agency; Local Substances, to prevent further impact on the Drellingore public water Authorities Priority supply by diuron or other pesticides. Outcome: No further (Highways Substances and pesticide pollution of public water supply. (SE0249) Agency) Specific Pollutants; Hazardous substances and non-hazardous pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Targeted advice and regulation to ensure appropriate South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous management of surface water systems, to reduce Agency; Local Substances, contaminants in discharges including consideration of gully Authorities Priority cleaning, trapping fats, oils and grease. Outcome: (Water Substances and Reduction of chemical and physico chemical pollutants companies) Specific contributing to the failure to achieve good ecological status. Pollutants; (SE0301) Microbiology; Organic pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Nutrients

Priority Establish and maintain local advice led partnerships to Adur & Ouse; Herrings Stream , Little Horsted Stream 2011 Environment Hazardous improve farm and land management practices, to reduce , Ouse from Ardingly Resevoir to Lindfield , Ouse from Agency; Land Substances, diffuse pollution from agriculture and amenity. Outcome: Cockhaise Brook confluence to Spithurst , Pellingford managers and Priority Land managers apply best practice land management Brook , R. Adur East , Ridgewood Stream , River Adur owners Substances and techniques, to improve water quality impacted upon by East (Sakeham) , River Ouse between Isfield and (Natural Specific diffuse pollution. (SE0224) Coast , Tickerage Stream England; Local Pollutants; Arun & Western Streams; Loxwood Stream Authorities; Organic Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels: Cuckmere from National pollutants; Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, Farmers' Nutrients; Wick Street Stream at Upper Dicker Union) Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Work with riparian owners to identify and manage areas of South East RBD 2012 Riparian direct pollutant); bankside erosion from livestock and associated impacts owners; Organic where appropriate. Outcome: Improved land management Environment pollutants practices to reduce diffuse pollution in rural areas. (SE0307) Agency (Natural England; National Sediments (as a Identify hot spots for sediment and other pollutants from Test & Itchen Catchment 2012 HighwaysF' direct pollutant); highway run off and prepare management plans to reduce Agency; Priority the risks. Outcome: Reduction of diffuse pollution from Highways Hazardous urban sources and management plans in place (SE0232) Agency Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Promote good practice to avoid pollution from construction Coggins Mill Stream; East Stour; Loose Stream; 2010 Local direct pollutant); sites. Outcome: Reduction in pollution incidents caused by Monks Brook; R. Dever; Socknersh Stream Authorities Priority poor construction site management (SE0270) (Environment Hazardous Agency; Substances, Central Priority Government; Substances and Construction Specific Industry; Pollutants; Sustainable Organic Business pollutants; Partnerships) Nutrients

Temperature; Promote good practice and regulate where necessary to South East RBD Implemented Environment Nutrients; ensure sensitive management of fish and water cress farms. Agency Organic Outcome: Fish and watercress farms do not contribute to pollutants; Priority deterioration in the quality of waters. (SE0269) Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Abstraction and Options appraisal for action at Biodiversity Action Plan sites East Kent Chalk - Stour; Great Stour between A2 and 2012 Environment other artificial perceived to be adversely affected by abstraction: Great West Stourmouth; Great Stour between Wye and A2; Agency, South flow pressures Stour, Little Stour, and Wingham River. Outcome: Reduced Little Stour; Wingham River East Water; water use so there is enough water for people, their Southern businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0254) Water; Veolia Water

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Review the effectiveness of measures on catchments at risk South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial of flow problems, particularly where climate change could Agency flow pressures make problems worse. Outcome: Water Framework Directive water management measures are effective in the future. (SE0293)

Ammonia; Faecal Local initiative with Highways Agency and local authorities Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Environment indicator to determine amount of road drainage to Source Protection Agency; organisms; Zone 1 and seek alternative options. Initial pilot in Brighton Highways Hazardous and Hove. Outcome: Better protection of groundwater and Agency (Local substances and surface water quality. (SE0251) Authorities) non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Ammonia; Faecal InterReg 4a colaborative project to investigate the long-term South East RBD 2010 University of indicator sustainability of discharging treated sewage effluent to Brighton organisms; ground, subject to satisfactory project scope. Outcome: (Environment Hazardous Better understanding of mechanisms affecting the Agency; Water substances and sustainability of treated effluent discharge to ground, to companies) non-hazardous contribute to water quality improevements and no pollutants; deterioration (SE0240) Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Ammonia; Faecal Further investigation - monitoring to assess the natural East Kent Chalk - Stour; IOW Central Downs Chalk; 2012 Environment indicator background quality of the groundwater body to ascertain IOW Southern Downs Chalk; River Itchen Chalk; River Agency organisms; whether the concentrations of copper are naturally high or Test Chalk Hazardous elevated due to anthropogenic reasons. Outcome: substances and Understanding of whether there is ongoing input of copper non-hazardous to groundwater and need to take preventative action. pollutants; (SE0226) Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Ammonia; Further investigation following pilot study, to assess impacts Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Environment Nitrate; of different nitrate and pesticide loading rates and Agency Hazardous applications from chalk farmland on groundwater. (Brighton and substances and Outcome; Improved knowledge, leading to improvements in Hove City non-hazardous groundwater quality through better risk management. Council; pollutants; Faecal (SE0228) Southern indicator Water) organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Faecal indicator Further investigation - Clarify the evidence that saline East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Environment organisms; intrusion is not occurring, and obtain available monitoring Agency Ammonia; data for groundwater quality monitoring network. Work with Nitrate; the water company to reduce the 'lack of confidence' Hazardous attributed to the saline intrusion test due to apparent lack of substances and available monitoring. Outcome: Clear understanding of the non-hazardous status of drinking water aquifers. (SE0225) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Faecal indicator Further Investigation - Project to assess flow and quality Kent Weald Eastern - Rother 2012 Environment organisms; data in Ashdown Beds geology. Outcome; Improved Agency Hazardous knowledge, informing more effective groundwater substances and protection. (SE0227) non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Continue the current investigation and assessment of IOW Southern Downs Chalk Implemented Environment substances and bentazone contamination at Niton Pumping Water Station. Agency non-hazardous Outcome: Action plan to improve groundwater and surface pollutants; water body quality. (SE0202) Nitrate; Faecal indicator organisms; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Development of a GIS layer to interpret the full risks and the South East RBD 2012 Environment Ammonia; effects of groundwater flooding on groundwater quality. Agency Hazardous Outcome: Develop action plan to reduce pollution risk to substances and groundwater in areas at risk from groundwater flooding non-hazardous (SE0208) pollutants; Faecal indicator organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Improved monitoring within groundwater bodies. Outcome; Adur & Ouse Hastings Beds; Central Hants 2012 Environment Hazardous Improved groundwater quality. (SE0237) Bracklesham Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; Agency substances and East Hants Lambeth Group; East Kent Tertiaries; non-hazardous Hastings Beds Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; IOW pollutants; Solent Group; IOW Southern Downs Chalk; Kent chemicals - all; Greensand Eastern; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Nutrients; Eastern - Rother; Lower Greensand Cuckmere & Ammonia; Faecal Pevensey Levels; South East Hants Bracklesham indicator Group; South Hants Lambeth Group organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Monitor the interaction between groundwater and surface East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Environment Hazardous water in the River Stour, to assess the contribution of Agency substances and ammonia / nitrate to the River Stour from the Chalk non-hazardous groundwater body, with the view to taking appropriate future pollutants; Faecal action to control the likely source. Outcome: Action plan to indicator improve groundwater and surface water quality. (SE0253) organisms; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Investigations to identify areas at risk of contaminants from Arun & Western Streams Hastings Beds; Brighton 2012 Environment Hazardous urban and transport activities, and develop targeted Chalk Block; Central Hants Bracklesham Group; Agency; substances and pollution prevention partnerships. Develop Memorandum Of Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester-Worthing- Highways non-hazardous Understanding. Outcome: Reduction in pollution from non Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Lambeth Group; Agency (Local pollutants; Faecal agricultural pesticides, road drainage, road salt, Hastings Beds Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; IOW Authorities) indicator hydrocarbons and foul drainage. (SE0246) Southern Downs Chalk; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; organisms; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Ammonia; Priority Lower Greensand Adur & Ouse; Lower Greensand Substances & Arun & Western Streams; River Itchen Chalk; River Specific Test Chalk; South East Hants Bracklesham Group Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Investigate improvements to sewage treatment works, or South East RBD 2012 Environment Organic appropriate catchment controls, that can be included in the Agency pollutants; Priority periodic review 2014, where a sewage treatment works is Hazardous identified as causing a failure of status. Outcome: All water Substances, company consented discharges comply with Water Priority Framework Directive standards and other EC Directives. Substances and (SE0242) Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Carry out investigative riverine and land based field work Adur & Ouse: Woodsmill Stream, River Adur East Implemented Environment Organic into the origins, causes of and solutions to pollution where (Goddards Green),Copyhold Stream, Glynde Reach, Agency pollutants; Priority we need to improve certainty. Outcome: Improve our Northend Stream at Cooksbridge, Bevern Hazardous understanding of problems, in order to take effective action Stream,Lower Uck between Ford and Ishurst, Substances, to address them. (SE0200) Ridgewood Stream, River Uck Ridgewood stream Priority confluence to Ford,Ouse from Cockhaise Brook Substances and confluence to Spithurst, River Adur East Specific (Sakeham),Tickerage Stream,Sheffield Park Pollutants Stream,Shell Brook upstream of Ardingly Reservoir,Little Horsted Stream, Pellingford Brook, Iron River,Ardingly Reservoir,R. Adur West,Herrings Stream, River Adur East (Goddards Green),R. Adur East,Glynde Reach,Longford Stream,River Ouse between Isfield and Coast,Pellingford Brook,Tickerage Stream,Bevern Stream,Ridgewood Stream, Northend Stream at Cooksbridge,Little Horsted Stream,Adur (Hammer pond),Uck Updtream of Buxted,Adur (Lancing brook),Herrings Stream,Woodsmill Stream,Longford Stream Arun & Western Streams: Aldingbourne Rife, Broad Rife, Aldingbourne Rife, Aldingbourne Rife, Lidsey Rife, Arun, R. Kird, R. Arun Horsham, R. Lod, Pagham Harbour, R. Arun Source, Elsted Stream, Loxwood Stream, North River, R. Arun Horsham,

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Continued from above - see additional water bodies R. Lod, R. Stor, Haslingbourne Stream, Stanbridge Implemented Environment Organic Stream, R. Ems, Aldingbourne Rife, Lidsey Rife, Agency pollutants; Priority Carry out investigative riverine and land based field work Burpham Trib (R.Arun), Black Ditch, R. Arun (U/S Hazardous into the origins, causes of and solutions to pollution where Pallingham), Fishbourne Stream, R. Lavant (Upper), Substances, we need to improve certainty. Outcome: Improve our R. Stor, R. Lavant (Upper), R. Lavant (Upper) Priority understanding of problems, in order to take effective action Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels: Glynleigh Sewer at Substances and to address them. (SE0200) Hailsham, East Stream, Cuckmere between Arlington Specific and Lower Horsebridge, Wick Street Stream at Upper Pollutants Dicker, Hugletts Stream, Cuckmere from Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Glynleigh Sewer at Hailsham, Hollington Stream, Wick Street Stream at Upper Dicker, Combe Haven between Powdermill Str conf and Coast, Langley Sewer at Eastbourne, Watermill Stream, Cuckmere between Arlington and Lower Horsebridge, Cuckmere from Warbleton to Lower Horsebridge, Hurst Haven at Hailsham, Glynleigh Sewer at Hailsham, Waller Haven between Windmill Hill and A259, Hollington Stream, Ashbourne Stream Hugletts conf to Nunningham Str., Langley Sewer at Eastbourne, Nunningham Stream East Hampshire: River Alver, Hoeford Lake, Horton Heath Stream, Hermitage Stream, River Alver, Steeple Court Stream, Botleigh Grange/ Hedge End Streams, Potwell Trib, Hook Lake, Shedfield Stream, R. Hamble, R. Lavant (Hants), Hook Lake Groundwater: Brighton Chalk Block

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Continued from above - see additional water bodies Isle of Wight: Thorley Brook, Wroxall Stream, Palmers Implemented Environment Organic Brook, Monktonmead Brook, Atherfield Stream R. Agency pollutants; Priority Carry out investigative riverine and land based field work Medina New Forest: Walhampton Stream, Avon Hazardous into the origins, causes of and solutions to pollution where Water, Marchwood Park Stream Trb, Sowley Pond, Substances, we need to improve certainty. Outcome: Improve our Stone Farm Stream, Mopley Pond Stream, Priority understanding of problems, in order to take effective action Walhampton Stream, Langdown Stream, Black Water, Substances and to address them. (SE0200) Walkford Brook, Thorns Marsh Specific Stream, R. Beaulieu Rother: Socknersh Stream, Pollutants Lower Rother from Robertsbridge to Iden, Tributary of Newmill Channel upstream of Rolvenden, Hexden Channel, Lower Rother from Robertsbridge to Iden,Darwell Reservoir, Marsham and Pannel Sewers, Limden, Rother between Witherenden Hill and Etchingham, Brede between Battle and Winchelsea, Cradlebridge Petty Sewer, Hexden Channel, Glottenham Stream at Robertsbridge, Tributary of the Brede at Westfield, Dudwell, Tributary of Newmill Channel upstream of Rolvenden, Romney Marsh between Appledore and West Hythe, White Kemp and Jury's Gut Sewer, Jury's Gut Sewer at Lydd Ranges, Line, Kent Ditch, Tidebrook, Tenterden Sewer, Walland Marsh Iden to Appledore, Walland Marsh at East Guldeford, Vinehall Stream, Rother (Kent.Lower), Brede between Battle and Winchelsea, Doleham Ditch, Ranges Stour: Great Stour between Ashford and Wye, Sarre Penn S. Chislet and Monkton Minster Marshes,

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Continued from above - see additional water bodies Great Stour between Wye and A2, North and South Implemented Environment Organic Streams at Eastry, Little Stour, Wingham River, Great Agency pollutants; Priority Carry out investigative riverine and land based field work Stour between Ashford and Wye,Stodmarsh Nature Hazardous into the origins, causes of and solutions to pollution where Reserve Pool, Great Puckstone, Fordwhich lake East, Substances, we need to improve certainty. Outcome: Improve our Fordwich Lakes,Little Stour, North Chislet Marsh, Priority understanding of problems, in order to take effective action Upper Great Stour, East Stour, Wingham River, Great Substances and to address them. (SE0200) Stour between Ashford and Wye, Dour from Kearsney Specific to Dover, East Stour, Dour from Kearsney to Dover, Pollutants North Chislet Marsh Test & Itchen: Cadnam River, Sherfield English Stream, Bow Lake, Test (Lower), Bow Lake, Itchen, Test (Lower), Arle Upstream of Drove Lane, R. Dever, R. Dun, Sholing Common Streams, Fairbourne Stream to Fishlake Meadows, Bourne Rivulet, Westwood Stream, Test (Lower), Bow Lake"

Nutrients; Carry out additional riverine sampling into the origins, Hollington Stream; Romney Marsh between Implemented Environment Organic causes of and solutions to pollution where we need to Appledore and West Hythe; Upper Rother, Coggins Agency pollutants; Priority improve certainty. Outcome: Improve our understanding of Mill to Five Ashes Hazardous problems, in order to take effective action to address them. Substances, (SE0198) Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Carry out additional riverine sampling into the origins, East Hampshire: Hook Lake, R. Hamble, Hamble, 2010 Environment Organic causes and solutions to sedimentation. Outcome: Improve Horton Heath Stream, Potwell Trib, R. Lavant (Hants), Agency pollutants; Priority our understanding of problems, in order to take effective Steeple Court Stream, Shedfield Stream, R. Hamble, Hazardous action to address them. (SE0197) Botleigh Grange/ Hedge End Streams Substances, Isle of Wight: Thorley Brook,Rodge Brook,Palmers Priority Brook Substances and New Forest: Danes Stream, Sowley Stream, Penerley Specific Trib, Beckton Bunny, Avon Water, Mopley Pond Pollutants; Stream, Dark Water, Ober Water, Highland Water Sediments (as a Rother: Doleham Ditch, Jury's Gut Sewer at Lydd direct pollutant) Ranges, Brede between Battle and Winchelsea, Tillingham, Lower Rother from Robertsbridge to Iden Stour: Little Stour, Upper Great Stour Test & Itchen: Sholing Common Streams, Westwood Stream, Arle - Upstream of Drove Lane, R. Blackwater, R. Alre, Candover Brook, Wallop Brook, R. Dever, R. Dever, Pillhill Brook

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Priority Carry out investigative riverine and land based field work Adur & Ouse; Ridgewood Stream, Longford Stream 2010 Environment Hazardous into the origins, causes and solutions to sedimentation. Arun & Western Streams: Lidsey Rife, R. Ems, Agency Substances, Outcome: Improve our understanding of problems, in order Pagham Harbour, Black Ditch Priority to take effective action to address them. (SE0199) East Hampshire: Hermitage Stream Substances and Isle of Wight; Atherfield Stream, R. Eastern Yar, R. Specific Medina, Monktonmead Brook, R. Eastern Yar Pollutants; New Forest; Langdown Stream, Bartley Water, Bartley Sediments (as a Water direct pollutant); Rother: Marsham and Pannel Sewers, Newmill Organic Channel downstream of A28, Walland Mars, pollutants Cradlebridge Petty Sewer, Hexden Channel, Romney Marsh between Appledore and West Hythe Stour: North and South Streams in the Lydden Valley,Wingham River,North and South Streams at Eastry,North Chislet Marsh Test & Itchen: Monks Brook, Cadnam River, Butlocks Heath Stream, River Blackwater, Bourne Rivulet, Bow Lake, River Itchen (Cheriton Stream), Test (Lower), River Itchen, R. Dun, R. Test, R. Dun, R. Test (Middle), R. Test, River Test, R. Test (Upper)

Organic Further Investigation of groundwater and surface water Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk 2012 Environment pollutants; monitoring for nitrates, ammonia and pesticide to align data. Agency Nutrients Outcome; Improved knowledge leading to improved groundwater and surface water quality . (SE0229)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 199 December 2009 Environment Agency

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Investigate the need to screen intakes and discharges to South East RBD 2012 Environment modification prevent loss or damage to fish populations. Ensure Agency screening on priority sites. Outcome: Screen intakes and (Fisheries and discharges so as to contribute to the achievement of good Angling ecological status. (SE0243) Interests; Land managers and owners; Water companies)

Physical Investigate and where appropriate manage physical impacts Sussex; Sussex East; Isle of Wight East coastal water 2012 Sussex modification; of commercial inshore fisheries to improve marine bodies Inshore Direct biological biodiversity and fisheries productivity, through the Sensitive Fisheries and pressures Area Management Plan for the Sussex coast. Outcome: Conservation Identify, designate and manage specific sites within the Authority Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee District. It is intended that (Environment subject to changes in policy, these actions will be Agency; progressed by the relevant Inshore Fisheries and Natural Conservation Authority, and support the process of Marine England; Local Conservation Zone designation in the Eastern Channel Authorities; (SE0241) Non- Governmental Organisations)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 200 December 2009 Environment Agency

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Investigation into solvent contamination in the Andover area River Test Chalk 2010 Environment Hazardous to inform pollution prevention visits with the aim to prevent Agency Substances, deterioration of groundwater quality. Outcome: A significant Priority reduction in the ongoing pollution of the Andover Chalk Substances and groundwater by chlorinated solvents. (SE0245) Specific Pollutants

Priority Investigation into Endocrine Disruptors. Outcome: To South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous understand their impact and put into place appropriate Agency Substances, measures. (SE0244) Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Direct biological pressures; Microbiology

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 201 December 2009 Environment Agency

Abstraction and Appraise new public water supply resource options South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial including investigating role of different generic option types Agency; Water flow pressures (e.g. desalination, effluent reuse, transfers and reservoirs) in companies context of likely regional supply-demand need. Outcome: New resource options will not cause a deterioration in status of any impacted Waterbody and where possible will contribute to the achievement of good ecological status or potential. (SE0194)

Natura 2000 protected areas and SSSIs

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 202 December 2009 Environment Agency

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Options appraisal for action at Site of Special Scientific Brighton Chalk Block 2012 South East other artificial Interest perceived to be adversely affected by abstraction : Water; flow pressures Poynings (SE0343) Environment Agency

Abstraction and Modify abstraction licence to ensure no adverse effect on Kent Romney Marsh 2015 Environment other artificial integrity of Natura 2000 site: Dungeness SAC (SE0341) Agency (Veolia flow pressures Water Southeast)

Abstraction and Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by Agency flow pressures; revoking or amending abstraction licences (see Annex D) Nutrients (SE0324)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 203 December 2009 Environment Agency

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on The New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Test & 2012 Environment New Forest SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Itchen Catchment Agency; SSSI, River Test SSSI, Southampton Common SSSI and Natural Alresford Pond SSSI by developing a pollution action plan England (SE0318)

Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Local modification conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Authorities Implementation of Appropriate Coastal Management (see Annex D) (SE0327)

Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment modification conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Agency; River Restoration Programme for protected areas (see Natural Annex D) (SE0333) England Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment modification conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Agency; River Restoration Scheme (see Annex D) (SE0334) Natural England

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels Catchment 2010 Environment modification Pevensey Levels SSSI by implementing flood management Agency programme (SE0313) Physical Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Rother Catchment; Test & Itchen Catchment; 2010 Environment modification; Pevensey Levels SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels Catchment; Agency Nutrients Rye Bay SSSI, Alresford Pond SSSI and River Test SSSI by revoking or amending discharge consents (SE0315) Physical Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Test & Itchen Catchment Implemented Environment modification; Alresford Pond SSSI and River Test SSSI by implementing Agency Nutrients water level management plans (SE0310)

Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Water modification; conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through companies; Abstraction and Water Level Management Plans (see Annex D) (SE0338) Environment other artificial Agency flow pressures (Farmers)

Physical Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on the Test & Itchen Catchment 2011 Natural modification; River Test SSSI by implementing river restoration project England; Nutrients; (SE0320) Environment Abstraction and Agency other artificial flow pressures; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 205 December 2009 Environment Agency

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Test & Itchen 2012 Environment direct pollutant); Alresford Pond SSSI by implementing lake restoration Agency; Direct biological project (SE0311) Natural pressures; England Nutrients

Sediments (as a Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment direct pollutant); conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by Agency; Nutrients developing a pollution action plan for protected areas (see Natural Annex D) (SE0321) England Sediments (as a Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment direct pollutant); conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by Agency Nutrients revoking or amending discharge/PPC consents (see Annex D) (SE0325)

Abstraction and Investigation at Site of Special Scientific Interest perceived River Blackwater; Test (Lower) 2012 Southern other artificial to be adversely affected by abstraction (SE0340) Water; flow pressures Environment Agency Abstraction and Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on St. New Forest Catchment; Rother Catchment; Test & 2012 Natural other artificial Leonard's Park Ponds SSSI, Pevensey Levels SSSI, Itchen Catchment; Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels England; flow pressures; Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay SSSI and New Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Catchment Environment Physical Forest SSSI by investigating hydrology (SE0317) Agency modification Nutrients; Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2010 Environment Sediments (as a conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Agency; direct pollutant) regulatory investigation into diffuse pollution (see Annex D) Natural (SE0332) England

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 206 December 2009 Environment Agency

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2010 Environment modification conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Agency Investigation into water quality and morphology pressures (see Annex D) (SE0330)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 207 December 2009 C.7 Industry, manufacturing and other business The South East is home to more than 300,000 businesses and is the largest economic region outside London. Whilst there is a relatively low incidence of large scale manufacturing in the region, the sector retains a strategic importance both regionally and nationally. The strong emphasis on high tech industries means that manufacturing output in the South East is now in excess of £20 billion per annum, higher than in any other UK region. Of critical economic importance to the region are the thriving marine and oil industries with the most significant activities taking place within the commercial ports of Dover and Southampton, the petrochemical facilities at Fawley and defence establishments at Portsmouth.

Pressure on water environment from industry and business is intense, both in terms of the release of pollutants and the abstraction of limited resources. The challenge for the region is to ensure that it maintains its competitive advantage without compromising the enhancement of its natural environment.

The commercial fisheries fleet is an important industry in the District. In particular the trend in volume of fish landings of Sea bass has increased in the last few years. In some cases commercial fisheries activity is a key element in the local economy. This is the case of Rye harbour, where this industry contributes £8.7 million per year to the local economy.

Table C7: Actions for the Industry, manufacturing and other business sector

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 208 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Industry, manufacturing and other business National Actions Benzo (ghi) EU Restriction on the use of polyaromatic hydrocarbon South East RBD Implemented EU perylene; content in oil used in the manufacture of tyres. (SE0016) Benzo(a)pyrene; Fluoranthene; Indeno (123-cd) pyrene

Hazardous Implement DCLG Planning Policy Guidance Statement 23 South East RBD Implemented Local substances and (PPS23) on controlling pollution of groundwater (SE0067) Authorities non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 209 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Local authority contaminated land legislation Notice powers. South East RBD Implemented Local substances and Make use of site specific notices to remove pollution risk to Authorities non-hazardous groundwater (SE0062) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Follow Petrol Retailing Code of Practice (Groundwater South East RBD Implemented Industry leads substances and Regulations) - comply with published advice for operators non-hazardous (SE0165) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 210 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Follow Solvents Code of Practice (Groundwater South East RBD Implemented Industry leads substances and Regulations) - comply with published advice for operators non-hazardous (SE0059) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Implementation of 'oil-filled cables' operating agreement South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and with electricity transmission companies (SE0167) Agency; non-hazardous Industry leads pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 211 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Environmental Permitting – effluent discharges to ground South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and (SE0162) Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Environmental Permitting - Process Industries Regulation South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and (SE0163) Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Proposed oil pipelines Operating Agreement(s) (SE0051) South East RBD 2012 Environment substances and Agency; non-hazardous Industry leads pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 212 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Comply with environmental permit conditions (SE0153) South East RBD Implemented Industry leads substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Environmental Permitting - waste disposal (SE0164) South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Total Oil Operating agreement (SE0064) South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and Agency; non-hazardous Industry leads pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 213 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Isoproturon Recently introduced UK-wide restrictions will see South East RBD Implemented Chemicals decreasing trend in emissions of Isoproturon, and probable Regulation compliance by 2015 with no further action. (SE0068) Directorate

Nitrate Waste exemptions - low risk approach to waste regulation South East RBD Implemented Environment activities (SE0079) Agency

Nitrate Development planning - planning liaison. Site specific South East RBD Implemented Local groundwater pollution prevention advice and Authorities recommendations (SE0072)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 214 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Implement Groundwater Protection: Policy and Practice - South East RBD Implemented Land Hazardous External education on groundwater pollution prevention managers and substances and (SE0087) owners; non-hazardous Environment pollutants; Priority Agency Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Development planning structure plans - influence location of South East RBD Implemented Water Hazardous development to protect groundwater (SE0086) companies; substances and Environment non-hazardous Agency pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 215 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Provide development planning standing advice (SE0084) South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous Agency substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Comply with local authority contaminated land legislation South East RBD Implemented Land Hazardous Notices. Make use of site specific notices to remove managers and substances and pollution risk to groundwater (SE0156) owners; Local non-hazardous Authorities pollutants; Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals)

Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets: -A scheme to Portsmouth Harbour; Solent 2011 Southern Organic install event/duration monitoring at 8 locations in the East Water pollutants; Hampshire Catchment to assess the impacts of storm Microbiology events on Shellfish Waters. (SE0113)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 216 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Plans, processes and programmes (such as the South East RBD Implemented Environment modification Environment Agency Navigation and Recreation strategies) Agency will be aligned to the requirements of hydromorphology to achieve Water Framework Directive objectives (especially ecological potential). This will be two fold: i) Mitigation measures required to reach good ecological potential will be identified in and delivered through such plans, and ii) the prioritisation of environmental improvements will be influenced by the specific requirements to reach Water Framework Directive objectives. (SE0145)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 217 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Priority General guidance to improve Pesticide use through the South East RBD Implemented Amenity Forum Hazardous Amenity Forum (SE0150) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Trichloroethylene EU-wide ban on the use of trichloroethylene (SE0189) South East RBD Implemented EU

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 218 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Dredging and Investigation into the impact of commercial shell and fin South East RBD 2010 Environment trawling fisheries to improve the risk assessment of the impact of Agency (commercial these activities on ecology and to identify appropriate fishing and measures. The work will be driven by case studies, the shellfish) outcomes of which can be applied nationally. (SE0041)

Local Actions Abstraction and Promote small-scale storage reservoirs to businesses, South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial where they can be justified in the context of the twin track Agency (South flow pressures approach of resource development and demand East England management, and are proven to be resilient to a range of Development hydrological events. Outcome: Abstraction pressures are Agency; reduced during low flow periods (SE0271) National Farmers' Union)

Abstraction and Reduction of demand through offering of tax incentives South East RBD Implemented Defra; HM other artificial (enhanced Capital Allowances) for the purchase and use of Revenue and flow pressures efficient plant and fittings by commercial organisations. Customs Outcome: Reduced water use so there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0286)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 219 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Abstraction and Develop and implement a demand management campaign South East RBD 2010 Environment other artificial including targeting specific non-household sectors (e.g. Agency flow pressures review Fawley water use, 'Ensuring water for all' project). Outcome: Abstraction pressures on the environment are reduced (SE0204)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 220 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Ammonia; Voluntary and enforced groundwater remediation schemes South East RBD 2012 Environment Nitrate; under Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, at Agency Hazardous a variety of sites both ongoing and proposed. Outcome: substances and Improvements to water quality contributing to good status. non-hazardous (SE0303) pollutants; Faecal indicator organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 221 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Develop joint working between the Sea Fisheries South East RBD 2012 Inshore pressures; Direct Committees, Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities Fisheries and biological and the Environment Agency on the collection of inshore Conservation pressures data. Outcome: Improved understanding of pressures in the Authorities; marine environment to enable better targeting and Environment development of actions. (SE0207) Agency (Natural England; Local Authorities; Non- Governmental Organisations)

Direct biological Produce code of conduct for commercial fisheries and sea Sussex; Sussex East; Isle of Wight East coastal water 2012 Sussex pressures; anglers to protect marine sites of nature conservation bodies Inshore Physical importance. Outcome: Marine sites of nature conservation Fisheries and modification importance are protected from damage by fishing activities. Conservation (SE0267) Authority (Environment Agency; Natural England; Local Authorities; Non- Governmental Organisations)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 222 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Faecal indicator Pollution prevention advice, campaign and enforcement at Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk 2012 Environment organisms; the following sites: Haine Road industrial estate, Lord of the Agency Hazardous Manor SPZ I and II, Manston airport and associated substances and infrastructure, petrol stations, Pysons Road industrial estate, non-hazardous Rumfields SPZ I and II, Jentex Oil, and the Westwood area. pollutants; Outcome: Less polluted groundwater. (SE0262) Nitrate; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Pollution prevention advice and campaigns in high risk Adur & Ouse Hastings Beds; Brighton Chalk Block; 2012 Environment substances and areas. Outcome; Improved groundwater and surface water Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester-Worthing- Agency non-hazardous quality. (SE0259) Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Chalk; East Hants pollutants; Lambeth Group; East Kent Chalk - Stour; East Kent Ammonia; Faecal Tertiaries; Hastings Beds Cuckmere and Pevensey indicator Levels; IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW Southern organisms; Downs Chalk; Kent Greensand Eastern; Kent Isle of Nitrate; Priority Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Substances & Eastern - Rother; Littlehampton Anticline East; Lower Specific Greensand Adur & Ouse; Lower Greensand Arun & Pollutants Western Streams; Lower Greensand Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block; South Hants Lambeth Group

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 223 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 224 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Pollution prevention advice and campaigns targeting oil Adur & Ouse Hastings Beds; Arun & Western Streams 2012 Environment substances and care advice in high risk areas. Outcome: Better protection Hastings Beds; Brighton Chalk Block; Central Hants Agency non-hazardous of groundwater and surface water quality. (SE0260) Bracklesham Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; pollutants; Priority Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Substances & Lambeth Group; East Kent Chalk - Stour; Hastings Specific Beds Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; IOW Southern Pollutants Downs Chalk; Kent Greensand Eastern; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Lower Greensand Arun & Western Streams; Lower Greensand Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block; South East Hants Bracklesham Group

Microbiology; Pollution prevention visits and campaigns targeted in high Arun & Western Streams Hastings Beds; Brighton 2012 Environment Hazardous risk areas to address small and medium enterprises and Chalk Block; Central Hants Bracklesham Group; Agency substances and industrial sites. Outcome; Improved groundwater and Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester-Worthing- non-hazardous surface water quality. (SE0263) Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Lambeth Group; pollutants; Hastings Beds Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels; IOW Nutrients; Priority Southern Downs Chalk; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Substances & Kent Romney Marsh; Kent Weald Eastern - Rother; Specific Lower Greensand Adur & Ouse; Lower Greensand Pollutants Arun & Western Streams; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; South East Hants Bracklesham Group

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 225 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Nutrients; Influence Town and Country Planning Act authorisation South East RBD Implemented Local Microbiology; process to help minimise risk of diffuse polllution from new Authorities; Organic developments (e.g. implement SUDs and use of Water Environment pollutants; Resource Act Planning Guidance). Outcome; Improved Agency Sediments (as a groundwater and surface water quality. (SE0239) direct pollutant); Priority Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 226 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 227 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 228 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 229 December 2009 Industry, manufacturing and other business

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Investigate and where appropriate manage physical impacts Sussex; Sussex East; Isle of Wight East coastal water 2012 Sussex modification; of commercial inshore fisheries to improve marine bodies Inshore Direct biological biodiversity and fisheries productivity, through the Sensitive Fisheries and pressures Area Management Plan for the Sussex coast. Outcome: Conservation Identify, designate and manage specific sites within the Authority Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee District. It is intended that (Environment subject to changes in policy, these actions will be Agency; progressed by the relevant Inshore Fisheries and Natural Conservation Authority, and support the process of Marine England; Local Conservation Zone designation in the Eastern Channel Authorities; (SE0241) Non- Governmental Organisations)

Physical Investigate the need to screen intakes and discharges to South East RBD 2012 Environment modification prevent loss or damage to fish populations. Ensure Agency screening on priority sites. Outcome: Screen intakes and (Fisheries and discharges so as to contribute to the achievement of good Angling ecological status. (SE0243) Interests; Land managers and owners; Water companies) SSSI / N2k Actions Sediments (as a Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment direct pollutant); conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by Agency Nutrients revoking or amending discharge/PPC consents (see Annex D) (SE0325)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 230 December 2009 C.8 Local Government Local Government is responsible for working with the community to implement Government policy and maintain public services and facilities, from parks and education to social services and transport. In addition to the delivery of public services by individual councils and other statutory agencies, there is an increasing emphasis on the importance of organisations working in partnership with each other i.e. through Local Strategic Partnerships bringing together key service providers from the private, business, community and voluntary sectors into a single partnership.

In the South East there are four unitary authorities (Southampton City Council, Portsmouth City Council , Isle of Wight Council, and Brighton and Hove City Council) that are single tier and deliver the full range of services, including education, social services, council tax and housing benefits, public libraries, museums and art galleries, traffic and transportation, refuse collection, recycling and disposal, planning, environmental health, swimming pools and leisure facilities, parks, open spaces and countryside including footpaths, cemeteries and crematoria, markets and fairs, registration of births, deaths, marriages and electorates, collecting council tax and business rates.

The remaining two tier authorities consist of four county councils (Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, and Kent) and thirty five district, borough and city councils (Hastings BC, Rother DC, Wealden DC, Eastbourne BC, Lewes DC, Dartford BC, Gravesham BC, Sevenoaks DC, Tonbridge and Malling BC, Tunbridge Wells BC, Maidstone BC Swale BC, Ashford BC, Shepway DC, Canterbury City Council, Dover DC, Thanet DC. Worthing BC, Arun DC, Chichester DC, Horsham DC, Crawley BC, Mid Sussex DC. Adur DC, Gosport BC, Fareham BC, Winchester City Council, Havant BC, East Hampshire DC, Hart DC, Rushmoor BC, Basingstoke and Deane BC, Test Valley BC, Eastleigh DC and New Forest DC. The responsibilities set out above are split between the two tiers.

Town and Parish councils exist at the most local level across the whole of the district.

Table C8: Actions for Local Government

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 231 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Local Government National Actions Ammonia; Faecal Local initiative to encourage Local Planning Authorities to 'Brighton Chalk Block; Central Hants Bracklesham 2012 Local indicator use GP3 (Groundwater Protection: Policy and Practice) to Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester- Authorities organisms; promote best practice and PPS23 (Planning Policy Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; Hastings Beds Cuckmere Hazardous Statement 23) to ensure remediation of brownfield land and Pevensey Levels; IOW Southern Downs Chalk; substances and (SE0010) Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent non-hazardous Weald Eastern - Rother; Lower Greensand Arun & pollutants; Western Streams; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Nitrate; Priority Chalk; Lower Greensand Arun & Western Streams; Substances & River Itchen Chalk; River Test Chalk; Lower Specific Greensand Adur & Ouse; Arun & Western Streams Pollutants Hastings Bed; East Hants Lambeth Group; South East Hants Bracklesham Group

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 232 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Development planning: land contamination - site specific South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and advice and required action for remediation of contaminated Agency; Local non-hazardous land through planning liaison (SE0055) Authorities pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Follow pesticides statutory Code of Practice - comply with South East RBD Implemented Land substances and published advice for operators on control of plant protection managers and non-hazardous products (SE0061) owners pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 233 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 234 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Water Framework Directive mitigation measures manual for South East RBD 2010 Environment modification flood and coastal erosion risk management and land Agency drainage activities. This manual will set out best practice options for measures to mitigate against the impacts of such activities upon ecology. This will be used to ensure that new and existing schemes and management activities will take into consideration Water Framework Directive requirements and will results in minimal ecological damage. (SE0146)

Priority General guidance to improve Pesticide use through the South East RBD Implemented Amenity Forum Hazardous Amenity Forum (SE0150) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 235 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Investigations into the ecological outcomes of measures South East RBD 2010 Environment modification required to mitigate against the effects of flood and coastal Agency risk management activities, improving the understanding of the cost/benefit and technical feasibility of such measures and developing understanding of the underlying processes, ecological responses and applicability. Case studies will be used and the outcomes will have a national application. (SE0142)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 236 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 237 December 2009 Local Government

Abstraction and Reduction of demand through specification of water efficient South East RBD 2010 Local other artificial fittings in new and refurbished homes under Building Authorities flow pressures Regulations. Outcome: Reduced water use so there is (water users) enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0288)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 238 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 239 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 240 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Produce code of conduct for commercial fisheries and sea Sussex; Sussex East; Isle of Wight East coastal water 2012 Sussex pressures; anglers to protect marine sites of nature conservation bodies Inshore Physical importance. Outcome: Marine sites of nature conservation Fisheries and modification importance are protected from damage by fishing activities. Conservation (SE0267) Authority (Environment Agency; Natural England; Local Authorities; Non- Governmental Hazardous Pollution prevention advice and campaigns - Local Brighton Chalk Block 2012 LocalO i ti ) substances and campaign targeting school storage and use of Authorities non-hazardous hydrocarbons. Outcome; Improved groundwater and pollutants; Priority surface water quality. (SE0257) Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Local initiative to agree voluntary pollution prevention and South East RBD 2012 Land substances and remediation of existing land contamination for at risk sites. managers and non-hazardous Outcome: Bringing land back into beneficial use and remove owners pollutants; Priority potential sources of groundwater contamination. (SE0250) Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 241 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 242 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Influence Town and Country Planning Act authorisation South East RBD Implemented Local Microbiology; process to help minimise risk of diffuse polllution from new Authorities; Organic developments (e.g. implement SUDs and use of Water Environment pollutants; Resource Act Planning Guidance). Outcome; Improved Agency Sediments (as a groundwater and surface water quality. (SE0239) direct pollutant); Priority Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 243 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 244 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 245 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Priority Continued from above - see additional waterbodies Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Pevensey Haven 2012 Natural Hazardous between Rickney and Pevensey England; Substances, East Hampshire; Brownwich Stream, Horton Heath Environment Priority Work with Natural England to target Catchment Sensitive Stream, Potwell Trib, Steeple Court Stream Agency Substances and Farming type activities and agri-environment schemes to Isle of Wight; Atherfield Stream, R. Eastern Yar, R. Specific ensure adoption of best farming practices. Outcome: Medina, Thorley Brook, Rodge Brook, Monktonmead Pollutants; Reduce diffuse pollution sources from agriculture within Brook, Palmers Brook, Gurnard Luck, Lukely Brook Sediments (as a water bodies identified as being impacted or at risk. Rother; Brede between Battle and Winchelsea, direct pollutant); (SE0306) Tillingham, Lower Rother from Robertsbridge to Iden, Organic Walland Marsh Iden to Appledore, Cradlebridge pollutants Petty Sewer,Tributary of Newmill Channel upstream of Rolvenden, Romney Marsh between Appledore and West Hythe,Socknersh Stream,Tillingham Stour; Wingham River, Little Stour, East Stour, North Chislet Marsh Test & Itchen; Cadnam River, Whiteparish Trib, Sherfield English Stream, Fairbourne Stream to Fishlake Meadows,Tadburn Lake, River Blackwater,R. Blackwater,Test (Lower),River Itchen, River Test,R. Test (Middle),River Test,R. Anton, Bow Lake

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 246 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Organic Ensure that planning policies and spatial planning South East RBD 2012 Environment pollutants; documents take into account the objectives of the South Agency; Local Nutrients; East River Basin Management Plan. Outcome: The Authorities Physical proposed Single Regional Strategy (and any reviews of (South East modification; policies within the South East Plan) and emerging drafts England Abstraction and fully integrate the requirements of this plan. From 2010 all Partnership other artificial adopted Local Development Documents include policies Board) flow pressures relating to sustainable water management. From 2010 all emerging Sustainable Community Strategies include reference to the achievement of sustainable water management within their strategic vision. (SE0221)

Physical Ensure that local spatial planing documents include policies South East RBD 2012 Local modification to secure habitat creation in floodplains through developer Authorities contributions, taking into consideration the Biodiversity (Environment Opportunity Areas. Outcome: From 2011 Development Plan Agency; South Documents include polices to seek Section 106 monies East England (and Community Infrastructure Levy contributions where Partnership relevant) for floodplain habitat creation. To help address Board) diffuse pollution, and contribute to flood storage measures. (SE0218) Physical Restore degraded wetlands in the New Forest to improve New Forest Catchment 2012 New Forest modification the condition of nationally and internationally designated National Park wildlife features, with reference to the New Forest Wetland Authority Management Plan 2006-16. Outcome: No further (Forestry deterioration in water body status, followed by status Commission; improvement (SE0291) Environment Agency; Natural England)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 247 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 248 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Adur & Ouse: Adur (Lancing brook), Adur (Lottbridge), 2015 Environment modification Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes River Adur East (Sakeham), Blakes Gill, R. Adur Agency improve habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of West, Ouse, Glynde Reach, Ouse from Ardingly (Riparian 53 candidates totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and Resevoir to Lindfield, Ouse from Slaugham to Ardingly owners; lessons from the first round. (SE0233) Resevoir, Cockhaise Brook, Tributary of River Uck Natural north of Uckfield, Ouse from Cockhaise Brook England; confluence to Spithurst, Longford Stream, Scrase Forestry Bridge Stream conf to Cockhaise Bk, River Uck at Commission; Uckfield, River Ouse between Isfield and Coast Arun Developers; & Western Streams; R. Ems, Western Rother Local (Upstream Petersfield), Bignor Mill Stream, R. Kird, Authorities; Minsted Stream, Western Rother, Hammer Stream Environmental (W. Sussex), Harting Stream, Haslingbourne Stream, NGOs; R. Arun Source Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels; Countryside Nunningham Stream, Cuckmere from Alfriston to Management Arlington, Cuckmere from Warbleton to Lower Service (CMS) Horsebridge, Hugletts Stream, Cuckmere between Arlington and Lower Horsebridge

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 249 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Continued from above - see additional waterbodies East Hampshire; River Alver, Brownwich Stream, 2015 Environment modification Horton Heath Stream, Potwell Trib, Hook Lake, Agency Identify priorities for second round of 'Regional Better Rivers Hermitage Stream, R. Lavant (Hants), Botleigh (Riparian Programme’. Outcome: Second planning cycle schemes Grange/ Hedge End Streams Isle of Wight; R. Eastern owners; improve habitat and ecology in waters agreed from a pool of Yar, R. Medina, Atherfield Stream, Thorley Brook, Natural 53 candidates totalling 545 km, building on monitoring and Rodge Brook, Lukely Brook, Chilton Chine, Walpan England; lessons from the first round. (SE0233) Chine, Brook Chine, Br ighstone Streams New Forestry Forest; Langdown Stream, Beaulieu Abbey Stream, Commission; Cadland Stream Developers; Rother; Pent Stream Stour; Little Stour Test & Local Itchen; Pillhill Brook (Source), Westwood Stream, Bow Authorities; Lake, R. Dever, Sholing Common Streams, R. Dun, Environmental Wallop Brook NGOs; Countryside Management Service (CMS)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 250 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Encourage uptake of Voluntary Initiative best practice South East RBD Implemented Voluntary Hazardous advice on pesticide use by land managers within the Initiative Substances, agricultural and amenity sectors (e.g. golf courses, parks, Partnership Priority highways, railways). Outcome: Diffuse pesticide pollution (Environment Substances and reduced through the adoption of best practices. (SE0216) Agency; Local Specific Authorities) Pollutants

Priority Research into locations of non-agricultural pesticide South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous problem areas and their solutions, including pesticide use Agency Substances, on highways. Outcome: Codes of practice and Priority Memorandum of Understanding with Highways Agency and Substances and Local Government to limit pollution (SE0290) Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 251 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 252 December 2009 Local Government

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 253 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Encourage sustainable and efficient use of salt/grit used on South East RBD 2012 Highways Hazardous motorways and highways. Outcome: efficient application of Agency; Local Substances, salt and grit used on highways, resulting in a reduction in Authorities Priority pollutants contained in urban run-off (SE0215) Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant)

Sediments (as a Identify hot spots for sediment and other pollutants from Test & Itchen Catchment 2012 Highways direct pollutant); highway run off and prepare management plans to reduce Agency; Priority the risks. Outcome: Reduction of diffuse pollution from Highways Hazardous urban sources and management plans in place (SE0232) Agency Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Sediments (as a Promote good practice to avoid pollution from construction Coggins Mill Stream; East Stour; Loose Stream; 2010 Local direct pollutant); sites. Outcome: Reduction in pollution incidents caused by Monks Brook; R. Dever; Socknersh Stream Authorities Priority poor construction site management (SE0270) (Environment Hazardous Agency; Substances, Central Priority Government; Substances and Construction Specific Industry; Pollutants; Sustainable Organic Business pollutants; Partnerships) Nutrients

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 254 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Investigate and where appropriate manage physical impacts Sussex; Sussex East; Isle of Wight East coastal water 2012 Sussex modification; of commercial inshore fisheries to improve marine bodies Inshore Direct biological biodiversity and fisheries productivity, through the Sensitive Fisheries and pressures Area Management Plan for the Sussex coast. Outcome: Conservation Identify, designate and manage specific sites within the Authority Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee District. It is intended that (Environment subject to changes in policy, these actions will be Agency; progressed by the relevant Inshore Fisheries and Natural Conservation Authority, and support the process of Marine England; Local Conservation Zone designation in the Eastern Channel Authorities; (SE0241) Non- Governmental Organisations)

Priority Promote the targeted mapping of land drainage discharges South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous (fields, highways, rural roads) to better assess their impact Agency (South Substances, on water quality and adopt appropriate control measures. East England Priority Outcome: Production of land drainage map to identify and Partnership Substances and investigate sources of pollutants, and actions put in place to Board; Local Specific prevent environmental impact. Less diffuse pollution in Authorities; Pollutants; related waters. (SE0275) Land Organic managers and pollutants; owners; Royal Nutrients Town Planning Institute; Highways Agency; Natural England)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 255 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Ammonia; Faecal Local initiative with Highways Agency and local authorities Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Environment indicator to determine amount of road drainage to Source Protection Agency; organisms; Zone 1 and seek alternative options. Initial pilot in Brighton Highways Hazardous and Hove. Outcome: Better protection of groundwater and Agency (Local substances and surface water quality. (SE0251) Authorities) non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Ammonia; Further investigation following pilot study, to assess impacts Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Environment Nitrate; of different nitrate and pesticide loading rates and Agency Hazardous applications from chalk farmland on groundwater. (Brighton and substances and Outcome; Improved knowledge, leading to improvements in Hove City non-hazardous groundwater quality through better risk management. Council; pollutants; Faecal (SE0228) Southern indicator Water) organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

SSSI / N2k Actions Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment modification conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Agency a Flood Management Programme (see Annex D) (SE0326)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 256 December 2009 Local Government

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Local modification conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through Authorities Implementation of Appropriate Coastal Management (see Annex D) (SE0327)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 257 December 2009 C.9 Mining and quarrying There are very few mining and quarrying operations in this river basin district. Gypsum mining for plasterboard takes place near Battle in East Sussex, and historical coal mining activities in East Kent has resulted in the subsidence of local wetlands, and a plume of contaminated groundwater that continue to have an impact. It is likely that this plume will remain a potential threat to surface water bodies and wetland systems for many years to come.

Table C9: Actions for the mining and quarrying sector

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 258 December 2009 Mining and quarrying

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Mining and quarrying National Actions Abstraction and Extension of abstraction control to include previously South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial exempt uses (abstractions by Ports and Harbour authorities Agency flow pressures from tidal waters under certain conditions likely to remain exempt) (SE0002)

Hazardous Coal Authority minewater pumping schemes to prevent South East RBD Implemented Coal Authority substances and intrusion (SE0052) non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 259 December 2009 Mining and quarrying

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Coal Authority minewater restoration programme (SE0053) South East RBD Implemented Coal Authority substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 260 December 2009 Mining and quarrying

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 261 December 2009 Mining and quarrying

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Local Actions Ammonia; Assess the impact of historic coal mining on chalk Water bodies in East Kent including East Kent Chalk 2012 Environment Hazardous groundwater, streams and marshes in East Kent, and Stour groundwater body and associated surface water Agency substances and identify future work required. Outcome: Action plan to bodies non-hazardous improve groundwater and surface water body quality. pollutants; (SE0195) Nitrate; Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 262 December 2009 Mining and quarrying

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 263 December 2009 C.10 Navigation Ports and marinas provide important regional infrastructure supporting local economies and businesses. Ports handle approximately 95 per cent of UK trade in tonnage terms. Domestic coastal freight services contribute to reducing road congestion and can provide a more environmentally friendly mode of transport than road or rail. The South East River Basin District has a number of important international ports including Southampton, Portsmouth and Dover.

Shipping relies on safe access to water of an adequate depth for access to markets. Some ports have statutory duties to maintain waters to specified depths and undertake dredging activities to maintain and deepen channels. Metal concentrations in the South East estuarine sediments and levels of chemicals used as anti-foulants are high in a number of locations. This contamination can be released into the water as a result of dredging or disturbance. This causes operational problems for port and harbour authorities that may need to dredge for navigation purposes and for some shellfisheries.

The South East coast is also popular with tourists and there are a significant number of marinas and small ports, for example at Brighton and on the Isle of Wight. A British Marine Federation report on marinas and moorings for both inland and coastal sectors illustrated that the demand for moorings exceeds the supply in coastal waters. The Environment Agency is the navigation authority in Rye harbour.

Table C10: Actions for the navigation sector

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 264 December 2009 Navigation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Navigation National Actions Abstraction and Extension of abstraction control to include previously South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial exempt uses (abstractions by Ports and Harbour authorities Agency flow pressures from tidal waters under certain conditions likely to remain exempt) (SE0002)

Dredging Develop dredging and disposal framework (Ports sector), Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour Implemented Environment (sediment which will provide guidance to all those undertaking or Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Agency management) permitting navigation dredging and dredged material Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; disposal activities to assist in achieving the statutory Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent objectives of the Water Framework Directive and related South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; EQS Directive (2008/105/EEC) and refine local measures Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; as appropriate (where not disproportionately costly or Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth technically infeasible) (SE0040) Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 265 December 2009 Navigation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical A central spatially-enabled hydromorphological database South East RBD 2010 Environment modification will be created, this will provide a system that will quickly Agency and reliably, supply data to better understand hydromorphological impacts of modifications to water bodies. it will be used to provide available hydromorphological data as an input into the approval/assessment processes for new physical modifications to ensure compliance with Water Framework Directive requirements, especially those related to Article 4(7). (SE0117) Priority Apply national guidance framework on disposal of dredgings Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2012 Marine and Hazardous to refine local measures as appropriate (where not Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Fisheries Substances, disproportionately costly or technically infeasible) (SE0181) Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Agency; Defra Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 266 December 2009 Navigation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Apply national guidance framework on dredging to refine Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2012 Marine and Hazardous local measures as appropriate (where not disproportionately Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Fisheries Substances, costly or technically infeasible) (SE0182) Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Agency; Defra Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Priority Review existing controls for disposal of dredgings inside Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2012 Marine and Hazardous and outside harbour limits as appropriate (SE0190) Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Fisheries Substances, Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Agency; Defra Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 267 December 2009 Navigation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Review existing controls for dredging inside and outside Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2012 Marine and Hazardous harbour limits as appropriate (SE0191) Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Fisheries Substances, Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Agency; Defra Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Tributyltin (TBT) EU-wide non-application of TBT to boat hulls from July South East RBD Implemented EU compounds 2003. From January 2008 TBT should not be used on ship hulls or there should be a coating to prevent leaching of underlying TBT anti-foulants (SE0186)

Priority Develop national guidance framework on disposal of Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2010 Defra Hazardous dredgings to inform Programme of Measures to meet Water Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Substances, Framework Directive objectives (SE0183) Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 268 December 2009 Navigation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority Develop national guidance framework on dredging to inform Adur; Arun; Beaulieu River; Bembridge Harbour 2010 Defra Hazardous Programme of Measures to meet Water Framework Lagoon; Black Water Lagoons; Chichester Harbour; Substances, Directive objectives (SE0184) Chichester Harbour East; Cuckmere; Eastern Yar; Priority Great Deep; Isle Of Wight East; Kent North; Kent Substances and South ; Langstone Harbour; Langstone Oysterbeds; Specific Lymington; Medina; Newtown River; Old Mill Ponds; Pollutants Ouse; Pagham Harbour; Pagham Lagoon; Portsmouth Harbour; Rother; Solent; Southampton Water; Sowley Marsh; Stour (Kent); Sussex; Sussex East; Ternery Pool; ; Wallington; Western Yar; Whitstable Bay; Wootton Creek

Tributyltin (TBT) Help prevent illegal use of old TBT containing products South East RBD Implemented British Marine compounds (SE0187) Federation; Royal Yachting Association (British Waterways; Environment Agency)

Tributyltin (TBT) EU-wide ban on marketing of TBT as a biocide in the EU South East RBD Implemented EU compounds (SE0185) Tributyltin (TBT) Investigate the reason for failure: to assess the contribution Adur; Aldingbourne Rife; Cuckmere From Alfriston To 2012 Environment compounds from dredging or disposal activities on EQS compliance as Arlington; Great Stour Between A2 And West Agency appropriate (SE0188) Stourmouth; Great Stour Between Ashford And Wye; Great Stour Between Wye And A2; Kent South ; Lower Rother From Robertsbridge To Iden; R. Arun (U/S Pallingham); R. Rother (West Sussex); River Blackwater; Solent; Southampton Water; Test (Lower)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 269 December 2009 Navigation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Local Actions Direct biological Contain and control invasive non-native species at priority New Forest Catchment; Arun & Western Streams ; 2012 Natural pressures; Direct sites through partnership working. Agree sites and action Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels ; Test & Itchen England; biological with the South East England Non-Native Invasive Species Environment pressures Action Group. Outcome: Spread of problem invasive Agency species stopped and reversed, protecting important (Riparian nationally and internationally designated habitats under owners; Land threat from this pressure (SE0201) managers and owners; Forestry Commission; Local Authorities; Environmental NGOs)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 270 December 2009 Navigation

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Organic Run campaign to educate boat users regarding disposal of Transitional: Lymington, Beaulieu River, Southampton 2012 Environment pollutants; toilet waste, oil, solvent, paint and cleaning products in Water Medina, Wotton Creek, Bembridge Harbour, Agency (Local Nutrients; Priority waters at risk from diffuse pollution. Outcome: This will Lagoon, Wallington, Chichester Harbour East, Rother, Authorities; Hazardous supplement other actions and help ensure no deterioration Sour (Kent), Eastern Yar British Marine Substances, in relevant water bodies (SE0294) Federation; Priority Ports and Substances and Harbours Specific Authorities; Pollutants; Royal Yachting Microbiology Association; Environmental NGOs)

SSSI / N2k Actions Physical Adopt the Maintenance Dredging Protocol to ensure all South East RBD 2012 Defra; Ports modification; conservation aspects are considered in relation to the and Harbours Priority Natura 2000 network, in connection with maintenance Authorities Hazardous dredging requirements. Where possible, the consideration (Marine and Substances, of ensuring good status or good ecological potential will be Fisheries Priority included in the production of the Baseline Document. Agency; Substances and Outcome: Production of agreed Baseline Documents by Natural Specific Ports and Harbour Authorities where maintenance dredging England; Pollutants occurs. (SE0309) Environment Agency; Solent Forum)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 271 December 2009 C.11 Urban and transport

Retail, health and business services are the largest employment sectors in the South East river basin district. The economy of many coastal and inland locations also rely heavily on tourism. To support the growth of the district there is a need to accommodate new housing and associated infrastructure in the South East . For example, a number of Ecotowns have been proposed, and there are plans to expand existing towns and some villages. It is vital that this growth is planned and delivered in a way that protects the water environment.

Runoff and drainage from urban areas and transport infrastructure can contain a range of contaminants including sewage, metals, sediment and other substances that wash directly into rivers or enter via the sewerage network. Extreme runoff events are likely to become more frequent as climate change continues. The legacy of land contamination in some areas has led to pollution of groundwater resources and some of rivers.

New development requires planning policies to avoid and reduce potential impacts of proposed development on water resources, water quality, biodiversity, river restoration, green infrastructure, contaminated land and surface water management and flood risk. These need to be reflected in practice on the ground across several sectors, including urban and transport. For example, the use of sustainable drainage systems, water efficiency, and best practice during construction and maintenance of buildings and the transport network.

Encouraging the sustainable use and management of water resources and a move to more sustainable drainage systems will help reduce the impacts associated with abstraction and urban runoff, with benefits for all water users. Sustainable and integrated drainage systems also offer potential benefits for managing the risk of flooding in urban areas.

Table C 11: Actions for the urban and transport sector

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 272 December 2009 Urban and transport

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Urban and transport

National Actions Hazardous Comply with Environment Agency Notices (Water South East RBD Implemented Land substances and Resources Act S86 and S161, Groundwater Regulations, managers and non-hazardous contaminated land legislation, Silage Slurry and Agricultural owners; pollutants; Fuel Oils Regulations). Make use of site specific notices to Environment Nitrate; Priority remove pollution risks to groundwater (SE0066) Agency (Local Substances and Authorities) Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Follow Pesticides Code of Practice - comply with published South East RBD Implemented Industry leads; substances and advice for operators on control of plant protection products Land non-hazardous (SE0058) managers and pollutants; Priority owners Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 273 December 2009 Urban and transport

Hazardous Comply with new EC Sustainable Use of Pesticides South East RBD 2012 Land substances and Directive to control use of Plant Protection Products managers and non-hazardous (SE0047) owners pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Implementation of Network Rail Pesticide protocol (SE0155) South East RBD Implemented Industry leads substances and (Environment non-hazardous Agency) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 274 December 2009 Urban and transport

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Comply with WRA consent conditions (SE0054) South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate Follow advice on controlling nitrate releases to land and South East RBD Implemented Land water (SE0074) managers and owners

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 275 December 2009 Urban and transport

Nutrients; National Fire Service Protocol to minimise the risk of South East RBD Implemented National Fire Sediments (as a pollution during fire emergencies (SE0115) Service direct pollutant); Organic pollutants; Microbiology; Priority Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 276 December 2009 Urban and transport

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 277 December 2009 Urban and transport

Priority General guidance to improve Pesticide use through the South East RBD Implemented Amenity Forum Hazardous Amenity Forum (SE0150) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 278 December 2009 Urban and transport

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Environment Agency and Highways Agency Memorandum South East RBD Implemented Highways direct pollutant); of Understanding (MoU) and associated initiatives (SE0180) Agency Priority Hazardous Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Microbiology; Nutrients; Organic pollutants

Hazardous Highways Agency Programme to investigate soakaways South East RBD Implemented Highways substances and (SE0060) Agency non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 279 December 2009 Urban and transport

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Local Actions Abstraction and Ensure that local spatial plans include policies to secure South East RBD 2011 Local other artificial developer contributions for retrofitting water efficiency Authorities flow pressures measures in existing housing stock, in water stressed areas. (Environment Outcome: From 2011 adopted local spatial plans, such as Agency; South Area Action Plans and Supplementary Planning Documents, East England include policies to seek Section 106 monies (and Partnership Community Infrastructure Levy contributions where Board) relevant) for the retrofitting of existing housing stock in water stressed areas. This will reduce the pressure of increased abstraction on the environment. (SE0220)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 280 December 2009 Urban and transport

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Reduction of demand through specification of water efficient South East RBD 2010 Local other artificial fittings in new and refurbished homes under Building Authorities flow pressures Regulations. Outcome: Reduced water use so there is (water users) enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0288)

Abstraction and Ensure the requirement for Water Cycle Studies are set out South East RBD Implemented Local other artificial in spatial planning documents and policies where Authorities; flow pressures; appropriate, particularly in growth and/or high risk areas. Environment Nutrients Recommendations from such studies should be included in Agency spatial planning policies. Outcome: Requirements for Water Cycle Studies are set out in spatial planning documents and policies by 2010, and undertaken for all Growth Areas within this plan area by 2012. Recommendations are included within Local Development Documents by 2012. (SE0222)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 281 December 2009 Urban and transport

Direct biological Contain and control invasive non-native species at priority New Forest Catchment; Arun & Western Streams ; 2012 Natural pressures; Direct sites through partnership working. Agree sites and action Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels ; Test & Itchen England; biological with the South East England Non-Native Invasive Species Environment pressures Action Group. Outcome: Spread of problem invasive Agency species stopped and reversed, protecting important (Riparian nationally and internationally designated habitats under owners; Land threat from this pressure (SE0201) managers and owners; Forestry Commission; Local Authorities; Environmental NGOs)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 282 December 2009 Urban and transport

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 283 December 2009 Urban and transport

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 284 December 2009 Urban and transport

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 285 December 2009 Urban and transport

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 286 December 2009 Urban and transport

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 287 December 2009 Urban and transport

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Identify hot spots for sediment and other pollutants from Test & Itchen Catchment 2012 Highways direct pollutant); highway run off and prepare management plans to reduce Agency; Priority the risks. Outcome: Reduction of diffuse pollution from Highways Hazardous urban sources and management plans in place (SE0232) Agency Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 288 December 2009 Urban and transport

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 289 December 2009 C.12 Water industry There are two water and sewerage service companies operating in the South East River Basin District – Southern Water and Thames Water. In addition, four water-only companies also operate in the District: Veolia Water Southeast (previously Folkestone and Dover Water Supply); South East Water; Portsmouth Water; and Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water.

Protecting waters means that sewage effluents must be treated to a very high standard and abstractions limited to ensure acceptable minimum flows remain in rivers and estuaries, including those that are groundwater fed. This presents a challenge to water companies, in managing the pressures on the both sewerage systems and water supply infrastructure, to meet environmental quality and quantity requirements whilst accommodating the demands of growth across the District.

Although the water industry is regulated consistently across the country as a whole, the challenges companies face varies significantly across the District in a number of ways. For example, one important difference is the source of the drinking water supplied by the industry. The dominant source of water across the District is from groundwater; typically around 60% is from the Chalk that comprises the South Downs for example, other aquifers account for about another 20%. However, the District also has a number of important abstractions from rivers. The rivers in the District are predominantly dependent on surface drainage (such as the River Ouse) with little support from groundwater. This means that their flows can be more variable and perhaps less reliable: many of the rivers and streams of Sussex have this characteristic. This means that the water companies of the District have to operate in varying ways to provide a secure, high quality supply. In managing the use of resources across the District, the Environment Agency must ensure that river flow and groundwater regimes can also support the many high value river and wetland ecosystems such as the River Itchen, Chichester and Langstone Harbour, the Arun Valley, the Pevensey Levels, and Romney Marsh.

A large proportion of the population lives near the coast and this also reduces flexibility to recycle wastewater. A high population density and low rainfall compounds the demand for scare water resources, especially during droughts. The entire District is in an area agreed by Defra of Serious Water Stress and all the water companies have begun working together to optimise the planning process to find the best way to share precious water resources across the region. Population growth and the effects of climate change have led to more pressure on rivers. This is illustrated by an increase in failures of the Freshwater Fisheries Directive, which has risen from failures at 3 stretches in 2000 to 24 in 2007.

Table C 12: Actions for the Water Industry sector

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Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 290 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Water Industry National Actions

Abstraction and Extension of abstraction control to include previously South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial exempt uses (abstractions by Ports and Harbour authorities Agency flow pressures from tidal waters under certain conditions likely to remain exempt) (SE0002)

Ammonia; Faecal Prioritisation of vulnerable groundwater areas which may 'Brighton Chalk Block; Central Hants Bracklesham 2012 Environment indicator need provision of first time rural sewerage under Water Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester- Agency organisms; Resources Act (1991) s101 targeting Source Protection Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; Hastings Beds Cuckmere Hazardous Zone 1 and Groundwater Flooding areas. Outcome - and Pevensey Levels; IOW Southern Downs Chalk; substances and identification of priority areas to use in liaison with Local Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; Kent Romney Marsh; Kent non-hazardous Planning Authorities (SE0011) Weald Eastern - Rother; Lower Greensand Arun & pollutants; Western Streams; River Itchen Chalk; River Test Nitrate; Priority Chalk; Lower Greensand Adur & Ouse; Arun & Substances & Western Streams Hastings Bed; East Hants Lambeth Specific Group; South East Hants Bracklesham Group Pollutants Ammonia; Water Company proposal to improve integrity of sewers Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk 2012 Southern Nitrate; and impact on groundwater by nitrates and other chemicals Water Hazardous via phased improvement programme, under PR09 (SE0015) substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Faecal indicator organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 291 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Chlortoluron Re-direct existing CSF resource to address issue. Test (Lower) 2010 Natural (DrWPA0033) England

Hazardous Water Company research in to integrity of sewers and Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk 2012 Water substances and impact on groundwater by nitrates and other chemicals companies non-hazardous (SE0170) pollutants; Faecal indicator organisms; Ammonia; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 292 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Review of groundwater quality monitoring at public water East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Water substances and supply abstractions to ensure that all indicators of impact by companies non-hazardous sewage are monitored for. (SE0171) pollutants; Nitrate; Faecal indicator organisms; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Hazardous Comply with Environment Agency Notices (Water South East RBD Implemented Land substances and Resources Act S86 and S161, Groundwater Regulations, managers and non-hazardous contaminated land legislation, Silage Slurry and Agricultural owners; pollutants; Fuel Oils Regulations). Make use of site specific notices to Environment Nitrate; Priority remove pollution risks to groundwater (SE0066) Agency (Local Substances and Authorities) Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Follow the SUDS (sustainable drainage systems) Interim South East RBD Implemented Industry leads substances and Code of Practice - comply with published advice for non-hazardous operators (SE0168) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Nitrate Sludge Regulations - comply with published advice to South East RBD Implemented Environment operators (SE0077) Agency; Water companies

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 293 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate Provision of first time rural sewerage schemes (SE0076) South East RBD Implemented Water companies

Nitrate Sludge Regulations - monitoring and enforcement (SE0078) South East RBD Implemented Environment Agency; Water companies

Nitrate; Implement Groundwater Protection: Policy and Practice - South East RBD Implemented Land Hazardous External education on groundwater pollution prevention managers and substances and (SE0087) owners; non-hazardous Environment pollutants; Priority Agency Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 294 December 2009 Water Industry

Nitrate; Comply with discharge consent conditions (SE0081) South East RBD Implemented Water Hazardous companies substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Nitrate; PR04 – Water Company spending review (SE0088) South East RBD Implemented Central Hazardous Government substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 295 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Registrations (in conjunction with Standard Rules) - South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous Implement new regulatory approach (via Environmental Agency substances and Permitting Regulations) arising from implementation of the (Industry non-hazardous new Groundwater Directive (2006/116/EC) (SE0089) leads; Land pollutants; Priority managers and Substances and owners; Water Specific companies) Pollutants (Metals) Nitrate; Comply with local authority contaminated land legislation South East RBD Implemented Land Hazardous Notices. Make use of site specific notices to remove managers and substances and pollution risk to groundwater (SE0156) owners; Local non-hazardous Authorities pollutants; Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants (Metals)

Nutrients; Improvement to water company assets at a location in the River Medina 2010 Southern Organic Isle of Wight Catchment, to deliver benefits against the Water pollutants pressures identified. The improvement is to install a new secondary treatment plant at Highwood Lane STW. (SE0094)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 296 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Conduct modelling to assess bacteriological impact on Solent; Southamptom Water; River Beaulieu 2011 Southern Organic Shellfish Waters from the 2 STWs in Southampton Water to Water pollutants; establish if UV disinfection is required: Slowhill Copse STW Microbiology and Ashlett Creek STW. - A scheme to install event/duration monitoring at 3 locations: Fire Station Lane CSO, Ashlett Creek STW Storm Overflow and Dibles Road Pumping Station CSO. (SE0098)

Nutrients; Conduct modelling to assess bacteriological impact on River Itchen; Solent; Southampton Water; East 2011 Southern Organic Shellfish Waters from the 3 STWs in Southampton Water: Hampshire Catchment Water pollutants; Portswood STW, Woolston STW and Millbrook STW to Microbiology establish if UV disinfection is required. - A scheme to install event/duration monitoring at Bursledon Bridge STW storm overflow. (SE0099)

Nutrients; Conduct modelling to assess bacteriological impact on Solent 2011 Southern Organic Shellfish Waters from Norton CSO and CEO. – A scheme to Water pollutants; install event/duration monitoring at 11 locations on the Isle Microbiology of Wight. (SE0097)

Nutrients; Conduct modelling on Weatherlees STW to assess English Channel 2011 Southern Organic bacteriological impact on Shellfish Waters (SE0096) Water pollutants; Microbiology

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 297 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Phosphate Research and development on the fate and transport of South East RBD 2012 Water phosphate in groundwater to determine its impact on companies; surface waters (SE0116) Environment Agency

Physical Plans, processes and programmes (such as the South East RBD Implemented Environment modification Environment Agency Navigation and Recreation strategies) Agency will be aligned to the requirements of hydromorphology to achieve Water Framework Directive objectives (especially ecological potential). This will be two fold: i) Mitigation measures required to reach good ecological potential will be identified in and delivered through such plans, and ii) the prioritisation of environmental improvements will be influenced by the specific requirements to reach Water Framework Directive objectives. (SE0145) Physical A central spatially-enabled hydromorphological database South East RBD 2010 Environment modification will be created, this will provide a system that will quickly Agency and reliably, supply data to better understand hydromorphological impacts of modifications to water bodies. it will be used to provide available hydromorphological data as an input into the approval/assessment processes for new physical modifications to ensure compliance with Water Framework Directive requirements, especially those related to Article 4(7). (SE0117)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 298 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Priority General guidance to improve Pesticide use through the South East RBD Implemented Amenity Forum Hazardous Amenity Forum (SE0150) Substances, Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants

Abstraction and Investigation to determine cost effective action to manage Brighton Chalk Block; Winterbourne Steam at Lewes 2012 Southern other artificial abstraction to support good ecological potential: Lewes Water flow pressures Winterbourne (SE0005) (Environment Agency)

Abstraction and Programme of investigation into the ecological impacts of South East RBD 2012 Water other artificial managed flows in heavily modified water bodies, for water companies flow pressures supply use (SE0007) (Environment Agency)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 299 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Aldrin, Atrazine, This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn Little Stour 2010 Central Diuron, from use in the UK. No further measures should be Government; Isoproturon required although surveillance monitoring will be done to Environment confirm this. (DrWPA0038) Agency

Ammonia; Faecal Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits Lower Greensand Arun & Western Streams; Lower 2012 Southern indicator against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Greensand Adur and Ouse Water organisms; further investment. The improvements include: Schemes Hazardous investigating the impact of Liss Hill Brow STW, Liss substances and Knowles Meadow STW, under the Groundwater Directive non-hazardous and any subsequent improvement. (SE0009) pollutants; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Ammonia; Faecal Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits Littlehampton Anticline East 2012 Southern indicator against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Water organisms; further investment. The improvements include: Schemes Hazardous investigating the impact of West Marden STW under the substances and Groundwater Directive and any subsequent improvement. non-hazardous (SE0012) pollutants; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 300 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Ammonia; Faecal Review of consent limits following AMP4 work findings at Kent Romney Marsh 2012 Environment indicator Lydd. Investigation of increased flow due to population Agency organisms; growth area, under PR09 (SE0157) Nitrate; Hazardous substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Ammonia; Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits River Itchen Chalk 2012 Southern Nitrate; Faecal against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Water indicator further investment. The improvements include: Schemes organisms; investigating the impact of Alresford STW, Morestead STW Hazardous under the Groundwater Directive and any subsequent substances and improvement. (SE0013) non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific PllttAmmonia; Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits East Hants Chalk 2015 Southern Nitrate; Faecal against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Water indicator further investment. The improvements include: Schemes organisms; investigating the impact of Droxford STW under the Hazardous Groundwater Directive and any subsequent improvement. substances and (SE0014) non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 301 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Bentazone, Further monitoring to confirm risk of failure of WFD Article 7 Little Stour 2010 Environment Triclopyr, (DrWPA0040) Agency; Water Trichloroacetic companies Acid, MCPA, Chlortoluron, Carbendazim, , Mecoprop, Cyanazine, Dalapon, Glyphosate

Carbetamide, Further monitoring to confirm risk of failure of WFD Article 7 Darwell Reservoir 2010 Environment Dalapon (DrWPA0035) Agency; Water companies

Faecal indicator Review of storm overflow discharge following AMP4 work East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Environment organisms; findings - ongoing investigation at Ottinge Waste Water Agency Hazardous Pumping Station (SE0158) substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Ammonia; Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 302 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Faecal indicator Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits River Test Chalk 2012 Southern organisms; against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Water Hazardous further investment. The improvements include: Schemes substances and investigating the impact of Ludgershall STW, Oakley Water non-hazardous Ridges STW, Overton STW, Whitchurch STW, Ivy Down pollutants; Lane Oakley STW, North Waltham STW East Grinstead Nitrate; STW and Dundridge STW under the Groundwater Directive Ammonia; Priority and any subsequent improvement. (SE0159) Substances & Specific Pollutants Faecal indicator Consent review following AMP4 investigation of sewage Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Environment organisms; discharge to ground at Offham, Sussex (SE0043) Agency Hazardous substances and non-hazardous pollutants; Nitrate; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Faecal indicator Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits Kent Romney Marsh 2012 Southern organisms; against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Water Hazardous further investment. The improvements include: Schemes substances and investigating the impact of Lydd STW under the non-hazardous Groundwater Directive and any subsequent improvement. pollutants; (SE0042) Nitrate; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 303 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block 2012 Southern substances and against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Water non-hazardous further investment. The improvements include: Schemes pollutants; investigating the impact of East Dean STW under the Ammonia; Groundwater Directive and any subsequent improvement. Nitrate; Faecal (SE0044) indicator organisms; Priority Substances & Specific Hazardous Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Southern substances and against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Water non-hazardous further investment. The improvements include: Schemes pollutants; investigating the impact of Ottinge STW under the Nitrate; Faecal Groundwater Directive and any subsequent improvement. indicator (SE0045) organisms; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 304 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Hazardous Investigate apparent increases in salinity associated with Kent Romney Marsh 2012 Environment substances and Denge abstraction during low rainfall periods, with view to Agency non-hazardous reviewing licence if appropriate. (SE0046) pollutants; Nitrate; Faecal indicator organisms; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Hazardous Investigation of Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial South East RBD Implemented Environment substances and Ecosystems (GWDTEs) to assess if they have been Agency non-hazardous significantly damaged as a result of groundwater pollution pollutants; (SE0172) Nitrate; Phosphate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Isoproturon This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn Test (Lower) 2010 Central from use in the UK. No further measures should be Government; required although surveillance monitoring will be done to Environment confirm this. (DrWPA0034) Agency

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 305 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Isoproturon This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn Darwell Reservoir 2010 Central from use in the UK. No further measures should be Government; required although surveillance monitoring will be done to Environment confirm this. (DrWPA0037) Agency

Metaldehyde further monitoring/investigations to confirm risk of failure of Coggins Mill Stream; Dudwell; Glottenham Stream 2010 Environment WFD Article 7(SE1002) upstream of Robertsbridge; Great Stour between A2 Agency, Water and West Stourmouth; Great Stour between Wye and companies A2; Kent Ditch; Limden; Lower Rother from Robertsbridge to Iden; Rother between Witherenden Hill and Etchingham; Rother, Coggins Mill conf to Witherenden Hill; Socknersh Stream; Western Rother; Western Rother (Upstream Petersfield); Western Rother Durford Metaldehyde further monitoring/investigations to confirm risk of failure of Arlington Reservoir; River Ouse between Isfield and 2010 Environment WFD Article 7 (SE1001) Coast; Rother between Witherenden Hill and Agency, Water Etchingham; Wallers Haven from A259 to Coast companies

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 306 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nitrate; Improvements to water company assets to deliver benefits Brighton Chalk Block 2012 Southern Ammonia; Faecal against the pressures identified or investigate the need for Water indicator further investment. The improvements include: Schemes organisms; investigating the impact of Offham STW, Pyecombe East Hazardous and West STW's under the Groundwater Directive and any substances and subsequent improvement. (SE0080) non-hazardous pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Nitrate; Consent review following AMP4 investigation of sewage Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk Block 2012 Environment Hazardous discharge to ground at East Dean Waste Water Pumping Agency substances and Station (SE0175) non-hazardous pollutants; Faecal indicator organisms; Ammonia; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 307 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvement to water company assets at 1 location in the Broad Rife; Arun & Western Streams Catchment 2010 Southern Organic Arun and Western Streams Catchment, to deliver benefits Water pollutants against the pressures identified or investigate the need for further investment. The improvement is: - A scheme to improve the discharge at Coldwaltham STW where there is a requirement under the Habitats Directive to remove more phosphate than required by the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. (SE0093)

Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at a location in the Petty Sewer/Kent Weald Eastern - Rother 2010 Southern Organic Rother Catchment, to deliver benefits against the pressures Water pollutants identified or investigate the need for further investment. The improvements include: - A scheme to improve the discharge from Icklesham STW where there is a requirement under the CROW act to remove more phosphate, BOD, Suspended Solids or Ammonia. (SE0095)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 308 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 19 locations in Boldings Brook; Broad Rife; Chichester Harbour; 2015 Southern Organic the Arun and Western Streams Catchment, to deliver Elsted Stream; Lidsey Rife; Loxwood Stream; North Water pollutants; benefits against the pressures identified or investigate the River; Stanbridge Stream; Arun & Western Streams Microbiology need for further investment. The improvements include: - Catchment; River Stor; River Kird; River Rother (West Schemes to ensure compliance with the Groundwater Sussex); River Ems; Hammer Stream (West Sussex); Directive and Groundwater Daughter Directive at Hillbrow River Lavant (Sussex); Aldingbourne Rife; Great Hill Brow STW, Liss Knowles Meadow STW and West Deep; English Channel Marden STW. Schemes to ensure no deterioration in the current classification as a result of increased volumes of discharge from Fittleworth STW, South Ambersham STW and Ockley West STW, Schemes to ensure compliance with the Freshwater Fisheries Directive at Chiddingfold STW, Horsham STW, Lidsey STW and Wisborough Green STW. - Schemes to improve the discharges at Chichester STW, Bosham STW and Thornham STW where there is a requirement under the Habitats Directive to remove more nitrogen than required by the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. A scheme to investigate the discharge from Coldwaltham STW where there is a requirement under the CROW Act to assess the impact of water company assets. (SE0104)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 309 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 61 locations in Hermitage Stream; Hook Lake; Langstone Harbour; 2015 Southern Organic the East Hampshire Catchment, to deliver benefits against Portsmouth Harbour; River Alver; Solent; Wallington; Water pollutants; the pressures identified or investigate the need for further East Hampshire Catchment; River Meon; English Microbiology investment. The improvements include: - A scheme to Channel; Workhouse Lake; Great Salterns Lake; improve Bishops Waltham STW associated with 2007 inland Fareham Creek; Ports Creek; River Wallington; and marine sensitive areas (eutrophic) designations. - A Badman Creek; Broom Channel scheme to ensure compliance with the Groundwater Directive and Groundwater Daughter Directive at Droxford STW. - Schemes to install event/duration monitoring at 42 overflows and UV Disinfection to be installed at Budds Farm STW and Peel Common STW as referenced in the Shellfish Water Pollution Reduction Plans. - Schemes to improve the mandatory failure of the Southsea Bathing Water under the current Bathing Water Directive. - Schemes to investigate the discharges from Alver Road Gosport CEO and Burrfields Road Portsmouth CSO, and Village Road, Alverstoke WPS where there is a requirement to meet a target under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. - Schemes to improve the discharge at Budds Farm STW, Peel Common STW and Bursledon STW , where there is a requirement und Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (SE0110)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 310 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 21 locations in 'River Blackwater; River Itchen; River Test; Sholing 2015 Southern Organic the Test and Itchen Catchment, to deliver benefits against Common Streams; Southampton Water; River Dun; Water pollutants; the pressures identified or investigate the need for further River Dun, Pillhill Brook; Pillhill Brook (Source) Microbiology investment. The improvements include: - A scheme to ensure no deterioration in the current classification as a result of increased volumes of discharge from West Wellow STW and Evans Close STW. - Schemes to ensure compliance with the Groundwater Directive and Groundwater Daughter Directive at Dunbridge STW, East Grimstead STW, Ivy Down Lane STW, Ludgershall STW, Morestead STW, New Alresford STW, North Waltham STW, Oakley Water Ridges STW, Overton STW, Whitchurch STW. – Requirement to improve the discharge at Chickenhall Eastleigh STW, Morestead STW, New Alresford STW and Millbrook STW under the Habitats Directive to remove more of a determinand than required by the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. - Schemes to improve the discharge at Redlynch STW where there is a requirement under the CROW Act to remove more BOD, Suspended Solids and Ammonia than required by the Urban Waste Water Treatment directive. - Schemes to improve Millbrook STW and Woolston STW associated with 2007 inland sensitive areas (eutrophic) designations. (SE0106)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 311 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 13 locations in Hurst Haven at Hailsham; Combe Haven between 2015 Southern Organic the Cuckmere and Pevensey Levels Catchment, to deliver Powdermill Str conf and Coast; 'Seaford and Water pollutants; benefits against the pressures identified or investigate the Eastbourne Chalk Block Microbiology need for further investment. The improvements include: - A scheme to improve Vines Cross STW associated with 2007 inland sensitive areas (eutrophic) designations. - Investigation at Hastings Bathing Water into predicted Poor Bathing Water quality under the Revised Bathing Water Directive, event/duration monitors to be installed at: Pilot Field Hastings CSO, Radcliffe Close Hastings, Rock A Nore Hastings CEO, Seaside Road Hastings No 2 CSO and Warrior Square Hastings CSO. - Investigations at Hailsham North STW and Hailsham South STW to assess its impact on the CROW Act requirements. - Schemes to ensure compliance with the Groundwater Directive and Groundwater Daughter Directive at East Dean STW, Offham STW and Pyecombe East STW. - Schemes to ensure no deterioration in the current classification as a result of increased volumes of discharge from Lunsford Cross STW. (SE0103)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 312 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 11 locations in River Great Stour, Little Stour, East Stour, River 2015 Southern Organic the Stour Catchment, to deliver benefits against the Stour, North Sea, Tankerton Bay, English Channel Water pollutants; pressures identified or investigate the need for further Microbiology investment. The improvements include: - A scheme to ensure compliance with the Freshwater Fisheries Directive at Ashford STW. - Schemes to ensure no deterioration in the current classification as a result of increased volumes of discharge from Wye STW, Brook STW and Charing STW. - A scheme to ensure compliance with the Groundwater Directive and Groundwater Daughter Directive at Ottinge WPS. A scheme to reduce the impact of leaking sewers on the Thanet Groundwater Management Unit. - Schemes to improve Canterbury STW, Dambridge STW and Herne Bay May Street STW associated with 2007 inland sensitive areas (eutrophic) designations. – Investigation to determine surface water outfall location to allow the Broadstairs Viking Bay Bathing Water to meet the requirements of the current Bathing Water Directive. (SE0102)

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 313 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 21 locations in Adur; Bevern Stream; Black Sewer; Blakes Gill; Chess 2015 Southern Organic the Adur and Ouse Catchment, to deliver benefits against Stream; Cowfold Stream; Honeybridge Stream; Water pollutants; the pressures identified or investigate the need for further Ridgewood Stream; Ouse from Ardingly Resevoir to Microbiology investment. The improvements include: - Schemes to Lindfield; Ouse from Cockhaise Brook confluence to ensure compliance with the Groundwater Directive and Spithurst;Ouse from Slaugham to Ardingly Resevoir; Groundwater Daughter Directive at Pyecombe West STW River Uck at Uckfield; River Uck, Ridgewood stream and Streat STW. - Schemes to ensure no deterioration in confluence to Ford; the current classification as a result of increased volumes of discharge from Dial Post STW, Fletching STW, Halland STW, Lower Beeding STW, Burgess Hill (Goddards Green) STW, Ripe WWTW, Wivelsfield STW and Monks Gate STW. - Investigation into predicted Poor Bathing Water quality under the Revised Bathing Water Directive for Worthing Bathing Water. Event/duration monitors to be installed at: Carnegie Rd CSO, Cortis Ave CSO, Marine Cres CSO, Mertletts Way CSO, Sea Lane Goring CSO, Sea Lane Worthing CSO, Sompting Rd Penfold Rd CSO, Sompting Rd CSO, Wallace Ave CSO, and Wigmore Rd CSO. (SE0105)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 11 locations in 'Bartley Water; Black Water; Highland Water; Jacobs 2015 Southern Organic the New Forest Catchment, to deliver benefits against the Gutter; Langdown Stream; Lymington River; Solent; Water pollutants; pressures identified or investigate the need for further River Beaulieu; Southampton Water. Microbiology investment. The improvements include: - Schemes to improve the discharge at Slowhill Copse STW, Lyndhurst STW and Pennington STW where there is a requirement under the Habitats Directive to remove more of a determinand than required by the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - Scheme to install UV disinfection at Pennington STW as referenced in the Shellfish Water Pollution Reduction Plans. - Schemes to improve the discharge at Bank STW and Lyndhurst STW where there is a requirement under the CROW Act to remove more BOD, Suspended Solids and Ammonia than required by the Urban Waste Water Treatment directive. - A scheme to improve Slowhill Copse STW and Pennington STW associated with the 2007 inland sensitive areas (eutrophic) designations. (SE0101)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 7 locations in the Solent; Western Yar; Wootton Creek; Isle of Wight 2015 Southern Organic Isle of Wight Catchment, to deliver benefits against the Catchment; River Medina; River Eastern Yar Water pollutants; pressures identified or investigate the need for further Microbiology investment. The improvements include: - A scheme to improve the discharge at Chillerton STW where there is a requirement to meet a target under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. - A scheme to ensure no deterioration in the current classification as a result of increased volumes of discharge from Roud STW and Brading STW - A scheme to improve the discharge from Newtown STW to meet CROW Act requirements. - Scheme install event/duration monitoring at Norton Green CSO as referenced in the Shellfish Water Pollution Reduction Plans. - A scheme to relocate the discharge at Fairlee Landfill where there is a requirement under the Habitats Directive. (SE0112)

Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 6 locations in the 'Boldings Brook; Broad Rife; Elsted Stream; Lidsey 2015 Southern Organic Arun and Western Streams Catchment, to deliver benefits Rife; Loxwood Stream; River Stor; Aldingbourne Rife; Water pollutants; against the pressures identified or investigate the need for River Rother (West Sussex) Microbiology further investment. The improvements include: - Schemes to ensure compliance with the Water Framework Directive targets for Ammonia, BOD and/or phosphate at Pulborough STW, Chiddingfold STW, Grayswood STW, Liss STW, South Harting STW and Warnham STW. - Schemes to identify investigations to quantify risk from chemicals at Sidlesham STW and Tangmere STW. (SE0109)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 5 locations in the Doleham Ditch; Newmill Channel downstream of A28; 2015 Southern Organic Rother Catchment, to deliver benefits against the pressures Royal Military Canal; Tidebrook; Tributary of Newmill Water pollutants; identified or investigate the need for further investment. The Channel upstream of Rolvenden Microbiology improvements include: - Schemes to ensure compliance with the Ammonia and/or phosphate targets under the Water Framework Directive at Washwell Lane Wadhurst STW, Battle STW, Sedlescombe STW, Stubbs Lane Brede STW and Westfield STW. (SE0108)

Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 7 locations in the Ouse from Ardingly Resevoir to Lindfield; Ouse from 2015 Southern Organic Adur and Ouse Catchment, to deliver benefits against the Cockhaise Brook confluence to Spithurst; Ouse from Water pollutants; pressures identified or investigate the need for further Slaugham to Ardingly Resevoir; Ouse, Scrase Bridge Microbiology investment. The improvements include: - Schemes to Stream conf to Cockhaise Bk; Honeybridge Stream; ensure compliance with the Water Framework Directive River Adur East; River Uck at Uckfield phosphate targets at Ashington STW, Balcombe STW, Foxhill STW, Handcross STW, Staplefield STW, Wivelsfield STW and Cuckfield STW. (SE0111)

Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 1 location in the River Itchen 2015 Southern Organic Test and Itchen Catchment, to deliver benefits against the Water pollutants; pressures identified or investigate the need for further Microbiology investment. The improvements include: - Schemes to identify investigations to quantify risk from chemicals at Chickenhall Eastleigh STW to be in compliance with the Water Framework Directive. (SE0100)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 3 locations in the 'East Stour; Little Stour; Great Stour between A2 and 2015 Southern Organic Stour Catchment, to deliver benefits against the pressures West Stourmouth; Great Stour between Ashford and Water pollutants; identified or investigate the need for further investment. Wye; Great Stour between Wye and A2 Microbiology The improvements include: - Schemes to ensure compliance with the ammonia and phosphate targets under the Water Framework Directive at Charing STW, Lenham STW and Sellindge STW. (SE0107)

Nutrients; Improvements to water company assets at 6 locations in the Hexden Channel; Jury's Gut Sewer at Lydd Ranges 2015 Southern Organic Rother Catchment, to deliver benefits against the pressures Water pollutants; identified or investigate the need for further investment. The Phosphate improvements include: - Schemes to ensure compliance with the Freshwater Fisheries Directive at Hawkhurst North STW, Iden Green STW and Sandhurst STW. - A scheme to ensure no deterioration in the current classification as a result of increased volumes of discharge from Hawkhurst North STW, Lydd STW, Westfield STW and Wittersham STW. - A scheme to ensure compliance with the Groundwater Directive and Groundwater Daughter Directive at Lydd STW. (SE0092)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Pressures on Investigation to improve confidence in groundwater Brighton Chalk Block; Chichester-Worthing-Portsdown 2012 Environment groundwater quantitative status result (SE0149) Chalk; IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW Lower Agency dependent Greensand; Kent Greensand Eastern; Kent Isle of ecosystems; Thanet Chalk; Littlehampton Anticline East; Pressures on Littlehampton Anticline West; Lower Greensand Arun groundwater & Western Streams; Seaford and Eastbourne Chalk balance; Block Abstraction

Priority Investigate emissions from STWs and appraise options to 'Rother Catchment; Adur & Ouse Catchment; Test & 2015 Southern Hazardous reduce at source or treat at STW, to meet Environmental Itchen Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Water Substances, Quality Standards and reduce/cease emissions in this or Catchment Priority subsequent rounds. STWs to be assessed: Handcross Substances and STW, Chickenhall Eastleigh WWTW, Tangmere WWTW, Specific Sidlesham STW, Wadhurst Washwell Lane STW and Pollutants Billingshurst STW. (SE0151) Saline intrusion; Investigation to verify risk of deterioration in groundwater Brighton Chalk Block; Central Hants Bracklesham 2012 Environment Pressures on quantitative status (SE0177) Group; Central Hants Lambeth Group; Chichester- Agency groundwater Worthing-Portsdown Chalk; East Hants Chalk; East dependent Kent Tertiaries; IOW Central Downs Chalk; IOW ecosystems Lower Greensand; IOW Solent Group; Kent Isle of Thanet Chalk; River Test Chalk; South Hants Lambeth Group

Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan South East River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives 319 December 2009 Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Trichloroacetic This substance has been banned/shortly to be withdrawn Test (Lower) 2010 Environment Acid from use in the UK. No further measures should be Agency; Water required although surveillance monitoring will be done to Companies confirm this (DrWPA0032)

Local Actions

Abstraction and Promote water recycling and rainwater harvesting where South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial cost-effective, appropriate and used together with other Agency flow pressures demand management measures. Outcome: Reduced water (Central use so there is enough water for people, their businesses Government; and the environment in the future. (SE0277) Water companies; South East England Development Agency) Abstraction and Encourage all rural businesses to adopt water efficiency Isle of Wight Catchment; Rother Catchment; Stour 2012 Environment other artificial measures, such as rainwater harvesting and recycling and Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Catchment Agency; flow pressures use of storage reservoirs to support summer irrigation. Central Outcome: There is enough water for people, their Government businesses and the environment. (SE0213) (Abstractors; Business and Industry)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Work with the water companies in the South East to South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial encourage sharing of existing and future resources Agency; Water flow pressures including consideration of transfers and interconnectivity of companies supply systems. Outcome: Abstraction pressures on the environment are reduced. (SE0308)

Abstraction and Seek reduction of leakage through increased rate of South East RBD 2010 Water other artificial replacement of old or damaged pipes, excluding customer companies flow pressures supply pipes. Outcome: Reduced water use so there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0298) Abstraction and Pilot tariff trials to evaluate the ability of variable tariffs to Rother Catchment; Stour Catchment Implemented Water other artificial reduce demand of metered properties in the future. companies flow pressures Outcome: Reduced water use so there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0255)

Abstraction and Encourage more water companies to achieve universal South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial water metering more rapidly and to implement variable Agency flow pressures tariffs. Outcome: Reduction in per capita consumption will contribute towards a more sustainable abstraction regime. (SE0214)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Coordinated education and awareness on water efficiency South East RBD 2012 Water other artificial and re-use to promote value of water. Outcome: Reduced companies; flow pressures water use so there is enough water for people, their Environment businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0203) Agency

Abstraction and Reduction of demand through installation of compulsory South East RBD 2010 Water other artificial meters in domestic properties. Outcome: Reduced water companies flow pressures use so there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0283)

Abstraction and Reduction of demand through installation of household South East RBD Implemented Water other artificial meters on change of occupier. Outcome: Reduced water companies flow pressures use so there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0284)

Abstraction and Seek reduction of leakage through systematic replacement South East RBD 2010 Water other artificial of customer supply pipes. Outcome: Reduced water use so companies flow pressures there is enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0299)

Abstraction and Education and awareness on water efficiency to promote South East RBD Implemented Water other artificial value of water. Outcome: Reduced water use so there is companies flow pressures enough water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0212)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Reduction of demand through promotion of free household South East RBD Implemented Water other artificial meters. Outcome: Reduced water use so there is enough companies flow pressures water for people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0287)

Abstraction and Reduction of leakage through active leakage control. South East RBD 2010 Water other artificial Outcome: Reduced water use so there is enough water for companies flow pressures people, their businesses and the environment in the future. (SE0289)

Abstraction and Review the effectiveness of measures on catchments at risk South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial of flow problems, particularly where climate change could Agency flow pressures make problems worse. Outcome: Water Framework Directive water management measures are effective in the future. (SE0293)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Bentazone; Undertake further monitoring to confirm risk of failure of the Darwell Reservoir; Little Stour 2010 Environment Carbendazim; Drinking Water Standards. Outcome; Improved knowledge, Agency; Water Chlortoluron; enabling better risk based protection of drinking water companies Cyanazine; aquifers. (SE0302) Dalapon; MCPA; Mecoprop; Trichloroacetic Acid; Triclopyr

Glyphosate Further monitoring to confirm risk of failure caused by Little Stour 2010 Water glyphosate. Outcome; Improved knowledge, leading to companies improvements in groundwater quality through better risk management. (SE0230)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Microbiology; Implement surface water management plans, ensuring South East RBD 2012 Environment Nutrients; water quality is considered on a catchment basis. Outcome: Agency (Local Organic Increase resilience to surface water flooding, with fewer Authorities; pollutants; Priority homes and critical infrastructures flooded. Works also Water Hazardous improve control of diffuse pollution, provide opportunities for companies) Substances, better wildlife habitat, and contribute to no deterioration of Priority the water environment. (SE0234) Substances and Specific Pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant) Nutrients Downs and Harbours Clean Waters Partnership to design East Hampshire Catchment; Arun & Western Streams Implemented Natural and implement a strategy to tackle diffuse pollution in the Catchment England; Solent and groundwater in the South Downs. Outcome: Environment Meet targets for key Sites of Special Scientific Interest, help Agency address wider water quality issues and reverse nitrate (Portsmouth trends in potable groundwater sources (SE0209) Water)

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Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Nutrients; Implementation of the Ashford Water Cycle Strategy (2006 - East Stour Implemented Ashford's Organic 2031) to ensure growth in Ashford does not compromise Future pollutants; Priority environmental capacity and quality. The first Water Action (Environment Hazardous Plan (2006 - 2011) will focus on sustainable drainage Agency) Substances, systems, water efficiency, water quality of the River Stour Priority and its tributaries, and water supply and wastewater Substances and infrastructure. Outcome: Improvements in water quality and Specific supply as a result of growth in Ashford, contributing to Pollutants; achieving good status. (SE0236) Sediments (as a direct pollutant) Organic Educate and raise awareness of the impact that small Arun (Lower); Atherfield Stream; Bow Lake; Eden at 2010 Environment pollutants; discharges to ground and surface water have on water Bough Beech; Glottenham Stream upstream of Agency Nutrients; Priority quality of the receiving waters. Provide advice on Robertsbridge; Hilden Brook; Langdown Stream; Hazardous maintenance of small treatment plants or advise residents of Lesser Teise; Loxwood Stream; Marchwood Park Substances, the need to connect to the mains sewer system. Outcome: Stream Trb; Marsham and Pannel Sewers; Mid Priority All small discharges comply with the Water Framework Medway from Eden Confluence to Yalding; Substances and Directive and other EC Directives. (SE0210) Pippingford Brook; R. Adur East; R. Adur West; R. Specific Alre; R. Ems; R. Medina; R. Stor; River Adur East Pollutants; (Goddards Green); River Itchen; River Itchen Microbiology (Cheriton Stream); Sarre Penn, S. Chislet and Monkton Minster Marshes; Sholing Common Streams; Tributary of Beult at Sutton Valance; Tributary of Eden Brook ; Upper Rother, Coggins Mill to Five Ashes; Westwood Stream Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Physical Promote the use of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). South East RBD 2012 Environment modification; Include SuDS in new urban and rural developments where Agency; Local Abstraction and appropriate, and retrofit in priority areas where possible Authorities other artificial including highways. Outcome: Diffuse pollution reduced (Water flow pressures; through the improved design and management of surface companies) Nutrients; water drainage (SE0276) Organic pollutants

Priority Seek agreement with local authorities regarding the use of South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous diuron and persistent pesticides in Source Protection Zones. Agency Substances, Surveillance monitoring where required following the Priority withdrawal of diuron from use in the UK. Outcome: Substances and Improved water quality resulting from the use of diuron and Specific persistent pesticides in priority groundwater bodies including Pollutants; East Kent Chalk - Stour; Kent Isle Of Thanet Chalk Hazardous (SE0296) substances and non-hazardous pollutants Priority Targeted advice and regulation to ensure appropriate South East RBD 2012 Environment Hazardous management of surface water systems, to reduce Agency; Local Substances, contaminants in discharges including consideration of gully Authorities Priority cleaning, trapping fats, oils and grease. Outcome: (Water Substances and Reduction of chemical and physico chemical pollutants companies) Specific contributing to the failure to achieve good ecological status. Pollutants; (SE0301) Microbiology; Organic pollutants; Sediments (as a direct pollutant); Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Ammonia; Faecal InterReg 4a colaborative project to investigate the long-term South East RBD 2010 University of indicator sustainability of discharging treated sewage effluent to Brighton organisms; ground, subject to satisfactory project scope. Outcome: (Environment Hazardous Better understanding of mechanisms affecting the Agency; Water substances and sustainability of treated effluent discharge to ground, to companies) non-hazardous contribute to water quality improvements and no pollutants; deterioration (SE0240) Nitrate; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Faecal indicator Further investigation - Clarify the evidence that saline East Kent Chalk - Stour 2012 Environment organisms; intrusion is not occurring, and obtain available monitoring Agency Ammonia; data for groundwater quality monitoring network. Work with Nitrate; the water company to reduce the 'lack of confidence' Hazardous attributed to the saline intrusion test due to apparent lack of substances and available monitoring. Outcome: Clear understanding of the non-hazardous status of drinking water aquifers. (SE0225) pollutants; Priority Substances & Specific Pollutants Nutrients; Investigate improvements to sewage treatment works, or South East RBD 2012 Environment Organic appropriate catchment controls, that can be included in the Agency pollutants; Priority periodic review 2014, where a sewage treatment works is Hazardous identified as causing a failure of status. Outcome: All water Substances, company consented discharges comply with Water Priority Framework Directive standards and other EC Directives. Substances and (SE0242) Specific Priority Investigation into Endocrine Disruptors. Outcome: To South East RBD Implemented Environment Hazardous understand their impact and put into place appropriate Agency Substances, measures. (SE0244) Priority Substances and Specific Pollutants; Direct biological pressures; Microbiology Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Abstraction and Appraise new public water supply resource options South East RBD Implemented Environment other artificial including investigating role of different generic option types Agency; Water flow pressures (e.g. desalination, effluent reuse, transfers and reservoirs) in companies context of likely regional supply-demand need. Outcome: New resource options will not cause a deterioration in status of any impacted Waterbody and where possible will contribute to the achievement of good ecological status or potential. (SE0194) Water Industry

SSSI / N2k Actions Abstraction and Options appraisal for action at Site of Special Scientific Brighton Chalk Block 2012 South East other artificial Interest perceived to be adversely affected by abstraction : Water; flow pressures Poynings (SE0343) Environment Agency

Abstraction and Modify abstraction licences to ensure no adverse effect on River Itchen; River Itchen Chalk 2015 Environment other artificial integrity of Natura 2000 site: River Itchen SAC (SE0342) Agency flow pressures (Portsmouth Water; Southern Water) Abstraction and Modify abstraction licence to ensure no adverse effect on Kent Romney Marsh 2015 Environment other artificial integrity of Natura 2000 site: Dungeness SAC (SE0341) Agency (Veolia flow pressures Water Southeast)

Abstraction and Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment other artificial conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by Agency flow pressures revoking or amending abstraction licences (see Annex D) (SE0324) Water Industry

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Direct biological Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Natural pressures; conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through England Nutrients; SSSI Management Agreement (see Annex D) (SE0336) Abstraction and other artificial flow pressures; Physical modification Nutrients Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Rother Catchment; Test & Itchen Catchment ; 2010 Southern Pevensey Levels SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels Catchment Water Rye Bay SSSI and River Test SSSI by implementing AMP schemes (SE0314)

Nutrients; Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Water Abstraction and conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through companies other artificial Implementing AMP schemes (see Annex D) (SE0329) flow pressures

Nutrients Contribute to achievement of favourable condition on Rother Catchment; Test & Itchen Catchment; 2010 Environment Pevensey Levels SSSI, Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Cuckmere & Pevensey Levels Catchment; Agency Rye Bay SSSI, Alresford Pond SSSI and River Test SSSI by revoking or amending discharge consents (SE0315)

Pressures Description of the action Lead organisation and partners What will happen Where it will happen Date Sediments (as a Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Environment direct pollutant); conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas by Agency Nutrients revoking or amending discharge/PPC consents (see Annex D) (SE0325)

Nutrients; Contribute to maintenance of, or restoration to, favourable South East RBD 2012 Water Abstraction and conservation status on Natura 2000 protected areas through companies other artificial implementing AMP investigation (see Annex D) (SE0328) flow pressures