In the UK, project is based in river catchments of the Frome, Piddle and Wey in Dorset and in Lower Saxony, Germany, the catchments are of the rivers Ems, Weser and Elbe.
Various UK and German authorities and research establishments are involved in this project as partners.
ADAS UK Ltd (ADAS);
Environment Agency (the Agency);
National Farmers’ Union (NFU);
Wessex Water Services Ltd (WW);
UK Water Industry Research Ltd (UKWIR).
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency (NLWKN);
Chamber of Agriculture Lower Saxony (LWK);
State Agency for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG);
Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL);
Research Centre Jülich (FZJ);
NLWKN is the projects lead partner and is the link to the Commission whilst UKWIR is the lead UK partner linking with NLWKN.
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In order to deliver the aims of the project five high level objectives have been set. These are:
• Demonstrate the use of new participation approaches and technologies suitable for programmes of measures to reduce diffuse pollution from agriculture and to promote sustainable water resources management.
• Demonstrate how the policy objectives of the Sixth Environmental Action Programme can be achieved through co-operative action at the local river catchment and farm level.
• Show how Member State agricultural assistance programmes can be amended to aid the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and that synergy effects can be used to increase cost-efficiency in water resources protection.
• Clearly show the links between policy, action and the achievement of environmental water quality objectives with a focus on integrating water resources management objectives in agricultural assistance programmes across the European Union.
• Assess of the costs associated with the implementation of the required measures.
These objectives have been developed further into 10 tasks each with their own objectives and deliverables.
