Policies abd Regulations

The catalogue identifies relevant open data sources, including Earth Observation (EO) satellite data, as well as environmental and socio-economic. These sources include local and remote sensors (such as satellite imagery, weather stations, and water quality monitoring devices), research outputs (such as census reports, land use maps, and economic indicators). Each resource is evaluated for quality, update frequency, accessibility, and any applicable legal constraints.

ID â–˛ Name Issuing organisation Geographical Scope Type Scientific domain Type of water Water management focus Parameter change rate assumption Description Status Effect Date Resource Recommendations
policies-71 Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 Scotland Scotland Surfacewater, Groundwater Monitoring, Management, projection, forecasting Water Quanity An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the development of Scotland's water resources; to bring large-scale water abstraction under Ministerial control; to extend Scottish Water's functions and to authorise grants and loans in favour of related bodies; to permit the taking of steps for the sake of water quality; to create contracts for certain non-domestic water and sewerage services; to protect the public sewerage network from harm and to allow for maintenance of private sewage works; to enable the making of water shortage orders; and for connected purposes. Effective 27th-Feb-2013 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/5
policies-72 The Water Environment (Miscellaneous) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 Scotland Scotland Legistrative Chemical surface and groundwater, drinking water, wastewater and treated water Mangement, Monitoring Water quality: Water Pollutants Amendment of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (See above) effective 1st-jan-2018 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/389/contents/made
policies-73 The Water Environment (Remedial Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 Scotland Scotland Legistrative Surface and Groundwater Mangement, Monitoring Water Quality, Quanity Has links and aligns to the EU WFD. effective 1st-april-2016 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/19/contents/made “remedial measures” means action (which may include the carrying out of operations or works in relation to any land or body of water) with a view to— (a) improving the hydromorphological characteristics of a body of water; or (b) restoring (in full or in part) the hydromorphological characteristics that, in the opinion of SEPA, a body of water (other than an artificial water body) would have if those characteristics had not been changed as a result of physical alterations by human activity;
policies-74 The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003 Scotland Scotland and Great Britain (England and Wales) Legistrative physical states, chemistry, geology, and biology surface and groundwater, drinking water, wastewater and treated water Mangement, Monitoring Water Quality, Quanity These Regulations implement the EU Water Framework Directive for the Northumbria River Basin District, which spans both England and Scotland. They adapt and apply existing England and Wales regulations and Scottish water legislation to ensure coordinated management of the district. The Regulations require comprehensive monitoring, economic analysis, identification of drinking water abstraction sources, and the establishment of a register of protected waters and areas.. The Directive is accessible by using the weblink http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en. effective 2nd-Jan-2004 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3245/contents The Northumbria River Basin District (“the district”; identified by regulation 3) is partly in England and partly in Scotland because a number of tributaries of the River Tyne extend into Scotland. The Regulations therefore adapt and apply the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3242; “the principal Regulations”) and the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (2003 asp 3; “the Scottish Act”) in relation to the district to ensure that the Directive’s requirements are met for the district as a whole. The principal Regulations otherwise apply to river basin districts that are wholly in England, wholly in Wales, or partly in England and partly in Wales; the Scottish Act otherwise applies to river basin districts that are wholly in Scotland. The main elements of the principal Regulations are applied in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District. The Agency is therefore required to carry out detailed monitoring and analysis in relation to each river basin district, and the Secretary of State must ensure that appropriate economic analysis is also carried out . Certain waters used for the abstraction of drinking water must be identified and a register must be established of those waters and certain other protected areas.
policies-75 The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004 Scotland Scotland and Great Britain (England and Wales) Legistrative physical states, chemistry, geology, and biology surface and groundwater, coastal water, drinking water, wastewater and treated water Mangement, Monitoring Water Quality, Quanity These Regulations implement the EU Water Framework Directive for the Solway Tweed River Basin District, which spans England and Scotland. They apply and adapt existing England and Wales regulations and the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 to ensure coordinated, cross-border management. The Regulations establish a strategic planning framework to manage, protect, and improve water quality across the entire district. The Directive is accessible by using the weblink http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en. effective 10th Feb 2004 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/99/contents The Solway Tweed River Basin District (“the district”; identified in regulation is partly in England and partly in Scotland. These Regulations give effect to the Directive’s requirements in respect of the district as a whole, and do so in part by applying with modifications provisions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (2003 asp 3; “the Scottish Act”). The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3242) make provision in relation to river basin districts that are wholly in England, wholly in Wales, or partly in England and partly in Wales; the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3245) do the same for the Northumbria River Basin District (which includes a small area of Scotland); and the Scottish Act otherwise applies in relation to river basin districts that are wholly in Scotland. These Regulations require a new strategic planning process to be established for the purposes of managing, protecting and improving the quality of water resources in the whole district. That process mirrors the process set out in the principal Regulations and in the Scottish Act, with adaptations to accommodate the district’s cross-border character.
policies-76 The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 Scotland Scotland, and Great Britain Legistrative physical states, chemistry, geology, and biology surface and groundwater, coastal water, drinking water, wastewater and treated water Mangement, Monitoring Water Quality, Quanity These Regulations, cited as the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, came into force on 3 March 2016, immediately following related England and Wales amendments, and apply across Great Britain. Effective 3rd-march-2016 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/139/contents (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016. (2) These Regulations come into force on 3rd March 2016 immediately after the commencement of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016(1). (3) These Regulations extend to Great Britain.
policies-77 The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008 Scotland Scotland Legistrative chemistry, and biology Surface water, groundwater, wastewater Mangement, Monitoring Nitrogen, Nitrate These Regulations apply to farms in nitrate vulnerable zones and require occupiers to maintain manure, slurry, silage effluent, and fertiliser management and storage plans. Annual nitrogen from livestock manure must not exceed 170 kg per hectare of utilisable agricultural land. Organic manure application is prohibited within 10 m of surface waters and 50 m of wells or boreholes used for water supply. Effective 1st-Jan-2009 Amended 15th-may-2013 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/298/contents The fram must have (i) Fertiliser and manure management plan, (ii) Storgae of livestock manure and silage effluent plan (iii) Storage of livestock manure and silage effluent plan (iv) Storage of slurry from housed pigs and housed cattle and manure from housed poultry plan, (v) Storage of livestock manure (other than slurry), (vi) Temporary storage of solid manure. In any year the total nitrogen in livestock manure applied to the utilisable agricultural land area of the whole farm, whether directly by an animal or by spreading, must not exceed 170 kg per hectare (“ha”) of that area. Application of organic manure Organic manure must not be applied to any land which is situated within– (a)10 metres of any surface water; or (b)50 metres of any well, borehole or similar work sunk into underground strata for the purposes of any water supply.
policies-78 Council Directive of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (91/676/EEC) Scotland Scotland Legistrative chemistry, and biology Surface water, groundwater, wastewater Mangement, Monitoring Nitrogen, Nitrate This Directive has the objective of: reducing water pollution caused or induced by nitrates from agricultural sources and preventing further such pollution. Non Effective 11/12/2008-->31/12/2020 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1991/676/contents
policies-79 The Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2015 Scotland Scotland Legistrative chemistry, and biology Surface water, groundwater, wastewater Mangement, Monitoring Nitrogen, Nitrate These Regulations further implement in Scotland the requirements of Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. This regulation applies to any area of land designated under regulation AND which has not previously been designated before 1st January 2016. Effective 1st -Jan-2016 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/376/made
policies-80 The Water Environment (Shellfish Water Protected Areas: Environmental Objectives etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 Scotland Scotland Legistrative physical states, and biology Coastal Water or Transitional Water Mangement, Monitoring This Order designates 84 coastal or transitional water areas in the Scottish River Basin District as “shellfish water protected areas” under the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003. The areas are identified on maps laid before the Scottish Parliament and published by the Scottish Ministers (www.scotland.gov.uk). The Regulations aim to support shellfish life and growth and ensure high-quality shellfish suitable for human consumption. Objectives under section 9(1)(a)(ii) of the Act are to: (a) prevent deterioration of shellfish water quality; and (b) protect and improve each area to achieve good shellfish water quality by 22 December 2015. Effective 22nd-Dec-2013 Amended 4th-Oct-2016 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/325/contents/made