There are four ecologically important river catchments that contain candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) under the Habitats Directive in the Lake District National Park located in the North of England. These are the rivers Ehen, Kent, Derwent and Eden. For each cSAC, there are defined ecological criteria that include water quality targets to protect the designated species. Stretches of the riverine cSACs in each catchment are failing to meet these and other water quality targets. The Environment Agency commissioned a study of each catchment to provide the underpinning scientific knowledge to allow it to deliver its statutory obligations under the Habitats Directive. SIMCAT river water quality models were produced and used to predict the water quality impacts resulting from a number of water quality planning scenarios aimed at achieving full compliance with the Habitats Directive and other national and EEC water quality targets. The results indicated that further controls on effluent discharges will allow the majority of targets to be met but other sources of pollution will also need to be controlled. The outcome of the study also recognised that water quality improvements alone will not necessarily produce the required improvement to the ecological interest features in each cSAC.
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A.J. Seward;
A.J. Seward
**Environment Agency, Gillan Way, Penrith, CA11 9BP, UK, (E-mail: [email protected])
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Water Sci Technol (2006) 53 (10): 47–54.
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B. Crabtree, A.J. Seward, L. Thompson; A case study of regional catchment water quality modelling to identify pollution control requirements. Water Sci Technol 1 May 2006; 53 (10): 47–54. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2006.296
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