Earlier River Basin Planning
Last updated: 23 March 2012
River basin planning is a six-yearly cycle of planning, actions and review, with public participation throughout. The timetable for delivery of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) is listed below:
| Target Date | Deliverable |
| 2003 | WFD incorporated into Member State Law. Identify River Basin Districts, International River Basin Districts and competent authorities. |
| 2004 | Complete initial characterisation of River Basin Districts and International River Basin Districts. Establish registers of Protected Areas in each River Basin District. Complete first economic analysis of water use. |
| 2005 | Establish criteria for assessment of good groundwater chemical status and criteria for identifying significant and sustained changes. |
| 2006 | Monitoring programmes operational. |
| 2007 | Publish and consult on River Basin District issues and objectives. |
| 2008 | Produce Programme of Measures, consultation on draft River Basin Management Plans. |
| 2009 - 2012 | Plan and Programme of Measures enacted. |
| 2015 | Achieve Environmental Objectives set out in first River Basin Management Plans. |
- Consultation Response Document (.PDF 2.30Mb)
- Neagh Bann Draft River Basin Management Plan (.PDF 4.73Mb)
- North Eastern Draft River Basin Management Plan (.PDF 4.5Mb)
- North Western Draft River Basin Management Plan (.PDF 6.1Mb)
- Managing our shared waters - North Western International River Basin District (.PDF 1.01Mb)
- Managing our shared waters - Neagh Bann International River Basin District (.PDF 966Kb)
- Significant Water Management Issues Report (.PDF 508Kb)
- Neagh Bann Water Matters- Have Your Say (.PDF 1.72Mb)
- North Eastern Water Matters - Have Your Say (.PDF 1.69Mb)
- North Western Water Matters - Have Your Say (.PDF 1.72Mb)
- Aquatic Monitoring Strategy 2006-07 and Water Framework Directive Monitoring Plans (.PDF 1.20Mb)
- Approach to Groundwater Monitoring for Northern Ireland, United Kingdom to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (2006/60/EC) (.PDF 521Kb)
- WFD Summary Report of the characterisaion and impact analyses required by Article 5 - NI (.PDF 897Kb)
- Timetable for delivery of Water Framework Directive (.PDF 82.5Kb)
- Article 3 Map of IRBDs (.PDF 846Kb)
- River and Lake Small Water Body Identification (.PDF 284Kb)
- Summary River Typology and Water Body Delineation (.PDF 243Kb)
- Reference Condition Descriptions for Northern Ireland River Types (.PDF 331Kb)
- Lake Typology (.PDF 143Kb)
- Lake Typology 2012 (.PDF 92.3Kb)
- Reference Condition Descriptions for Northern Ireland Lake Types (.PDF 156Kb)
- UKTAG Guidance on Typology for Coastal and Transitional Waters of the UK and Republic of Ireland (.PDF 286Kb)
- UKTAG Type Specific Reference Condition Descriptions for Transitional and Coastal Waters for the UK (.PDF 340Kb)
- Groundwater Water Body Risk Assessment (.PDF 148Kb)
- UKTAG Guidance on general principles for pressures and impacts analysis (.PDF 131Kb)
- Point Source Pressures Risk Assessment (.PDF 132Kb)
- Diffuse Pollution Risk Assessment Summary (freshwater) (.PDF 117Kb)
- Abstraction and Flow Regulation Risk Assessment Summary (.PDF 114Kb)
- Freshwater Morphology Risk Assessment Summary (.PDF 135Kb)
- Other Human Pressures Risk Assessment Summary (.PDF 131Kb)
- Impacts (freshwaters) Assessment Summary (.PDF 113Kb)
- Coastal and Transitional Waters Risk Assessment Summary (.PDF 135Kb)
- Groundwater Risk Assessment Summary (.PDF 148Kb)