Rethinking Water Planning

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Why is the project relevant to you?

The statutory water plans by the Environment Agency and water companies are crucial for the future of our water environments. The decisions made in these plans and the actions taken will shape our waterways for decades. Understanding these plans and how to integrate them will give you a broad view of the opportunities and challenges in water planning.

Key messages for I need a broader perspective

This project developed and tested two approaches to integrating statutory water planning functions, which can be used in other locations. Both approaches offer a good starting point for further development of integrated water management.

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The participatory systems mapping element of the case studies shows the complexity of the water system and provided a very useful way of working with stakeholders to understand complex systems.

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Standardising the evidence and digital formats used in statutory plans will be a major step forward in supporting the co-development of plans.

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The tested approaches used catchment-based analysis to guide decisions but weren't meant to replace sector-specific modelling. These approaches should work alongside existing processes.

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