Solway Tweed river basin characterisation

Solway Tweed river basin characterisation

An economic analysis of water use

Contents

	Foreword
1.	Purpose
1.1	Introduction
1.2	The Solway Tweed river basin district
1.3	Summary of the roles of economics in the Water Framework Directive
1.4	Water usage
2.	Results of economic analysis
2.1	Background
2.2	Summary of economic context
2.3	Summary of current analysis of use
2.4	Economic sectors and their water use
2.5	Amenity and recreation
3.	Economics of water use and pressures on water bodies
3.1	Point source discharges
3.2	Diffuse source discharges
3.3	Abstraction and flow regulation
3.4	Alterations to physical habitats
4.	Cost recovery
4.1	English part of Solway Tweed cost recovery
4.2	Scottish part of Solway Tweed cost recovery
5.	How pressures on water use are predicted to change over time (dynamics)
6.	Further work
7.	Annexes
Annex 1	Stakeholder input
Annex 2	Experian forecasts