Forth
The chair of each Area Advisory Group (AAG) is supported by a
river basin planning co-ordinator.
The co-ordinator and first point of contact for the Forth
AAG is:
Name: Shona McConnell
Email: shona.mcconnell@sepa.org.uk
Office: Edinburgh
Tel.: 0131 273 7326
Getting involved
The consultation on the draft river basin management plan will
begin on 22 December 2008.
This is your opportunity to get involved in the basin planning
process in your area. Of particular relevance to you will be
the Forth area management plan, providing local detail on the
health of the water environment in the Forth and how it can be
maintained, and where necessary, improved.
The draft river basin management plan and the Forth area
management plan can be viewed on the RBMP home page
Please note that the deadline for responding to the consultation
is 22nd June. Where possible, please respond by 22 March 2009
either in full or at least in the form of a summary setting out
your principal comments and suggestions. This will help us plan the
work we need to do to finalise the plan during the spring and
summer of next year
Any queries, please contact the Forth co-ordinator.
Membership
Membership of the Forth AAG is determined by the range and type
of pressures in the Forth area. Members include representatives
from:
- British Waterways
- Chemical Industries Association
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Coal Authority
- East Lothian Council
- Falkirk Council
- Fife Council
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- Forth District Salmon Fisheries Board
- Forth Estuary Forum
- Forth Ports
- Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
- Midlothian Council
- National Farmers' Union, Scotland
- Perth and Kinross Council
- RSPB
- Scottish Borders Council
- Scottish Government Rural Inspections and Payments
Division
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
- Scottish Water
- SEPA
- Stirling Council
- The City of Edinburgh Council
- The Leven Trust
- West Lothian Council
Membership is flexible. It will be possible for additional
members to be co-opted for agreed periods to assist with the
preparation of particular aspects of river basin planning. Such
members can be co-opted onto the AAG for single meetings, to cover
specific agenda items or for a short period to advise on a
particular issue. They will not be full members and therefore will
not determine quorum or vote.
Meetings and minutes
The Forth AAG meets regularly and provides a mechanism to
support the production of a river basin management plan (RBMP) for
the Scotland river basin district, and its co-ordination with other
plans and programmes.
Future meetings
The date for the next meeting of Forth AAG will be confirmed
soon.
Previous meetings
Agenda, minutes, papers and presentations from previous
meetings of Forth AAG are available online.
Forth AAG forum
Anyone with an interest in the water environment of the
Forth can become a member of the Forth advisory group forum.
Presentations and proceedings from previous AAG forum
conferences are available from the river basin planning
co-ordinator.
Further information
Significant
water management issues (SWMI) 
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Published in 2007, the report provides a comprehensive assessment
of the threats to Scotland’s water and identifies the actions and
improvements that are necessary to protect the water
environment.
SWMI in
Forth (62k)
Summary table of SWMI affecting water bodies in the Forth.
Early basin planning work
Information on early river basin management planning work, such as
environmental and economic characterisation and Plan of Action.
Monitoring and classification
Information on how monitoring and classification are linked to
basin planning can be found on the monitoring and classification
pages.
Use the links on the left to visit other AAG pages.