Tweed

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 Tweed AAG is:

Name: Anna Griffin
Email: anna.griffin@sepa.org.uk
Office: Dumfries
Tel.: 01387 720502

Contents

Available as pdf (975kb ) or view online below

• Introduction to the Tweed area management plan
  • Aims of this area management plan
  • Area covered in this plan
• Condition of the water environment in the Tweed area
  • Condition of the surface water and groundwater
  • Condition of protected areas
  • Reasons why some water bodies are not in good condition
  • Targets for the water environment in the Tweed area
• Delivering these targets
  • Actions to meet our targets
  • Ensuring integration for effective and efficient delivery
  • Working together in the future
• Appendix 1: Relevant actions abridged from the Tweed catchment management plan

Membership

SEPA recognises the benefits of working with existing groups and is committed to working with them wherever possible. In the Tweed sub basin, we work closely with the Tweed Forum, an organisation with a successful history of catchment planning and management relating to the water environment of the Tweed. You can find out more about the Tweed Forum using the link below.

• Tweed Forum 

Members of the existing Tweed Forum executive form a significant part, although not all of, the Tweed Area Advisory Group and include those who play a role in using, protecting, maintaining or enhancing the Tweed water environment. Members include representatives from:

• Commerce and industry – Paper Federation
• Consumer Council for Water
• Country Land and Business Association
• East Lothian Council
• Forestry Commission Scotland
• National Farmers Union Scotland
• Natural England
• Northumberland County council
• Northumberland National Park
• Northumberland Wildlife Trust
• Northumbrian Water
• River Tweed Commissioners
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• Scottish Borders Council
• Scottish Enterprise Borders
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Scottish Water
• South Lanarkshire Council
• Tweed Forum

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 Solway 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 Tweed AAG will be confirmed soon.

Previous meetings

Agenda, minutes, papers and presentations from previous meetings of Tweed AAG are available online.

• 20 May 2008  (103k)
• 23 Jan 2008  (79k)
• 07 Nov 2007  (34k)

Further information

Significant water management issues (SWMI)  (1.85mb)
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 Tweed  (62k)
Summary table of SWMI affecting water bodies in Tweed.

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.

English liaison panels which border with the Solway Tweed river basin district:

• North West River Basin District Liaison Panel
• Northumbria River Basin District Liaison Panel 

Use the links on the left to visit other AAG pages.