Timetable for Scotland
| Dec 2000 |
* Directive comes into force |
| Dec
2003 |
* Transpose requirements to Member State Law (WEWS Act)
* Identify River Basin Districts (RBD) and competent
authorities |
| Dec
2004 |
* Undertake RBD characterisation
* Pressures and Impacts upon water status
* Economic analysis of water use
* Identify heavily modified and artificial waters
* Register of Protected Areas |
| During
2005 |
* Lay Controlled Activities Regulations before Scottish
Parliament
* Designation of Responsible Authorities
* Designation of Relevant Enactments |
| Oct 2005 |
* Transitional period begins for transfer of existing
activities to CAR |
| During 2006 |
* Sub-basin river basin management planning due to start |
| 01 Apr 2006 |
* CAR fully operational - new pollution control, impoundment,
abstraction and engineering regimes start |
| Dec
2006 |
* Monitoring programmes operational
* Publish, for consultation, a work programme for river basin
management plan (RBMP) production |
| Dec 2007 |
* Publish, for consultation, interim overview of significant
water management issues in RBD |
| Dec 2008 |
* Full draft RBMP for consultation |
| Dec
2009 |
Publish first RBMP
* Designate heavily modified water bodies
* Environmental objectives
* Programme of measures
* Monitoring networks
|
| Dec 2010 |
* Introduce pricing policies to ensure cost recovery of water
services |
| Dec 2012 |
* Programme of measures to be fully operational |
| Dec
2013 |
In preparation for second RBMP
* Produce the second characterisation report
* Publish, for consultation, interim overview of significant
water management issues for second RBMP
|
| Dec
2015 |
* Achieve environmental objectives of first RBMP
* Publish second RBMP |
| Dec
2021 |
* Achieve environmental objectives of second RBMP
* Publish third RBMP |
| By
2027 |
* Achieve environmental objectives of third RBMP
* Publish fourth RBMP
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