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The Solway Tweed River Basin District
When the Water Framework Directive was transposed into UK legislation, separate provision was made for the Solway Tweed River Basin District because it straddles the English–Scottish border. Under the Solway Tweed Regulations the Environment Agency and SEPA were given a number of new duties and responsibilities around working together to deliver river basin planning in the Solway Tweed River Basin District.
The Solway Tweed River Basin District incorporates the catchments that feed into the Solway Firth and Tweed Estuary, the estuaries themselves and the groundwater that underlies the river Basin District. The river Basin District has an area of around 17500 km2 and incorporates much of the Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and the Eden and Esk valleys. The main river catchments include the Rivers Tweed, Eden, Esk, Annan and Nith, Dee-Ken and Cree and their associated wetlands. The River Basin District is largely rural and supports a wide range of internationally important habitats and wildlife, with many of the water bodies designated Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas. There are also many excellent salmon and sea trout rivers in the River Basin District. The area is home to approximately 450,000 people and the key economic activities include tourism, agriculture, forestry, fish farming and manufacturing.
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How can you get involved?
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Central to delivering the first River Basin Management Plan and implementing the actions identified in the plan is the requirement to effectively involve others throughout the River Basin Planning process. By delivering River Basin Planning in this way we will ensure that the River Basin Management Plan properly reflects the views of those using, managing and protecting the water environment in the Solway Tweed. The water environment is one of the Solway Tweeds greatest assets and deserves such a plan.
We will use a structured approach to participation in river basin planning in order to work with the right people at the right time. The Solway-Tweed River Basin District has been split into two sub-basin Districts; the Tweed sub basin in the east and the Solway sub basin in the west.
For each of these sub-basins there will be two main points of public participation and engagement: the Area Advisory Group Forum, which will involve the largest number of people and will capture those with an interest in river basin planning and the Area Advisory Groups, which will involve the key stakeholders within each area. Both groups will also be able to access information and guidance produced in both England and Scotland (principally though the Scottish National Advisory Group). Please click below for information on individual Area Advisory Groups and their associated Forums.
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Getting involved: The AAG Forum
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Click on the names below for information on individual Area Advisory Group Forum and for details on how to sign up to become part of the Forums.
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Current consultations and links to more information
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We have information available on a range of river basin planning and related topics, please click on the links below to take you to the relevant page.
Information will be available shortly for the following:
- Characterisation report
- Framework document
- Monitoring Strategy - the Agencies are committed to developing a joint view on Monitoring for WFD objectives across the Solway Tweed River Basin District.
