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Information regading the Water Environment Fund, including how to apply and the assessment process.       Rivers are a vital part of our landscape and a great asset to Scotland. They provide wildlife corridors, opportunities for recreation and wellbeing and resources for farming, drinking water, beverage production and hydroelectricity. Like many of our natural resources our rivers are under pressure and in places, damaged. This includes straightened and embanked channels which ar

A list of publications relating to river basin planning in Scotland and the Solway Tweed. River basin management planning publications This page provides a full list of RBMP publications listed in order from the most recent to the earliest work. Date Publication 2024 Statement of consultation opportunities during development of the next River Basin Management Plan for Scotland. 2024 River Basin Management Planning in the Solway Tweed, Statement of Consultation Steps.

Marine aquaculture modelling Computer modelling is used as a guide to determining licensed discharge quantities of anti-parasitic chemicals and organic waste arising from marine fish-farm operations. The modelling tools promoted by SEPA provide robust predictions in most cases, requiring relatively little site-specific information. Nevertheless, the quality of the model outputs is dependent upon g