Action Plan

Windrush Catchment Plan

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Contents

Map of the Windrush catchment

Our Vision for the Windrush Catchment

Introduction

Role of the partnership

Aims

Objectives

Drivers behind the Catchment Plan

Catchment Characteristics

General description

River Windrush and tributaries

River Leach

River Thames

Physical character

Groundwater

Water quality

Point source pollution

Diffuse pollution

Natural environment

Fisheries

Invertebrates

Macrophytes

Birds

Mammals

Designated sites

Floodplain connectivity

Invasive Non-Native Species

Water resources

Impacts of mineral extraction

Flood risk management

Low flows

Development pressures

Navigation on the Thames

Windrush Catchment Plan

How can the partnership improve the Windrush catchment?

Water quality

Natural environment

Water resources

Monitoring

Coordination

Data & Evidence

Catchment Action Plan

Project list

Activities delivered or underway

Appendix 1: Background to the Catchment Based Approach

Appendix 2: Further Information...35 Separate Appendices

Appendix 3: Overview of Ecological Status under EU Water Framework Directive

1. Ecological Status map of waterbodies in the Windrush (2016-2019)

2. Reasons For Not Achieving Good Status (2016-2019)

Appendix 4: Terms of Reference for the Windrush Catchment Partnership

Appendix 5: Windrush projects list

Appendix 6: Maps of Environment Agency monitoring sites [draft note: Provided for Phosphate monitoring, along with Source apportionment GIS SAGIS details.

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