Guidelines for the scoping and environmental assessment of water resources projects. The environment and water resources projects - Volume 2

Abstract

In its role as protector of the water environment, the Environment Agency requires significant water resources abstraction applications and schemes such as drought orders,drought permits, time limited licences, and river transfers to be environmentally assessed leading to the production of an environmental report or statement. This may not take theform of a formal Environmental Assessment, but is required to provide environmental information to support applications. (See Volume 1 - Guidance for Scoping andEnvironmental Assessment for Water Resources Projects in North East Region). This second volume concentrates on the environmental monitoring component of environmental assessments.