Publication - Advice and guidance

Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 implementation - assessing Scotland's water environment: policy statement

Published: 13 December 2024
From: Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, +2 more … Director of Environment and Forestry, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity
Directorate: Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic: Environment and climate change, Marine and fisheries
ISBN: 9781836910534

This policy statement and the associated Standards and Status Directions are intended to provide stakeholders with a better understanding of our approach to the protection of the water environment through the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (WEWS) .

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1. Implements the Water Framework Directive and its daughter Directives, Priority Substances Directive (2008/105/EC) and Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC).

2. See Directive 2020/2184on the quality of water intended for human consumption and the Public Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (as amended); ;

3. SEPA Water Classification Hub

4. UKTAG (2008) Guidance on the classification of ecological potential of heavily modified and artificial water bodies

5. UKTAG (2013) River flow for good ecological potential. Final recommendations.

Contact

Email: waterenvironment@gov.scot

There is a problem

Thanks for your feedback

Was this helpful?

Yes

Your comments

Your feedback helps us to improve this website. Do not give any personal information because we cannot reply to you directly.

Choose a reason for your feedback

Your comments

Your feedback helps us to improve this website. Do not give any personal information because we cannot reply to you directly.

Yes, but

Choose a reason for your feedback

Your comments

Your feedback helps us to improve this website. Do not give any personal information because we cannot reply to you directly.

Information

Footnotes

Contact

There is a problem