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Ref EWCS April 2010 Exeter and East Devon Water Cycle Study extended deadline (i.e. 2021 or 2027) to meet good status, rather than setting a less stringent objective. 5.4.8 Under Article 4 (3) of the WFD it is possible to designate water bodies as artificial or heavily modified water bodies. The WFD recognises that that some water bodies have been modified to provide valuable social or economic benefits, and it is recognised these water bodies are not able to achieve natural conditions, and hence should not be required to achieve good ecological status. Artificial or heavily modified water bodies therefore have an alternative objective of meeting “good ecological potential” and these are identified in the draft River Basin Management Plans. 5.5 River Basin Management Plans 5.5.1 In England and Wales, the Environment Agency is the lead authority in ensuring delivery of the WFD. The Environment Agency prepared draft River Basin Management Plans (dRBMP), published for consultation in December 2008, which set out: • the current status for each water body (including confidence limits); • the objectives and targets for each water body; • the main pressures for each water body; • an action plan outlining what will be required, by whom, and when to meet good ecological status, and; • justification for setting an alternative objective by 2015. 5.5.2 In June 2009 the Environment Agency concluded the consultation period for the draft River Basin Management Plan for the South West River Basin [EA 2009d]. The draft plan recorded the current state of the water environment in the south west river basin, with classification of water bodies undertaken in accordance with the new methodology of the Water Framework Directive. 5.5.3 The first RBMP were finalised and adopted in December 2009. RBMPs will now be reviewed and updated every six years (i.e. 2021, 2027). The Environment Agency expects spatial planning to take the RBMP’s into account through Sustainability Appraisals by incorporating evidence from the RBMP studies into the assessment 5.5.4 The WCS study area is located within the East Devon River Basin District Catchment, as shown in Figure 5.2 below. 46
Exeter and East Devon Water Cycle Study Figure 5.2 – Map of the South West River Basin A summary of the classification of the waterbodies within the South West RBMP are shown in Figure 5.3 below, with a summary of the targets for 2015. Figure 5.3 – Current and 2015 target status for the South West River Basin 47 Ref EWCS April 2010
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