9 July 2007

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Background

Following a recent decision by the Environment Agency to update their Source Protection Zones (SPZ), a workshop was convened to allow the groundwater modelling community input in the development of techniques. Presentations included a historical perspective, illustrations of uncertainty and practical examples of land-use management.

Resources

Presentations and notes from the workshop:

• Notes from the breakout groups (PDF - 38 Kb)
• Historical development of SPZs in England and Wales (PDF - 0.2 Mb)
  Steve Fletcher, Environment Agency
• Quantifying effects of uncertainty on SPZ delineation (PDF - 1.5 Mb)
  Adrian Butler, Imperial College London
• SPZs, the present and the future? (PDF - 0.7 MB)
  Martin Shepley, Environment Agency
• Source Protection Zones (PDF - 3.2 Mb)
  Paul Stanfield, Wessex Water

Pre-workshop documents:

• Pre-workshop flyer (PDF - 87 Kb)