The focus of the meeting was the implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the Groundwater Directive in the UK. The aim was to inform, and to promote discussion on the WFD between, stakeholders in the water, industrial, farming, political and environmental sectors. Speakers included professionals who are directly involved with the implementation of the Directives, from both a technical and regulatory perspective, and those who are involved with water supply and management in the UK.

There were more than 100 attendees at the meeting, drawn from the water industry, research organisations and universities, consultancy, regulatory bodies, conservation organisations, NGOs and government.

The presentations given at the meeting are available to read in pdf form by clicking on the links below.

Suggestions for future UK Groundwater Forum meetings would be very welcome. Please send them to the Forum Secretariat Kate Griffiths.

Background
1. EC Perspective on the WFD and Daughter Directive (PDF - 617KB)
   Andreas Scheidleder, Austrian Environment Agency
   
2. Groundwater Quality and the Directives: current and potential future implementation (PDF - 697KB)
   Tony Marsland (EA)
   
   Technical issues
3. Groundwater body delineation and initial characterisation
   Stuart Kirk (EA)
   'Environment Agency slides for the GW risk assessment are not yet available for
   release'
   
4. WFD: North of the Border (PDF - 1,516KB)
   Jean Clews (SEPA) (presented by Vincent Fitzsimons, SEPA)
   
5. Water Quality Monitoring for WFD (PDF - 581KB)
   Vincent Fitzsimons (SEPA)
   
6. Trends, thresholds and trend reversals – available soon
   Dave Allen and Denis Peach (BGS)
   [Reproduced by permission of the British Geological Survey. ã NERC. All rights reserved. IPR/52-019CW].
   
   Implications of the WFD for stakeholders
7. National water industry perspective on the implementation of the WFD and Daughter Directive (PDF - 29KB)
   Jacob Tompkins (Water UK)
   
8. Implications of the WFD and daughter directive for water companies (PDF - 729KB)
   Bob Breach (Severn Trent Water)
   
9. Implications of the directives for the farming industry (PDF - 27KB)
   Michael Payne (Environmental Consultant)
   
10. The key challenges and issues presented by the WFD to the EA
    Andrew Skinner (EA)
    Summary notes to be added soon