Scottish Government Centre for Expertise for Waters (CREW)
Vinten, A., Oliver, D,, Martin-Ortega, J., Christen, B., Jackson-Blake, L and MacLeod, C
The aims of the day were to update available data on the effectiveness of existing measures, to review strategies for assessing effectiveness and uptake of measures and to identify potential measures that could be supported in Scotland in the future.
The workshop allowed the group to debate issues that could maximise compliance opportunities and communication of win-win messages to farming communities. In particular the workshop focussed on trying to identify awareness raising options/engagement methods that would target farming communities who were less receptive to previous awareness raising campaigns. The workshops also helped to raise awareness of diffuse source pollution.
Two parallel workshops were held. Workshop A aimed to identify impact indicators for measures that affect water quality, with a focus on those funded by the Scottish Government Rural Priorities fund. Workshop B aimed to develop effective approaches to achieving compliance with diffuse pollution regulations, with a focus on the General Binding Rules through evaluating current approaches to farmer engagement. A field visit to the Lunan Diffuse Pollution Monitoring Catchment (DPMC) was arranged for the following day to familiarise stakeholders with a variety of regulatory, funded and voluntary measures going on in this catchment.
Measures most regarded as cost-effective for improving water quality are (in this order):
2011
Andy Vinten (Andy.vinten@hutton.ac.uk [1])
Links:
[1] mailto:Andy.vinten@hutton.ac.uk
[2] http://www.crew.ac.uk/sites/www.crew.ac.uk/files/documents/Diffuse%20Pollution%20Workshop%20Report.pdf