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Updates: River basin planning process overview

2023

30 March 2023 published amendments

2. River basin management plans

Added the missing text 'drinking water protected areas' under 2.3, the first of the second set of bullets to read 'is responsible for identifying, characterising and in certain circumstances monitoring drinking water protected areas, and identifying measures where water quality is deteriorating and establishing a register of those waters and other protected areas'.

2022

22 December 2022 published amendments

2. River basin management plans

Updated tense to reflect that the 2022 river basin management plans are the current plans approved by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in December 2022.

4. Updating objectives

Updated tense to reflect that the 2022 river basin management plans are the current plans approved by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in December 2022.

21 October 2022 published amendments

1. Introduction

New section added.

2. River basin management plans

New section added.

3. Defining and describing the water environment

New section added.

4. Updating objectives

New section added.