Annex b - objectives.pdf

Waterbody Category and Map Code.:
Surveillance site: Yes
Waterbody ID and Name:
GB104027064251
Wharfe from R Washburn to The Fleet/The Foss National Grid Reference:
Current Overall Potential
Status Objective (Overall):
(For Protected Area Objectives see Annex D) Status Objective(s):
Good Ecological Potential by 2027, Good Chemical Status by 2015 Justification if overall objective is
not good status by 2015:
Protected Area Designation:
Freshwater Fish Directive, Nitrates Directive SSSI (Non-N2K) related:
Hydromorphological Designation:
Reason for Designation:
Drinking Water, Flood Protection, Water Regulation (impoundment release), Water Storage - non-specific Downstream Waterbody ID:
Ecological Potential
Current Status (and certainty
that status is less than good)
Biological elements
Current status (and
Predicted Status by
Justification for not achieving
certainty of less than
good status by 2015
Supporting elements
Current status (and
Predicted Status by
Justification for not achieving
certainty of less than
good status by 2015
Environment Agency, Annex B Humber River Basin District, December 2009 Ecological Potential Assessment
Current status
Predicted Status by
Justification for not achieving
good status by 2015
Mitigation Measures that have defined Ecological Potential
Mitigation Measure
Appropriate channel maintenance strategies and techniques - woody debris Appropriate channel maintenance strategies and techniques - minimise disturbance to channel bed and marginsAppropriate timing (vegetation control) Operational and structural changes to locks, sluices, weirs, beach control, etc Not In Place
Removal of hard bank reinforcement / revetment, or replacement with soft engineering solution Not In Place
Preserve and, where possible, restore historic aquatic habitats Not In Place
Increase in-channel morphological diversity Not In Place
Not In Place
Alteration of channel bed (within culvert) Not In Place
Flood bunds (earth banks, in place of floodwalls) Not In Place
Not In Place
Not In Place
Structures or other mechanisms in place and managed to enable fish to access waters upstream Not In Place
and downstream of the impounding works.
Remove obsolete structure Not In Place
Preserve and where possible enhance ecological value of marginal aquatic habitat, banks and Not In Place
riparian zoneEducate landowners on sensitive management practices (urbanisation) Not In Place
Maintain sediment management regime to avoid degradation of the natural habitat characteristics Not In Place
of the downstream river.
Retain marginal aquatic and riparian habitats (channel alteration) Not In Place
Appropriate water level management strategies, including timing and volume of water moved Not In Place
Provide flows to move sediment downstream.
Not In Place
Appropriate techniques to align and attenuate flow to limit detrimental effects of these features Not In Place
(drainage)Management of the risk of fish entrainment in intakes for hydropower turbines or water resource Not In Place
purposes (or pumping stations) where there is downstream fish migration.
Chemical Status
Current Status (and certainty
that status is less than good)
Environment Agency, Annex B Humber River Basin District, December 2009

Source: http://www.taeresidential.co.uk/pdfs/Appendix_12_3_-_Humber_River_Basin_Management_Plan_WFD_objectives_tables.pdf