The next round of RBDP’s have been produced but already prompted criticism:

Sewage outfalls and water quality

Snails pace of water quality improvement condemned by WWF

Environment Agency/Defra These are the current river basin district (RBD) RBMPs.

A RBD covers an entire river system, including river, lake, groundwater, estuarine and coastal water bodies. The RBD RBMPs are designed to protect and improve the quality of our water environment. Good quality water is essential for wildlife, agriculture and business to thrive. And is one of the means for boosting regeneration (both structural and economic), recreation and tourism.

These updated 2015 plans build on the work already done to protect and improve over 9,320 miles of our rivers over the last 5 years. They set out how a minimum of 680 (14%) of waters will improve over the next 6 years from around £3 billion investment. The RBMPs support the government’s framework for the 25-year environment plan. And will allow local communities to find more cost-effective ways to take action to further improve our water environment.