Environmental Standards

This note recommends what we should do about the Freshwater Fish Directive (FWF), the Shellfish Directive (SWD) and the Dangerous substances Directive (DSD) which will disappear on 22 December 2013 as part of the Water Framework Directive.

Publication Date: 
16-February-2010
Publication Status: 
Draft Final
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

This document presents the outcomes of a peer review of revised groundwater status classification (chemical and quantitative) guidance documents and the proposals for formalisi

Publication Date: 
01-March-2012
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

Following the publication of the first River Basin Management Plans and in response to queries about the differences in nitrate threshold values, the UKTAG Groundwater Task Team has re-evaluated the methodology for calculating threshold values.

Publication Date: 
28-February-2012
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG
This paper explains how environmental standards (and classification schemes) will support the design and implementation of Programmes of Measures. 
 
Publication Date: 
24-August-2005
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

The UK Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG) sought comments on the scientific principles underpinning the first proposals for environmental standards to underpin the implementation of the Water Framework Directive.

Publication Date: 
01-September-2006
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

A technical report on proposals for a first set of standards and conditions was published for review in 2006. The revised report was issued in August 2006 in the form of a recommendation to the UK governments. The UKTAG updated the report in November 2007.

Publication Date: 
11-March-2009
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

This is a technical report that presents the first set of environmental standards and conditions proposed by the UKTAG to underpin the implementation of the Directive. Our report outlines the background to our proposals and describes the role they could play.

Publication Date: 
01-April-2008
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

The United Kingdom’s Technical Advisory Group on the Water Framework Directive (UKTAG) is developing environmental standards for the Directive. This is a technical report by the UKTAG intended for an audience that is familiar with how water quality standards are set and used.

Publication Date: 
01-June-2008
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

The UK Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG) sought comments on the scientific principles underpinning its first proposals for environmental standards for Annex VIII substances.

Publication Date: 
01-January-2008
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

The UK Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG) sought comments on the scientific principles underpinning the second set of proposals for environmental standards to underpin the implementation of the Water Framework Directive.

Publication Date: 
01-December-2007
Advisory Group: 
UKTAG

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