The report represents a summary of work undertaken as part of a wider pilot programme exploring Catchment Partnership resilience.
Practical guidance for CaBA partners interested in designing and managing a water quality monitoring programme. Includes a summary of monitoring equipment, data analysis and visualisation ideas, sampling protocols and advice for FIO monitoring and guidance on planning your strategy, engaging volunteers and resourcing.
Volunteers & Citizen ScienceTechnical Support & TrainingMonitoring ChangeWater QualityUsing Data & Evidence
The Wholescape Approach to Marine Management ‘WAMM’ project will help support a more collaborative approach between Coastal and CaBA partnerships.
Using Data & EvidenceDelivering ImprovementsMonitoring ChangeEngaging StakeholdersEstuaries & CoastsCase Studies & Projects
The CaBA Benefits Report report states that during 2018 to 2019, for every £1 directly invested by Government, CaBA partnerships have raised £3.20 of co-finance from a diverse range of non-Governmental funders. These include corporate businesses, water and waste companies (though landfill taxes), EU funds (LIFE, Interreg and Horizon 2020) as well as lottery funds.
The Challenges and Choices consultation begins on 24 October 2019 until 24 April 2020. It will help shape the Strategic plan for England’s waters (river basin management plans). The consultation will ask the public, partners and stakeholders their views on improving the water environment. Use this page to find useful resources to help shape conversations about the consultation.
Water ResourcesRiver Restoration & WildlifeClimate ChangeWater Quality
Inspiration and guidance for mending your river – developed and published by the Wild Trout Trust
Case study – Exploring how integrated upstream catchment management can reduce nutrient loading in an urban catchment, reducing the need for end-of-pipe solutions.
Case Studies & ProjectsWater QualityVolunteers & Citizen ScienceUrban Water Management
This guide has been produced to provide simple, clear advice on the provision of natural flood management measures for lowland areas.
Rural Land ManagementApps & ToolsFlood ResilienceDelivering Improvements
This document helps support further integration of water resources management – incorporating scarcity and drought management – within the framework of CaBA.
Case study – Encouraging water-sensitive farming and reducing phosphorus loss from farms and fields into local watercourses.
The CaBA Catchment Data & Evidence Forum 2019 was held in Bristol Zoo’s Clifton Pavillion on September 18th, and the 75 attendees listened to over 20 topics. Workshops were held to debate the future CaBA data sharing and monitoring strategy, and interactive voting sessions were used to gauge audience opinion on a range of issues. This resource provides a handy overview of the presentations and workshops of the forum.
Using Data & EvidenceTechnical Support & Training
A case study project, which aimed to provide compelling evidence to persuade stakeholders that sustainable land management practices to reduce nitrate leaching from soils are enough to reverse groundwater and surface water quality deterioration.
Case Studies & ProjectsRural Land ManagementEngaging StakeholdersWater Quality