Research and analysis

Digital Good Practice Manual: Phase 1 Report (Review of Techniques)

A new series of reports published by the Environment Agency explores ways of mitigating the effects of flood defence and land drainage schemes on rivers, lakes and coastal waters.

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Digital Good Practice Manual: Phase 1 Report (Review of Techniques)

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Digital Good Practice Manual: Identifying mitigation measures for good and maximum ecological potential - summary

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Digital Good Practice Manual: Identifying mitigation measures for good and maximum ecological potential

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The first report in this series covers Phase 1 of the development of a Digital Good Practice Manual, providing a checklist and guidance for assessing whether a flood risk or land drainage scheme represents good environmental practice and, if not, what further mitigation measures/techniques could be used without adversely effecting the flood defence or land drainage objectives. This report covers activities on rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters aiming to comply with requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) but without having adverse impacts on their use (and taking into account costs). The Digital Good Practice Manual is provided in a parallel report.

Published 1 August 2009