SEPA has launched a public consultation, Safeguarding Scotland's Water Environment, about what it calls Significant Water Management Issues – issues that are having a significant adverse impact on the condition of the water environment and that it seeks to tackle

A Word version of the consultation is provided on the consultation website - .docx file here

Water experts at the agency have identified seven key focus areas for the next six-year water management cycle:  

• rural diffuse pollution (the release of potential pollutants from a range of activities such as agricultural run-off) 
• the physical condition of rivers 
• artificial barriers to fish migration (physical modifications to rivers built for water storage, navigation, water abstraction and crossings for road and rail transport) 
• sea lice from marine fish farms 
• water use (ensuring our water resources are resilient to a changing climate and managed within environmental limits)  
• wastewater and sewer networks 
• chemicals in the water environment

Have your say at Safeguarding Scotland’s Water Environment - Scottish Environment Protection Agency - Citizen Space