The Water Framework Directive is a piece of European legislation that states that all UK waterbodies (rivers, lakes, seas) must be in ‘good ecological status’ by 2027.
Waterbody | Overall Waterbody Classification | Reasons for Failure | Hydromorphological Supporting Elements | Supporting Elements (Surface Water | |
Beane (Source to Stevenage Brook) | Poor | Invertebrates (Poor) | Hydrological Regime | Does Not Support Good | Not Assessed |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Combined (Moderate) | Morphology | Supports Good | |||
Dissolved Oxygen (Moderate) | |||||
Phosphate (Moderate) | |||||
Beane (from confluence with Stevenage Brook to Lee | Poor | Fish (Poor) | Hydrological Regime | Does Not Support Good | Not Assessed |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Combined (Moderate) | |||||
Stevenage Brook | Poor | Fish (Poor) | Hydrological Regime | Does Not Support Good | |
Invertebrates (Moderate) | Morphology | Supports Good | Not Assessed | ||
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Combined (Moderate) | |||||
Phosphate (Moderate) |