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Under Article 11 and Annex VI of the Directive, a programme of measures may include the adoption of controls. These must be linked to the environmental objectives set pursuant to Article 4 for water bodies. In addition, under the Directive there are requirements for establishing Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs).

The guidance and documents below provides details on how environmental standards and classification schemes will support the design and implementation of Programmes of Measures.

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Title	Last Modified
WP 11a(i) An Overview of Classification Schemes in River Basin Planning	19-10-2005
WP 14e Environmental Standards for use in classification and the Programme of Measures for the Water Framework Directive	19-10-2005
Final UKTAG Report on Groundwater Classification December 2007	26-03-2008
UKTAG Report on Specific Pollutants	18-07-2008
UKTAG Report on Surface Water Environmental Standards and Conditions Phase 2	12-03-2009
UKTAG Recommendations on Surface Water Status Classification (updated June 2009)	30-06-2009
Groundwater Chemical Classification for the purposes of the Water Framework Directive and the Groundwater Daughter Directive. Final. April 2007	26-03-2008
Groundwater Quantitative Classification for the purposes of the Water Framework Directive. Final. April 2007	26-03-2008
Application of Groundwater Standards to Regulation. Final. September 2008	22-09-2008
UKTAG. Lake Task Team. 120 Lakes: boundaries for Total Phosphorus. Version 2. 2007. WP14	26-03-2008
UKTAG. Marine Task Team. Marine Nutrients Thresholds and Turbidity. 2 February 2007	26-03-2008
Guidance on the Classification of Ecological Potential for HMWBs and AWBs	02-11-2009
Groundwater spatial scale assessment	23-12-2008

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UK Draft River Basin Management Plans - now live

22-12-2008

Classification Scheme for Surface Waters

19-12-2007

Stakeholder Review 2007 submissions

17-09-2007

WFD research database.

19-04-2006