Working Together 2024

Overview

The Environment Agency coordinates the work to implement river basin management plans and leads the work to update them at the end of the 6 year planning cycle. The next update is due in 2027. We are starting this process knowing that the legislation that sets out how river basin planning and other aspects of the water management in England might change following the conclusion of the independent commission into the water sector. We know that whatever changes happen, we will still want to work closely with water stakeholders to understand the challenges, identify solutions and drive investment in our shared water environment.

We are using this consultation to ask you if we have targeted all the right organisations to work with and that we have identified all the important strategies and mechanisms for delivering our various goals, under any planning system. We also ask what more we can do to help you engage with managing the water environment, and potentially do your bit too.

This consultation, Working Together, is the first consultation in the process of reviewing and updating the river basin management plans. Your feedback at this point is vital to ensure we have a clear understanding of what works well, what needs to be better and how we can do more to work with others, driving greater outcomes.

You can respond to this consultation online by answering the questions on the following pages. We will publish a summary of your responses on our website within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.