Working with SEPA to manage water flow on farm
In this Alasdair Matheson and Graeme Henderson from SEPA, along with Peter Lindsay, from SAC Consulting, discuss how land managers can work with SEPA to manage water flow on farm. The focus is on what farmers can do with regard to ditches, drainage and dredging on farm and they discuss the rules and guidelines which must be followed.
Supporting information
- SEPA have produced a Dredging webpage where you will find all legislation and guidance
- On this page you will also find a Land Managers Guide
- Field ditches & drains
- All regulations and authorisation procedures for carrying our any activity which may affect Scotland’s’ water environment can be found on SEPA’s website; this page includes a link to the CAR Practical Guide mentioned in this podcast.
- Please contact SEPA to discuss any water management project via their email: waterpermitting@sepa.org.uk or please call 03000 99 66 99.
- For details on sniffers flood risk management conference please click here.
- Farming Water Scotland have great resources on managing water on your farm using natural flood management techniques
- The Farm Advisory Service has produced a vast amount of material to help manage water on farm, a selection of materials are below:
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