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  • This report explains the benefits of the Natural Flood Management Programme and celebrates its successes.

  • The sources of PBDEs and pathways into the environment, amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

  • The scale and impact of chemicals in the water environment. How the challenges are addressed and future challenges and actions.

  • The sources of PFOS and pathways into the environment, the amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

  • The sources of PAHs and pathways into the environment, the amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

  • European protected area site objectives, measures to achieve them and specific challenges. Current and potential future mechanisms.

  • The sources of cypermethrin and pathways into the environment. The amounts of cypermethrin in the water environment and control measures of use.

  • The impacts of urban areas and the transport network on the water environment, with approaches for addressing these and future challenges.

  • An overview of the biodiversity challenge. Current actions, plus potential future actions and opportunities.

  • The nature, extent and consequences of physical modifications, opportunities for action and balancing priorities.

  • The problem of excess fine sediments, current control mechanisms and future opportunities.

  • The uses of mercury and pathways into the environment. The amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

  • The history and current issues of pollution from abandoned mines, addressing the challenges and future opportunities.

  • The urgent global challenge of climate change, current measures and what's needed for the future.

  • The sources and scale of plastics in the environment, their impact, and how the issue is being tackled.

  • The evidence of faecal contamination, sources of contamination and control measures. Plus a summary of projects addressing evidence gaps.

  • Impacts of pollution from water industry waste water, how the challenge is being addressed and future challenges and actions.

  • Reviews alternative approaches to modelling future river water temperature for England.

  • Presents national-scale trends in the macroinvertebrate communities of English rivers over 29 years.

  • This project explored an innovative, systems-based approach to water management.