Water Management Plans

What is a water management plan?

What does it include?

A water management plan outlines the farm business type and farming processes. It includes information on water uses, rainfall, nutrient use and crop details on the farm.

The main part of the water management plan contains a list of interventions which are identified in discussion with you during the farm walk over in the yard and fields

Interventions look at ways to reduce pollution in the water such as:

• Separation of clean and dirty water
• Rainwater harvesting
• Fencing
• Water troughs
• Concrete
• Livestock tracks
• Sward lifting
• Buffer strips
• Under sowing

Why is it a useful document to have?

• FREE farm business advice – it only costs your time

• Water Management Plan captures items that could be submitted into other schemes, support supplier schemes (e.g Tesco, Müller)

• Potential to be considered for future funding – but you need a water management plan