1. Discussion of the Draft Questionnaire IMPRESS Kick-off Meeting
23 October 2001, Brussels
Isobel Austin/Dave Foster
Environment Agency Water Framework Directive Team

2. Aims of the Questionnaire
Overview of current best practice:
significant anthropogenic pressures
methodologies/tools to assess potential impacts
methodologies/tools to fill gaps

3. Discussion Points Is the content right? are the right questions asked?
too little or too much information?
how will the output be used?

4. Are the right questions asked?
What are pressures? (categorisation)
What is ‘significance’?
Scale implications
Baseline and trends
Sources of data and information
Estimating impacts (single pressure and overall)
What tools are available?

5. Summary of Draft Questionnaire
S1: Pressures on water bodies
- 1.1 Info availability in 2004 and 2013 (categories and tools)
- 1.2 Further categorisation of pressures
S2: Impacts on water bodies
- methodologies and tools
S3: Definition of “significant” pressures
- existing criteria
S4:Guidance on “analysis of pressures and impacts”

6. Emerging issues not covered
Scale implications
Baseline and trends
estimating impacts

7. Other issues Too little or too much detail?
How will the information be used?
- links with issues groups
- timescale for return. December 2001.
Who will fill out the questionnaire?
- practitioners - need practical information and views

8. Conclusions Content Detail of information required
Who will complete the questionnaire
How will the output be used