This project for the Environment Agency investigated how the use of a reverse auction can reduce diffuse water pollution from agriculture in the South East Region to address specific problems within an overall catchment approach.

RPA developed a resource economics-based framework for non-economists to value the benefits of groundwater.

This study involved working with local stakeholders and partners to identify alternative funding streams for flood and erosion risk management, and the mechanisms by which these can be captured and implemented at the local level.

RPA assisted the Environment Agency with a review of Defra's 2011 assessment of the Costs and Benefits of Defra's Regulatory Stock.

RPA assisted with the development and application of a methodology for impact assessments of water protection zones (a measure to deal with diffuse pollution under the WFD).

This project is aimed at developing practical and user-friendly tools to appraise the costs and effectiveness of measures to support Water Framework Directive (WFD) policy development.