Cover -- The Hydrology of the UK -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- The changing hydrology of the UK -- Section 1. Causes -- 1. Climate change and UK hydrology -- 1.1 The context: climatic variability, climate change and global warming -- 1.2 Observed climatic variability across the UK over the last few decades -- 1.3 Future climate -- 1.4 Implications for the UK rivers and aquifers -- 1.5 Implications for water resources and their management -- 1.6 Climate change, hydrology and water resources -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2. Land use change -- 2.1 Land use changes in the past and present -- 2.2 Relevance to hydrology -- 2.3 Drainage -- 2.4 Agricultural soil erosion -- 2.5 Forestry -- 2.6 Use of pesticides and fertilisers -- 2.7 Urban development -- 2.8 Conclusions -- References -- 3. River channel modification in the UK -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The history of UK river channel modification -- 3.3 Administration of channel modification -- 3.4 The UK extent of channel modifications -- 3.5 Geomorphological impacts of UK river channel modification -- 3.6 Hydraulic and hydrological impacts of channel modifications -- 3.7 Prospects -- References -- 4. Causes of catchment scale hydrological changes -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 London and the River Thames: a history of hydrological change -- 4.3 River regulation and hydrological change over the last 200 years -- 4.4 Management of hydrological changes -- References -- Section 2. Effects -- 5. River flows -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Evolution of UK drainage patterns and regime characteristics -- 5.3 The impact of man on flow regimes -- 5.4 Trends in runoff: the instrumented period -- 5.5 Characteristics of the recent past -- 5.6 A perspective on the present and future.

5.7 Conclusion -- References -- 6. River water quality -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Nutrients -- 6.3 Pesticides -- 6.4 Endocrine disrupters -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- 7. Groundwater -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Management of groundwater storage -- 7.3 The impact of agriculture on groundwater-nitrate and pesticides -- 7.4 Hydrological change associated with mine abandonment -- 7.5 Urbanisation and groundwater -- References -- 8. Lakes and ponds -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Pond ecology -- 8.3 Acidification -- 8.4 Eutrophication -- 8.5 Future changes in UK lakes and ponds -- References -- 9. Wetlands -- 9.1 What are wetlands? -- 9.2 Why are wetlands important? -- 9.3 Threats and loss -- 9.4 Wetland protection -- 9.5 Wetland management objectives -- 9.6 Hydrological management of wetlands -- 9.7 Methods for hydrological management of wetlands -- 9.8 Functional analysis of wetlands -- 9.9 Wetland restoration -- 9.10 Conclusions -- References -- Section 3. Responses -- 10. Responsibilities and strategies of UK organisations -- 10.1 Administrative arrangements -- 10.2 Environment Agency -- 10.3 Scottish Environment Protection Agency -- 10.4 Northern Ireland -- 10.5 Water service companies in England and Wales -- 10.6 Scottish water authorities -- 10.7 Local authorities -- 10.8 Power industry -- 10.9 Universities -- 10.10 Meteorological Office -- 10.11 Centre for Ecology and Hydrology -- 10.12 British Geological Survey -- 10.13 Need for legislative change -- 10.14 The future -- Appendix: Other UK organisations with responsibilities for water -- 11. Planning and managing for the future -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 What future? -- 11.3 How much do we know? Scientific basis for integrated catchment management -- 11.4 Sustainability and the catchment ecosystem -- 11.5 Why planning? How's it going? -- 11.6 Catchment Management Planning: a 'LEAP' forward?.

11.7 Operationalising sustainability: the management challenge in changing conditions -- 11.8 Conclusions -- References -- 12. Role of the British Hydrological Society -- References -- 13. Future UK hydrological research -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Bio-physical processes -- 13.3 Water quality -- 13.4 Water resources -- 13.5 Hydrological extremes -- 13.6 Concluding remarks -- Index.