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Implementation of the Directive is to be achieved through the river basin management (RBM) planning process which requires the preparation, implementation and review of a river basin management plan (RBMP) every six years for each river basin district (RBD) identified. This requires an approach to river basin planning and management that takes all relevant factors into account and considers them together. There are five main elements of the process:

• •          Governance and public participation;
• •          Characterisation of the river basin district and the pressures and impacts on the water environment;
• •          Environmental monitoring based on river basin characterisation;
• •          Setting of environmental objectives; and
• •          Design and implementation of a programme of measures to achieve environmental objectives.