This SCI, Fera and CIWEM Tyne & Humber Branch event is focused on business opportunities around achieving compliance with the WFD. The challenges will be discussed first, including an overview of the regulations; the Humber River Basin Management Plan and some of the challenges that still need to be addressed to meet the objectives of WFD and the opportunities that they bring; plant protection products; reservoir catchments and river basin management. Opportunities for business, including instrumentation and contamination control will be presented in the afternoon. Two panel sessions will provide time to explore issues raised in the preceding presentations.