The government’s advisory body on inland waterways, The Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC), was abolished on 2nd July 2012 following an initial announcement in July 2010. Before its demise, IWAC authorised IWA to publish any of its works (including those of its predecessor, The Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council (IWAAC)), so that its reports and research were not lost to the benefit of the inland waterways community.
Published 2007
Link to Issuu –Balancing the needs of Navigation and Aquatic Wildlife
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Published 2009
Link to Issuu – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Implications for inland waterways in England and Wales
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Published 2009
Link to Issuu – Funding and Income Sources for Overseas Waterways
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Published 2008
Link to Issuu – Information and Communication Technology for the UK’s inland waterways
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Published 2008
Link to Issuu – Making more use of Waterside Paths and their surrounding corridors – main report
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Published 2010
Link to Issuu – Making more use of Waterside Paths – case studies
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Published 2010
Link to Issuu – Surviving the Cuts and Securing the Future: The funding and structure of the inland waterways of England and Wales
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Published 2009
Link to Issuu – Using Waterways to Combat Effects of Social Exclusion
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Published 2011
Link to Issuu – The Value of Inland Waterways in England & Wales
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Published 2010
Link to Issuu – Volunteering and the inland waterways: How to attract, integrate and retain volunteers
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Published 2007
Link to Issuu – Waterways for Tomorrow Review
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Published 2010
Link to Issuu – Working Together: Effective Waterways Partnerships
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Reports published as The Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council
Published 2006
Link to Issuu – Inland Waterways Restoration and Development: Projects in England, Wales and Scotland
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Published 2001
Link to Issuu – A Second Waterway Age: Review of Waterway Restoration and Development Priorities
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Published 2001
Link to Issuu – Inland Waterways – toward greater social inclusion
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Published 2000
Link to Issuu – Innovation on the Waterways
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Published 1998
Link to Issuu – Waterways Restoration Priorities.
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Published 1997
Link to Issuu – Britain Inland Waterways An Undervalued Asset IWAAC Final Recommendations
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Published 1992
Link to Issuu – A Review of User Requirements
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Published 1989
Link to Issuu – Memorandum re British Waterways Board February
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Published 1985
Link to Issuu – Waterways Architecture – an economic return from conservations
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Published 1980
Link to Issuu – Inland Waterways Arteries for Employment & Spending
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Published 1977
Link to Issuu – The Water Industry in England and Wales – The Next Steps
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Published 1975
Link to Issuu – Priorities for Action on Waterways of BWB – Report to Secretary of State for the Environment
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Published 1974
Link to Issuu – Scottish Waterways – Forth and Clyde Canal Union Canal
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Published 1974
Link to Issuu – Upgrading of Remainder Waterways
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Please note that these reports remain in Copyright.
IWAC was first formed under the 1968 Transport Act as the Inland Waterways Amenity Advisory Council, solely covering the inland waterways managed by the then British Waterways. It was reformed as The Inland Waterways Advisory Council in April 2007 under the Natural Environment and Communities Act 2006, covering all inland waterways in England and Wales and the waterways then managed by British Waterways in Scotland