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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is a not-for-profit company which supplies drinking water and wastewater services to most of Wales and parts of western England that border Wales. In total, it serves around 1.4 million households and businesses and over three million people - and supplies nearly 830 million litres (180 million imperial gallons) of drinking water per day.
The Government of Wales Act 2006 (GoWA 2006) devolved multiple water policy powers to the then Welsh Assembly. These powers included water supply, management of water resources including reservoirs, water quality, consumer representation, management of flood risk and coastal protection. [46]
The authority was governed by a board which included representatives from local authorities, central government and the major industries in Wales including agriculture. The chairman appointed by the government of the day was Lord Brecon but he was replaced by T. M. Haydn Rees in 1976 [ 5 ] and then by John Elfed Jones in 1982.
The Water Act 1945 organised a national water supply policy, before the Water Act 1973 finally consolidated the management of water resources into ten regional water authorities for England and Wales, along with additional authorities in Scotland and Northern Ireland. [6]
Water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom is provided by a number of water and sewerage companies. Twelve companies and organisations provide drainage and sewerage services, each over a wide area, to the whole United Kingdom; and supply water to most customers in their areas of operation.
The Water Act 1973 (c. 37) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised the water, sewage and river management industry in England and Wales. [1] Water supply and sewage disposal were removed from local authority control, and ten larger regional water authorities were set up, under state control based on the areas of super-sets of river authorities which were also ...
Pages in category "Water supply and sanitation in Wales" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Welsh National Water Development Authority
The Water Act 1989 (c. 15) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised the bodies responsible for all aspects of water within England and Wales. . Whereas previous legislation, particularly the Water Act 1973, had focused on providing a single unifying body with responsibility for all water-related functions within a river basin or series of river basins, [1] this ...