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The Act's implementation is facilitated through various commencement regulations, introducing legally binding targets in areas such as biodiversity, water, air quality, and conservation. The Environmental Improvement Plan 2023, an update to the 25 Year Environment Plan initiated in 2018, specifies how to achieve these targets, incorporating a ...
The Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) (WRA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that regulates water resources, water quality and pollution, and flood defence. Part II of the Act provides the general structure for the management of water resources.
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 ...
Sewage spills in the UK hit a record high in 2023, amplifying public anger at the state of the country's dirty rivers and the private companies responsible for the pollution, such as the country's ...
Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control Regulations; L.N. 13/2006 Control and Security of High-Activity Radioactive and Orphan; L.N. 44/03 Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Regulations, 2003; Litter Act; Malta's International Obligations regarding Environmental Matters; Management of Bathing Water Quality Regulations, 2008
Significant pollution of the water environment is being caused or there is a significant possibility of such pollution being caused." Contaminated land. The Act does not apply to contamination from radioactivity (s.78YC) but similar provisions have been made under subsequent regulations. [17] [18]
UK water quality is generally high, since large new investments were made following the EU Drinking Water Quality Directive 1998, requiring water is "wholesome and clean". [36] Ofwat is required to issue enforcement orders under the Water Industry Act 1991 section 18 to uphold drinking quality standards, rather than being content with ...
About 3,500 homes in the Dorset Council area are in planning limbo due to water pollution rules.