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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Welsh Office: Water and Environmental Protection Division: Registered Files (WEP...
Catalogue reference: BD 130
What's it about?
BD 130
This series contains records relating to water and environmental protection in Wales, including: flooding; coastal erosion and protection; drinking water; radiological monitoring and incidents (including the implication of the Chernobyl radiation...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BD 130
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office: Water and Environmental Protection Division: Registered Files (WEP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1977-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to water and environmental protection in Wales, including: flooding; coastal erosion and protection; drinking water; radiological monitoring and incidents (including the implication of the Chernobyl radiation release on Wales); waste disposal; pollution incidents; droughts; hazardous waste; conservation; and proposals for barrage schemes such as the River Severn and Cardiff Bay
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files are arranged in the format WEP xxx/xx/x. The first set of numbers relates to a subject area, the second to a specific topic within that subject area, and the third is the individual file number. Records about what subject areas were called can not be found
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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WEP prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Welsh Office, 1965-1999
- Welsh Office, Environmental Protection and Local Government Division, 1989-1991
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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119 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2020 Welsh Government
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Nuclear energy
- Food and drink
- Sewerage
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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The series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Welsh Office Environment Division held responsibility for water quality, dealing with waste, air pollution, coastal protection and land drainage in Wales. It was established with the creation of the Welsh Office in 1965.
The range of the Division's functions broadened throughout the 1970s and 1980s and by the mid 1990s its responsibilities had extended to cover land and air pollution. By 1997, its remit also covered environmental research and 'green co-ordination'.
The Division also had oversight of countryside and nature conservation, and from 1991 sponsored the Countryside Council for Wales. On 1 April 2013 the Council was merged with Forestry Commission Wales and Environment Agency Wales to form Natural Resources Wales. This formed a single body which managed the Welsh environment and its natural resources
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17059794/
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Welsh Office: Water and Environmental Protection Division: Registered Files (WEP Series)
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