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Water Exports: Registered Files (WSR Series)

Catalogue reference: MAF 809

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MAF 809

This series contain records relating to an appeal made by Thames Water Utilities Limited for the Secretary of State to review a decision to increase charges for extracting water from the River Lee

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Reference
MAF 809
Title
Water Exports: Registered Files (WSR Series)
Date
1998-
Description

This series contain records relating to an appeal made by Thames Water Utilities Limited for the Secretary of State to review a decision to increase charges for extracting water from the River Lee

Former department reference
WSR prefix
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Water Quality Division, 2002-2002
Physical description
file(s)
Access conditions
Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Selection and destruction information
3.1.3 The state's interactions with its citizens
Administrative / biographical background

These records concern water exports and were created by the Water Quality Division of the Department for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

They relate to the Secretary of State's decision in 1974 to increase the charges agreed in the River Lee Water Act 1855. This Act granted Thames Water Utilities Limited an entitlement to extract water from the River Lee [Lea], incurring an annual cost.

Press releases from March 2018 record the final decision and the conclusion of a 160 year old dispute

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17109003/

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Water Exports: Registered Files (WSR Series)