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Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Urban Waste Water: Registered...

Catalogue reference: MAF 879

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MAF 879

This series contains records regarding the Urban Waste Treatment Division,including infractions of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, the review of pollution of eutrophic lakes and other waters and the planning of the ThamesTideway Tunnel.

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Reference
MAF 879
Title
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Urban Waste Water: Registered Files (UWT)
Date
1991-2012
Description

This series contains records regarding the Urban Waste Treatment Division,including infractions of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, the review of pollution of eutrophic lakes and other waters and the planning of the ThamesTideway Tunnel.

Arrangement

Arranged in former reference order

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
UWT
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
file(s)
Access conditions
Records not yet transferred
Administrative / biographical background

The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive fell within the Water Availability and Quality Programme. The Directive protects the environment from the adverse effects of urban waste water discharges from certain industrial sectors and concerns the collection, treatment and discharge of: domestic waste water, mixture of waste water, and waste water from certain industrial sectors. One of the Directive's key functions, was issues surrounding the new Thames Tideway Tunnel. Additional responsibilities of the Programme included: water quality, groundwater directive, priority substances, bathing water directive, freshwater fish directive, shellfish waters directive, sustainable water.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19318487/

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Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Urban Waste Water: Registered Files (UWT)