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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Office of Water Services: Annual Reports
Catalogue reference: JC 1
What's it about?
JC 1
This series contains annual reports of the Director General of the Water Services, concerning the provision of water services, under section 35 of the Water Act 1989. Subjects covered include the regulation of drinking water, prices and the...
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JC 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Water Services: Annual Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1989-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains annual reports of the Director General of the Water Services, concerning the provision of water services, under section 35 of the Water Act 1989. Subjects covered include the regulation of drinking water, prices and the standards of service.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by transfer.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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16 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 Office of Water Services
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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
- Food and drink
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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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Under section 35 of the Water Act 1989, the Director General of the Office of Water Services was required to publish an annual report by 31 December each year.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- All booklets in this series have been published (in accordance with the Water Act 1989) as Annual Reports of the Water Services
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9944/
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