Progress In Implementing The Water Framework Directive In The UK – Barriers And Opportunities
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
124
Pages
13
Page Range
387 - 399
Published
2009
Size
374 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/RM090351
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
A. Meldrum
Abstract
In response to the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), the UK environmental agencies are implementing a number of policy measures and programmes to ensure the requirements of the Directive are understood and can be met in timely fashion. This study explores progress to date in rolling out programmes and the barriers to their implementation that have been encountered by a variety of stakeholders in the UK. Keywords: water quality, water regulation, significant water management issues.
Keywords
water quality, water regulation, significant water management issues