Subjects:

Environmental Law

Contents:

Water pollution and water quality - issues and themes

history and development

the civil law

European Community water law and policy

the European Community water directives the Environment Agency

economic regulation of water services

local authority responsibilities

the pollution of controlled waters

discharge consents

discharges of effluent to sewers

environmental quality legislation

preventive and restorative approaches

planning law and strategic water quality management

fisheries and nature conservation

monitoring and information

drinking water quality

international marine environment law

shipping discharges and sea dumpiong

radioactive contamination.

Focusing on environmental protection, this book examines the key questions about the quality of water in rivers, bathing water and drinking water, among others. It also presents an overview on the legal ramifications of a particular water failing to meet a defined standard.;The book is a comprehensive study of the relevant national law and the international and European Community contexts in which this national law is placed. It provides an authoritative exposition and analysis of the law of the kind that is needed by an increasing body of legal, environmental and other practitioners who are involved in this area as part of their daily work.