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Trends in Water Engineering in Great Britain
Author(s) -
Skeat William O.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1965.tb01469.x
Subject(s) - legislation , drainage basin , water resources , agriculture , current (fluid) , order (exchange) , water resource management , environmental planning , geography , political science , business , engineering , law , environmental science , archaeology , cartography , ecology , finance , biology , electrical engineering
This article discusses water resources in the United Kingdom, particularly in England and Wales, and the current trend of dividing the old regime from the new order now being ushered in through the passing of the Water Resources Act of 1963. This legislation, the most advanced of its kind in the world, brings every water use in every river basin under a new controlling body, the river authority, which is responsible for all withdrawals in the area whether domestic, industrial, or agricultural.