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Contaminated Land: Implications for Water Pollution
Author(s) -
FLAVIN R. J.,
HARRIS R. C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1991.tb00660.x
Subject(s) - redevelopment , environmental planning , legislature , contaminated land , pollution , environmental protection , local government , environmental science , business , environmental resource management , public administration , political science , contamination , environmental remediation , law , ecology , biology
The water environment is often neglected in the assessment of the impact of contaminated land and its redevelopment. The lack of effective legislative controls over derelict contaminated land areas and the poor appreciation of water pollution by developers and planning authorities in the undertaking and controlling of site redevelopment has severely hindered effective clean‐up and protection of groundwater and surface waters. The formation of the National Rivers Authority, the publication of the House of Commons Environment Committee's report and the implementation of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have given the subject a new impetus. The preparation of registers by local authorities, which identify contaminated land areas, could be enhanced by the National River Authority's assessment of key sites. It is hoped to initiate clean‐up by cooperation, but the testing of legislative powers has been encouraged by the Government, if only to reveal their inadequacies.