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Upgrading of Sewerage Assets to Comply with New Legislation: A Lothian Regional Viewpoint
Author(s) -
SMITH P. H.
Publication year - 1992
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.1747-6593.1992.tb00714.x
Subject(s) - sewerage , directive , legislation , environmental planning , context (archaeology) , water framework directive , business , urban waste , municipal solid waste , environmental science , environmental engineering , engineering , waste management , water quality , geography , political science , law , ecology , archaeology , computer science , biology , programming language
The EC bathing water Directive and the recent EC urban waste water treatment Directive have provided, and will continue to provide, a strong stimulus for the provision of environmental improvement through the upgrading of sewerage assets. The positive response by Lothian Regional Council to necessary improvements in the last fifteen years, and the proposed improvements in the next fifteen years, are reviewed against the background of financial constraints. It is suggested that parts of the urban waste water treatment Directive relating to estuarial and coastal discharges are not appropriate or necessary in the context of conditions in Lothian Region.