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Effluent and River Quality: How the UK Compares with Other EC Countries
Author(s) -
Mance G.
Publication year - 1993
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.1747-6593.1993.tb00891.x
Subject(s) - sewerage , effluent , sewage , member states , water quality , environmental science , quality (philosophy) , sewage treatment , water resource management , population , environmental engineering , european community , environmental planning , environmental protection , geography , business , european union , environmental health , ecology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , biology , international trade , economic policy
This paper examines the limited information on the actual performance of sewage‐treatment works as reflected in discharge quality from European Community member states. The control regimes for such effluents as well as the proportion of population served by sewerage and various levels of sewage treatment are contrasted between member states. Standards for river water quality and an assessment of actual river quality are then contrasted. These suggest that in the UK, river quality is considerably better overall than in other member states.