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South West Water's ‘Clean Sweep’ Programme: Some Engineering and Environmental Aspects
Author(s) -
BROKENSHIRE C. A
Publication year - 1995
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.1747-6593.1995.tb00973.x
Subject(s) - legislation , environmental planning , clean water , environmental resource management , engineering , environmental protection , environmental science , civil engineering , environmental engineering , political science , waste management , law
The requirements of environmental legislation demand a massive clean‐up of coastal discharges for Devon, Cornwall and West Dorset. South West Water Services Limited have developed a marine improvement programme which (a) is the largest of its type in Europe and (b) seeks to address the requirements of legislation incorporating town planning policies together with the increasing public awareness of environmental issues. The pressures around the region's coastline within the foregoing framework set the challenge of achieving the required understanding of coastal processes, together with the implementation of engineering solutions to meet with society's expectations. These have to be achieved at least cost and provide the most innovative and effective engineering solutions for the efficient implementation and management of such a programme.