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England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards
The government is to diverge from the European Union’s standards for monitoring water quality, it can be revealed.
Campaigners fear the change of approach could lead to more pollution in England’s rivers and waterways if the new measuring methods are less rigorous.
While in the EU, England was under the water framework directive (WFD) which meant a national chemical and ecological survey of rivers was conducted annually. After Brexit, the WFD was transposed into English law but the government removed the requirement to conduct annual tests.
This is the latest example of the UK diverging from EU environmental standards. Recent analysis found that many toxic chemicals and pesticides banned in the bloc since Brexit are still not outlawed for use in the UK. Ministers are also attempting to rip up EU-derived sewage pollution rules for housebuilders.
In 2019, the last time the full water assessments took place, just 14% of rivers were in good ecological health and none met standards for good chemical health. The government has said it does not intend to deliver a complete update until 2025, the latest permissible under the new WFD.
The government is to diverge from the European Union’s standards for monitoring water quality, it can be revealed.
Campaigners fear the change of approach could lead to more pollution in England’s rivers and waterways if the new measuring methods are less rigorous.
While in the EU, England was under the water framework directive (WFD) which meant a national chemical and ecological survey of rivers was conducted annually. After Brexit, the WFD was transposed into English law but the government removed the requirement to conduct annual tests.
This is the latest example of the UK diverging from EU environmental standards. Recent analysis found that many toxic chemicals and pesticides banned in the bloc since Brexit are still not outlawed for use in the UK. Ministers are also attempting to rip up EU-derived sewage pollution rules for housebuilders.
In 2019, the last time the full water assessments took place, just 14% of rivers were in good ecological health and none met standards for good chemical health. The government has said it does not intend to deliver a complete update until 2025, the latest permissible under the new WFD.
England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards | Rivers | The Guardian
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If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
COASTAL SOUTHERN ENGLAND...silty-sandy-loam ravaged by wind
I hope those who voted for it are very pleased with themselves
I'm still waiting for someone to give me one single benefit to the domestic customer from the privitisation of water.
We don't have the choice of who supplies our water, there is NO competition.
Any improvement have come through significant price rises .
In the sticks near Peterborough