1 April 2004
Water companies will be spending up to £450 million to remove nitrate and pesticide pollution from drinking water during 2005-10, the industry association Water UK estimates. The figures point to increasing problems with diffuse pollution which must be addressed promptly if the requirements of the EU water framework Directive are to be met.
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Categories:
- Drinking water;
- Products & Supply Chain;
- Agriculture & forestry;
- Chemical risks and hazards;
- Water;
- Ofwat;
- Water UK;
- Southern Water Services Limited;
- Yorkshire Water Limited;
- Wessex Water Limited;
- Welsh Water Limited;
- Severn Trent Water plc;
- South West Water Limited;
- Anglian Water;
- Thames Water Limited;
- Northumbrian Water Group plc;
- Mid Kent Water;
- Essex and Suffolk Water Limited;
- United Utilities Plc;
- Three Valleys Water Plc;
- Portsmouth Water Limited;
- Cambridge Water
