This article analyses the new Groundwater Daughter Directive (Directive 2006/118/EC) from a UK perspective; explaining its implications for the UK and the progress to date. The article covers:
? the relationship between the Groundwater Daughter Directive and the Water Framework Directive
? the three pillars of the Groundwater Daughter Directive
? pollution of groundwater
? good groundwater chemical status
? deterioration of groundwater
? the scheme of the Directive
? the Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) Direction 2006
? groundwater quality standards
? threshold values
? the procedure for assessing groundwater chemical status
? identification of significant and sustained upwards trends
? trend reversal
? the UK’s Hydrological Protection Zones, Source Protection Zones, and Nitrate Vulnerable Zones and
? the UK’s latest Regulatory Impact Assessment on groundwater proposals.
European Energy and Environmental Law Review