The Groundwater Daughter Directive: A UK Perspective - European Energy and Environmental Law Review View The Groundwater Daughter Directive: A UK Perspective by Georgina Crowhurst - European Energy and Environmental Law Review The Groundwater Daughter Directive: A UK Perspective Georgina Crowhurst 16 7

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.

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