Legislation

The Water Framework Directive

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) came into force in December 2000 and was transposed into law in December 2003. It establishes a new legal framework for the protection, improvement and sustainable use of all water bodies in the environment across Europe, including all rivers, canals, lochs, estuaries, wetlands, coastal waters and underground water. The main environmental objectives are to protect and improve the UK water environment. This will include preventing deterioration of aquatic ecosystems and, where possible, restore surface waters and groundwater damaged by pollution. It also includes bringing water abstraction, dams and engineering activities to 'good status' by 2015. Hydro provide a range of systems to deal with reduction and/or removal of pollution from surface water discharges including sediment removal devices as well as unique up-flow filtration systems.

Further information on Sustainable Drainage Systems is available from SDS Ltd., telephone 01934 751303, email: info@sdslimited.com