The Groundwater Daughter Directive: A UK Perspective

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.