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Water pollution law is the most developed of the pollution control systems. This title contains a comprehensive account of water and waste legislation plus a detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law.
This book includes:
- A detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law
- The impact of Brexit on current regulations
- Discussions surrounding UK desalination plants, end of life vehicles and nature conservation
- The changes in international regulations and the impact that this has on UK water and waste regulation
- The regulation of water quality standards, water pollution control, fisheries, navigation, flood, coastal protection and marine pollution with a wide range of water pollution offences
The detailed treatment of the issues involved will enable environmental and energy law practitioners to feel confident in what is a complicated area of law.
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Environmental Law online service.
List of contents
Table of Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments
Table of EC Materials and International Conventions
Table of Cases
1 What is Environmental Law?
2 Key Concepts of Environmental Law
3 UK Environment Act 2021
4 Principles of Environmental Regime
5 Water Industry Overview
6 Controlled Waters, Impounding and Abstraction
7 Flooding and Drainage
8 Water Offences
9 Waste
10 Transporting Waste
11 Waste Permits and Exemptions
12 Waste Offences
13 Wildlife and Habitat Conservation
14 Regulatory Authorities and Enforcement
15 Sentencing for Environmental Offences
16 Environmental Sanctions and Prosecutions
17 Environmental Liabilities
Cases
Appendix I Abbreviations
Appendix II Cases
Index
About the author
Dr Louise Smail has extensive experience in the field of environmental law, climate change and risk management with a wide range of organisations, including local government, police, manufacturing and many train operating companies. Louise has worked as a principal consultant and director of two international consulting groups. She works on high profile projects looking at business risk evaluation and performance at board level, as well as the impact of changes in environmental legislation in both the UK and Europe. Louise is a co-author of The Law of Renewable Energy and HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate, both published by Bloomsbury Professional.
Summary
Water pollution law is the most developed of the pollution control systems. This title contains a comprehensive account of water and waste legislation plus a detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law.
This book includes:
- A detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law
- The impact of Brexit on current regulations
- Discussions surrounding UK desalination plants, end of life vehicles and nature conservation
- The changes in international regulations and the impact that this has on UK water and waste regulation
- The regulation of water quality standards, water pollution control, fisheries, navigation, flood, coastal protection and marine pollution with a wide range of water pollution offences
The detailed treatment of the issues involved will enable environmental and energy law practitioners to feel confident in what is a complicated area of law.
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Environmental Law online service.
Foreword
Contains a comprehensive account of water and waste legislation plus a detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law.
