Consultation on Transposition of Article 6 of the Groundwater Directive
The new Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC) (GwD) is a “daughter” of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and clarifies certain objectives of the WFD relating to prevention and control of groundwater pollution.
Article 6 of the new GwD concerns “measures to prevent or limit inputs of pollutants into groundwater” and needs to be implemented in 2008 to meet with the WFD timetable.
The approach to transposition, on which we are consulting proposes amendments to the 1980 Groundwater Regulations.
Though complex, the proposed amendments are ultimately not great and the impact for most people regulated, should be minimal and the overall costs are expected to be neutral.
Anyone who discharges substances which can give rise to groundwater pollution or who are currently regulated under the Groundwater Regulations 1998 will have an interest in these proposals. Amended regulations are also a necessary stepping-stone in bringing groundwater authorisations into the Environmental Permitting Programme.
Responses should be received by 20 August 2008.
- Consultee letter
- List of consultees
- Consultation document (PDF 150 KB) (amended 30 May 2008, corrected reference to Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC))
- Executive Summary of Post-conciliatory Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF 50 KB)
- Extended Impact Assessment for Transposition of Article 6 of GwD (PDF 50 KB)
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Further information
- Water Framework Directive: daughter directives
- Groundwater
Page last modified: 30 May 2008
Page published:
28 May 2008