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Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 100 Cited in Amendments 184 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionScotland
Citation2003 asp 3
Year2003
(1) The purpose of this Part is to make provision for or in connection with protection of the water environment, including making provision, and enabling provision to be made, for or in connection with implementing Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy F27, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU , (referred to in this Part as “the Directive”) .Decision No 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,Directive 2008/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,Directive 2013/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, andCommission Directive 2014/101/EU.preventing further deterioration of, and protecting and enhancing, the status of aquatic ecosystems and, with regard to their water needs, terrestrial ecosystems and wetlands directly depending on those aquatic ecosystems,promoting sustainable water use based on the long-term protection of available water resources,aiming at enhancing protection and improvement of the aquatic environment through, amongst other things, specific measures for the progressive reduction of discharges, emissions and losses of priority substances and the cessation or phasing out of discharges, emissions and losses of the priority hazardous substances,ensuring the progressive reduction of pollution of groundwater and preventing further pollution of it, andcontributing to mitigating the effects of floods and droughts,the provision of a sufficient supply of good quality surface water and groundwater as needed for sustainable, balanced and equitable water use,a significant reduction in pollution of groundwater,the protection of territorial and other marine waters, andachieving the objectives of international agreements,

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