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Water management is an increasingly important issue in the 21st century -
across all spheres - from industry and commerce, agriculture, mining and
quarrying to leisure. It covers issues as diverse as water supply to
effluent disposal.
Efficient and appropriate water use is important and any effects of abstraction on the
environment have to be assessed.
Water management covers the management and control of drainage on a site
and the dewatering of quarries, as well as the potential for
contamination from agricultural activities or
brownfield site development. Water may be
the whole or part of the primary product, a major input or simply a nuisance that
has to be dealt with.
The
abstraction, disposal and transfer of water is heavily regulated by authorities including the
Environment Agency, SEPA, English Nature, SNH, CCW and planning authorities.
Whatever the situation, solutions to water related issues need to fit
within overall business objectives as well as the regulatory controls.
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