DEFRA has published a new consultation paper on proposed amendments to the Groundwater Regulations 1998. The amendments to the 1998 Regulations will ensure that the UK meets the requirements of Article 6 of the Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC), a daughter Directive under Article 17 of the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). Regular meetings with stakeholders from the water, chemicals, mining, waste and agricultural sectors and green NGOs have already taken place to inform the proposed amendments. Now DEFRA is seeking additional feedback from anyone who discharges substances that can cause groundwater pollution or who currently follows the existing groundwater regulations. The consultation paper can be seen at: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/wdfgroundwater-transpose-article6/.
