Characteristics of Well Performing Public Water Utilities - Water Supply & Sanitation Working Notes

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Working Notes are lightly edited documents intended to elicit discussion on topical issues in the water supply and sanitation sector. They disseminate results of conceptual work by World Bank staff to peer professionals in the sector at an early stage, that is, "works in progress." Comments should be emailed to the authors.

United Kingdom Water Act 2003

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An Act to amend the Water Resources Act 1991 and the Water Industry Act 1991; to make provision with respect to compensation under section 61 of the Water Resources Act 1991; to provide for the establishment and  functions of the Water Services Regulation Authority and the Consumer Council for Water, and for the abolition of the office of Director General of Water Services; to make provision in connection with land drainage and flood defence; to amend the Reservoirs Act 1975; to make provision about contaminated land so far as it relates to the pollution of controlled waters; to confer on the Coal Authority functions in relation to the discharge of water from coal mines; to extend the functions of the Environment Agency in relation to the Rivers Esk, Sark and Tweed and their tributaries so far as they are in England; to repeal section 1 of the Metropolis Water Act 1852; and for connected purposes.  

Loi No 98-005 du 14 Avril 1998 portant regime de l’Eau (framework)

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Laws setting out the basis for delegation of public service functions of water and sewerage services and establishment of CAM Water.  Loi No 98-005 du 14 Avril 1998 portant regime de l’Eau (framework)

 

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